11-20-2017, 04:44 PM
rz wrote:
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When you're young and away from the parents any (literal) hole in the wall will do.
The problem is... you grow up. Living in a hole in the wall, or 7 people sharing a 2BR apt, or having a bunch of random people sleeping on your floor is great when you're in college. After that? I don't care how much stuff there is to do, or how great the culture is. If an "average" house costs north of 1.4M, it's not worth it.
These people are young. They're building up who they are. They hop on one of the many "Google" busses to their jobs in the Silicone Valley (Google Bus is the euphemism for all the companies that shuttle their workforces from San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley). They spend the weekend hanging out doing their thing. No different than me living in Brooklyn when I was younger trying to make it.
They're panning for gold just like the old Forty Niners. Just like the Dot Commers from the late 90's. Once you've survived San Francisco or L.A., you'll thrive anywhere else. A proper education.