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Are cities obligated to grow forever? I don't want SF to turn into Tokyo or Manhattan or Hong Kong. Why not draw a line?

• w1ntermute 14y ago
  Why? Why should you get to say that the city can't grow when others want it to? I don't understand where this sense of entitlement comes from.
  • epoxyhockey 14y ago
    I think that every SF resident is entitled to their opinion on the topic. Do we know how many residents are for housing growth and how many are against it?
    • rayiner 14y ago
      SF residents are entitled to their opinion on the topic, but their opinions must also be balanced against the rights of the landowners to develop their private property as they see fit. The point of zoning regulation is to allow a measure of urban planning to safeguard the health and safety of the city, not to allow existing landowners to freeze the city in its current state by restricting development on land they don't own.
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    • bitcartel 14y ago
      It's funny given the economic argument, how we don't often hear about plans to start building in Pacific Heights, where many VCs and business leaders reside, given that it's a neighborhood with probably one of the lowest population densities in the city.