Ironically, Palo Alto is the birthplace of Silicon Valley.https://twitter.com/newsycombinator/status/733780054866599936 …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
To be fair, he said he's okay with true startups in DTPA. I agree with him that the Palantirization of PA is an issue.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
I'm unapologetic urbanist, but if I were PA planner, I would be nervous about dominance of any single firm. Creates fragility.
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Replying to @patrickc @kimmaicutler
(What happens when Palantir leaves?)
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what happened when Sun Microsystems left their Menlo Park campus?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Can't believe I'm arguing anti-development side here :-). Point just that these are ecosystems; homogeneity usually bad.
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Replying to @patrickc @kimmaicutler
(And city's goals are not Palantir's or even current residents'. City needs to be optimizing over a much longer time horizon.)
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Replying to @patrickc @kimmaicutler
PA is desirable precisely because they rejected the seductive urban trends of the 50s :-)
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and capture disproportionate land value returns in the process for its rentiering voters.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Much of this hinges on the question of *who* gets to optimize, I think. And answer there not obvious IMO.
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Replying to @patrickc
In practice, its wealthier, affluent communities that optimize for themselves, put pressure on gentrifying neighborhoods.
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