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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by Latteland on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:32PM (#18215502)
There will never be enough pay for swes to buy homes, because there aren't enough homes for everyone - and so if you pay them more the prices will go up, but in most of SV there isn't that much room for more houses. Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of more money for swes (I'm a swe!) but I disagree with that point.
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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by dunpeal on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:37PM (#18215534)
Sure, it was never my main point to begin with. I agree about the real solution, as I stated elsewhere in this comment thread: build more housing, especially efficient housing.

Still, I find it amusing when people complain about "filthy rich engineers" who can only afford to live in shared apartments with roommates in SF...

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by barry-cotter on Sunday October 14, 2018 @07:29PM (#18216218)
Build up. Thirty story apartment buildings are not cutting edge technology. Neither are eight story ones and they don’t even require steel beam construction.
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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by BurningFrog on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:09PM (#18216410)
There is an enormous amount of room for new housing in Silicon Valley! The obstacles are entirely legal and regulatory.

If you want to help fight this: https://yimbyaction.org/

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by Latteland on Sunday October 14, 2018 @09:59PM (#18216895)
I agree with you that there could be denser housing, but that zoning laws prevent people from building more dense housing. So in practice there's no more room.
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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by BurningFrog on Sunday October 14, 2018 @10:05PM (#18216923)
Zoning laws can be changed, and you can help:

https://yimbyaction.org/

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