Compounding the problem, many Silicon Valley cities routinely authorize the construction of huge office parks for tech giants, while explicitly prohibiting the

Compounding the problem, many Silicon Valley cities routinely authorize the construction of huge office parks for tech giants, while explicitly prohibiting the construction of any new housing. The people who work in those offices have to live somewhere, and it often winds up being San Francisco. Adding insult to injury, they have then made every effort to stall, delay, or cancel the high speed rail segment that was planned between San Francisco and San Jose, leaving only the strained diesel CalTrain and the clogged freeways. You can't have it all, Silicon Valley; you have to choose. If you want to be a world-class economic engine, you have to accept housing density. Otherwise, we can dig it all up and go back to apple orchards.