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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by abernard1 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @01:53PM (#26378560)
I'm not even comparing that. I have been to SF all the time. SF--just SF--is not as dense as downtown Houston, where housing is affordable.
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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by birken on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:33PM (#26378965)
According to Google, downtown Houston is 1.84 square miles. Houston is 669 square miles. So downtown Houston represents about 0.3% of Houston. The reason it is affordable in downtown Houston is because the other 99.7% of Houston exists, and if it weren't affordable in downtown people would just live elsewhere.

You don't have the same choices in and around SF, therefore there is a lot of demand on much smaller amounts of land, therefore it's a lot more expensive!

It's the same reason rent is really expensive in NYC, even though they are way more dense than SF. Lots of demand, not many alternatives.

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