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Can some of these jobs please go somewhere else? Pretty please? There's no good reason all of this growth needs to be concentrated in the Bay Area, and it is
by beatpanda 14y ago
Can some of these jobs please go somewhere else?
Pretty please?
There's no good reason all of this growth needs to be concentrated in the Bay Area, and it is hurting long-term residents in favor of people who will, in all likelihood, not be here in 5-10 years.
- dasil003 14y agoTech job growth is happening everywhere, it's just that macroeconomically it only moves the needle in places like SV where it's a big enough percentage of the overall job market. I'm curious how to figure that a strong job market is hurting local residents though. If you plan on living in a place for a long time the worst thing that could happen is job loss.
- criley 14y agoStartup millionaires driving up housing prices to ridiculous levels, I imagine.
- dasil003 14y agoBut if you live there then this helps your property values. Otherwise why not live in Detroit?
- beatpanda 14y agoAssuming you own, which most residents of San Francisco do not. Long term residents are getting pushed out of their homes and have nowhere to go, and the tech community refuses to take responsibility for its part in this.
- snowwrestler 14y agoThere are a ton of software development jobs open in the DC area. The companies are not as sexy as Twitter or Google, but they're hiring.