&gt;  It&#x27;s a shame that when people focus on the bay area&#x27;s ludicrous housing costs, they tend to speak exclusively of San Francisco and ignore the opportunity to develop Oakland, which has a lot of flat land that is easier to build tall buildings on top of, instead of trying to densify San Francisco&#x27;s endless peaks and twists.<p>It doesn&#x27;t get ignored. The problem is that Oakland costs about as much to develop as SF does with potential revenues that are much lower. It&#x27;s a terrible business proposition.