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Lol only took them 3 decades.

It seems to me that in many cases satellite cities could achieve the same thing (more units within reasonable drive from city center), but with less tearing down and rebuilding. So, it might be more efficient, but create smaller clusters instead of one giant downtown center.

It is also something to the effect that 'I have mine, screw you getting yours' in San Francisco. Rent control is also apart of the problem with building affordable housing in San Francisco- great for people in controlled units, awful for the landlord and the rest of us.

YesYNot says

It seems to me that in many cases satellite cities could achieve the same thing (more units within reasonable drive from city center), but with less tearing down and rebuilding. So, it might be more efficient, but create smaller clusters instead of one giant downtown center.

Clusters around the beltway. Just make sure the betlway is built with more then enough lanes to begin with.

zzyzzx says

Clusters around the beltway. Just make sure the betlway is built with more then enough lanes to begin with.

Could use a couple more lanes around DC beltline and another bridge or two over the Potomac. The bridges don't get built because the rich assholes on the DC side don't want property values to go down.

Patrick says

Tokyo may have found the solution to soaring housing costs

Very enlightening. Thanks for posting.
Zoning clearly restricts supply. Texas is an example of a state that lacks zoning, resulting in more construction and lower pricing.

Satellite cities would be great with fast train access. Imagine a 30 min bullet train from SF to the central valley.

The amount of money and time (i.e. human lives) that are being wasted daily on the highways is mind boggling. They just keep adding lanes to the highways - for how long can this continue?

Comparing SF with Tokyo is silly. Bay Area as a whole should be compared with mega-cities like Tokyo.

Seems a bit misleading to me. Tokyo may not have had the price growth, but I don't see much mention of the base at which it started. Tokyo housing is still incredibly expensive, and what people are willing to put up with is vastly different to the expectations of the average American.