Some of this simply isn’t up to humans. The West coast is pretty brutal nature wise. I do think it makes sense in major metros, rural areas (that are burning ri

Some of this simply isn’t up to humans. The West coast is pretty brutal nature wise. I do think it makes sense in major metros, rural areas (that are burning right now) probably not. A lot of water and resources the city gets still come from those rural areas. If the Hetch-Hetchy burned last week it could have had a significant impact on SFs water supply. We also haven’t had a massive earthquake in awhile. Lots of unreinforced masonry structures in SF still, entire neighborhoods will be wiped out when it happens. New buildings will need to be much safer than existing ones. Density sounds good and I’m all for it, we need to scale up our infrastructure though. Also in SF pro-density movements are painted as pro-gentrification, getting the voters on board is hard. This all costs money and convincing the locals to spend money now to support outsiders usually doesn’t work. The money will be spent on affordable housing for existing residents. This continues the cycle of new well off residents buying expensive homes and pushing more locals out of state or into affordable housing. Honestly a big earthquake might be the only thing that forces the city to rebuild with safer higher density buildings.