It's not careless or indifferent to acknowledge that the demand exists. It is a fact of the world. A fact that, yes, I understand, you do not like. But I haven't seen a single proposal that does anything to realistically address it.

The demand is there and it's not going away. Whatever you're hoping for, it's too late.

Bringing a massive amount of supply to market would solve it, but because of nimby and other reasons it will never happen.

Never say never. They just passed a law in California which makes it much harder for NIMBYs to prevent development. State-level laws can do a lot to curb NIMBYism, as the state government is concerned with having a healthy economy and doesn't care much about local efforts to fight change and development.

absolutely, just commented on something along these lines a few comments up. https://youtu.be/5GoAGuTIbVY?t=146 and another good commentary on a comparison of what percentage of income was spent on housing early in the 20th century vs later https://youtu.be/bbPYedkDU8Y?t=152

Right. High prices or lots of new housing. Pick one.

>I haven't seen a single proposal that does anything to realistically address it.

The solution is trivially simple: build a lot of public housing.

If you have a hard time imagining what any part of that plan might look like, take a look at Singapore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_Singapore

Or the South Bronx. [1] But, sure, build a bunch of concrete high rises for tech workers on Treasure Island.

[1] https://www.guernicamag.com/features/the-rise-and-fall-of-pu...

They implemented racial quotas to prevent ghettoization.

>Sure, build a bunch of concrete high rises for tech worker

I guess SF's bus drivers, restaurant servers, etc. don't deserve somewhere affordable to live because it might spoil the "aesthetic"?