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I don't think the browser version saves drafts?
It just happened again and I'm seriously considering quitting lemmy due to it. What a shit feature. Even up voting or down voting a post destroys your comment box.
The gist of it was that SF has been setting its own housing goals artificially low, and that you should reframe your thinking from "people left but rent prices didn't go down" to "people left and rent prices stopped rising". I had sources etc. I also criticized your source for "why more housing is bad" for being the leftist version of Fox News, all hot takes with no substance, designed to manipulate people and harmful to society.
Edit1: here's a good source for actual, realistic (in the sense that it matches the demand) home building goals: https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/state-releases-accountability-report-on-san-franciscos-housing-policies-and-practices
Essentially, SF was blocking so much housing that the state stepped in.
Edit2: the article you linked is the worst kind of falsehood, an intelligent one.
A simple falsehood is lies: "the election was stolen". Quantifiably untrue.
A slightly more complicated falsehood has elements of truth: "the DNC stole the election from Bernie". Not exactly true, but the true parts give a shield for the unspoken overall implication.
The article you linked is what I like to call a Tier 3 Falsehood: one that acknowledges the flaws in a position, pretends to be on your side, and then skillfully manipulates you into a position supporting the very flawed argument that it led with. A reverse cargo cult is the classic example: https://hanshowe.org/2017/02/04/trump-and-the-reverse-cargo-cult/
I don't think this article is as insidious as reverse cargo cults. I think it's just a NIMBY using the standard NIMBY tactic of trying to justify their own self-interest and throwing every argument they can at you to see what sticks. But it's clear half-truths and manipulations, to the point that while you started the article hating NIMBYs, you ended supporting them and aren't quite sure why.
In a nutshell, it's because the article is a mix of excellent arguments built on shaky premises, and traditional tribalist associations.