Buying a Bay Area home now a struggle even for Apple, Google engineers

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5 pointsjkw5 comments

If only people who mostly type text that gets pushed over the internet for a living didn't have to live in the same physical place in order to work.

You make a good point, but how would all the meddling middle managers keep tabs on their employees and the work they're doing?

If techies can't afford homes there then who is buying all these houses and driving up prices?

Managers/VPs/Executives of techies...

Offshore buyers sequestering (or hiding) money.