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| The same is true in Portland and Hillsboro and Seattle and Phoenix. If you want inexpensive, move to the Southeast U.S., where you (and the people you prefer) don't want to go. Except maybe Atlanta, which has the same rising prices. Fashion costs extra. | The same is true in Portland and Hillsboro and Seattle and Phoenix. If you want inexpensive, move to the Southeast U.S., where you (and the people you prefer) don't want to live. Except maybe Atlanta, which has the same rising prices. Fashion costs extra. |
Silicon City
San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley
Cary McClelland 2018 Beaverton 979.481 MCC
Cary McClelland considers himself "middle class", and cannot afford to live in San Francisco because the city is filling with tech workers "in the long shadow of the valley". Well ... San Francisco is a finite resource, as is Bay Area real estate, so the influx of tech workers from the entire planet leads to bidding wars, and prices rising until people stop immigrating to the region. Prices are skyrocketing in Fremont and Oakland, and always were high in Palo Alto, Berkeley, and other professional Meccas.
The same is true in Portland and Hillsboro and Seattle and Phoenix. If you want inexpensive, move to the Southeast U.S., where you (and the people you prefer) don't want to live. Except maybe Atlanta, which has the same rising prices. Fashion costs extra.