The rise in housing costs is having big effects on the broader region as well. We should be thinking about San Francisco in the context of the rest of the urbanized Bay Area as we look for ways to make life more affordable. As people get priced out of their first-choice neighborhoods, they move to new ones, and they in turn make it safe for subsequent waves of gentrifiers. This process has now moved from San Francisco to Oakland, and perhaps other parts of the Bay Area as well.
The entire piece is worth reading. It’s easy to continue playing defense and say that people like me didn’t gentrify San Francisco but we are. Entitled white kids will say that’s just the winds of change but the problem is incredibly complex!!! It’s hugely complex in a way that most of us can’t even fathom. I won’t pretend to understand the economics of the bay area.
There is very clear indication that change is needed fast. Families are hurting, housing prices are climbing and the core citizens that are responsible for keeping SF going can’t afford to live there.
Heck, I can’t even afford to live there and I don’t make minimum wage. This is a problem affecting cities beyond SF but the city by the bay is seeing the worst of it.
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