[ryguytilidie]

Part of the stated problem was "and the city only allows high rises in SoMa" I was under the impression SoMa was the only place where you could build high-rises and didn't think the restrictions were very tight.

Also, I don't think if someone demolished a lower-class apartment in SoMa they will do anything but build the highest cost apartments (If your options were to build apartments that cost $1500/mo for locals or $3500/mo for new tech employees, which would you build?) and push those lower income people out, which is basically the problem we are discussing, so no, I don't agree with the above assertion. Sounds good in theory, wouldn't work that way in practice.

[w1ntermute]

Do you understand that demand is finite? You cannot go on building apartments for new tech employees forever. If you allow widespread construction of new housing, then at least some of that housing must target lower income people.

Moreover, I don't agree with the restrictions on high rises to SoMa. Why not allow them to be built elsewhere? And who says that you have a right to live in SoMa anyway? If it were allowed, high rises would go up in other parts of the city, and you could live there instead.