San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide

Re:San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide by asveikau on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:09AM (#19614776)

You say something mathematically precise and then switch into a vague "very few". Take some walks around the parks and go people watching, you will get a better feel for what that "very few" can mean.

13% of 800,000 is about 100,000. Very few.

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Re:San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide by diab0lic on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:13AM (#19614829)

I was restating the line you quoted, and yes precisely SF has very few families compared to other cities in the US. A sister comment seems to indicate that even NYC is 24% (I haven't verified this.) So even for similar urbanization levels SF has very few families.

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Re:San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide by asveikau on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:21AM (#19614916)

Go look around. There are a lot of kids.

My point isn't about in comparison to other cities, it is more, does a smaller rate really mean "few" and how much of a problem is it really. It's not the problem that the most negative naysayers will claim. Note I didn't say something like "affordability poses no problems for families". Because it does. But there is indeed a vibrant community.

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