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Not everything is about San Francisco, even if HN wants to think otherwise. Plenty of other cities have historic buildings with their own value, Chicago bungalows are an example. They represent a point in time and are still viable structures for today’s families.

Places like Cinque Terra, Istanbul and Cartagena are popular specifically because they have been preserved and are not just remains.



> Not everything is about San Francisco, even if HN wants to think otherwise.

Perhaps, but if we're talking about bulldozing and rebuilding the place to get rent down, San Francisco is at the top of the list.


Or you could build higher. For reference, San Fran has 26 skyscrapers and 900k people. Chicago has 123 skyscrapers and 2.7 million people.




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