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To: berniel who wrote (3755)	1/19/2016 11:41:09 AM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26769

I'm fine with that. I don't drive that much and the higher cost is paid by those who spew out the most pollution into the air. CA seems determined to turn the State into densely populate places like Manhattan and Brooklyn where they need the taxes to pay the promised pensions to government workers... so to cram us all in like sardines, they sell our quality of life away. About the only good they do is require less auto emissions for those commuting and stuck in traffic they created by allowing over building.

To: berniel who wrote (3755)	1/19/2016 11:48:36 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26769

I played varsity tennis in high school during my sophomore and junior year in Daly City, a low income suburb next to SF. My doubles partner and I were a shock as sophomores at how well we played against those with more experience and age.... Anyway, I didn't play singles in my sr. year because I needed to work to pay for college and my doubles partner moved to Cupertino. I still worked out with the team when I didn't work. Some of us drove down to visit our friend and were shocked at how the area was like dots of housing developments in cities separated by vast farm lands. We joked you had to get on the highway to go anywhere... I also remember looking out towards SFO from my parents house high on the hill in Daly City. Often the air over SFO was dark and dirty... there were no pollution controls on autos..... Today the farms in the South Bay have been replaced by housing and San Jose, once only known for low riders and farms to us in the North, is full of high rises and tech companies... yet the air over SFO is clean. We've packed people into here like sardines but at least the air is cleaner than in the past.