I think it actually has happened here, but now instead of being able to own a house or live in our own place we live with 3-4 roommates in shared housing or apartments.
There's still a lot of people moving here, but I think you're right - it's in spite of all of the bad housing policy trying to prevent it.
I also think you're right that it's selected out anyone who can't command a high salary.
Re:The Tulsa Remote Worker Experiment
by TulliusCicero on Sunday March 01, 2020 @05:47PM
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> I think it actually has happened here
> it's selected out anyone who can't command a high salary.
Yeah, see, these can't both be true at the same time.
What's happened is that the bay area is an attractive place to live and stick around...except that the insane housing costs mean that people can't really afford it unless they live the college student lifestyle indefinitely. So that one single issue effs up the whole thing.
I get what you mean, but hoo boy, as a bay area native, this most certainly has not happened there. Almost everyone I knew growing up that doesn't work in tech themselves now has long since left (as well as a fair number who do work in tech, like me).
What you're saying is accurate, but if the area chooses to fight its own growth, like what the bay area has done, it makes it much harder for people to stick around.