Fine: they are almost certainly rising-upper-middle-class. Which is far different from working-class, or service-class. The point of the article is that, becaus

Fine: they are almost certainly rising-upper-middle-class. Which is far different from working-class, or service-class. The point of the article is that, because of the frenzy for housing, and the absolute inability of Silicon Valley to allow high-density housing, teachers, manufacturers, and other laborers are being priced out of the community. Which will mean worse quality of life for higher pay: people will need to commute 1.5 hrs+ to get to $15/hr jobs instead of $10/hr jobs, though their take home pay (after commuting costs) will be about the same. Which is a really shitty situation, for everyone in the community. The solution is to stop having such restrictive zoning laws, and allow high-rises in the Valley.