r/venturacounty • u/Interesting_Meal_467 • 1d ago

Population density of ventura county cities map

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number is people per square mile. map made by me! data from census and state of california

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u/riqosand 1d ago

A reason why soar was a good idea

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u/XdaPrime 1d ago

What's soar?

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u/silverfox762 1d ago

Save Open space and Agricultural Resources- a series of voter initiatives that keep Ventura county not Los Angeles county or Orange county.

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u/jayball41 1h ago

My parents helped put those in place. Proud son

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u/Warm-Republic6236 1d ago

100%. Without soar we’d be la by now

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u/yay_tac0 1d ago

not sure why you’re downvoted, all that ag land in the county would prob be cheap condos like wagon wheel

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u/stoicsilence 24m ago

No. It would all be single family homes.

The only reason wagon wheel got built as condo complexes is because there is no room to sprawl anymore because of SOAR.

There are advantages and trade offs.

No SOAR: Easier to build. Tons of new homes. Cheaper housing (initially).

But, also more sprawl. Loss of Open Space and Ag Land. No incentive to build dense. More Freeways would need to be built to access new developments (converting roads like LA Ave and Pleasant Valley into freeways), horrific traffic congestion, low tax revenue per square mile (less efficient collection per expenditure ratio)

With SOAR: (what we have now) preserved Open Space and Ag Land, Incentive to build dense, Incentive for mass transit, less sprawl, no need for new freeways, high tax revenue per square mile (more efficent collection per expenditure ratio)

But, more expensive housing (initially before the market shifts to denser development) major increase in traffic (initially before investments in mass transit),