> why should I not vote to block and prevent this growth?
> why should I not vote to block and prevent this growth? Because all you can vote to block is the growth in housing - you can't block the influx of people. So then demand continues to rise while supply stagnates... and prices keep skyrocketing as a result. And that doesn't freeze the city into being exactly what it's like now - as more low-to-mid income people are priced out, the city WILL change in character and in culture. Discouraging high-density housing gives you higher prices AND a much less diverse city. Either way you cut it, there's no way to freeze San Francisco like a time capsule. It's going to change, the question is how do we maximize how much of that change is for the better? (Btw, I think wanting the city to stay exactly how it is currently is fundamentally a NIMBY / selfish attitude - 'I got here first, but no one should be allowed to come after me and change things any further').
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I had a similar random thought: Why don't we have a cloud company that does something opposite to what a Cloud company usually does.
China is controlled by the government.
> Prohibition never works, and piracy is a reflection of an unmet need.
Thanks, that's quite interesting.
My experience is that people are getting increasingly isolated anyway, so VR is great in this regard for more and more people.
You misinterpreted the summary.
> The biggest unmet need is housing, and in most areas that is definitely supply constrained.
> why should I not vote to block and prevent this growth?
> why should I not vote to block and prevent this growth?
> why should I not vote to block and prevent this growth? Because all you can vote to block is the growth in housing - you can't block the influx of people. So then demand continues to rise while supply stagnates... and prices keep skyrocketing as a result. And that doesn't freeze the city into being exactly what it's like now - as more low-to-mid income people are priced out, the city WILL change in character and in culture. Discouraging high-density housing gives you higher prices AND a much less diverse city. Either way you cut it, there's no way to freeze San Francisco like a time capsule. It's going to change, the question is how do we maximize how much of that change is for the better? (Btw, I think wanting the city to stay exactly how it is currently is fundamentally a NIMBY / selfish attitude - 'I got here first, but no one should be allowed to come after me and change things any further').
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