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4. Buckminster Fuller designed a floating city back in the '70s

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 05:16 PM

Feb 2015

Could a few of these floating in the Bay help with the housing crunch?

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Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun [View all] KamaAina Feb 2015 OP

Buckminster Fuller designed a floating city back in the '70s KamaAina Feb 2015 #4

Not unless you built hundreds of them. Mr.Bill Feb 2015 #6

Ooh - they should build a flying city! daredtowork Feb 2015 #7

But how would the people commute? KamaAina Mar 2015 #9

On a magic Google bus! nt daredtowork Mar 2015 #14

Add BART across San Mateo bridge & down from SF. Not housing on point Feb 2015 #5

SF is already overpriced and overcrowded. KamaAina Mar 2015 #10

A second BART transbay tube is actually being discussed. KamaAina Mar 2015 #12

They should move to northern Maine. MADem Mar 2015 #8

Genentech is in South San Francisco KamaAina Mar 2015 #15