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The original title was: Is there room for a middle class in Silicon Valley? I think it's an important question, and if the answer is "no" what can we do about
by brd529 13y ago
The original title was: Is there room for a middle class in Silicon Valley?
I think it's an important question, and if the answer is "no" what can we do about it? It was this line of the article that resonated with me: "We are becoming a community where our teachers, our police, our firefighters, our nurses, they can’t live with us. They have to come in from other places. Healthy communities have all these people living together."
It seems terribly unhealthy to exclude the folks who provide vital and valuable services to a community from living in it.
- samegreatsleeve 13y agoWhat does "unhealthy" in this context mean? Aristocracy is the norm for human civilization. I don't get why people are so chicken little about it. When your citizens are disgustingly wealthy they aren't going to have trouble buying those things.
- runamok 13y agoUse sacbee to look up how much police officers make in the area. Hint, a hell of a lot more then I do as a programmer with 10+ years of experience. Hell, that campus police officer that pepper sprayed those kids at Berkeley makes 6 figures.
- rdouble 13y agoBack when SFPD was short staffed there used to be a billboard advertising $91,000 starting salary for new recruits.