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Why do people think this has anything to do with the bus protests? Can't Google be trying to find a more efficient way to get their employees to work ergo getting more labor out of their salaried employees?

<code> We certainly don’t want to cause any inconvenience to SF residents, and we’re trying alternative ways to get Googlers to work,” </code>

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How about bringing the office closer to them. Put a Google office in Oakland near a Bart station?

http://www.bart.gov/stations

People won't complain if Oakland starts to gentrify, right? Maybe Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc can work out a deal with the city to get tax breaks. It's a win for everyone.

The protests over gentrification that turned into brick-throwing were in Oakland. I can't imagine they'd prefer more people living there because of a short commute.

Well, is there anywhere on the map that is suitable?

http://www.bart.gov/stations

Like I said[1] in another comment here, I think a big source of the problem is that BART doesn't reach enough spots. We need more spots on that map.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7028107

Sure but that'll take a decade, if not two. It takes forever to build these types of systems in America, especially California.

Not for the protesters. The complaint is that tech workers are driving up rents and housing prices in SF, not that they're causing traffic. (As I understand it.) If there was an office anywhere on Bart, people would even more likely to live in SF and Oakland.

People won't complain if Oakland starts to gentrify, right?

I wouldn't hold my breath for that one. People generally complain when any place starts to gentrify.

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