>I thought there was still plenty of cheap land in the Bay Area, but people all want to live in the ritzy bits. There's lots of vacant land on the SF peninsula

>I thought there was still plenty of cheap land in the Bay Area, but people all want to live in the ritzy bits. There's lots of vacant land on the SF peninsula, but no cheap land. There is cheaper land (not the same as cheap land), as you say, in the east bay, but the non-SF tech jobs tend to be on the peninsula or south bay. BTW, this is the first time that I've heard Belmont or San Mateo or Redwood City being described as "ritzy." :)