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Posted on June 25 at 9:07 a.m.
I always find it entertaining to read about traffic complaints. I mean, what's causing this existing heavy traffic? The magical traffic fairies? Or is it perhaps the El Encanto residents themselves? According to City-Data.com, 10.0% of Goleta households have 4 or more vehicles. Maybe if these residents used public transportation more often, and used their energy to improve public transportation rather than complain about these projects, perhaps they could even improve traffic with the construction of new buildings? Alas, that is against the spirit of the utterly auto-obsessed beliefs of the typical Goletian.
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Posted on March 13 at 3:42 p.m.
It was a sarcastic jab at the, as you put it, faux-liberals that occupy Santa Barbara. I agree with what you said about Fiesta too.
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Posted on March 13 at 2:41 p.m.
Why stop at the mascots? You're are all living on stolen Chumash land.
Posted on March 11 at 10:57 a.m.
The reason I commented on the comments was because I frequently see "traffic" mentioned as an issue for any development that occurs here. However, the reason that there is so much traffic is caused by the residents here themselves. For such a supposedly eco-friendly town, and a place where preserving the environment is highly championed (see Naples), there sure seems to be a lot of car drivers.
Posted on March 10 at 1:34 p.m.
Maybe if both of you stopped driving and started taking the bus this wouldn't be a problem. If you guys are so hot on organic foods why are you harming the environment with your cars?
Posted on November 13 at 1:48 a.m.
This is just dumb. The eucalyptus corridor creates a nice border between the campus and Isla Vista. Plus, who would want to move into nice housing when it would be right next to party central, adjacent to the louder 6500 blocks of Isla Vista and a number of sorority and fraternity houses? Why not develop the Camino Corto Open Space and Del Sol Open Space, as well as the area between Francisco Torres and Santa Ynez? Currently, these areas are already neglected, and provide no active recreation to the population of Isla Vista.
Posted on October 28 at 1:13 a.m.
Glad someone is sticking it to Montecito.
Posted on October 22 at 9:20 a.m.
The thing is, you can argue all day whether he's an evil, but he's just building something that there is a demand for. While many of us loathe private communities and private beach access, there are also plenty of people who love it. And you can look no further than Santa Barbara to find thousands of these people already. I just wish all the effort to stop much smarter projects like Bishop Ranch was used here.
Posted on October 21 at 10:54 p.m.
The thing is, a lot of people complain about this, say that Santa Barbara is becoming more like Orange County, say that Santa Barbara is moving in the wrong direction, etc. But when you really step back and look at this, the development at Naples is quintessential Santa Barbara. The entirety of the South Coast was once beautiful, pristine open land. While some of it was built up with middle class higher density housing, a significant portion of it is dotted with low density mansions for the elite, taking public beaches and making them private, and ruining beach views and the beautiful landscape that once existed here.
I know many are upset about a private community with private beach access, but isn't that what Santa Barbara has become a long time ago? Personally, if anything were too be built at Naples, I would have wished for high density housing north of the 101 freeway and that's it. But none of you guys would go for that either.
In any case, I think the whole "keep Santa Barbara beautiful" ship has sailed a long time ago. The land was developed a long time ago, and it's somewhat hypocritical of many of you to criticize this development when your house also helped in diminishing the beauty of the South Coast. And with the development of communities like Montecito and Hope Ranch, it's become clear that Santa Barbara is a private resort town, too good for us common folk who just want to take a stroll on her beaches.
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Posted on June 25 at 9:10 a.m.
New siding? How about joining the 19th century and double tracking the entire Surfliner route in Santa Barbara County? Not only would commuter rail be possible, but you'd be also be sticking it to the Montecitans who loathe those who use public transportation.
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