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Meanwhile, every time there's a proposal to increase density and build more housing, the local NIMBYs show up and protest. My neighborhood association just sen

• rayiner 8y ago
  San Francisco sounds like such a hellscape. Apparently, most of the city is zoned with a 40-foot height limit: https://qpho.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5843aebefa7517e39d3b4bd6fc1f6a99.webp https://qpho.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5843aebefa7517e39d3b4.... That's about the same as the height limit in our neighborhood in exurban Maryland.
• kradroy 8y ago
  The buildings might get 2 stories taller! At least they chose a reasonable time for the meeting. I don't know what to do in SF other than trying another round of electing supervisors at large. The way the "supervisorial courtesy" works in the city turns neighborhoods into inviolable fiefdoms. I can influence my supervisor, but my district isn't going to be able to solve the various urban decay problems on its own.
• bduerst 8y ago
  Join the progressives fighting this FUD: https://www.sfyimby.org/ https://www.sfyimby.org/