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		ilyanep on April 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homeless Lose a Longtime Last Resort: Living in a ... Good luck building anything in Palo Alto.

m_d on April 9, 2014 [–]

I'm not familiar with the real estate situation there beyond "people are being priced out of Palo Alto". Is the city averse to all new construction or just lower-cost housing?

praptak on April 9, 2014 | | [–]

Google "Palo Alto NIMBY".

rosser on April 9, 2014 | | | [–]

AIUI, the NIMBY-ism in Palo Alto is second only to that in San Francisco.

x0x0 on April 9, 2014 | | [–]

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