I used to live in Silicon Valley for many years. Devil's advocate: Why should Palo Alto provide affordable housing? People who want affordable housing can find

I used to live in Silicon Valley for many years. Devil's advocate: Why should Palo Alto provide affordable housing? People who want affordable housing can find it in Menlo Park, East-PA, Mountain View, all of which are just minutes away from Palo Alto. The reason why people don't want to live there, is because they want to live in a neighborhood that's as exclusive/upscale as Palo Alto. And yet, if Palo Alto gave in to demands for Affordable Housing, it would lose that very upscale/exclusivity that people are seeking in the first place. I've always argued that San Francisco needs more affordable housing, because it's not just a neighborhood, it's a city. Anyone who lives outside of SF has to expend considerable effort in getting to SF, hence why the city has a duty to provide affordable housing within the city. However, this argument doesn't apply to Palo Alto. It might be a city, logistically speaking, but given its small size and extremely close proximity to other "cities" around it, it's really more of a neighborhood than a city. And I don't see the evil in having some neighborhoods within a metro area that are more upscale/exclusive than others.