To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
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Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#2Good luck with that
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#3And the freeways can support this how?
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#4inb4 The Seasteading Institute builds "New San Francisco" off the coast
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#5And the freeways can support this how?
Congestion pricing
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#6And the freeways can support this how?
You can build more trains and use more buses, and use congestion pricing to keep down the number of cars instead of subsidizing their use.
This is a solved problem.
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#7And the freeways can support this how?
Several ways, including congestion taxes and more public transportation options, like it's been pointed out.
But, also, a 50% increase in housing supply means higher density of population, with higher buildings instead of single family homes and therefore more comercial space in large populated areas, meaning more jobs will be at walking/biking/short-bus-ride distance.
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#8Because big dense cities like NY are affordable?
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#9Because big dense cities like NY are affordable?
No, but a lot more affordable than SF.
Re: To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock must grow 50% in 20 years
#10And the freeways can support this how?
Several ways, including congestion taxes and more public transportation options, like it's been pointed out. But, also, a 50% increase in housing supply means higher density of population, with higher buildings instead of single family homes and therefore more comercial space in large populated areas, meaning more jobs will be at walking/biking/short-bus-ride distance.
Sorry but you are totally naive if you think a 50% increase is possible in that time frame. You just can’t, or don’t want to do the math. What you are suggesting amounts to jail cells with no infrastructure.