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Re:The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona by jseliger on Saturday April 27, 2019 @08:50PM (#19768622)
If only there were some way, some method, some technology, of increasing a given number of housing (or hotel) units on a given space; if that kind of technology existed, we could likely ameliorate all housing and hotel shortages. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-03-14/califo...

Such a dream will likely have to remain deferred, however, because obviously no such technologies exist.

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Re:The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona by Tempest1981 on Saturday April 27, 2019 @10:58PM (#19769035)
Builders in San Jose are saying that it's hard to make a profit, due to high materials and labor costs. They can't get construction loans, even for market-rate units.
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