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San Francisco needs to get its act together. Richest, smartest city in the US, perhaps the planet, and its downtown is barely habitable, and development/improve
by atleastoptimal 2y ago
San Francisco needs to get its act together. Richest, smartest city in the US, perhaps the planet, and its downtown is barely habitable, and development/improvement is relegated to very exclusive rich areas.
- s5300 2y ago[dead]
- crooked-v 2y agoI think you can sum up almost all of SF's instituional issues with the fact that as of June this year, they'd approved 16 new housing units, total, for the entire city (https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-only-agreed-build-16-homes-this-year-1907831 https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-only-agreed-build-16-...).
- rufus_foreman 2y agoThe population of SF has declined 7% since 2020. With a population decline that steep, can't they just maintain the housing units they have?
- trilbyglens 2y agoI'm sure the deficit far far exceeds 7%
- pfisherman 2y agoDowntown has never been where the bulk of the ppl in SF live or hang out. It is for the “bridge and tunnel crowd” —- mostly offices and businesses; and not meant to be habitable.
- xyst 2y agoThis is quite sad and indicative of how poorly planned the city is due to car centric transportation and car culture.
- dekhn 2y agoNot true; for a long time, the rich people lived around second street/rincon hill (neighborhood known as "East Cut" today referring to the Second Street Cut, which levelled the area to improve transportation).
- xyst 2y agoAs if this is exclusive to SF. The urban decay is happening everywhere. The US is very poorly planned and built. Car centric transportation simply does not scale. It's not good for people nor is it good for the environment. (No, electric cars and FSD will not salvage the situation)
- readthenotes1 2y agoSmartest? Based on what arrogance?
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