Opinion: Cities in California are becoming uninhabitable

Columnist The New York Times Farhad Manjoo's new article draws attention to the "uninhabitable" conditions in many American cities, including US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hometown of San Francisco.

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In an article titled “American cities are not viable. The rich liberals are to blame. ”The author writes about the“ nightmare of developing countries ”unfolding in his home state of California.

“To live in California these days is to live every day an experience that can be summed up in the phrase George W. Bush once used to describe the invasion of Iraq: “Catastrophic success.” The economy here is booming, but no one feels really good about it. When the cost of living is taken into account, California, with its large number of billionaires, ranks as the poorest state, with a fifth of the population struggling to make ends meet. Since 2010, migration from California has increased,” Manju explained.

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In San Francisco, according to Manju, an epidemic of homelessness exists against the background of the fact that one of every 11 600 residents is a billionaire, and "the annual household income needed to buy a house at an average price now exceeds 320 000 dollars."

Further, Manju told that the draft law on expanding affordable housing in the state failed, despite the support of “a diverse coalition of business and human rights groups.”

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23 May Cheryl Cazone of Fox Business Network agreed with Manju's mentality on the “not in my backyard” mentality that thrives in big cities such as San Francisco.

“You have billionaires saying, ‘We don’t want a homeless shelter in our area. We want you to deal with the homeless, but send them to Pleasanton or the East Bay,” she explained.

Democrat Mo Elliti said that the problem goes beyond partisan politics, because there is a growing problem of the economic prosperity of cities, but at the same time turning them into "less suitable for life" of low-income citizens.

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