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Anyone that claims one easy fix to a complex problem is most likely talking out of their ass. Just like with anything else in life, the answer is way more compl
by dntrkv 10y ago
Anyone that claims one easy fix to a complex problem is most likely talking out of their ass. Just like with anything else in life, the answer is way more complicated than the zealots on both sides would have you believe.
Like you pointed out, NYC is the most dense city in the US, followed by SF. Naturally, building shit will be difficult in these cities. SF and NYC suffer from a unique set of problems, well not totally unique, but these problems are magnified in these cities:
Space constraints
Very desirable places to live
Neighborhoods with world famous character
Large amount of wealthy people willing to pay high prices
Boom & bust industries constantly changing the rate of population migration and also the wealth of the population
Pretending that everyone else is so dumb that they don't understand supply/demand or there is some evil conspiracy to prevent building doesn't help anyone. There are actual difficulties here with no easy solution. Building in these cities used to be difficult, it's difficult today, and it will continue to be difficult. There is no fix that will magically make these problems go away.
- sn9 10y ago> Like you pointed out, NYC is the most dense city in the US, followed by SF. SF isn't the second most dense place in the country. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density#Metropolitan_areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- milcron 10y agoI always thought the lack of density was SF's problem! Too many nice old houses in the way of proper apartment buildings.
- vonmoltke 10y agoPoster said city; that list is any incorporated area with >10000/sqmi. The top incorporated area on that list is physically smaller than Google's main campus. If you restrict it to the saner list of cities with more than 100,000 people, San Francisco is indeed second. Your list is the best representation of the true density of South Florida, though. It is carved up into so many independent towns that just using total populations doesn't show the true picture.