3 ms·

SF could frankly stand to be 5-10x denser. It's not getting any bigger, but more and more people want to live there.

• rightbyte 4y ago
  I believe the feedback loop is that so many leave due to bad living conditions (mainly driven by cost and commutes) that there are plenty of jobs to get which makes people want to move there.
  • RC_ITR 4y ago
    In 2010, SF/Oakland + San Jose MSAs had 3.2 million people in the workforce. Today, it's 3.7 million. Austin in 2010 had 950K and now has 1.4mn. Cities like Austin just felt like they grew more b/c they had a smaller starting point.
    • pc86 4y ago
      Cities like Austin feel like they grow more because 50% growth is a LOT more than 15% growth.
      • RC_ITR 4y ago
        >I believe the feedback loop is that so many leave due to bad living conditions (mainly driven by cost and commutes) that there are plenty of jobs to get which makes people want to move there. GP's implication was that SF has abundant jobs because so many people leave and I was clarifying how that is a misconception. Your point is different entirely, but thank you for making it.