^i totally love the high speed rail concept and hope it gets built (hopefully soon!)

but the airport should still be built in Miramar!;)

I don't disagree. After all, does it make sense for an airport to be located immediatey adjacent to a one of a few natural harbors on the west coast and so near a downtown? - rhetorical. But, whether or not Lindbergh is moved, HSR is good for freeing up limited airport capacity.

According to the alignment plan for the high speed rail it will basically pass through miramar. Just another benefit to locating the new airport there.

But, no station is planned over there, yet. If HSR moves forward I am sure it will be before anything ever happens with Lindbergh. I'd think?

By the way, a measure is on the ballot for November 2008 to consider a bond measure to fund high speed rail.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...ail/HSR-SD.jpg

What is the R2-D2 mailbox?

Great job with the pictures guys!:lmao: I have a hard time telling them apart...

Because they could if they wanted to. Almost everybody can, except for America's finest city.

USPS did a promotional thing for the film's 20th anniversary, and they came up with an R2-D2 mailbox:)

gotcha

sad, but true.:(

i can picture it now. a 600 foot building with a bad haircut.

Mmm... about Chula Vista's potential height, they may not have restrictions with a local airport, but who's to say they do not have their own city ordinance resticting the height of buildings? Every other city does.

that could be true. who was it that posted the map/data before regarding this. it was almost a year or more ago.

it would kill me to see a 500 footer outside of downtown San Diego unless downtown had it first...then Chula Vista and National City can push it too;)

(although i doubt it would ever happen anyway...its just a thought)

interesting article from Metro Investment Report regarding the situation on airport and growth:

"...San Diego voters rejected a ballot measure that would set preliminary groundwork for a possible airport at Miramar Naval Air Station. The issue of where to site a larger airport in San Diego is more than three decades old. What is the significance of this latest vote, and what are the prospects?

This is really a larger debate about growth. San Diego is deeply divided about whether it wants to be a big city or a very large suburb. The airport is part of that debate. Many people here don’t want the growth that an airport produces, particularly in their backyard..."

http://www.metroinvestmentreport.com...68&format=html

well, those people that want a big suburb suck:)

they are a majority though, according to that vote

So is the floating airport basically dead??

And I agree San Diego County does have an identity crisis. When will people realize that a shitty small one runway airport will affect their future as well as their childrens. Do they want San Diego County to start losing jobs and not attracting new businesses?

Like an earlier poster said PORTLAND has direct flights to Europe and Asia. Come on now San Diego lets step this up and start thinking about a floating airport.

^Tijuana does too, but i dont support the floating airport, because of environmental and accesibility issues...Miramar (IMO) is the only viable site in SD county...screw the desert...im not going that far...

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