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But before the current tech boom in the mid 2000s, there was the "dot-com" boom in the 1990s and many early Web companies were in SF in the 1990s. And in the 19
by jhbadger 2y ago
But before the current tech boom in the mid 2000s, there was the "dot-com" boom in the 1990s and many early Web companies were in SF in the 1990s. And in the 1980s there was the financial sector boom as SF was the west-coast financial hub. You pretty much have to go back to the hippie era in the late 1960s/early 1970s to find a time when it was a cheap place to live.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoSF will never be a cheap place to live like Honolulu will never be a cheap place to live. It is just such a nice city (even with the unhoused problem) that rich people without jobs will always bid up property prices, and young people will settle for various careers and substandard living situations.