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If tech companies stop growing massively in Seattle, then maybe, but there's no sign of that so far. I suspect that lifestyle cities will generally grow. Aside from a brief flattening around 1971 we've never stopped. Even Seattle's (city of) population decline in the 60s-80s was due to smaller household sizes, as substantial infill continued in those years.
San Francisco has extremely tight housing vacancies. My impression is that recent years have reduced family sizes (gentrification) but added roommates. In 2020 they're still adding units, if not at a huge rate. I suspect that families are still aging out and not being replaced by as many other famillies, and maybe there's a reduction in roommates as well as some industries have looked for cheaper pastures.
If tech companies stop growing massively in Seattle, then maybe, but there's no sign of that so far. I suspect that lifestyle cities will generally grow. Aside from a brief flattening around 1971 we've never stopped. Even Seattle's (city of) population decline in the 60s-80s was due to smaller household sizes, as substantial infill continued in those years.
San Francisco has extremely tight housing vacancies. My impression is that recent years have reduced family sizes (gentrification) but added roommates. In 2020 they're still adding units, if not at a huge rate. I suspect that families are still aging out and not being replaced by as many other famillies, and maybe there's a reduction in roommates as well as some industries have looked for cheaper pastures.
An article, written by a SF source. I don't expect people to stay there, pay exorbitant rents, and deal with some of the "stuff" that doesn't become a city, more expensive than almost everywhere else. It's now a "renter's market."
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