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Re:Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco a... by Camillo on Monday May 16, 2016 @06:39PM (#11710196)
The west side of the city (the Sunset and the Richmond) has little to recommend in terms of "visual character". It's also poorly connected to the rest of the city and has very poor walkability, save for the N corridor. They could just tear it all up and build mid-rises, if only they had better connections to stimulate demand.
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Re:Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco a... by kafkaesq on Monday May 16, 2016 @08:25PM (#11710593)
Every city has its underbellies and backsides -- most of them for more unappealing and unsalvageable than SF's. Meanwhile, very few large cities in North America (and I've been to basically all of them) have much to compare with in terms of architecture, character (up until the current boom, anyway) and charm.

And in terms of the stunning beauty of its geographic surroundings -- precisely none of them.

On balance there's basically no contest.

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Re:Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco a... by eru on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @01:02AM (#11711448)
They have enough demand. Zoning (and Nimbys) are bad.
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