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Real Estate is a weird thing, because literally every lot is different. If you pick two lots of the same square footage and compare them, even in the same neigh

by throwway120385 3y ago

Real Estate is a weird thing, because literally every lot is different. If you pick two lots of the same square footage and compare them, even in the same neighborhood or even with adjacent lot lines, things like soil conditions and presence or absence of subsurface water can dramatically change the cost of construction or make your lot totally unbuildable. Buildings are living things that are constantly being changed by their owners too. After 10 years of their being lived in no two cookie-cutter houses will be the same either. The reason what you want doesn't exist is because it's impossible to scale using technology without rendering these differences moot. The construction industry is doing the best it can by clearcutting every lot and bulldozing the surface features into a set of flat terraced lots and then building houses on that infill. The only thing SV could contribute is capital.

nojvek 3y ago
My biggest lesson after visiting SV multiple times is that the companies are super forward thinking when it comes to software. But the city council is pretty incompetent. It is a govt monopoly with no real incentive to be competent. The zoning laws don’t allow building multi story apartments. The city council drags their feet for years to approve building permits. People literally shit on the road. Crime is rampant. You’d be driving on the road, glass is smashed and someone takes your bag. Trains don’t run on time. Some stink. You could spend a million and barely get a shack for a house. Go to any of the modern Asian or European cities and there is a stark difference. They’re clean, trains run on time, they’re fast, low crime, little homelessness. California governance is corrupt and incompetent. They earn the most from taxes compared to any other state. This is not a money problem. It is a “things are shit because we want them to stay that way.” problem.

nojvek 3y ago

My biggest lesson after visiting SV multiple times is that the companies are super forward thinking when it comes to software. But the city council is pretty incompetent. It is a govt monopoly with no real incentive to be competent. The zoning laws don’t allow building multi story apartments. The city council drags their feet for years to approve building permits. People literally shit on the road. Crime is rampant. You’d be driving on the road, glass is smashed and someone takes your bag. Trains don’t run on time. Some stink. You could spend a million and barely get a shack for a house. Go to any of the modern Asian or European cities and there is a stark difference. They’re clean, trains run on time, they’re fast, low crime, little homelessness. California governance is corrupt and incompetent. They earn the most from taxes compared to any other state. This is not a money problem. It is a “things are shit because we want them to stay that way.” problem.