Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage?

Re:Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? by nontechdude1 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:21PM (#16806965)

There are cities in the US with housing at $20/square foot. There is plenty of space for people who can't afford to live here.

That is literally 100 times cheaper than the most expensive real estate in CA.

Why won't Google put some satellite offices in York, PA? York, PA isn't 100 times worse than Atherton.

Most people in CA feel the same way I do and our voices matter. There are big forces at play: third-world illegal immigration, third-world legal immigration, tech's reluctance to spread out across America, driving up costs for all of us natives. Rather than lower the value of housing here by overbuilding, I'd rather stand up for myself and eliminate those negative forces. In case you didn't know, being nativist is in vogue these days. I'm not the only one! And I'm happy and unashamed to vote this way.

Vancouver did something like this, rather than overbuild. It's not racist and it's not immoral. It's just making your voice heard.

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Re:Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? by wjnqx on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @02:53AM (#16808677)

The technology-based economy extracts value from the rapid information exchange that takes place in cities full of highly-educated people. That doesn't exist in York, PA. Google et al. know that if they moved, their rate of innovation would falter, along with their revenue.

>Most people in CA feel the same way

What? Citation?

>being nativist is in vogue these days

You're not a nativist. If you were, you'd want a place for people like me who were born here. Instead, you're more than willing to kick us out for the sake of your own financial well-being. You're just a selfish beneficiary of the pyramid scheme that is the American housing market.

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Re:Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? by nontechdude1 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @01:38PM (#16813474)

Give me your stock options. You're just a selfish beneficiary of the pyramid scheme that is the US technology industry.

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Re:Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? by wjnqx on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @02:14PM (#16813843)

I'm a UC student on Pell grants. My parents were priced out of owning a home in their metro area.

What is wrong with you? What destroyed your empathy, compassion, and hope?

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Re:Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? by nontechdude1 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:31PM (#16815270)

I was trying to be provocative. I'm just saying, politics is a sensitive subject, and to you, "equalizing property taxes" might seem righteous, but in reality it could mean someone else losing their home. I think prop 13 is grounded in sound principles.

There are ways to dramatically increase the housing supply that I think we should be working on and it seems like the state is doing that.

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Re:Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? by fricat1ve on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:05PM (#16807195)

Then allow prop 13 to stay but only for a primary residence. Maybe even limit it to native born citizens if you want. The benefit should definitely not be available to landlords or foreign buyers.

The current situation is bad enough that it's actually driving away people who were born here and have regular jobs, and causing a lot of the traffic problems you mention by increasing commuting.

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