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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by lotsofpulp on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:18AM (#19501715)
No amount of money can fix humidity, lack of sunshine, or lack of mountains/ocean and the corresponding activities possible with them (or whatever other natural feature one prefers). Saudi Arabia and UAE can spend all of their natural resource wealth building shiny buildings, but it's still a desert. Also, no one has the amount of wealth needed to stabilize a whole country to make it politically stable and secure.
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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by raverbashing on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:46AM (#19502078)
To be very honest weather is the least of the concerns. Otherwise other cities wouldn't have gatherings of people.

Nobody is saying they should put all the money into turning a developing country in the USA, but maybe they can, I don't know, try other cities around the valley and not get crammed all together into one city that's naturally restricted in growth

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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by mark212 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:58AM (#19502222)
Those other cities around the valley are just as NIMBY and impacted as SF is, and the problem is even worse because the local governance structure is fractured. Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Cupertino are all separate cities with their own mayors and councils and zoning restrictions
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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by raverbashing on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:34PM (#19504365)
California is not only the valley
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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by qaq on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:47AM (#19502093)
San Diego is pretty good and not that far :)
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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by mark212 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:01PM (#19502263)
More than half of San Diego renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, making it one of the least affordable areas in the country.

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/jan/03/more-half-san-diego-co...

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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by geggam on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:54AM (#19502178)
and that is why San Diego rents are heating up.
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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by gusmd on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:27PM (#19506806)
Talk about heating up! My rent in Carmel Valley increased by 10% last month!
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