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The confluence or random circumstance and intentional lobbying that have allowed SF area landlords to ensure that a low stock of housing is maintained in the fa

The confluence or random circumstance and intentional lobbying that have allowed SF area landlords to ensure that a low stock of housing is maintained in the face of skyrocketing demand is truly fascinating.

throwawayboye 8y ago
It’s not just SF, it’s every community. I’ve spoken with developers (like, housing) and they face difficulties in every community in America. NIMBYism is running rampant, and disenfranchised voters are unable to fight, or don’t care enough to get involved. This is why local elections matter. My city just elected a NIMBY city council, which means we’re screwed for years, but we won’t stop fighting. People deserve to have places to live, and people deserve sane cities.
komali2 8y ago
Everything always seems behind. When I lived in mountain view, local papers were full of old school residents complaining about nearly finished new housing on Castro that a bunch of googlers would move into. Like... The time to preserve your small town setting passed about 20 years ago lol. It's no longer apricot field town, it's silicon valley, it's staying silicon valley. Why not profit off the rising land values?
- wahern 8y ago
  But Silicon Valley was already dead 25 years ago! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.folklore.computers/bvE0Ka5nCnM/NAIOQnrEyCAJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.folklore.comp... Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!nntp.Stanford.EDU!abercrombie.Stanford.EDU!paulf From: pa...@abercrombie.Stanford.EDU (Paul Flaherty) Subject: Re: Sillycon Valley history Message-ID: <paulf.731874319@abercrombie.Stanford.EDU> Sender: ne...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: DSO, Stanford University References: <C3p1B1.EDE@csulb.edu> Date: 11 Mar 93 18:25:19 GMT Lines: 20 dpa...@csulb.edu (Dave Palmer) writes: >From what I understand, the shine is rubbing off. The cost of housing is >ludicrous, and companies are fleeing to places like Arizona. But you >still can't throw a silicon wafer in Cupertino without hitting an Apple >facility. I think it's fair to say that Silicon Valley is dead. Cheap venture capital, minimal startup cost, access to university researchers, and good inter business communications fueled an engine which turned ideas into products. You can now find venture capital elsewhere, with the discount rate being what it is. The cost of housing and office space has spiraled out of control, thanks to the environmentalists and Prop 13. The trade secrets and intellectual property mania have pretty much destroyed open cooperation. The universities remain, but aren't the driving force they used to be. The place has a much different, more ossified feel to it than it did seven years ago. -=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX | "My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land." ->pa...@Stanford.EDU | -- Dr. Henry Jones Sr.
  - bobaccount 8y ago
    And then that guy invented AltaVista, in Silicon Valley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty

throwawayboye 8y ago

It’s not just SF, it’s every community. I’ve spoken with developers (like, housing) and they face difficulties in every community in America. NIMBYism is running rampant, and disenfranchised voters are unable to fight, or don’t care enough to get involved. This is why local elections matter. My city just elected a NIMBY city council, which means we’re screwed for years, but we won’t stop fighting. People deserve to have places to live, and people deserve sane cities.

komali2 8y ago

Everything always seems behind. When I lived in mountain view, local papers were full of old school residents complaining about nearly finished new housing on Castro that a bunch of googlers would move into. Like... The time to preserve your small town setting passed about 20 years ago lol. It's no longer apricot field town, it's silicon valley, it's staying silicon valley. Why not profit off the rising land values?

wahern 8y ago
But Silicon Valley was already dead 25 years ago! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.folklore.computers/bvE0Ka5nCnM/NAIOQnrEyCAJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.folklore.comp... Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!nntp.Stanford.EDU!abercrombie.Stanford.EDU!paulf From: pa...@abercrombie.Stanford.EDU (Paul Flaherty) Subject: Re: Sillycon Valley history Message-ID: <paulf.731874319@abercrombie.Stanford.EDU> Sender: ne...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: DSO, Stanford University References: <C3p1B1.EDE@csulb.edu> Date: 11 Mar 93 18:25:19 GMT Lines: 20 dpa...@csulb.edu (Dave Palmer) writes: >From what I understand, the shine is rubbing off. The cost of housing is >ludicrous, and companies are fleeing to places like Arizona. But you >still can't throw a silicon wafer in Cupertino without hitting an Apple >facility. I think it's fair to say that Silicon Valley is dead. Cheap venture capital, minimal startup cost, access to university researchers, and good inter business communications fueled an engine which turned ideas into products. You can now find venture capital elsewhere, with the discount rate being what it is. The cost of housing and office space has spiraled out of control, thanks to the environmentalists and Prop 13. The trade secrets and intellectual property mania have pretty much destroyed open cooperation. The universities remain, but aren't the driving force they used to be. The place has a much different, more ossified feel to it than it did seven years ago. -=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX | "My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land." ->pa...@Stanford.EDU | -- Dr. Henry Jones Sr.
- bobaccount 8y ago
  And then that guy invented AltaVista, in Silicon Valley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Flaherty