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I specifically recall Google's proposed Boulder Campus expansion eliciting similar sentiment from current residents.

A subset of people in Boulder are convinced that the problem is not housing, but "too many jobs". I wish I could send them to spend a year in Greece or Southern Italy or some other such place that is blissfully free of those awful jobs.

Send them to Detroit or Cleveland or any other rust belt city suffering from a lack of jobs.

There is no such thing as too many jobs. And any area that is turning away jobs is going to find itself in for a world of hurt.

Always look to the future. Always embrace more jobs. Because the good times aren't around forever.

Interesting... I've heard "It's not the lack of jobs that's the problem, it's the lack of demand. We're out of demand." before, but didn't think I'd ever hear "we have too many jobs"...

http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_28237442/sally-...

"A couple of weeks ago, I went to the East Boulder workshop and couldn't wait to discuss my ideas about slowing down job growth in Boulder and other ideas for the housing issues."

Wow, I cannot believe this is not the Onion!

All sorts of new development in Boulder is restricted. Not sure the specifics, but it's kept prices quite high. Tiny 50 year old shacks go for a million dollars.

I've heard the prices there are comparable to Bay Area prices, but compensation is way below--is that accurate?

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