ajthomas wrote:
I have seen these smug "holier than though" posts on facebook and other social media sites about SF real estate prices. The comments always come from right wing folks who have to condescendingly note their dismay.
Why do you care?
Just wondering. We all have our hangups. I just don't get this one.
There's an old saying: "As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation."
Those of us in the saner parts of the country would like very much for the California contagion to remain in the Golden State, if you please. ;-)
Also, it's convenient to just place people in boxes, such as "Right wingers" and Left wingers." But housing prices are scary in some parts of the country, especially in much of California, and a lot of people of all ideological stripes are concerned about this issue. And where are the folks in California who can't afford to pay half or more of their monthly income for rent going to go?
Supposedly, homelessness has surged 75% in six years in Los Angeles. Figure there's a pretty hefty homeless population in SFO. Likewise in San Diego, which experienced a large hepatitis A outbreak several months ago in areas where large numbers of the homeless congregate. That's a problem.
Obviously, not all homeless folks are homeless because of high housing costs, but there's no doubt some of them are. And even just "some" is really too many. California needs to address the issue of sky high housing before it infects the rest of the country like some sort of out-of-control zombie contagion amirite? ;-)
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
