Re:Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state
by bonestormii_ on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:48PM
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And it all goes back to all entities paying their fair share of taxes to fund infrastructure, etc.
As if there isn't enough money in San Francisco to build roads and trains! The city governments certainly don't have it, but it's there.
That's exactly why suburbs in Silicon Valley are stressing the large cities and the cities are suing each other to ensure they alleviate traffic congestion as they grow the residential units.
Those who live in the burbs and commute into the cities don't want city dwellers to be able to make the reverse commute to come to their neighborhoods. In the 1960s, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (a light rail system) was designed to be a loop between San Francisco, Oakland and the South Bay. The NIMBYs rejected plans to close the loop in the South Bay, so it became much less valuable at reducing street traffic as it otherwise could have.