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No, this doesn't have to do with construction costs (which are about linear with square footage), it's other factors. For example, even if someone wanted to bui
by jdavis703 9y ago
No, this doesn't have to do with construction costs (which are about linear with square footage), it's other factors. For example, even if someone wanted to build a tiny home (i.e. less than 500 square feet), it's illegal in many places because of minimum square footage requirements. The problem comes from bad land use planning, not because "dumb" Americans don't understand a larger house costs more money.
- tehlike 9y agoTrue that. There's the other side of the coin though. South bay (excepting San Jose) is what you'd call suburbs. People who choose to live low density areas. Part of it is because of the employers. I, for one, do not like a lot of people around me, and I grew up in a city of > 15M. I like the low density. I think it goes both ways. companies in the bay area choose to headquarter in low density areas (so they can grow).
- maccard 9y agoI wasn’t talking about construction costs, I was talking about density. You can fit more 800sqft houses in a fixed area than you can 2500sqft houses