From the Palo Alto Weekly, 10 September 2004, "Proposed Subdivision Divides Neighbors"
Migdal vigorously defended the plans as completely conforming with Palo Alto standards.
"These are not 5,000-, 6,000-, or 7,000-square foot monster homes. This is below the average home in Palo Alto," Migdal said of the plan, which calls for homes of 2,650- to 2850-square feet. "They should not be called 'monster.' They are not monstrous."
One resident who supported Migdal said the city needed new development to attract intellectual capital to the area.
But another resident later retorted: "Albert Einstein's house in Princeton, NJ—it's not two story."