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Housing
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How High Will San Francisco Rent Go? These Data Analysts May Have the Answer
PandoDaily's 2014 coverage of data analysts using rental listing data to forecast San Francisco rent trends — at the peak of the Bay Area housing crisis. An early example of applying data science methods to the hyperlocal problem of predicting neighborhood-level rent.
The San Francisco Rent Explosion
Priceonomics analysis of San Francisco's rent surge in 2013, showing SOMA as the most expensive neighborhood for a 1BR. Documents the housing cost inflection that accompanied the tech industry's concentration in the city.
San Francisco Zoning: Needs More Density and Tall Buildings
Slate Moneybox arguing San Francisco should build more density and tall buildings — that zoning restrictions are the root cause of the city's affordability crisis. A 2013 piece that anticipated the YIMBY movement's core argument before it had that name.