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0 pointstacker20001y ago0 comments

San Jose is very much a suburbia-type city, very spread out, downtown is rather small and you need a car 90% of the time, whereas SF is much denser.

I assume the drug use/homeless issues are less prevalent in San Jose, at least it was that way 10 yrs ago.

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kevingadd1y ago

The drug use and homelessness are still pretty visible in downtown San Jose, or were when I lived there 2 years ago. Your personal tolerance level for it may be different from mine - I just treat it as a reality of city life, but my sister complained about it any time she visited because it made her feel actively unsafe.

timeon1y ago

> suburbia-type city

Isn't this oxymoron? Isn't city the `urbia`?

janalsncm1y ago

Zoned for single-family housing or 1-2 story apartments mostly. There may be sidewalks (stroads) but almost everyone drives due to pedestrian accessibility issues.

Think “city, but instead of walking, you drive”.

curiousthought1y ago

Not all urbia's are equally urbie.

Imagine New York vs Dallas for example. I think it is fair to say that some cities are more spread out and low density, making them feel like a suburban sprawl.

TulliusCicero1y ago

No. Many, perhaps most US major cities have suburban type zoning all over the place.

bigstrat20031y ago

No, cities are not only the super dense large cities. Smaller cities exist too, and are comparable to the suburbs of large cities in their feel.

fragmede1y ago

No, those are called towns, because they're not actually cities if they don't have the density to support city-grade amenities.

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