Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
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Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
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Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#2I mean Palo Alto and Mountain View have sued to prevent more housing.
Is it really failing if it’s intentional?
Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#3> Whether it’s to protect their property values, exclude Black people, keep down traffic or protect their city’s physical environment, these cities make it hard to build new housing.
Stopped reading at this part. What an ignorant thing to say.
Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#4> Whether it’s to protect their property values, exclude Black people, keep down traffic or protect their city’s physical environment, these cities make it hard to build new housing. Stopped reading at this part. What an ignorant thing to say.
What flaw (other than "ignorant") do you find in what it says?
Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#5> Whether it’s to protect their property values, exclude Black people, keep down traffic or protect their city’s physical environment, these cities make it hard to build new housing. Stopped reading at this part. What an ignorant thing to say.
Ignorant? Not at all.
These cities DO make it hard to build new housing. There's no question about that. It's an ongoing political issue, and all the reasons listed have been used to attack or defend that policy.
Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#6Or maybe the people that live in low density neighborhoods don't want to live in high density neighborhoods. So they stop developers from changing the density of their town.
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#7> Rich communities should want to welcome more residents, particularly those less fortunate than them. Sadly, in the Bay Area, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Is that the case anywhere in the world? Why single out the Bay Area.
Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#8> Whether it’s to protect their property values, exclude Black people, keep down traffic or protect their city’s physical environment, these cities make it hard to build new housing. Stopped reading at this part. What an ignorant thing to say.
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Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#9> Whether it’s to protect their property values, exclude Black people, keep down traffic or protect their city’s physical environment, these cities make it hard to build new housing. Stopped reading at this part. What an ignorant thing to say.
What flaw (other than "ignorant") do you find in what it says?
Well, it’s pretty dumb to suggest that these are the main reasons we don’t build housing. How about government corruption and special interest groups as big factors in the problem? Most of the time housing projects are blocked by people who want to “protect minorities” or “stop gentrification” or get a kickback from some developer. It’s quite the opposite of wanting to exclude minorities or raise property values.
Re: Data show rich cities are failing the Bay Area on housing
#10Or maybe the people that live in low density neighborhoods don't want to live in high density neighborhoods. So they stop developers from changing the density of their town.
That's fine if you want to live in low density. But at the same time, these cities, like Palo Alto, are building office space left and right and welcoming businesses into town. (At least that was the MO pre-COVID.) You shouldn't be able to welcome businesses in without building requisite housing units to support the employees.