Re:San Francisco Hotels Are World’s Priciest as Rates Surge
by paulhauggis on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @01:46PM
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It's not expensive, it's 'progressive'
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Re:San Francisco Hotels Are World’s Priciest as Rates Surge
by capkutay on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @02:20PM
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Why build hotels for the rich when SF can have miles of abandoned warehouses for the destitute?
Re:San Francisco Hotels Are World’s Priciest as Rates Surge
by marincounty on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @03:21PM
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San Francisco is a union city. They do a lot of building. Too much in my opinion; San Francisco is a small city. I don't think there's a shortage of hotels in San Fancisco? Even in Bubbles(like SF is currently experiencing), I have seen high end hotels leave rooms sit empty. I worked at the Fairmont during one of these booms, and they didn't budge on prices--they just left rooms empty. The twins just didn't need the money? Now shelters for the homeless are another story. SF is one of those city's you can really end up homeless--really fast. Maybe faster than NY? Rents have skyrocketed in SF, and the Bay Area these last few years. I have never seen anything quite like this?
Re:San Francisco Hotels Are World’s Priciest as Rates Surge
by capkutay on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @03:32PM
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90% of the city is zoned for 4 story buildings. Almost every development proposal gets shortened for whatever reason. Areas that lend well to being urban, dense hubs for high rise offices/hotels/residential buildings like Central SOMA are zoned for 4 story buildings. It makes no sense.