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> but I’m interested in hearing your viewpoint. Given my downvotes it seems others here are not so interested. Nevertheless, I will give you an example. Housi
by konbaji 6y ago
> but I’m interested in hearing your viewpoint.
Given my downvotes it seems others here are not so interested. Nevertheless, I will give you an example.
Housing. I am a bay area native and through my lifetime I have seen certain immigrants from Europe and South Asia, push up the cost of housing. Those tech H1B workers only serve to exacerbate this issue.
I can no longer afford to buy a property unless I work in tech or win the lottery. Others like myself have grown resentful, rightfully so, of these transplants and immigrants.
- runbyfruity 6y agoSo what makes you think that immigrants are the tipping point? If there were no immigrants, who's to say white people (who are themselves... descended from immigrants) wouldn't fill those housing units? Edit: housing prices are somewhat a function of demand, and I don't think you've adequately shown that any excess demand is driven by (recent) immigrants. You're being downvoted because this rhetoric is blatantly jingoistic. There ARE nuanced conversations to have about immigration policy; "immigrants make Bay Area housing expensive" is not one of them.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoWhy do you feel entitled to live in the bay area? Why not move to India or Nevada?
- refurb 6y agoIndia? Well probably because he's not an Indian citizen?
- pqhwan 6y agoI say this knowing that it is a blunt statement, but if you believe that being born (and your ancestors being born) in America (the continent) entitles you to the land more than newcomers, the notion doesn’t hold much historical water.
- tfsh 6y agoYour place of birth should not entitle you cheaper access to housing or land.