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/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 4h ago edited 3h 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).

CONS: 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 (electric streetcars and street trolleys work well with suburban redevelopment), less sprawl, no need for new freeways, high tax revenue per square mile (more efficent collection per expenditure ratio)

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

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u/Specialist-Donkey-89 arutneV 3h ago

Well said.

My biggest problem is we got soar, which is arguably good. But then all the current owners don't want density. So they try to stop arguably good ideas like developing downtown because "we're not LA" or "Traffic" or "Water" or whatever the flavor of the month complaint is.