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Re:How Tech Can Build by CPLX on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:14PM (#22936280)
> At the end of the day, the US is a litigious society covered in Byzantine regulation that most people aren’t even aware of.

I dunno, maybe? In some ways yes, in many ways no.

> this covers the most basic things: would you like to build a townhouse...apartment building in San Francisco...

That seems awfully specific.

I think it's clear to any outside observer that Bay Area residential real estate policy is literally insane. That doesn't really have all that much to do with this essay or the Andreesen one that precedes it though.

Re:How Tech Can Build by pchristensen on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @09:26PM (#22941105)
Real estate policy is insane everywhere - San Francisco is one place where the market pressure is exposing the insanity.
Re:How Tech Can Build by burlesona on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:29PM (#22941812)
Yes, and far from the only one. When you adjust for local wages and higher property taxes, things in Seattle and Austin are almost just as bad.