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>And, I think, as a point of comparison, it's interesting that, in recent years, the California legislature handed the entertainment industry a large boost in t
by eli_gottlieb 11y ago
>And, I think, as a point of comparison, it's interesting that, in recent years, the California legislature handed the entertainment industry a large boost in tax credits for productions it kept in state (as opposed to competitors like Louisiana and Georgia).
What I always wonder is how Silicon Valley can have such an utterly monstrous cost of living problem, exacerbated by public policies that explicitly favor landowners and incumbent residents over scrappy young arrivals with new ideas and small budgets, and the tech industry doesn't just move somewhere cheaper out of sheer self-interest.
- emgeee 11y agoThe land owners and incumbents are the ones that provide the funding and expertise
- trhway 11y agogeneration ago they were the "scrappy young arrivals with new ideas and small budgets". And the generation before them... My former manager who bought house in Los Altos in 1981 still remembers how tough it was back then even with 2 high-tech salaries... Generation after generation the thing is working - may be something in the air? :)