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Let's say, for the sake of argument, there is some city called Fan Sanfrisco.

In this city, all the people that own houses are worth at least a million dollars, because they have a house that's worth that.

Now, a bunch of uppity kids want to build a TON of housing. What's that going to do to your property values based on supply and demand?

Oh right, it's going to drop.

Doesn't matter if you are a republican or democrat, if you're a home owner you defend your home values. When they say "all politics is local" THIS is what it means.

A property value drop means:

1) you are underwater in your mortgage (for newer buyers)

2) you are losing a lot of your retirement savings (for older voters, and boy howdy do they like to vote and protest)



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