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Imagine what has to be going on in your mind that you believe turning non-housing into housing will gentrify something.
by darawk 5y ago
Imagine what has to be going on in your mind that you believe turning non-housing into housing will gentrify something.
- noduerme 5y agoAsking as someone who lived there until the first dot com crash: Does anyone actually need to live in San Francisco anymore?
- novok 5y agoLets get more meta, does anyone ever need to live anywhere in particular /s
- eloisant 5y agoWell, it might not be true for the tech workers roaming HN, but there are still people who are forced to live in a big city to get a job!
- sitkack 5y agoNo alarm intended, but does anyone need to live anyway? Once you understand that simply perceiving reality is the most wondrous thing we can do, simply being present in the universe is enough.
- eloisant 5y agoI'd say since the pandemic not really I guess, most companies accept remote, however since 10 years or so SF really became the center of the Silicon Valley (while it was more south bay/peninsula before). It's going to take some time until tech workers stop flocking to SF and price become less ridiculous, if ever. I don't see it dropping below other world big cities like NYC however.
- pmorici 5y agoThey can’t possibly believe this stuff. They have a financial interest in keeping prices high. That is the simplest explanation.