&gt; Most of SV is not in SF...<p>Yep. Obviously. I hope that you didn&#x27;t think that I thought otherwise.<p>From what I&#x27;ve read about the topic, it seems like a few things are true:<p>* Housing costs are rising <i>radically</i> throughout the Bay Area<p>* <i>No</i> major Bay Area city is building to meet demand in the area<p>* <i>Some</i> Bay Area cities (notably, SF, MV, SJ, and others) are <i>actively</i> impeding new residential construction with a variety of pleasant-sounding excuses<p>It&#x27;s true that SF&#x27;s fucked-up housing policy doesn&#x27;t <i>necessarily</i> mean much for the rest of the Bay Area. However, it&#x27;s a sad fact that the landowners in <i>much</i> of The Area have -correctly- surmised that they stand to make a <i>shitload</i> of money if they fail to build to meet demand.<p>Fuck housing that&#x27;s reasonably priced when there are pockets to be lined and fortunes to be made, amirite? :(