Explosive growth and explosive rents should blow out of the water the urbanists Dan Bertolet and Roger Valdez who claim what rents will become “affordable” if we just remove height limits in our most dense neighborhoods and upzone our SF neighborhoods. Ben Schiendelman who unfriended me) refuses to believe that anyone is being displaced. Get a clue.
That upward curve above shows the ascent of the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment on Capitol Hill in the 16-year period covered by a simple but fascinating…
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