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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New job creation vs new housing in the Bay Area is something like 8:1. There are so many homeless people, because there isn't enough housing. Sometimes it really is that simple.[/quote]
...those people aren’t in the jobs.[/quote]
Actually,[b] SF has a pretty sizable population of homeless people who also have steady jobs. [/b]But you are also missing the point. At some point, even housing becomes a simple supply and demand commodity. What used to be low cost housing is now being snapped up by tech workers earning six figures. You would be shocked at the conditions people would pay 4-figures/month to live in out here.[/quote]

Oh please stop.  No, homeless does not have to do with supply and demand.  If that were it then every expensive city in the world would have the same problem.  The problem in SF is unique and it really stands out coming from another city without a homeless problem.

Besides, if housing becomes expensive enough, people who don’t want to pay the rent will just move to another city and/or state.  [/quote]

Eh, it's not always that easy. You need to find a job in a cheaper city, not always possible, and then have the money to move, plus first/last/security for a new apartment if you aren't buying. And places around that have both good employment and affordable housing are becoming more and more scarce. [/quote]

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