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by ProfessorLayton 53 days ago
>right after you knock down the 100 yro Victorian homes and historic buildings

BS, there's ~400K housing units in SF, and only ~10k of those would be considered victorian. These units couldn't (And shouldn't!) be destroyed for new housing because they're protected, and that's not what NIMBY's or YIMBY's are arguing about anyway since almost everyone loves victorian homes.

More than half of the city's housing was built after 1940, mostly on the west side, and it's where NIMBYism is at its worst. There's little reason someone or even a developer shouldn't be able to build up there.

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> “west side”

Build around Golden Gate Park just like NYC’s Central Park! Great idea.

Ah yes, Golden Gate Park, famously the only option for building new housing on the west side of SF!