Re:Photographs Taken of San Francisco Before It Became the C...
by DrScump on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:45AM
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People "love to live in SF" because it's currently trendy to live in S.F., especially if you're a newcomer.
You generally don't find many people living outside those 17 square miles pining to move there. Its unique amenities (real and perceived) are easy enough to drive or Caltrain or BART to.
Then again, I'm perplexed that tech companies feel so driven to base so many of their employees in the Bay Area at all. They could save 20%+ on compensation to employees combined with providing them a better standard of living (and more family-friendly as well) by opening workplace options in Beaverton, Bothell, Boulder or Boise.
Plus, those employees would be a bit less immediately accessible for an SV competitor to dangle something shiny in front of.
You generally don't find many people living outside those 17 square miles pining to move there. Its unique amenities (real and perceived) are easy enough to drive or Caltrain or BART to.
Then again, I'm perplexed that tech companies feel so driven to base so many of their employees in the Bay Area at all. They could save 20%+ on compensation to employees combined with providing them a better standard of living (and more family-friendly as well) by opening workplace options in Beaverton, Bothell, Boulder or Boise.
Plus, those employees would be a bit less immediately accessible for an SV competitor to dangle something shiny in front of.