> Zoning laws, mandatory parking, improved public transportation, affordable housing regulations, and new development could all improve the current situation s

> Zoning laws, mandatory parking, improved public transportation, affordable housing regulations, and new development could all improve the current situation so local and state governments play a role Wow! "Play a role" has an amazing undertone here; It's Amazon's fault for offering good salaries in Seattle; a better company would offer fewer jobs, at lower salaries, spread out (oh that's what's happening at the warehouses). Local and State Governments (and the people they represent who are profiting from real estate in San Francisco and Seattle) should not be the distant second you're pointing at here! Indeed, Amazon HQ2 is considered by many cities to be a giant opportunity for economic growth. And this is to ignore that Amazon Seattle is located where a previously blighted community was. Nay, I say, I've considered Seattle as having a higher cost of living since 'You've Got Mail' came out.