[RestlessMind]

> full of strip malls, copy/paste corporate restaurants / chains and lack identity or urban planning (With public transit, lots of parks, walk-ability)?

That sounds like ideal American suburb which a lot of Americans seem to prefer. If not, by now we would have seen it getting decayed.

> as a generic suburb

What's wrong with generic suburbs?

> They just happened to develop land that was in high demand due to its proximity to the coast

Seems to fit description of this new place too (proximity to SV and SF)

[ProfessorLayton]

A lot of what's wrong with generic suburbs is that they're not paying enough to cover their expenses (Prop 13 in CA) and the infrastructure that supports them is indeed decaying.

Of course a lot of people prefer their expenses get subsidized.