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"Every increase in the real wealth of the society, every increase in the quantity of useful labour employed within it, tends indirectly to raise the real rent of land." -Adam Smith, "The Wealth Of Nations" Book I, XI. Of the Rent of Land, Conclusion https://www.bartleby.com/10/111.html
—Mountain View and Palo Alto zoning board
When full self-driving hits, all of these vehicles will go off and recharge their batteries during the day while people are at work.
"Every increase in the real wealth of the society, every increase in the quantity of useful labour employed within it, tends indirectly to raise the real rent of land." -Adam Smith, "The Wealth Of Nations" Book I, XI. Of the Rent of Land, Conclusion https://www.bartleby.com/10/111.html
"We will pretend to be a suburb in 1957 forever" —Mountain View and Palo Alto zoning board
I understand the people that have been living there since before the boom. But what about the security guard and other such people that moved there knowing they would need to live in a van? There's 100s of cities to choose from so its not necessary to put yourself through that.
The community can do something: * Build more housing. The tech companies can do something: * Build offices in more places That's it. That's the whole plan.
Consider:
* “The community” (houseowners) own the present stock of houses;
* The price of a house is driven not by materials or labor, but by supply;
* The supply of houses is controlled by the houseowners.
But it gets better. If houses cost more, not less,
* The local government gets more money from property taxes;
* The banks get their cut out of interest on the loans;
* The employers (corporations) keep their employees on the treadmill;
* The state and federal governments get their cuts from the income taxes.
We have the technology. You could probably buy a mansion for $100k if it was in literally anyone’s interest besides the line-level worker.
"Every increase in the real wealth of the society, every increase in the quantity of useful labour employed within it, tends indirectly to raise the real rent of land." -Adam Smith, "The Wealth Of Nations" Book I, XI. Of the Rent of Land, Conclusion https://www.bartleby.com/10/111.html
I truly believe california has it all wrong talking about housing: people asking for more construction don't understand what is going on when they campaign for that, and people that complaing about boards also dont understand it.
California does not need housing reform, it needs tax reform.
"Every increase in the real wealth of the society, every increase in the quantity of useful labour employed within it, tends indirectly to raise the real rent of land." -Adam Smith, "The Wealth Of Nations" Book I, XI. Of the Rent of Land, Conclusion https://www.bartleby.com/10/111.html
"We will pretend to be a suburb in 1957 forever" —Mountain View and Palo Alto zoning board
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2009/01/05/mt-bay-plazas-muddy...
"I never dreamed it would change the way it did," [Bill] Jelavich said of the city's downtown.
Given there are a lot of places that offices could be built that could support the employees, I think some of this responsibility lies with the companies who consciously keep their offices in locations that may cause their employees (not to mention facilities contractors) to be homeless.
If only there were some way for people to work together without having to be in the same physical location. Guess it will never happen. Oh well.