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Exactly who then is supposed to do the service industry work for the bay area? Two hours from Palo Alto gets you nowhere - because its not any more affordable
by Aloha 9y ago
Exactly who then is supposed to do the service industry work for the bay area?
Two hours from Palo Alto gets you nowhere - because its not any more affordable two hours away by car - there two hours on public transit wouldn't even get you out of the Bay Area proper.
50 years ago, it was common that the employees in the cafeteria (janitors too) were actually employees of the company who's building they worked for - why should they have a different want - its not unreasonable to ask that they be extended the same benefits of others working on the site.
To give you a clue - most of the bay area housing is single family homes (by area) - its not anywhere near as dense as NYC or even large parts of NJ - its a housing supply problem.
- turc1656 9y agoWhile I'm not familiar with the area, a very quick search produced a rental available across the water in Fremont, apparently only ~30 minutes by car. The rental is $2,319 a month and has 3 beds and 2 baths and a total of 1,100 sqft of living space. Sounds extremely reasonable, all things considered.
- Aloha 9y agoTheir combined pretax income is like 74k - that means their take home is probably closer to 58k - a 2300 dollar apartment is a stretch on 8k - it would be a stretch for me and I make considerably more. Also the distance makes childcare more complex too. Also, I'd look at the average price you're seeing too - not the one or two outliers.