Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le...
by birken on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:33PM
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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.
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.