Google is planning of building between 6-8 million square feet of offices and other spaces in the Diridon Station area in San Jose. This will bring up to 20,000 workers to the San Jose area.<p>http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/20/google-san-jose-negotiate-transit-village-downtown/<p>Around this, other real estate projects started to emerge: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/23/google-village-million-square-foot-downtown-san-jose-tech-campus/<p>Obviously, if all these come to fruition, the impact on San Jose and the area will be huge.<p>I live in San Jose, and I overall support the project. I am sure, there will be problems and bumps along the way, but if I had to chose between San Jose with Google and San Jose without Google, I would go with the former.<p>I am asking HN, what will be the expected impact of this on:
-Real Estate
-Housing
-Traffic
-Transportation
-Crime
-Schools
-Life style (restaurants, activities, art)
-San Jose University
-Character of the area (Latino, Japan Town)
-Other areas that are important and haven't listed<p>This story repeated two decades ago in Mountain View. What has been the impact there, and what should we expect in San Jose?