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Old Posted Jun 1, 2020, 2:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Will O' Wisp View Post
The flight path into San Jose's airport goes directly over downtown San Jose. It limits the buildings there to ~250'.
That has nothing to do with the quality of SJ's downtown, though. The best urban neighborhoods worldwide don't have particularly tall buildings. Even in Manhattan, the best, most vibrant neighborhoods tend to be midrise.

SJ has a weak downtown because's it's essentially a giant postwar Sunbelt suburb, and the SV corporate behemoths are located elsewhere. If Facebook, Apple and Google were downtown, yeah, things would be more vibrant.
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