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Re:San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast by zaroth on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:40PM (#23707648)
San Francisco has the lowest percentage of kids of any major U.S. city. 13% under 18 vs 21% in NY and 23% in Chicago.

This was particularly eye opening: “For every 100 apartments in the city sold at market rates, the San Francisco school district expects to enroll only one additional student, the report said.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/san-francisco-children...

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Re:San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast by DidISayTooMuch on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:10PM (#23707937)
I have lived here for 10+ years, rarely see kids play out. Every other city I have lived, it's common to see a bunch a kids and teenagers.
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Re:San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast by mensetmanusman on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:04PM (#23709198)
All of these trends are temporary. Once the current residents die, either new singles move in, or maybe families if the city makes policy choices that are friendly.
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Re:San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast by redis_mlc on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:44PM (#23709411)
The most important reason that I've heard of is that SF won't let you choose a school close to your neighborhood, so you can end up with kids in multiple schools across town, or in schools you don't like.
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