I don't even live in Silicon Valley, but it seems like every local dork on Twitter that tweets stuff like "Build Baby Build" has Dev Ops or "Full Stack Engineer" in their profile.

  • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It is true that building more housing won't fix the fundamental issues. But it won't make them worse either.

    Bigger apartments are good because they slightly reduce rent and more density is better for public transit. California just made it legal to build apartments without parking lots near metro stations so those would be really good.

      • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        My apartment is rent controlled because it is older then 15 years old. New construction in California isn't rent controlled in the beginning though. It's quite old,. has asbestos in the walls, so it is cheaper than the other places nearby.

        Rent increases in a neighborhood always make people unhoused and new construction reduces the rent slightly. It's not a solution to that at all.

        Hopefully removing parking minimum requirements lets some non-luxury things are built. Cars are expensive so it is dumb that an apartment targeting towards people without cars could not be built.