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Regarding SF house prices in particular: San Francisco prices go up => only tech bros can afford rent San Francisco rent prices get capped => tech bros still
by blobbers 7y ago
Regarding SF house prices in particular:
San Francisco prices go up => only tech bros can afford rent
San Francisco rent prices get capped => tech bros still need place to live and win rental application lotto
Artists can't afford rent, but want to live in city full of tech bros and glass condos?
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me why you'd want to stay in SF if you're genuinely an artist. Is it a romanticization of the city's past rather than the reality of the present - a stark line between rich and poor with tent cities all around? An elementary school system not friendly to families making community ties (random geographic assignment)?
SF doesn't have a thriving liberal arts school - the art academy is a profit pit meant to create student debt. Aren't places like Berkeley, Pacifica, and Santa Cruz much more attractive locations? Even farther south like San Luis Obispo?
Lastly I am just going to ask this more fundamental question: should anyone be allowed to live anywhere they want, and is that the right people are striving for? Or is it simply they should be able to stay in the place they are once they're able to `get int`?