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I think that what they mean is that the height of buildings in SF is limited in most places (except the financial district). So while the land is mostly occupied, the buildings could be 10x bigger (each of them). So yes.. there is some "artificial" scarcity. Yes but. If the city was a manhattan with only big buildings, nobody would want to live there, anyway. The reason why people like SF is that it does NOT feel too…
The main reason why people are ready to pay such high rent in San Francisco is because it's much easier to get high paying job there. "Does not feel too much like a big city" is a "nice to have", but is not the main reason.
Why is the area around the Golden Gate park so much cheaper than the surrounding areas? Is it working class? Seems strange that with access to a large park (and no other info) that it would be considerably cheaper than neighbouring areas.
Transportation. San Francisco's Achille's Heel (though the city has many, many such heels). If you look at the heatmap you will see that it corresponds to transportation infrastructure almost to the T. Areas with access to BART are expensive. Areas with access to a functioning MUNI train are expensive (along the J-Church, for example). Outer and Inner Richmond has no mass transit , whatsoever. The Inner Sunset has th…