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Re:In Silicon Valley Suburbs, Calls to Limit the Soaring Rents by DrScump on Saturday June 11, 2016 @11:42PM (#11886526) 

  high minimum lot sizes.
I'm confused. I can hardly think of an area with smaller average single family house lot areas than SF.
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Re:In Silicon Valley Suburbs, Calls to Limit the Soaring Rents by fraserharris on Sunday June 12, 2016 @06:29PM (#11890643)
Exactly. Developers are economically incentivized to subdivide to the maximum extent. Low minimum lot sizes encourages small lot sizes = high density.
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