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You're right. Here in the exurbs where there's 6 lane highways and one way is completely clogged, I can see miles and miles of empty space where housing could'

You're right. Here in the exurbs where there's 6 lane highways and one way is completely clogged, I can see miles and miles of empty space where housing could've been built, had the zoning commission any common sense at all. It's just, employee's choices are very limited and you don't get to choose which companies are highering. Employees can say they want to leave the bay area/high COL areas all they want, doesn't mean employers have to do it.

twodave 8y ago
To an extent I can see the reasoning here. I think more prohibitive though is that even though you're asking people to move to a lower CoL area, there is still some sticker shock when they see the lower salary. I can pretty confidently say there is a shortage of great talent where I live. It's nearly impossible to find any expert in native mobile development, Ruby, Go, or even Javascript. There are a lot of .NET guys here but having interviewed several hundred I can tell you quantity does not equal quality. I've been working in the same market for the last 12 years (since graduating college) and I can count on one hand the engineers from this city that I would want to hire if I started a development shop.