@Punished_Alien@sdrx902 It's not, it's just more expensive because of COVID and tariffs. There are a couple of things that can be done to ameliorate that, but the root causes are unavoidable.
@erinmdurkin That's what rent control does, it arbitrarily helps out some people at the expense of others.
For the people lucky enough to get off the wait list, it's a great thing.
@v63sfx@96hoya Part of the reason delevopers in SF are so consolidated is the regulatory burden. A large organization can absorb the legal fees & assorted extra requirements much more readily than smaller organizations.
You see the same issue with aircraft production.
@headwaysmatter Especially street running light rail, if it was fully tunneled like the Ballard rail in Seattle it would be explicable.
This is just insane.
@decadimitry@80sCEO If you snapped your fingers and made half the gold reserves in the world disappear, the price would go up.
You and yours have effectively made half the potential housing supply disappear with your Nimbyism.
@TallRomanStatue You and your ilk should set up a charity fund that pays out to construction projects that fit your preferred aesthetic. Put your money where your mouth is.
Stonework is certainly not free.
@becauseberkeley@dhdjendhdh89834 Even people you don't personally like deserve housing. Normalizing the opposite of that is how you end up with segregation.