- Majority of city (outside old towns) built after WWII with an emphasis on brutalist 60s suburbia.
- Prop 13 and the NIMBY revolution that cemented it in for the long haul.
It's only in the last five years or so that extreme economic pressure has enabled new buildings over two stories (gasp) to be built outside downtown, while NIMBYs scream bloody murder.
- Majority of city (outside old towns) built after WWII with an emphasis on brutalist 60s suburbia.
- Prop 13 and the NIMBY revolution that cemented it in for the long haul.
It's only in the last five years or so that extreme economic pressure has enabled new buildings over two stories (gasp) to be built outside downtown, while NIMBYs scream bloody murder.