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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 kousatsu on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:33PM (#17569117)
That assumes that building more creates more diversity among the services or that the people living there are the McDonald's kind of non-picky persons that accepts whatever is being served.

People move to dense areas in belief that a dense city has more to offer in terms of jobs, but end up moving to country-side in their mid 40s despite commuting due to realizing what truly is quality in life.

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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by jknz on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:45PM (#17569219)
Let's trust people to choose for themselves. Currently, people would like to live in cities, but they are denied that because of zoning laws.

Your second sentence is anecdotal. My observations is that a lot of people in their 40s move out of the city because it's too expensive to buy enough rooms for a family with current zoning laws. If rents were affordable they would be happy to raise their kids in the city.

I don't see how telling people to go live elsewhere, ignoring their current wishes, because they haven't understood yet what quality of life truly is, is anything but condescending.

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