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I think the city being “full” is a much better way to explain it than saying for example you need to make $300,000 to afford a house in San Francisco, as if the

I think the city being “full” is a much better way to explain it than saying for example you need to make $300,000 to afford a house in San Francisco, as if there were an arbitrary amount of housing that available just waiting for people who can pay that much. The people who moved there earlier weren’t that well off its just that they’re holding on so the available supply at any one time is small. Journalism should emphsize the supply side more imo.

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scarejunba 8y ago
Fairly unconvincing if disused warehouses must lie empty because people who live miles away don't want anyone else to move into their city. How can SF be 'full' when there are industrial warehouses far from where people live that are abandoned? What exactly is full here? The warehouse isn't. The land is only full of warehouse skeleton.
- almost_usual 8y ago
  What warehouses are you talking about? South SF? Those definitely are not abandoned and have people working in them. It’s a dying workforce that gets paid minimum wage but they’re around. There is abandoned property in Hunters Point but it’s radioactive.
  - scarejunba 8y ago
    There are definitely warehouses in Soma near the dogpatch not in use.
    - coldtea 8y ago
      Still, a few or 100 warehouses, won't make a dent in a city where 100s of thousands want to move in...