"then how can one say "there is plenty of housing"?"
How can one say it's impossible to build in SF?
I'll grant the southern stretch of Outer Sunset, the pockets of unoccupied mansions in Pacific Heights and Sea Cliff, and of course the quasi-skid rows of Bayview as low density.
I'm not making a case for regulation, I'm just arguing that using SF as a poster child is easily contradicted by a five minute walk.
then how can one say "there is plenty of housing"?
in absolute terms, it did not make a dent.
none of it has. i used to live in SOMA before it had any tall buildings. if supply had kept up with demand, prices would not be up so much.
and an awful lot of SF is still quite low density. richmond, sunset, marina, mission, etc.
if there were any real will to build, it could easily be a lot more populous.
space is not the limiter.
"then how can one say "there is plenty of housing"?"
How can one say it's impossible to build in SF?
I'll grant the southern stretch of Outer Sunset, the pockets of unoccupied mansions in Pacific Heights and Sea Cliff, and of course the quasi-skid rows of Bayview as low density.
I'm not making a case for regulation, I'm just arguing that using SF as a poster child is easily contradicted by a five minute walk.