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Re:A lot more market-rate construction helps low-income rent... by bjourne on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @09:38AM (#9256431)
Well, redeveloping existing areas is of course not as simple as building on unused land. From my limited research using Google Streetview, Mission Street looks like a charming neighborhood with many buildings worth preserving.

What about south of San Francisco? Couldn't you build five story or higher apartment buildings there? Again, using Streetview, it looks like there are many newly built suburbs (or maybe they are just well-kept?) but almost all of them are single homes. Which isn't dense enough to solve the housing shortage. Also quite a number of golf courses and country clubs around. :)

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Re:A lot more market-rate construction helps low-income rent... by nulltype on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @06:15PM (#9259876)
Well, SF has definitely chosen the "preserve" option. Of course, the result of that (in the face of increasing demand) is ridiculous prices.

Oddly enough south san francisco still seems to be fairly expensive, especially along the decent public transit lines. Assuming you're commuting to the city every day, you are trading say, an extra hour or two a day in commuting time for cheaper rent.

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