Re:Silicon Valley Poverty Is Getting Much Worse Amidst Insan...
by dagw on Monday March 11, 2013 @11:15AM
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This is as much an expectation as it is an expressed preference
How much of that is due to money though. I have a kid, live in an apartment in the city and shudder at the concept of moving the suburb. However if you want at least 3 bedrooms, a reasonably safe, kid-friendly neighborhood and access to good schools then you have to pay a lot of money, certainly more than I can reasonably afford with burying myself in way too much debt. Everybody I know (with one or two exceptions) who's moved to the suburbs has done so for largely financial reasons. Had prices in attractive areas in the city been lower they quite probably would have stayed.
How much of that is due to money though. I have a kid, live in an apartment in the city and shudder at the concept of moving the suburb. However if you want at least 3 bedrooms, a reasonably safe, kid-friendly neighborhood and access to good schools then you have to pay a lot of money, certainly more than I can reasonably afford with burying myself in way too much debt. Everybody I know (with one or two exceptions) who's moved to the suburbs has done so for largely financial reasons. Had prices in attractive areas in the city been lower they quite probably would have stayed.