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The housing shortage is over. We have a commercial property vacancy and zoning crisis.

WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
It's difficult to consider the housing shortage over while there are insufficient homes for folks to live in. https://archive.ph/ykr8Z https://archive.ph/ykr8Z or https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-10/us-rental-housing-crisis-spirals-on-inflation-pressure-pandemic-migration https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-10/us-rental...
- shaburn 4y ago
  This argument is insanity. There are sufficient homes at prices that are insufficient for everyone who wants to live there. That is called reality. And unlike the metaverse you cannot simply invent infinitely more. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-San-Francisco-16822916.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/how-many-vacant-homes...
  - WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
    There are insufficient homes to live in. Unobtainable homes are not homes that can be lived in Introducing bizarre concepts into the discussion like infinite homes or non-sequitur like the metaverse - that doesn't really change any of that.
- shaburn 4y ago
  "S.F. population fell 6.3% to lowest level since 2010" - SF Chronical https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-population-fell-6-3-most-in-nation-to-17199403.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-population-fell-6...
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rossdavidh 4y ago
We do have a lot of commercial property that is empty, some of it for years, and that makes no sense to me unless someone is using it as an investment to sell for a profit in a few years. However, most of it is not set up in a way that is suitable for residential, though I suppose if you're currently homeless you'd gladly take it.
shaburn 4y ago
'I don’t like the idea of being forced into a corner by a mandate based on growth, when businesses (and populations) are leaving California for more business-friendly states. — Tim Draper, venture capitalist' https://archive.ph/kqvHA#selection-3711.0-3713.32 https://archive.ph/kqvHA#selection-3711.0-3713.32

It's difficult to consider the housing shortage over while there are insufficient homes for folks to live in. https://archive.ph/ykr8Z https://archive.ph/ykr8Z or https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-10/us-rental-housing-crisis-spirals-on-inflation-pressure-pandemic-migration https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-10/us-rental...

shaburn 4y ago
This argument is insanity. There are sufficient homes at prices that are insufficient for everyone who wants to live there. That is called reality. And unlike the metaverse you cannot simply invent infinitely more. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-San-Francisco-16822916.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/how-many-vacant-homes...
- WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
  There are insufficient homes to live in. Unobtainable homes are not homes that can be lived in Introducing bizarre concepts into the discussion like infinite homes or non-sequitur like the metaverse - that doesn't really change any of that.
shaburn 4y ago
"S.F. population fell 6.3% to lowest level since 2010" - SF Chronical https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-population-fell-6-3-most-in-nation-to-17199403.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-population-fell-6...

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rossdavidh 4y ago

We do have a lot of commercial property that is empty, some of it for years, and that makes no sense to me unless someone is using it as an investment to sell for a profit in a few years. However, most of it is not set up in a way that is suitable for residential, though I suppose if you're currently homeless you'd gladly take it.

shaburn 4y ago

'I don’t like the idea of being forced into a corner by a mandate based on growth, when businesses (and populations) are leaving California for more business-friendly states. — Tim Draper, venture capitalist' https://archive.ph/kqvHA#selection-3711.0-3713.32 https://archive.ph/kqvHA#selection-3711.0-3713.32