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> SF can't expand easily since it's water 3/4 all around. Demand still high and supply very low. That might easily change. If average salaries go down, people won't be able to afford pay rent they once used to. There will be less people living on their own and more people sharing with others. This will create oversupply of rental properties which means rent prices will go down. If rent prices go down, property prices…
SF is heavily relying on the high-tech, high salary population to sustain its high market value. So SF is always at risk of having market breakdown. But because giants like Google and Facebook have offices in SF, or near SF, as long as that population remain, SF market will survive, no matter what. If SF only relies on startup, SF will doom. Startup population, however, is dragging the price higher, so high that even…
I know both have diversified, and Google has become best friends with the Obama administration.
I just wonder if they will be relevant? These tech companies main reason for living is advertising, and their algorithms.
I look back, and Apple had a physical product. Other than Apple, exactly what companies will be here in a decade?
Actually, I don't think I would buy another new Apple product for myself. I still buy them as presents. It's a nice gift. For myself, I will still buy used while their is a surplus of parts.
I went into my Corte Madera Apple Store on 2-1-16. There's no cash registers. A few printers are attached under the counters for receipts. It's ambience was that of a operating room. I walked out, with a $39.00 iPad mini case. I said to myself, "Is this my last visit?" The case was not the quality I expected from Apple either.
Please don't beat me up. I won't even be back. Just thinking out loud. My prediction of future events have a poor track record.