Ask HN: What will be the impact of Google's campus on San Jose?

7 pointspanosv8y ago3 comments

Google is planning of building between 6-8 million square feet of offices and other spaces in the Diridon Station area in San Jose. This will bring up to 20,000 workers to the San Jose area.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/20/google-san-jose-negotiate-transit-village-downtown/

Around this, other real estate projects started to emerge: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/23/google-village-million-square-foot-downtown-san-jose-tech-campus/

Obviously, if all these come to fruition, the impact on San Jose and the area will be huge.

I live in San Jose, and I overall support the project. I am sure, there will be problems and bumps along the way, but if I had to chose between San Jose with Google and San Jose without Google, I would go with the former.

I am asking HN, what will be the expected impact of this on: -Real Estate -Housing -Traffic -Transportation -Crime -Schools -Life style (restaurants, activities, art) -San Jose University -Character of the area (Latino, Japan Town) -Other areas that are important and haven't listed

This story repeated two decades ago in Mountain View. What has been the impact there, and what should we expect in San Jose?

3 comments

DrScump8y ago

Where do you see high-rise, dense urban industrial development in Mountain View?

cylinder8y ago

To those of us not from the Bay Area, Mountain View and San Jose might as well be the same place.

bsvalley8y ago

It's obvious right? More traffic and higher cost of living. Nothing really new...

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