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> The demand (and hence average salary) in SF for > programmers would go way down Wouldn't this be detrimental to the SF area, considering as the high cost o
by pyre 14y ago
> The demand (and hence average salary) in SF for
> programmers would go way down
Wouldn't this be detrimental to the SF area, considering as the high cost of living? I realize that cost of living will probably lower to meet what people can afford, but not without growing (or shrinking) pains, I imagine.
- eru 14y agoThe effects on the cost of living would be harder to predict, I believe. Because even if you have less wealthy individuals, if they are more of them, they will still drive prices up. Perhps, for say land or houses, people will still pay the same price or more per square meter. But they will get by with less area.
- hindsightbias 14y agoDetrimental for whom? The changes to the cost of living are primarily a function of the now thousands of google and apple commuters. Not that that is stopping them from complaining when they wonder why moving up to a 2BR costs $4k/month now.
- pyre 14y agoThe growing pains associated with pay not meeting (or barely meeting) the cost of living.