You assume the East Bay wants tech companies, and that we shouldn't be building the New York of the West. Trying to resist becoming what it could become is (fi

You assume the East Bay wants tech companies, and that we shouldn't be building the New York of the West. Trying to resist becoming what it could become is (finally) killing San Francisco, and the gentrification of Oakland is already even more intense. New York is extremely productive, effective and has low environmental impact per person. There are enormous advantages of living in a city, which is why people want to live in one. The problem is landowners who benefit from soaring prices, don't have any pressure to move thanks to frozen property taxes, and have a disproportionate impact on zoning. The best thing tech could do is get involved in local politics, show up reliably to local meetings, and advocate for zoning and taxation policies that would support building enough housing so anyone who wants to live in these places can live there. Not just in SF either: it's even more important that Palo Alto, Mountain View and Cupertino start being willing to build housing for the people employed there. The suburbs could be significantly more dense than they are, which could support better public transit options. The solution isn't to try to convince people not to live where they want to live; it's to stop letting Boomers decide where housing should get built, which requires Millennials to start showing up for ourselves.