[kevinburke]

In reality rents in Berkeley have been falling for several years because the city has added a lot more new housing over the past few years. https://twitter.com/Jeffinatorator/status/173039356154234085...

Congestion may get worse in some places but the status quo is people commuting from places like Antioch to get to service jobs in Berkeley/Oakland/SF so from a "vehicle miles traveled" perspective it might get better.

[cyberax]

New housing has nothing to do with it. The general decline of the rent prices SFBA caused that: https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/sf-rent-price...

In general, rents for the dense housing have declined the most.