You state that Chula Vista residents didn’t want newcomers, new development. But there has been new housing built everywhere in the county, traffic has been impacted everywhere in the county.
Back on the topic of silicon valley prices… Friends moved up there last year when he left Qcom for Goog. They sold their paid off Carmel Valley 4Ksf home for well over $1M. They are renting a 1600sf beater house in Palo Alto for almost $4k/month. They are having no luck finding a house for $2.5M or less in Palo Alto.
The increased google salary was not enough to compensate for the HUGE increase in housing costs.[/quote]
Lol. My friends that left for apple and google did the same thing…
And the funny part is the recruiters keep calling me and asking if I want to join them. I keep telling them, sure as soon as they open an office in San Diego.. I figure if I say it enough times, they might do it… and if they do, I’ll be sort of laughing that I didn’t need to relocate.