Golden gates: the fight for housing--and democracy--in America's most prosperous city
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"Cities are the engines of economic progress and the places that give birth to ideas that shape our lives. For generations, arriving in a major city was the first step toward the American Dream. But as housing costs skyrocket in job-rich cities across thenation, that door to opportunity is swinging shut. No place has felt this more acutely than the San Francisco Bay Area, where the mansions of tech billionaires stand streets away from encampments of cardboard. With riveting block-by-block reporting, NewYork Times reporter Conor Dougherty parses the history and economic forces that underlie the crisis from its epicenter. As rising rents and home prices have spread across the country, massive movements against single-family zoning and for tenants' rightshave followed"--
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"Cities are the engines of economic progress and the places that give birth to ideas that shape our lives. For generations, arriving in a major city was the first step toward the American Dream. But as housing costs skyrocket in job-rich cities across thenation, that door to opportunity is swinging shut. No place has felt this more acutely than the San Francisco Bay Area, where the mansions of tech billionaires stand streets away from encampments of cardboard. With riveting block-by-block reporting, NewYork Times reporter Conor Dougherty parses the history and economic forces that underlie the crisis from its epicenter. As rising rents and home prices have spread across the country, massive movements against single-family zoning and for tenants' rightshave followed"--
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City planning -- California -- San Francisco
Housing -- California -- San Francisco
Working class -- Housing -- California -- San Francisco
Zoning -- California -- San Francisco
Housing -- California -- San Francisco
Working class -- Housing -- California -- San Francisco
Zoning -- California -- San Francisco
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Golden gates : the fight for housing--and democracy--in America's most prosperous city
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Golden gates : the fight for housing--and democracy--in America's most prosperous city / Conor Dougherty
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Golden gates
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the fight for housing--and democracy--in America's most prosperous city
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City planning
Housing
Working class
Zoning
Housing
Working class
Zoning
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