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San Francisco had just as many houses before tech moved in, the only thing tech did was make housing more expensive
by webkike 6y ago
San Francisco had just as many houses before tech moved in, the only thing tech did was make housing more expensive
- qwertygnu 6y agoBoth "cities will thin out because of covid" and "cities will remain the same despite covid" are pretty reductionist of much larger and more complicated trends I'm sure. I'm aware I reduced the two sides in summarizing them above haha.
- sujinge9 6y ago>San Francisco had just as many houses before tech moved in That's the problem, no?
- sologoub 6y agoThis. Basic supply/demand problem. For those in control of that scare resource (Bay Area housing close to employers/amenities), that constraint is pure profit.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoBasically yes and insane NIMBY regulations have kept the city from reducing the cost of living via more open housing regulations and support for multiunit housing and ridiculous amounts of permitting.