What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
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Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#2I hate to say it, but an earthquake is probably San Francisco's best bet at getting more housing built.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#3Could be a decent way to solve the current zoning / housing crysis. The only disruption not welcome in the Bay seems to be from Mother Nature.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#4Could be a decent way to solve the current zoning / housing crysis. The only disruption not welcome in the Bay seems to be from Mother Nature.
And concurrently, may rattle the echo chamber a bit
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#5I hate to say it, but an earthquake is probably San Francisco's best bet at getting more housing built.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem.
2 birds, one stone.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#6I hate to say it, but an earthquake is probably San Francisco's best bet at getting more housing built.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem. 2 birds, one stone.
I'm curious. How? Isn't homelessness a social symptom? Homelessness doesn't just disappear because the current homeless are displaced, I thought.
That being said, I'm certainly not learned on the subject.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#7I hate to say it, but an earthquake is probably San Francisco's best bet at getting more housing built.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem. 2 birds, one stone.
Wouldn't homeless people be less likely to be harmed by roofs caving in on them? (thankfully)
I'm not sure if your comment was meant to echo Jonathan Swift.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem. 2 birds, one stone.
I'm curious. How? Isn't homelessness a social symptom? Homelessness doesn't just disappear because the current homeless are displaced, I thought. That being said, I'm certainly not learned on the subject.
An earthquake would open up new ground that is currently prohibitively expensive by regulation (the 'social' part of the problem ) to allow enough housing to be built to reduce cost significantly.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#9I have been looking for a house to buy in SF for the last 6 months. What's been very interesting is that most of the houses we have reviewed, did not have solid foundations (many being 2-unit condos). They are all located in liquefaction zones and the disclosure packages mentioned the foundations had cracks (or needed retrofitting). Still, buyers did not care and bid huge amount of money. Our estate agent told us the average buyer does not take that into consideration nor care to retrofit the foundation. Scary.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#10I hate to say it, but an earthquake is probably San Francisco's best bet at getting more housing built.
This also reminds me of rent control.