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Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups by scelerat on Friday July 21, 2017 @05:11PM (#14823786)
NIMBYism is merely one of the theories why the buildings in Emeryville to which you refer were set ablaze. Another begins with the phrase "follow the money..."
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Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups by kevinburke on Friday July 21, 2017 @06:23PM (#14824162)
I guarantee you that the developers would rather have the housing built than the insurance money.
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Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups by sqeaky on Friday July 21, 2017 @06:28PM (#14824196)
There are people other than developers. There are plenty of other people who might benefit from housing prices not going down.
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