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Don't live in Mountain View. Moving sucks, but there's no other options. Living in MV isn't a right.

• solarmist 13y ago
  What a harsh point of view. When does that cycle end? Now they can't live in MV, next they won't be able to get on the list in East Palo Alto because it's too long already, soon they'll be living in South San Jose or Morgan Hill, but their job is still in MV, so now they're spending three hours a day commuting each way and can't spend time with their family/children at all. And every time they move they're forced into lower and lower quality neighborhoods, exposing their children to more violence and illegal activity because at that level of living the risk/reward level for legitimate work starts tipping to make crime more attractive even if they dislike the idea. There's a lot of major social issues that become very difficult/intractable when entire regions undergo gentrification.
  • tsotha 13y ago
    >Now they can't live in MV, next they won't be able to get on the list in East Palo Alto because it's too long already, soon they'll be living in South San Jose or Morgan Hill, but their job is still in MV, so now they're spending three hours a day commuting each way and can't spend time with their family/children at all. If you're working a minimum wage job you can move literally anywhere and get another just like it. There's no reason to commute.