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The bay area Housing situation is hopelessly screwed up. There's no way in we're going to be able to undo 50 years of political insanity and build enough housi
by thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
The bay area Housing situation is hopelessly screwed up. There's no way in we're going to be able to undo 50 years of political insanity and build enough housing for everyone in just a few years. It's time we accept that hiring in the bay area is no longer feasible. Right now, this isn't Facebook's problem. As long as there's still desperate people to hire, then they'll always be able to hire more.
We (the people that work for these companies and the voters within the city) need to take a stand, and start lobbying these companies to get out of the bay area. Or at the very least, we need to start asking for much higher salaries. 600k to 800k needs to be the norm to live in palo alto to afford an average house (2.5M - 3.5M).
Personally, I don't think people are going to be able to do it. There's such a vast oversupply of labor, that the employers have a much stronger bargaining position.
There's still many other cities with plenty of tech people to hire. i don't see why all tech companies have to be in the 1 place where local voters don't want any residential growth.
- chillacy 7y agoEmployment has inelastic demand, people will work for anything to survive because they have to. It’s that or get your way into disability, which an increasing number of people do.
- mariushn 7y ago> We (the people that work for these companies and the voters within the city) need to take a stand For inspiration, would you please share an example of what you are personally doing?
- ap3 7y agoLobbying for companies to leave the Bay Area? Why not stop working for them and work somewhere else where you can live comfortably?