Funny, my only round with this site's founder was at Pinion Hills in NM. Here we came upon an elementary school abutting the course and Ran waxed on for some time in great delight about how the childern recreating during recess just made the whole experience complete. Me, I didnt mind the buildings but found the noise unsettling.
A bit ironic, at Chambers Bay, the remnants of what I was told were separating bins for the gravel once mined on the site struck my eye in a very negative way. With the beautiful Sound as the background, these things at a distance have the appearance of a long abandoned construction site. I asked why they hadn't been bulldozed when the course was being built and was told that they are being preserved because of their "historical significance". I would think that a "vulgar" residential regime such as San Lorenzo's would be a great improvement, but my tastes seem to run a bit different than those prevailing here.