Not that intimidation or vilification of gentrifiers is acceptable (it's not), but I'm a bit surprised how just how simply that most people here brush off the p

Not that intimidation or vilification of gentrifiers is acceptable (it's not), but I'm a bit surprised how just how simply that most people here brush off the problems that the so-called 'anti-tech' crowd are complaining about. We consider ourselves such great problem solvers, but I don't see anyone in software solving the housing problem in our major cities. Admittedly, it's a hard fucking problem and some of the people who would dare suggest that it's easily solvable aren't taking any of this seriously. Building codes, while imperfect and prone to abuse by corrupt politicians and business people, do exist for reason (especially in earthquake-prone SF and LA). If it were such a easily problem as some people suggest, it would have been solved and monetized by now. Everybody loves when their community gets all the amenities that pop up when people with more money move in, but then what's the point when you're being forced out a year later when your rent or property taxes explode? That shit sucks. My intention isn't to attack and start a conflict here. I would hope that maybe we could start taking the problem more seriously and maybe start thinking harder about how to actually solve the housing problem. It's a little more complex than just sitting around wishing that our current pay-to-play political system will all of the sudden magically grow a absolutist moral center and fix zoning laws and building codes.