San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide
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San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide
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#2For those who are wondering, given the publisher, no, the essay is not simply a rant against rent-control:
> True revolution would involve curbing the authority of the San Francisco Planning Commission. If Democrats in the city or in Sacramento actually cared about the poor or the environment (density is green), they would enact a land-value tax and establish a redistributive policy to align the interests of the city, current residents, and future citizens. Strong government housing policy could spur growth and redistribute the city’s wealth fairly. But most of all, the freedom to build and experiment is the engine of Silicon Valley dynamism. Allow the experiments of the few to become the prosperity and fulfillment of the many, and the city could thrive once again.
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#3“Up and down the city’s disorienting hills, you notice homeless men and women — junkies, winos, the dispossessed...“
Did the author ever actually walk in SF? The homeless mostly stay in the flats, the hills are fine (and higher rent of course).
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#4“Up and down the city’s disorienting hills, you notice homeless men and women — junkies, winos, the dispossessed...“ Did the author ever actually walk in SF? The homeless mostly stay in the flats, the hills are fine (and higher rent of course).
I don’t even want to visit San Francisco anymore. Why would the writers want to? I’m making a point about how bad it’s become in San Francisco relative to the rest of the US
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"This homelessness seems just dandy!"
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#8“Up and down the city’s disorienting hills, you notice homeless men and women — junkies, winos, the dispossessed...“ Did the author ever actually walk in SF? The homeless mostly stay in the flats, the hills are fine (and higher rent of course).
This is not true, I live in twin peaks and there's been an increase of homeless folk coming up the hill.
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#9For those who are wondering, given the publisher, no, the essay is not simply a rant against rent-control: > True revolution would involve curbing the authority of the San Francisco Planning Commission. If Democrats in the city or in Sacramento actually cared about the poor or the environment (density is green), they would enact a land-value tax and establish a redistributive policy to align the interests of the city…
> they would enact a land-value tax and establish a redistributive policy
They can't bring themselves to mention Proposition 13, somehow.
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#10Having lived in SF for a number of years now, I 100% agree that SF is just dystopian as hell.
Trash everywhere downtown, human feces/needles/smell of urine all over downtown & SOMA, depressing mix of aggressive and zombie-like homeless, very few kids/families, very few minorities (especially African-Americans), barely functioning public transportation system, high rents forcing six-figure earners to live with 2 roommates and still pay $2500/month, 400 sq ft studios going for $700k, every other non-tech worker is an Uber driver/Instacart Shopper/DoorDash delivery person