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Half of Santa Rosa is missing

2025-02-24 22:48:15.061465+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Saw a meme recently about how US cities weren't built for the car, they were destroyed for the car. And I often think "but California was mostly built up post WWII", and then there are reminders, like this, that even cities like Santa Rosa were destroyed for the car.

Might make a fun afternoon to map out the parking lots and 1 story bank buildings in Petaluma that sit on the sites of once grander multi-story buildings.

SR YIMBY: Half of Santa Rosa is missing.

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