Of course, the problem with light rail is that RT doesn’t enforce tickets. For example, in the Bay Area, BART terminals have turnstiles and guards. You can’t even board without a ticket. Same for the Las Vegas monorail. Her in Sacramento, you can easily just walk on a train without a ticket.

That’s where the rif-raf comes from.

As far as low income housing, it’s now a CA mandate to build it everywhere. So the only way to avoid it is to move to an older, high-priced, established area that was created before that mandate.

All in-city suburbs have a political genesis, they are intended to make money for developers (who turn cheap farmland into expensive residential land) while development fees let cities maintain services without raising taxes. It’s called the “growth machine thesis.”

My point was that North Natomas has a politically-oriented genesis, and now that it is built out, and filling the coffers at city hall, the city government doesn’t give a crap about it. But don’t believe me, come see for yourself.

When I moved here in 2001 it was extremely promising. I saw the master plan and it consisted primarily of homes, parks, and commensurate and office space. NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, knew how many high density homes, section 8 apartments, and condos were planned for the area. We didn’t find out until the foundations were going down.

Maybe I should have attended some planning meetings. Maybe I should have demanded to know what was going in across the street in that big empty lot from my home. Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Too late now. I learned an extraordinary lesson out of this. And the experience has motivated me to help foster much needed change.

I love Natomas, and I will go down fighting for it.

Thanks for allowing me to express myself here. Feedback always appreciated.

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