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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by swagv1 on Saturday April 16, 2016 @03:01PM (#11511806)
But this is old news. The vilified industry is different, but they were saying many of the same things in the 1990s.

Then as now, not everyone is entitled to a nice two-bedroom San Francisco flat for $2000/month. Tokyo has figured that out. Moscow has figured that out. London has figured that out. Why are San Franciscans so slow to catch on?

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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by brianwawok on Saturday April 16, 2016 @03:26PM (#11511902)
The people already owning in SF have a different and arguably better life than the current people in Tokyo or Moscow. Classic argument where people on the inside would prefer to keep it exclusive.
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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by RodericDay on Saturday April 16, 2016 @10:12PM (#11513189)
London has figured it out? Last time I read about rent in London it was a politically explosive topic.
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