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Austin and Toronto are both desirable world class cities that allow homes to be built for people. Neither of them seem to have been "destroyed". Having affordab
by msabalau 11y ago
Austin and Toronto are both desirable world class cities that allow homes to be built for people. Neither of them seem to have been "destroyed". Having affordable housing allows community and culture to be preserved and built on.
- hindsightbias 11y agoAustin and Toronto are 250 square miles. Every time I go back to Austin, everyone is whining about how expensive it is and how bad the music scene has gotten, while half of them want to turn 6th Street into a kid friendly zone. SF is maybe 35 square miles, once you take out the parks. Why don't we build new housing in Palo Alto? Or better yet, rezone Stanford or Atherton? I guess affluent monocultures must be protected.
- Kalium 11y agoWhy don't we build more housing in all those places?
- beatpanda 11y agoYou can't get housing built in SF, Palo Alto or Atherton for the exact same reason. Using one as a reason to oppose housing in the other is a red herring.
- capkutay 11y agoAtherton is about as conservative as it gets. They're the reason BART doesn't run through the peninsula.