Places like SF and NY are more expensive because there is more demand to live there and a limited supply of places to live. Presumably if you're on a basic income, you won't be able to afford to live in the "most desirable" areas in the entire country.
This would be akin to guaranteeing everyone a basic transportation and then having someone say "Well, actually, I wanted a BMW."
As some economists have pointed out recently, the future will look back on us as nucking futs that we subsidize the poor to live in downtown Manhattan.
Places like SF and NY are more expensive because there is more demand to live there and a limited supply of places to live. Presumably if you're on a basic income, you won't be able to afford to live in the "most desirable" areas in the entire country.
This would be akin to guaranteeing everyone a basic transportation and then having someone say "Well, actually, I wanted a BMW."