[Zafira]

California cities like Atherton, Woodside, Bradbury, San Marino, etc. are bad metrics to use for anything approaching affordable housing.

[eddsh1994]

It just highlights the craziness of the area and zoning rules

[RHSeeger]

There's also the matter of cause and effect

- Is it a desirable location, and the zoning laws cause the prices to skyrocket because not all the people that want to live there can

- Is it desirable because the zoning laws make sure it's a certain type of environment, and the desirability is what causes the price to increase

- Is it a combination of the two.

I think any reasonable person would say it's a combination of the two. And removing the zoning laws would both make it less desirable _and_ lower the price of housing. It would not leave it just as desirable, but with more people living there.