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Why is it everyone else's problem to accommodate you? >I'm not the one who decided to not build enough new housing for 30 years. California's population has i
by jayd16 6y ago
Why is it everyone else's problem to accommodate you?
>I'm not the one who decided to not build enough new housing for 30 years.
California's population has increased 4x since 1950 vs 2x for the country as a whole, more so in SF. To say there is no new housing is just ignoring the (finally waning) population boom.
- tqi 6y agoIt's not everyone else's problem. No one owes me new housing. But it's also not my fucking fault that housing prices are going up.
- jayd16 6y agoIndeed, its a byproduct of rapid growth. For whatever reason people seem to need to find a specific population to demonize.
- nine_k 6y agoThe OP pays a market-rate rent and local taxes for the accommodation. What "everybody else" is doing?
- jayd16 6y agoThe tone suggests OP is entitled to more and that housing policy should change to benefit them over other residents. Its a common sentiment I see on HN that seems to suggest California should continue to bend to support new residents. I have no problem with the people that move to California but the back pressure is bound to happen and native Californians seem despised for it.
- tqi 6y agoAgain, I don't mean to imply that anyone owes me anything. But as I said, I'm not the one who decided how much housing to build. And I'm not the one who decided how much rent to charge. Both of those decisions were made by "native" Californians (whatever that means). So all I'm objecting to is the notion that I (and other "transplants") the ones solely responsible for this mess.