1. None. If the growth of squalor in SF causes a condo to go from 1.3 to 1.1 million, that’s not going to affect population in any material way.
Long term, the reason SF Bay is losing population is that as people get richer, they want more living space and to live with fewer people, and are willing to pay a lot of money to do so, but there’s not a corresponding increase in livable space.
2. It’s part of it for sure. I think we’re just about the best run large city in the USA.
3. California does well at both attracting and creating rich people, and then taxing them. The fiscal situation of the state is very strong with a gigantic surplus. SD will continue to be a better place to live, and people will continue to pay more and more to live here.
