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Comment by throw-the-towel

4 months ago

Usually this kind of argument leads to punishing the programmers, not lifting up the janitors.

That's kind of two sides of the same coin, isn't it? The cost of living is so high in part because so many have ridiculously high salaries, isn't it?

  • > The cost of living is so high in part because so many have ridiculously high salaries

    Bigger problem in the SF area is that a bunch of folks who owned property before the gold rush have ended up real-estate-rich, and formed a voting block that actively prevents the construction of new housing (on the basis that it might devalue their accidental real estate investment)