San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartments in 73.5% of the city
Speaking as your neighbour to the north, Vancouver has a similarly horrible NIMBY zoning problem.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;CftAdv5" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;CftAdv5</a><p>All the grey areas are single-family only zoning. Just eye-balling it, I&#x27;d say 80% of the land is for low density use only, despite Vancouver having some of the world&#x27;s most expensive real estate relative to incomes and rents.<p>This situation is perpetuated by successive city governments who owe their existence to wealthy single family home owners. Oddly, those same single family home owners would become rich if they could subdivide their properties for intensive development. I have never understood this paradox.