Basically every large city in America is struggling to build enough housing
Are they? How about Detroit? I know it is shocking to Californians, but many people would be happy working at the Lordstown GM plant in Ohio if it was still open. Telling those people that the real problem is that rent is high in San Francisco, not that they lost their job is a total misread of the problem and the causes of the problem. If we magically had 10 million free apartment units in San Francisco, it does very little to help the rust belt.
Are they? How about Detroit? I know it is shocking to Californians, but many people would be happy working at the Lordstown GM plant in Ohio if it was still open. Telling those people that the real problem is that rent is high in San Francisco, not that they lost their job is a total misread of the problem and the causes of the problem. If we magically had 10 million free apartment units in San Francisco, it does very little to help the rust belt.