[HN Gopher] SF's Historic Preservation Rules Are in Limbo, All P...
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       SF's Historic Preservation Rules Are in Limbo, All Part of CA's
       Push for Housing
        
       Author : jseliger
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-08-01 17:28 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | blackeyeblitzar wrote:
       | Sad. Communities should be allowed to preserve their character
       | and charm and preserve quality of life for their existing
       | residents. This forced top down push for density doesn't make
       | sense - there is a whole country of places to live in, and yet
       | everyone feels entitled to crowd into expensive and desirable
       | places at the price point that fits them. It's basically taking
       | away from the people that have put down roots for newcomers.
       | Personally it feels unfair and unnecessary because the same
       | people have other places in the country to choose from where they
       | could live and work - they just don't want to accept the trade
       | offs and live within their means.
        
         | ramesh31 wrote:
         | Cities are living, evolving, organisms that should function to
         | serve the reason for their existence: the amazing efficiency of
         | colocating so many people and resources. San Francisco is, by a
         | large margin, the least dynamic city I have ever encountered in
         | the US. For a place that prides itself on progressivism, it's
         | mindblowing how obsessed they are with preserving things
         | exactly the way they are.
        
         | zjp wrote:
         | If I didn't want to live around other people I would simply
         | move out of America's second densest city and not live in one
         | of its most economically productive megaregions.
        
         | pieix wrote:
         | > This forced top down push for density
         | 
         | You have it backwards -- the push for density is bottom-up,
         | coming from the people who want to live in SF. The top-down
         | elements are the regulations imposed to keep the city from
         | changing.
        
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