All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white working class

Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by michaelt on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @07:28AM (#10930233)

In a lot of metropolitan areas, a lack of home building means there are eleven people bidding against one another for ten homes. If you give all eleven people an extra $x, they'll all put it into their bids and house prices will rise by $x.

If you think software developers in SV have it bad, imagine how it must be for cleaners and food service workers in the same areas.

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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by dpark on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @11:12AM (#10931616)

>If you think software developers in SV have it bad, imagine how it must be for cleaners and food service workers in the same areas.

This is what bothers me about SV devs bemoaning how high the cost of living is. The self absorption is really offputting. Oh, you can't afford a house in Palo Alto? How sad for you. The guy cleaning your table probably commutes for an hour on BART and still spends the majority of his money on rent.

I lived in the bay area for a while. I get that housing is absurdly expensive, to the point that six figures doesn't feel like a lot. It is a lot, though. Saying things like "six figures isn't really much money" is just tone deaf. You aren't poor on six figures.

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