I think there's something to this argument. If the Bay Area had good public transportation, and not this mess of 5+ non-coordinating, independent systems (BART

I think there's something to this argument. If the Bay Area had good public transportation, and not this mess of 5+ non-coordinating, independent systems (BART, AC Transit, CalTrain, Muni, VTA, etc.), then people could live in the East Bay (or wherever) and work throughout the region. As it stands, since I do live in the East Bay, there's no practical way for me to commute to the South Bay or Peninsula in under an hour and a half driving or 2+ hours on public transportation. That locks me out of a lot of jobs, but, in my case, there are enough tech things going on in SF for it to be worthwhile.