Poppy

Many teachers do work over the summer, but do not find well paid positions. New teachers do not make enough money to live here. The teachers that moved here long ago and are locked into a mortgage from when it was cheaper to buy a house here and have low prop 13 property taxes can make it w…

Also, the concept of having roommates in your 20s and even 30s is not something revolutionary you came up with in your day that people have not considered in recent years, Lisa, but thanks for the tip.

Skipping a wedding, fancy rings, and a honeymoon would not be enough money today to get you into a townhouse in the area, and probably not even a condo. And that's even considering that the cost of a wedding is likely much more today.

LOL, Christopher Conway claims "lefties" like to make everything about race in response to link about how someone from the Tea Party LITERALLY made made the housing growth debate about race:
"In justifying her “no growth” position for San Mateo, Ms. Steele stated, “What i…

Kevin Burke said: People also oppose new housing because you have to also build schools, it might mean people of different socioeconomic/racial backgrounds living near you, you have to add more firefighters, etc...

Kevin, you hit the nail right on the head : https://www.smdailyjournal.…

Christopher Conway, property taxes can pay for plenty of other things besides schools... police, firefighters, infrastructure improvement

+1 to mfink's comment - I've worked in downtown Redwood City for almost 7 years. Yes there is more traffic, but I'm not such a special snowflake that I can't handle a little inconvenience. The changes to downtown RWC are worth it.