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Re: A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus

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Post by Arizhel »

quicklyfrozen wrote: post #49
1_2__3 wrote: post #34

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I love suburbs. They get lots of hate here but I'd take one over a city in a heartbeat. I like doing things that require garages and back yards and sheds.

And rarely being bothered by noise from my neighbors.

What are you talking about? Every time I've lived in a suburb, I've had neighbors with incessantly barking dogs. Suburbs have been some of the noisiest places I've ever been between all the stupid dogs, the constant noise of lawn mowers and leaf blowers, and all the idiots with noisy motorcycles and big trucks and modified compact cars.

Re: A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus

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Post by Nimitz14 »

valuearb wrote: post #220

“It’s an obsolete model that doesn’t address the work conditions of the future,” says Louise Mozingo, an urban design professor at UC Berkeley." Everyone should note that Louise Mozingo has criticized the Apple campus from not having large open floor plans where employees can stare at each other across narrow tables and "collaborate" by yelling to one another over their co-workers heads. She simply doesn't get how so…

I'm a software developer. I'd hate that.

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Post by kuschku »

linkregister wrote: post #280
kuschku wrote: post #264

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Many many cities in Europe. People who live there can park for free, anyone else has to pay a meter. This solves the issues.

1000 people need parking. There are 500 spaces. Paid parking doesn't solve the problem in this instance . The overall effect of paid parking isn't at issue.

Yes it does. Make it so expensive that overall only 500 people (including those who live there) can afford to park there.

Problem solved.

And that’s how my city got $1/min parking spots.

Re: A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus

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Post by rsync »

Fricken wrote: post #73
alberth wrote: post #20

Hardly any pictures " inside Apple's new campus"

The elevator buttons were pretty cool.

What's cool are the wood and leather stools and medicine balls at the new SF Apple Store:

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*3uRFEwchjR3pUHBFu3...

I would love to buy some of these but I cannot find where Apple sources them ...

Re: A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus

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Post by kylec »

jdavis703 wrote: post #296
pchristensen wrote: post #249

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So the customers of the popular bowling alley don't park in the parking lot of the neighboring businesses. It's forcing every business to play nice with their neighbors, rather than free-ride off of them. Most mall parking lots are sized for the demand of the busiest day of the Christmas shopping season, and are consequently underused for most of the year.

Well then the next door business can either charge for parking and offer free parking validation after you buy something, or just have a tow truck waiting to tow people who park and don't enter the premises.

So, shift the burden to the business that actually paid to create enough parking for their customers?

Re: A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus

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Post by linkregister »

kuschku wrote: post #335
linkregister wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1000 people need parking. There are 500 spaces. Paid parking doesn't solve the problem in this instance . The overall effect of paid parking isn't at issue.

Yes it does. Make it so expensive that overall only 500 people (including those who live there) can afford to park there. Problem solved. And that’s how my city got $1/min parking spots.

Now you made it full circle to my original comment, "you can do this if you're a dictator. Otherwise, residents won't agree to pay for parking in front of their own homes."

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Post by kylec »

mxfh wrote: post #67
matsemann wrote: post #36

I'd wish they were a bit more futuristic than having 9000 parking spaces. Why not offer buses from where their employees live or other means of transportation? It's easy to say that most people drive, but that's only because everyone always make that the most convenient mode of transportation. With some effort something else could be even more convenient.

Apple is building 11,000 parking spaces not because it wants to but because Cupertino, the suburban city where the new headquarters is located, demands it. Cupertino has a requirement for every building. http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21720269-dont-let-peo... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14067658

Has Apple ever said that they don't want to create all the parking spaces they're creating? Isn't it in their interest as an employer to provide ample parking for their employees?

Re: A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus

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Post by kylec »

Someone1234 wrote: post #107
mxfh wrote: post #67

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Apple is building 11,000 parking spaces not because it wants to but because Cupertino, the suburban city where the new headquarters is located, demands it. Cupertino has a requirement for every building. http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21720269-dont-let-peo... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14067658

That's a copout. Cupertino demands it because businesses have abused public streets before (e.g. relying on public parking for business purposes); if Apple had gone to Cupertino with an actual plan, they may have allowed fewer spaces, but since Apple didn't and just accepted the requirement it is because Apple has no plans to reduce it.

Has Apple ever said that they don't want to create all the parking spaces they're creating? Isn't it in their interest as an employer to provide ample parking for their employees?
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