[closeparen]

An injection of rich taxpayers is exactly what most cities with a poor and needy population would be crying out for, in order to fund social services.

It is specifically the decision to keep housing close to zero-sum that makes this such a catastrophe. SF isn’t the only place that would make that decision, but is also possible to welcome & accommodate growth rather than trying to strangle it at the expense of all your renters.

[cuteboy19]

In other countries you have cities begging for any kind of tech investment. The idea of tech being anything other than boon is essentially outside the political spectrum