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New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:08:27 +0000

Agreed, it's a spectrum.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:56:14 +0000

No True Scotsman?

They are progressive (Statistically)... it's just that they are human too. Meaning they can have progressive ideology and vote for weed, pronouns, but when you touch the wallet, not so much.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:52:59 +0000

So does decrease in demand! Pinch you again.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:52:25 +0000

I think you need to look at rate of change ( 1st derivative ), not net terms.

Meaning population increase slowed down relative to new housing builds. OP didn't say this, but it's what I assume.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:50:52 +0000

You are reversing cause/effect though.

SF rents have gone up, that didn't decrease demand. Why did SD rents drop, not because people left because it was too expensive, that doesn't make sense.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:47:51 +0000

Texas... lots of cheap land to build and some of the least expensive new home prices in the country.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:46:31 +0000

You say this like it is such a obvious problem to solve, and from a naive point of view, maybe so.

But each of the reasons why things the way they are isn't just stupidity. It's backed by people's preferences for living. EVERYONE is extremely opinionated on housing because it affects us the most (air/food/water/shelter...) . We all have something to say about where we live or have lived and the pros/cons.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:38:43 +0000

So can the US constitution through amendments, but it's not easy.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:34:22 +0000

"The problem of housing is that regular people want to live in NYC, and Chicago, and LA, and all of these places, and relatively near to where their jobs are"

It's not clear in your phrasing, but it sounds like this is a casual correlation. It's not... Many people only want to live in these cities because it's the ONLY way to get work, given a choice they would quickly move out.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:31:43 +0000

>I am in favor of building new housing, but I'm even more in favor of reducing wealth inequality. I think we can do both, but we need to be deliberate about it.

... And that's why nothing gets done.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:30:20 +0000

>Paying $1 to government shills and corrupt capitalists for every $1

And then some forensic accounting happens and a paper is published citing that government built homes cost twice as much as privately built, and the program stops.

New comment by wallst07 in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:28:58 +0000

Not a bad idea, should have started with a 2 family house before trying to build a high speed train.

New comment by wallst07 in "Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything"

wallst07 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:24:45 +0000

I think the sad part was the people entering the IT workforce for only money. Don't get me wrong, I understand why and not gatekeeping. But it was the first time I know that people with computer skills were highly in demand, so anyone who had turned on a computer was able to get a job even if they knew nothing of how a computer actually worked, or networking.

New comment by wallst07 in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

wallst07 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:42:36 +0000

I have a few IOS devices, you know what prevents me from using them?

It's not the battery, its the lack of OS updates. I can't install new certificates, or get access to app stores. They're useless.

In fact, the lack of a replacement battery has never prevented me from keeping something working, only software or physical damage.

New comment by wallst07 in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

wallst07 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:58 +0000

Another example: When taking HOV and the map asks you if you want HOV enabled, there are no options I can force the navigation to take me to the nearest HOV lane.

If it happens to be there, it will say to use it, but I can't say "Route me to the nearest HOV entrance" because I prefer it even if it's 1 minute slower.

New comment by wallst07 in "Why Japan has such good railways"

wallst07 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:52:58 +0000

YES it does, JOBS!

You are required to live there, its not a choice.

New comment by wallst07 in "Why Japan has such good railways"

wallst07 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:52:11 +0000

>the vast majority of people prefer living in dense urban environments.

The vast majority of people REQUIRE to live NEAR their employment which happens to be in cities.

Look what happened to NYC real estate rent when you gave people the choice of NOT doing that. Look what happens when you force them back to the office, they come back, but not by choice.

New comment by wallst07 in "Why Japan has such good railways"

wallst07 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:49:19 +0000

You changed the goalpost...

If LA or California wanted to enact these laws, they could. Passing at a federal level is a non starter.

New comment by wallst07 in "Why Japan has such good railways"

wallst07 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:47:34 +0000

California is about the size of Japan with the same GDP. They could pass their own funded project for public transportation.

It's a problem with the entire US needs to support it, that is politics 101.

New comment by wallst07 in "Why Japan has such good railways"

wallst07 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:41:38 +0000

100% This is true.

The only people I hear clamoring for trains in non urban areas are younger online folks (mostly living in urban areas).

I rarely hear anyone ask for it in suburbia.