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Rich SV types don’t seek housing because landlords appear to rent it to us. We seek housing because we get jobs. Each SV type who rents a new home is one who’s
by closeparen 5y ago
Rich SV types don’t seek housing because landlords appear to rent it to us. We seek housing because we get jobs. Each SV type who rents a new home is one who’s not competing for an existing home.
If you want to put a stop to the kind of development that is actually causing SV types to materialize, that would be offices. Offices are are generally popular and unobjectionable.
- imtringued 5y agoProp 13 killed tax revenue so local governments must obtain it through commercial property. It's pretty obvious what the problem is. A pro job bias that makes sure there are more jobs than housing.
- closeparen 5y agoI don’t think the populist spirit is making an inference as complex as “we need to get the tax revenue somewhere, better not object to offices even though they also create traffic.” The bureaucrats might, but the bureaucrats don’t have that much power; even when they support a housing development they get overridden by the community.