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Lots of it is nimbys, just not sf nimbys. The entire peninsula dumps their housing problem onto sf and san jose. viz linkedin and google building millions of
by x0x0 10y ago
Lots of it is nimbys, just not sf nimbys.
The entire peninsula dumps their housing problem onto sf and san jose. viz linkedin and google building millions of ft2 of new campuses for tens of thousands of employees in a town of 80k that is possibly going to study maybe building some housing. Potentially. So where do the employees go? The only places there is housing available.
- laurencerowe 10y agoSF has a net commuter inflow so it's better characterized as the peninsular becoming more like SF when it used to be more like SJ.
- ptaipale 10y agoIndeed. If there are more jobs than apartments in SF, and more people commuting to SF than from SF, it doesn't sound like "the entire peninsula dumps their housing problem onto sf"; it's rather the other way round.
- BurningFrog 10y agoBut there is also vastly more jobs than apartments on the peninsula. I think it's the East Bay and Deep South Bay that gets "dumped on". The fact that it's seen as a burden/sacrifice for a city/region to provide housing tells you a lot about what's wrong with California.
- BurningFrog 10y agoAgreed. This needs to be fixed on the state level.