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Yeah, this seems odd to me, considering that a reasonably successful software engineer can afford to live pretty much anywhere.
by twblalock 10y ago
Yeah, this seems odd to me, considering that a reasonably successful software engineer can afford to live pretty much anywhere.
- Decade 10y agoHaha, no. I support the YIMBY movement as a matter of infringed liberty, but we need it so successful software engineers (as well as everybody else) can afford to live near their jobs. http://idiosyncraticwhisk.blogspot.com/2015/11/housing-series-part-77-housing-is.html http://idiosyncraticwhisk.blogspot.com/2015/11/housing-serie... http://www.sfyimby.org http://www.sfyimby.org
- m3talridl3y 10y agoNot in the Bay Area. Every developer or ops person I know either has roommates or has a similar 1.5-hour commute.
- twblalock 10y agoI live in the Bay Area too, and I only know one or two people in the tech industry who have that kind of commute. Many of my coworkers rent their own apartments without roommates.