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What a goofy statement.

How much land does San Francisco truly own that isn't already used for an essential purpose? Are you encouraging them to turn the parks or schools into housing? That's not going to make SF an attractive community.

Are you encouraging them to use eminent domain to out existing single-family homeowners? That's really not going to go well.

Assuming that you raze the parks and schools and seize single-family homes to build high-density rentals as you suggest, the average life span in the US is 77 years. Assuming people still leave the house at 18, that's 59 years of renting... if those people choose not to buy elsewhere, given that you've razed the parks and the schools.

I don't think you understand how hamstrung San Francisco is in regards to the amount of available land it could actually develop.




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