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There will never be enough pay for swes to buy homes, because there aren't enough homes for everyone - and so if you pay them more the prices will go up, but in
by Latteland 8y ago
There will never be enough pay for swes to buy homes, because there aren't enough homes for everyone - and so if you pay them more the prices will go up, but in most of SV there isn't that much room for more houses. Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of more money for swes (I'm a swe!) but I disagree with that point.
- dunpeal 8y agoSure, it was never my main point to begin with. I agree about the real solution, as I stated elsewhere in this comment thread: build more housing, especially efficient housing. Still, I find it amusing when people complain about "filthy rich engineers" who can only afford to live in shared apartments with roommates in SF...
- barry-cotter 8y agoBuild up. Thirty story apartment buildings are not cutting edge technology. Neither are eight story ones and they don’t even require steel beam construction.
- BurningFrog 8y agoThere is an enormous amount of room for new housing in Silicon Valley! The obstacles are entirely legal and regulatory. If you want to help fight this: https://yimbyaction.org/ https://yimbyaction.org/
- Latteland 8y agoI agree with you that there could be denser housing, but that zoning laws prevent people from building more dense housing. So in practice there's no more room.
- BurningFrog 8y agoZoning laws can be changed, and you can help: https://yimbyaction.org/ https://yimbyaction.org/