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In response to
""Community college is free for the city of San Francisco" is the same as saying "community college is free for the residents of Midtown Manhattan" -- (edited)"
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con_carne
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SF has rent control, so a family living there since 1980 probably only pays a quarter of the rent start up techs next door
Posted by
zeitgeist
Feb 8 '17, 01:26
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there are a lot of projects, a lot of low income housing, new construction must have a percentage of subsidized apartments, some deal with it by having a completely separate entrance in the back alley (literally) and others build a whole separate building. also people who bought houses way back in the 50-60s for working class wages have legacy homes. remember under CA taxes the pay based on what they PAID, not what its worth. and finally you have arts collectives where someone rents a huge warehouse, a former steelmill to turn into arts galleries, and you can have a dozen or more illegal apartments. and finally SF has an informal peace with urban campers in vans/RVs etc. so...there is enough indigenous urban dwellers without mega bucks in town.
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