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In reply to the discussion: With soaring cost of living, San Francisco businesses can't find new low-cost employees [View all]Texasgal
(17,045 posts)22. I grew up in Central Austin
In an old house located in Travis Heights. My parents still live there and have owned the house for 30 years or more. The taxes are getting ready to drive them out. It's insane!
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With soaring cost of living, San Francisco businesses can't find new low-cost employees [View all]
Newsjock
Oct 2015
OP
I expect there will be more of this all around the country as rental and housing prices increase in
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#3
Very important issue and dilemma, self inflicted by gross income inequality. The gentrification
appalachiablue
Oct 2015
#6
I believe it. The cities I mentioned are rapidly undergoing change in the last 5-15+ years and
appalachiablue
Oct 2015
#11
Excellent KamaAina, glad you spoke up! A very troubling issue, American Rural Poverty
appalachiablue
Oct 2015
#66
You know it. I live near BS Springs, and my place is worth 550k, but the taxes...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#17
The difference re: NYC is that there are cheaper Burroughs with good mass transit for commutes
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#62
And the people who've been dutifully working for years get bypassed by the new hires.
NBachers
Oct 2015
#30
And such people should have no trouble finding new jobs that pay them their fair market value (nt)
Nye Bevan
Oct 2015
#42
Yeah, 500 square foot condos starting at $1m will solve all SF's housing woes
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Oct 2015
#26
"the market" wants to build pied-a-terres for the super-wealthy and
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Oct 2015
#31
And would an outcome like that in New York, London, Toronto or Vancouver be desireable?
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Oct 2015
#44
Very good point and a foul reality that's rapidly getting worse in metro areas.
appalachiablue
Oct 2015
#64
And where were they when all those people that would have filled those position were being evicted?
threethirteen
Oct 2015
#36
This is a furniture store, so they were probably cheering the approach of another DINK couple
Recursion
Oct 2015
#39
Thank you for bringing up the pathetic SF public transportation system. Recursion
spiderpig
Oct 2015
#58