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Originally Posted by XXtwindad
When I first moved to San Francisco, in December of 1989, I rented a studio in the Tenderloin for $325 a month. The average Tenderloin studio now goes for $1,800 per month. That area has long been considered San Francisco's "seedy" neighborhood, although it is much more gentrified since I last lived there.
I do believe that people besides high tech workers should be able to call the Bay Area home.
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I have a hard time with the last part. If you want to ease the housing crisis, the best thing to do is probably offer $10,000 relocation credits for folks who might find the economic prospects in SF to be undesirable.
Trying to find a solution for someone earning $40K is like pushing on a string. That person may be better served, and actually prefer, by giving them a bit of a kick start in a new area.