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Re:Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. t... by vkou on Monday December 09, 2019 @01:24PM (#21744979)
There's nothing ironic about this. The people who don't want growth are rich techies with a 'screw you, I have mine' attitude, or aren't working tech jobs, and the only growth they are enjoying is of the rent they pay for their shoebox apartments.

The former don't want growth in the form of more housing (It devalues theirs), and the latter don't want growth in the form of more jobs (Because that just means more rich people to bid up the cost of their housing.)

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Re:Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. t... by scarejunba on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @05:02AM (#21751146)
My experience about SF isn't that. All the wealthy startup CEOs want more homes in SF. And it bothers them that they're funneling runway into rent on their newer startups.
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