Whatever comes to your mind to give flavor of what these rankings mean.
I haven’t researched about that. I just found that ranking interesting given @Roy321 spoke about noble laureates %
Just looking at hard sciences, around 35% of American Nobel laureates are immigrants. That speaks to our strength in attracting global top talents.
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YIMBYs are winning
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Who wins and who loses.
It is not a win if to be analyzed with standards of left. To use the language of the left:
Ending single-family zoning is a racist decision and will result in overcrowding and civil strain in poor neighbourhoods. The end of single-family zones will disproportionately affect the blacks, minorities, and people of colour.
Ending single-family zones is a win for rich neighbourhoods because they have successfully diverted the pressure and attention of housing to less affluent neighbourhoods, which may convert into urban slums in a decade or two.
Luckily, California is a state of declining population, so the demand for housing may slow down unless the population decline is reversed, and California becomes a desired destination to live and work for future generations. So, the less affluent neighborhoods may retain their character for long if the housing pressure eases.
How many of these Nobel are a useful and meaning contribution to society and economics? A question crosses my mind is whether these genius (who came to USA to win a Nobel) could have helped their home country with their brilliance rather than writing a paper with some esoteric theory and winning some Nobel etc. To me, a knowledge without use is useless ( is this a tautology?)
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This article proves the urbanites wrong. Despite all the crowing on here that they are smarter than their rural cousins. I have been winning in the exburbs fior 30 years. They are now the center of growth in California. People want sfhs no matter what the social engineers want.
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Did a lil bit digging, seems like author has had bad takes before in other topics. Also Vancouver ex has misinformation. Multi story buildings built were expensive again because of single family zoning.
Coast cities of California are FUBAR. The only way for the housing pressure to ease from the coastal cities is for the jobs to move to inland cities or to other states. People move with jobs. And Economics and free market do not seem to favor the CA coastal cities. Another 10-20 years, bay are will still remain a good place to live, assuming some quarters will get converted into a hodge-podge of multi-housing localities. Nice weather will keep it desirable but housing demand without tech jobs will make it appear like other coastal cities without tech jobs like Carmel, or San Luis Obispo. Or a city with some past glory and a little present buzz like Boston.
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I don’t know what you are smoking, but coastal CA cities are anything but FUBAR. Silicon Valley and SF are, and will remain, the envy of the world for their diversity, great weather, vibrant tech scene, etc. And last I saw (few months ago), LA and SoCal is also booming and equally as desirable as Bay Area. People from all over US and the world will always flock to Coastal CA - even as some people leave because of being priced out etc, others will come in. The pipeline is intact
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The great weather will remain but others can shift to more profitable locations. Profits drive economy - not nice weather.
The Silicon Valley tech giants are incredibly profitable and the start up pipeline in the Valley remains very robust. This area still has the most number of unicorns and most new unicorns. The profits are staying here and the economy will not decline.
I think you have got cause and effect backward: Being expensive is not making Silicon Valley less desirable, on the contrary Silicon Valley is expensive because of its desirability and strong economy that creates incredible wealth.
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Condon is a famous critique of YIMBYism from the left, and as such, a lot of our YIMBY friends have done good takes on him. The always thoughtful Owens is one.
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These above are statements in present tense. I have not seen future. But, if the history has anything to go by, events move in a certain direction. For example, Boston area once boasted of companies like DEC and alpha in early days of computing. It was in the heart of the New England, center of culture, and roots of a lot of american history. And the area is still home of several Top Class universities around it. Except for geography, everything is mobile.
Boston is still a great and vibrant city
Bay Area will too remain a great and vibrant city.
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That’s exactly why we need state laws to overrule local NIMBYs. Otherwise nothing will get built because every homeowner will just care about the value of their million dollar home.
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