I don't know if migration to Palo Alto quite qualifies as "allowed." Think of it in comparison to immigration - you can get permanent residency in the US with a

I don't know if migration to Palo Alto quite qualifies as "allowed." Think of it in comparison to immigration - you can get permanent residency in the US with an investment of $1 million dollars [1] But if you want to get permanent residency in Palo Alto, aka a house, it's going to cost you more than that, and it's the only way. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa