Will Housing Costs Harm Silicon Valley?

3 August 2000 - 12:30pm

As housing rents soar in Silicon Valley experts debate whether housing costs will harm the Silicon Valley economy.

Rents for vacant apartments in have shot up by double digits in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda County, and San Francisco Counties. As housing rents soar experts debate whether housing costs will harm the Silicon Valley economy."Michael Teitz, director of research at the Public Policy Institute of California, said the soaring rents are a classic sign that the superheated real estate market is nearing the peak." "

Source: San Jose Mercury News, August 3, 2000
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.