[ralph84]

> Rich communities should want to welcome more residents, particularly those less fortunate than them. Sadly, in the Bay Area, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Is that the case anywhere in the world? Why single out the Bay Area.

[throwaway1777]

100% agree, the Bay Area isn’t even that bad. If you want to see real exclusion try going to a gated community in Beverly Hills or Miami.

[Decade]

One difference, as highlighted by the YIMBY Action lawsuit against the California Department of Housing and Community Development, is that both Beverly Hills and San Bernardino are included in the Southern California Association of Governments, and thus they are considered together while planning for housing needs.

Whereas Stockton is excluded from the Association of Bay Area Governments. The housing shortage in the Bay Area is not accurately assessed, and not accurately planned for.

https://www.sfweekly.com/news/yimbys-sue-for-even-more-housi...

[jseliger]

Yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16704501

[davidw]

I'm particularly fond of this article showing different ways of accomplishing "more housing":

https://www.sightline.org/2017/09/21/yes-you-can-build-your-...

[ndiscussion]

Because the residents are Bad(tm) and need to be punished.

These standards only seem to apply to America and Europe.

Does anyone have a counterexample outside of America or Europe where the underclass is allowed to live side-by-side with the rich? I've never heard of one but perhaps I'm ignorant. Most countries seem dead-set on rejecting any and all immigrants that don't bring $500k+ along with them.

[ndiscussion]

So no counterexamples before my post turns to dust?