Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing”

Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by alphonsegaston on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:00PM (#15571214)

These solutions have already been found and implemented in developed countries around the world. The problems in the US are ideological limits that circumscribe the forms of collectivist action that are required to implement strategies that work. Singapore, Western Europe, Japan etc don’t have these limits and thus don’t have the problems that result from them. Heck in Singapore, upwards of 80% of people live in some form of public housing. It’s not means tested and there’s no stigma about it.

How we’re currently trying to address these problem is a bit like trying to address climate change while refusing to believe it exists.

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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by tomkarlo on Friday October 27, 2017 @04:53PM (#15572133)

Totally agree. However, that doesn't absolve us of trying to find solutions that are feasible within our cultural and political landscape. At least in SF, for the moment, that primarily seems to mean getting more units built within the city, since we're not going to improve transit to other towns soon, nor are neighboring communities willing to build more units to help SF.

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