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I'm a little surprised that the Googles and Apples of the valley aren't trying to build company housing on their campuses. It's not without its own problems, a
by douche 10y ago
I'm a little surprised that the Googles and Apples of the valley aren't trying to build company housing on their campuses.
It's not without its own problems, as the history of "company towns" shows, but something has got to give.
- lallysingh 10y agoLots of zoning problems over there. They'd probably do anything they could (e.g., finance a builder) to get stuff constructed out there.
- honkhonkpants 10y agoGoogle has proposed more than once building housing at their North Bayshore (HQ) site but the "city" of Mountain View is having none of it.
- Fricken 10y agoGoogle has been struggling with Mountain View city council to get housing built in North Bayshore for about a decade. It got approved this spring: http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/03/03/council-oks-plans-for-dense-housing-in-north-bayshore http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/03/03/council-oks-plans-fo...
- Psyonic 10y agoThey are: http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-answer-to-silicon-valley-housing-crunch-build-apartments-1469534402 http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-answer-to-silicon-vall...