Robert Scoble makes some interesting observations about recent media reports about people leaving the Silicon Valley...it's not just about job loss...
Funny enough, they had some guy on from one of those Silicon Valley business consortiums (I forget which one, and KTVU doesn't have this story up yet on their web site). He blamed the outflow on jobs. Yeah, that's a major reason, but what's funny is all the people I know who are leaving even though they have jobs. Matt has a job. I have a job. Dave Winer didn't leave cause he needed a job.
It's also about housing prices...
OK, but that's not enough. For one, housing here is still freaking ridiculous. I can get a 2000-square foot home in the Seattle area for about $325,000. My ex-wife just got an offer in the $490,000s for a 980-square-foot-home here in Silicon Valley.
And a great mystery...
One question: if things are so bad in the valley, why the heck are housing prices so out of whack? I guess someone still wants to live here. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
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