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San Francisco has been a boom/bust town since the gold rush. San Francisco's economic focal point, which has lasted there for a century or so, is tourism. Have
by SCAQTony 7y ago
San Francisco has been a boom/bust town since the gold rush. San Francisco's economic focal point, which has lasted there for a century or so, is tourism.
Have you heard about that sinking luxury condo skyscraper in S.F.? The terrain is formable in San Francisco, the geographic location treacherous. San Francisco's urban plan does not work well enough to fit nearly a million people. NYC has less than half the square mile footage, yet double the population. NYC works primarily better mainly because of location and geography. "...It turns out that Manhattan has a bedrock unusually suited to the construction of very tall buildings, in many cases just a few meters below the surface."
https://observer.com/2012/01/uncanny-valley-the-real-reason-there-are-no-skyscrapers-in-the-middle-of-manhattan/ https://observer.com/2012/01/uncanny-valley-the-real-reason-...
- ericd 7y agoThing is, it doesn't need to be skyscrapers to house vastly more people than it does, it just needs to be 5 story walkups. And SV is currently one long stretch of strip malls, open air parking lots, and single story ranch homes with sad little yards.
- acslater00 7y ago> and single story ranch homes with sad little yards This is so spot-on it literally pains me
- pasttense01 7y ago5 story WALKUPS? Very few are going to walk up that many flights of stairs.
- sfjailbird 7y agoEver been to a European capital? They consist almost entirely of that type of buildings.
- desert_boi 7y agoNot even capitals, if you look at cities like Hamburg.
- ericd 7y agoManhattan disagrees with you, 5 story walkups are extremely common there. Helps keep you fit!