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Originally Posted by TitleRequired
This is partially the thesis of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities by Michael Shellenberger
And Shellenberger is a lefty, that simply has had enough. I highly recommend the book.
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Shellenberger is a pseudo-environmental Ayn Rand that argues the free market will eventually bring about positive environmental change through economic growth, which is far from being a "lefty," as you call it.
Just because someone avows to being a "progressive" before making bullish remarks doesn't make it so. I could write a book about legislated gun control and its value yet preempt it with a statement in the foreword about how I'm a firearm-owning member of a gun club, but that has no true affect on the validity of the book's thesis.
The whole idea of using San Francisco as a warning for a city like Saint John's policies is akin to a strawman argument. The cities are vastly different in population and demographics, situated in different climates (aside from fog), different political systems, and frankly if we had a fraction of the good transportation and equity policies that San Francisco has I think we'd be far better off. We should learn from the mistakes and best practices of others, without a doubt, however we should also listen to those who have made their careers out of studying - and also living - the realities of homelessness and addiction, rather than dismissing them based solely on the prognostications of those who would have us believe they can be experts from their armchairs.
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