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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by twobyfour on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:28PM (#15534972)
What about the low-paid hourly employees who make food, mop floors, and stand behind cash registers?
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by tzahola on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:41PM (#15535143)
Don’t worry, enterpreneurs are working hard replacing them with robots!
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by duderific on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:44PM (#15535790)
What they do is have multiple family members per household. It's not that unusual to see two or more families living in what would normally be a single family dwelling.

Across the street from my old house in San Mateo (Silicon Valley mid-peninsula), there were what appeared to be a husband and wife, the wife's sister, a cousin, three or four children, the sister or cousin's live in boyfriend, and a renter, all in a two bedroom, one bath house that was about 1200 square feet. Oh and a couple of dogs as well. It was notable because there were six or seven cars for the household, and there were only a couple of parking spots in front of each house, so they ended up parking their cars in front of our house often, forcing us to park down the street somewhere.

If you have four or five adult wage earners at low wages you can make it work. Otherwise you have to live very far away from your job.

Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by linkregister on Monday October 23, 2017 @06:49PM (#15537575)
Yes, it is easy to tell these neighborhoods by the fact there is never an open street parking space. Often front yards are just paved driveway, fully-occupied.
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by TuringNYC on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:54PM (#15535298)
I sympathize with those in such positions who have family roots and dont wish to move out of the region. But the "good" think about such jobs are geographic freedom.
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by twobyfour on Monday October 23, 2017 @07:08PM (#15537686)
And in the meantime, where are SF businesses going to find people to DO those jobs, if everyone's priced out of the region?
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by TuringNYC on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:36PM (#15539008)
Possible moves:

- Increase salary to livable wage for janitorial staff, etc

- Lobby for housing reform, progressive zoning policies

Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by cat199 on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:35PM (#15535055)
let them eat organic gluten free vegan cake? hmm