I'm still of the mindset that the problem is transportation in the Bay Area. If I had a magic wand and I could wave it and we all woke up tomorrow to a nonstop-

I'm still of the mindset that the problem is transportation in the Bay Area. If I had a magic wand and I could wave it and we all woke up tomorrow to a nonstop-bullet-BART train that goes 100mph from San Francisco to Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Ramon, Danville, Cupertino, Daly City, Foster City, Redwood city, San Jose and the Persidio and we had some kind of crazy zipline thing that gets you within 1/2 mile of any location within SF, this perceived shortage wouldn't exist. The problem is salary compared to cost-of-living in desired locations. And those locations are mostly desired, IMHO, because nobody wants to deal with a commute. My LinkedIn clearly states that I won't accept any job outside of walking distance of a BART station regardless of salary. What I'd like to see is a poll of HN users that look like this: You want to live in $DESIRED_LOCATION because: A. I love $DESIRED_LOCATION and want to be surrounded by its vibe 24/7. B. $DESIRED_LOCATION is a reasonable commute to/from my job. C. $DESIRED_LOCATION is a reasonable distance between job & loved ones.