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by bparsons 4549 days ago
The people that gentrified the neighborhood 20 years ago, are upset that younger, richer people are moving in on their territory.

The NIMBYs are responsible for the complete lack of new market housing in SF, and have hilariously priced themselves out of the market.

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There are actually a lot of new units coming on the market soon. This article from August claims there are twice as many units "in the pipeline" as the number that made it to market in the past decade:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/08/all_48000_san_fra...

I'd guess that there are NIMBY building costs that prevented housing construction until the rent got so high, but it does look like an end is in sight.