How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare

[jtown,man]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

I mean it's not really a new practice in many other places, but it requires good transit coverage and decent speeds. The faster the trains are, the further away from the core developments like this should be viable. With true high-speed rail there shouldn't be any reason that someone couldn't work in the Bay Area and buy a $250,000 condo in Stockton, protecting valuable farmland and ecological areas between the two.

Yes, there is. They would pay thousands and thousands a year to just commute to work while still needing a car to live in Stockton. It would never work.