Am I the only one who hates how it's become received wisdom that, to quote the article, "A skyrocketing real estate market, fueled in large part by the tech industry" is the main culprit for this?<p>What about height and floor area limits, surrounding communities on the peninsula that won't build, aggressive neighborhood associations in San Francisco, overly-restrictive building and zoning codes (wife is architect in SF, currently going through 2-year permitting process on one of her projects), and excessive developer fees?<p>It's telling that other cities, e.g. Washington, DC, are experiencing similar levels of economic and population growth, without all the hand-wringing, just by building more hosting stock.<p>It doesn't have to be this way. It's this way because SF's electorate <i>chooses</i> to make it this way.