Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave

Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave by usaar333 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @07:16PM (#17223033)

Agreed dense cities shift trade-offs, but as some notes:

> As a renter, you’re not allowed to work on your home and probably don’t have access to a washer/dryer

Only in the lowest end places is this true. (it's been true once for me exactly once out of 6 places I've rented in SF) Most software eng can afford to rent places with at least shared laundry.

> Since transportation-with-cargo is such a clusterfuck and the local retail skews heavily upscale to afford the exorbitant commercial rents, getting most consumer goods delivered makes complete sense.

And it saves time as well. Even in suburbia I don't want to go to the grocery store when Amazon can deliver items for me.

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Re:Nearly half of Bay Area residents say they want to leave by closeparen on Monday June 04, 2018 @04:09AM (#17225561)

> Most software eng can afford to rent places with at least shared laundry.

Yes, so most software engineers wouldn't use a laundry service. But for those that do, I'm reasonably certain this is why.

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