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by burnthrow 2044 days ago
It's also an egg in the face for the pro-growth "YIMBY"s.
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freehunter 2044 days ago
Maybe people wouldn't be leaving if they weren't paying $8k/mo for an apartment that's an hour commute from their office?
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burnthrow 2044 days ago
And yet, a cheaper COL "build-up" city like NYC is experiencing similar flight due particularly to high density. And SF is (or was) the second densest large city in the US.
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ghaff 2044 days ago
Only in the context of SF is NYC (esp. Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn) a cheaper CoL city. (Though I think it does demonstrate that building up isn't some magical elixir for housing prices. See also e.g. Hong Kong.)
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