The housing market is in the absolute dumps

[Sympthsical]

11. So much NIMBY as well

In the Bay Area it is an absolute battle to get more housing built. I live in a suburban enclave that has plenty of room for construction, but every time approval comes up, my neighbors flood the city council and any public official who will listen to prevent it.

And there has been some wild shit. They wanted to build two apartment buildings on an empty lot. There's a school nearby. Suddenly, Nextdoor was full of the crazies. "But what if someone wants to shoot at the children from the balconies?!!!!"

Whut. (And they're now building the apartments anyway, thankfully).

I'm all for building more housing. People need somewhere to live. The affordability crisis is completely out of pocket. Wall Street needs to be unlatched from housing as investment vehicle. It's allowing the rich to create a class of perpetual renters with no hope of owning their own home.

I'm just so tired of my virtue signalling neighbors.

"Oh, California needs housing. The poor and working classes need somewhere to live. We care. Deeply."
"What if we built housing in your neighborhood?"
"I told you at the last meeting you can die in a fire! Stop bringing it up!"

Every single time. Like clockwork.

I live in Solano County and am currently watching that Forever California project shitshow. That is at least crazy enough to be amusing.