I hear this all the time on HN, but I never see any data to back it up. It's also a very broad statement: I never see any construction when I visit SF, but in

I hear this all the time on HN, but I never see any data to back it up. It's also a very broad statement: I never see any construction when I visit SF, but in Montreal everything is under construction all the time. There are a dozen new condo developments within a few blocks of where I live, and yet the prices of homes still rose something like 20% last year. There isn't usually one The Root Cause for economic issues, so blanket statements about policies being "boogeyman politics" are the kinds of unlikely sentiments that I'd like to see backed up by significant evidence.