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Cities are the greatest economic drivers of societies the world over. Worldwide, people clamor to cities to improve their opportunities. Cities that don't manag

Cities are the greatest economic drivers of societies the world over. Worldwide, people clamor to cities to improve their opportunities. Cities that don't manage this growth achieve congestion; cities that outright block growth experience longtime residents being priced out. Why wouldn't economic policy address one of the major challenges to improved opportunity? Also, wouldn't you want your kids to be able to afford living in their hometown? Many interests paint this as an all- or nothing- problem: "the developers just want to pave over Golden Gate Park!" "The NIMBYs just want their property values to increase!" In reality, nobody credibly advocates this. Building high-density apartments in previously single-family home tracts is one solution. Paris is an excellent example of housing that is both beautiful and functional. Apartments are limited to six stories, and have good public transit available, so congestion isn't like Jakarta.

L_Rahman 8y ago
In reality, they do credibly advocate this and San Francisco is a key example: > At the meeting, one woman fretted that the tall building would violate the privacy of a nearby public school. > When Tillman said he saw his project as necessary so people like his daughter could afford to come back and live in the city, one particularly motivated activist said she wished his daughter was killed in a terrorist attack. > Parroting many of the Mission activists' concerns, Commissioner Rich Hillis complained that the design was "bulky, and a bit out of character" with the neighborhood, while Commissioner Kathrin Moore said that erecting an 84-foot tall building would be like "plopping a foreign object into this area and not thinking about the consequences." Commissioner Dennis Richards said, "I think a project absolutely belongs here. The question is what kind of project." https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/21/san-francisco-man-has-spent-4-years-1-mi https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/21/san-francisco-man-has-spe...

L_Rahman 8y ago

In reality, they do credibly advocate this and San Francisco is a key example: > At the meeting, one woman fretted that the tall building would violate the privacy of a nearby public school. > When Tillman said he saw his project as necessary so people like his daughter could afford to come back and live in the city, one particularly motivated activist said she wished his daughter was killed in a terrorist attack. > Parroting many of the Mission activists' concerns, Commissioner Rich Hillis complained that the design was "bulky, and a bit out of character" with the neighborhood, while Commissioner Kathrin Moore said that erecting an 84-foot tall building would be like "plopping a foreign object into this area and not thinking about the consequences." Commissioner Dennis Richards said, "I think a project absolutely belongs here. The question is what kind of project." https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/21/san-francisco-man-has-spent-4-years-1-mi https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/21/san-francisco-man-has-spe...