“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900”

Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by olegious on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:19PM (#9209378)

I think the people "that don't want you" are a small, although vocal, minority of San Francisco. Most San Franciscans prefer gentrification and tech workers to slums and everything that entails. The silent majority, is just that- silent. There is construction happening all over the city now, I think people are starting to "get it"- if you want lower rents, you have to build more hosing.

I've been in SF since I was 9 years old, so feel that I can comment as a near native.

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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by freehunter on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:30PM (#9209428)

What about the recent story here where the Mountain View politicians were saying they wouldn't build houses for Google employees because they didn't want Google employees voting in their city? And Dianne Feinstein is still your senator...

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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by Kalium on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:42PM (#9209480)

It's worth bearing in mind that there's a reasonable number of activists who campaign on the idea that building more housing makes everything worse.

I sometimes ask myself what planet they are from...

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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by slantedview on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:49PM (#9209723)

I think what he means is the cost and burden of daily life in SF demonstrates a place that doesn't want you - not so much that the long-time residents don't want you (though that's true in some cases).

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