$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes

Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by bcp2384 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:26PM (#20215665)

It's sad how many times I walk around in SF and see basically crumbling buildings or empty parking lots and wonder why new housing has not been built there yet? And more importantly who would actually oppose development on crumbling or wasted land?

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by ryanianian on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:57PM (#20216157)

It's pretty easy to understand locals' opposition. More people => more congestion. More housing supply => lower property values (at least at first). It doesn't matter if the housing is on what used to be a parking lot it's still more people and housing supply. (You can argue that NIMBYism is selfish and short-sighted but that doesn't mean it's irrational in the economist sense.)

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by m463 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @09:44PM (#20220164)

Maybe someone could bore tunnels underground to alleviate traffic problems.

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by deepakhj on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @02:02AM (#20221157)

If it casts a shadow on a park for 15 minutes, it gets denied!

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/One-housing-proj...

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Re:$1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes by scarmig on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @01:28PM (#20215700)

It's a historic garbage dump, dontcha know. Have to maintain the neighborhood's character.

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