It&#x27;s not hard to come up with other places that are vastly more tolerant of newcomers.<p>Consider, for example, Houston. Houston issued permits to build 64,000 new homes in 2014. SF issued permits for 3800, and California as a whole issued 83,000.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;marginalrevolution.com&#x2F;marginalrevolution&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;houston-v-california.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;marginalrevolution.com&#x2F;marginalrevolution&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;hou...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sf-planning.org&#x2F;ftp&#x2F;files&#x2F;publications_reports&#x2F;2014_Housing_Inventory.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sf-planning.org&#x2F;ftp&#x2F;files&#x2F;publications_reports&#x2F;20...</a><p>In fact, Texas issued more new housing permits than CA, NY, NJ and MA combined.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;construction&#x2F;bps&#x2F;txt&#x2F;tb2u2014.txt" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;construction&#x2F;bps&#x2F;txt&#x2F;tb2u2014.txt</a><p>Or did you just mean abstract tolerance of certain socially approved groups as opposed to the real humans who want to move in?