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> intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. It's even worse than that. If I had to explain the Ba
by Lammy 5y ago
> intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices.
It's even worse than that. If I had to explain the Bay Area post-WW2 anti-housing mindset in one graph, it would be this one: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/blacks_chart_watermark_final.png https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/blacks_ch...
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https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-francisco-bay-area https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-franci...
https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-francisco-bay-area-part-2 https://belonging.berkeley.edu/racial-segregation-san-franci...
- mertd 5y agoThanks for the sources. The aggressive NIMBY'ism of the Bay Area is really bizarre. Part of it is well explained by textbook racism.
- imwillofficial 5y agoIf San Fran is racist, there is no hope for the rest of us.
- seehafer 5y agoI think you overestimate how much the professed beliefs of the region coincide with the actual beliefs. Having lived all over the country SF is one of the more hypocritical places I’ve been. You don’t see nearly as many Black Lives Matter signs in Dallas for instance, but what you do see are far more middle class black families living side by side middle class white families. For more on the Bay Area’s legacy of racism, highly suggest reading Richard Rothstein’s _The Color of Law_.