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People keep trotting out a trophe of "SF has zillions of empty units" and time and time again, thats simply not accurate. They lump the greater bay area into SF
by bifrost 6y ago
People keep trotting out a trophe of "SF has zillions of empty units" and time and time again, thats simply not accurate. They lump the greater bay area into SF, its apples and oranges in terms of an actual market. The vacant units in SF are not quantified into useful groups, when you dig in the vacancy rate of habitable dwellings is well under 1%
We gotta build.
- Kalium 6y agoIt's a useful line to trot out if you subscribe to the narrative that there's plentiful resources to go around, if we just make the rich assholes share. In ideological terms, it's a very convenient position to work from. It means you never have to evaluate if housing policy has played a role, which is handy when you support all the individual policies concerned.
- calvinmorrison 6y agoSometimes. In Philly there's a LOT of land. Let's get more rehabbed neighborhoods and less new condos near nice areas.
- imtringued 6y agoGood idea. If the top cities are full, build more top cities.
- bifrost 6y agoThat is unlikely to happen for a variety of reasons; its easier to ruin a top city than build more.