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I'm talking about places like Tokyo and Seoul. The infrastructure is better there than in America.And what about proper sewage, electrical, gas, water supply? Their building codes are different, safety is of no concern.
The median studio in San Francisco is $3,800. Look at what this guy went through trying to put up a building that would take 3 weeks to put up in Seoul:
San Francisco Delays Building 4 Years in the Making Because New Apartments Will Cast Shadows?!
The owner of a "historic" laundromat (lol) has been thwarted at every turn in his bid to build apartments in a city in the midst of a housing crisis.
When Reason last spoke with Robert Tillman in February, the city of San Francisco was demanding that he study the historical significance of his coin-operated laundry before he be allowed to demolish it and put up a 75-unit, mixed-use housing development.
Tillman consented, paying $23,000 for a 135-page report which determined, several months later, that his property was not in fact a historic resource. In a sane world Tillman would be allowed to proceed with his project. In San Francisco, he is now being asked to perform yet another study, this time to measure the effect of shadow on a nearby school.
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Two shadow studies have already been conducted, finding that Tillman's project, if built, would cast shadow on a quarter of the playground of the nearby Zaida T. Rodriguez school for two hours a day.
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Two shadow studies have already been conducted, finding that Tillman's project, if built, would cast shadow on a quarter of the playground of the nearby Zaida T. Rodriguez school for two hours a day.
https://reason.com/2018/06/27/developer-of-historic-laundromat-in-san/
The guy spent 5 years and over $1 million trying to get a small affordable apartment building approved. He ended up just giving up and selling the 'historical laundromat'. It's like that to a lesser degree all over California and everywhere else rent is sky high in America and Canada.