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Four large apartment buildings in the East Bay have been burned by arsonists (likely the same one or group) in the last year. One in Uptown a few weeks ago. O
by e40 9y ago
Four large apartment buildings in the East Bay have been burned by arsonists (likely the same one or group) in the last year. One in Uptown a few weeks ago. One, in Emmeryville was burned down twice.
I agree, we need to build more housing. It seems it's not quite that simple, though.
- kevinburke 9y agoAs an example of how Bay Area housing politics are silly.. there is a document that local governments use that purports to show that building more housing creates demand for even more housing, and use it to justify not building things. By that logic, these arsons will help reduce rents in Oakland... it makes no sense.
- CalChris 9y agoBy that logic, these arsons will help reduce rents in Oakland... it makes no sense. No. That is a fallacy on your part, denying the antecedent.
- e40 9y agoI think Kevin was being snarky.
- sliverstorm 9y agoMaybe it does make sense. I want to live in Oakland even less now.
- jdavis703 9y agoThe idea of induced demand can't be discounted, that said building housing doesn't have the same negative impacts as building more highest lane miles, so the fact that it could induce demand is not as bad. Just keep building housing until every person who wants a roof over their head has one.
- scelerat 9y agoNIMBYism is merely one of the theories why the buildings in Emeryville to which you refer were set ablaze. Another begins with the phrase "follow the money..."
- kevinburke 9y agoI guarantee you that the developers would rather have the housing built than the insurance money.
- sqeaky 9y agoThere are people other than developers. There are plenty of other people who might benefit from housing prices not going down.