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Well, given that NYC is ~10x the population of SF, SF is doing pretty well!

• gwern 13y ago
  SF is 1/10th the population of NYC in part because of those restrictions, so the comparison is more apt than it seems...
  • guelo 13y ago
    NYC is also 10 times bigger land-wise, 470 sq miles compared to 47.
    • nerfhammer 13y ago
      SF is also twice the size of manhattan
      • mbesto 13y ago
        I'm trying to figure out where this discussion is going, haha. Let me simplify it - NYC continues to build up, SF doesn't.
        • adviceadam 13y ago
          San Francisco is currently in a building boom. Over the next 25 years, there is going to be approximately 92,000 more housing units. The population of San Francisco should reach 1 million by then. Here are some links: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/12/san-franciscos-surprising-building-boom/4213/ http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/12/sa... http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/san-francisco-boom-back http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/san-francis... http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/07/19/plan-bay-area-passes-in-a-room-full-of-paranoid-conservative-activists/ http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/07/19/plan-bay-area-passes-in...
          • blackjack48 13y ago
            It's important to point out that 92k units is the amount needed to accommodate future growth. The creation of those units is entirely dependent on local politics, which is even more polarized here than in NYC.