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A comment on San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartments in 73.5% of the city. Parent comment

Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by mikeryan on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:05PM (#17567609)
(San francisco is 7 miles across, about 46 square miles)
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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by nwatson on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:09PM (#17567659)
(7 miles square == 49 square miles)
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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by 16bytes on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:31PM (#17568602)
"Step 1: Assume a square San Francisco" yields 49 as you say, but actual area of the actual non-square city is 46.87 sq miles.
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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by natalyarostova on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:35PM (#17567955)
49 is about 46
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