Can Silicon Valley Be Saved?

Tech workers don't want to live near companies' suburban headquarters. San Francisco can't accommodate everyone. Could densifying Silicon Valley suburbs be the answer?

Just before Christmas, protesters took to the streets of San Francisco and Oakland to block Google's double-decker shuttle buses. During one incident, a union organizer impersonating a Google employee berated a protester, "Why don't you go to a city where you can afford it? This is a city for the right people who can afford it. You can't afford it? You can leave. I'm sorry, get a better job." The exchange, while staged, sounded plausible enough. Only a few weeks later, protesters slashed the tires and broke a window on another Google bus.

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