The Middle Class Can't Afford to Live in Cities Anymore

What about those who provide social services to city-dwellers? Teachers, firefighters? It can be problematic to have the police tasked with protecting a city they don't even live in. Next time you see an SFPD officer with a free moment ask him/her what they think of the explosive growth in SoMa.

Re: The Middle Class Can't Afford to Live in Cities Anymore

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Post by sandworm101 » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 4:49 PM UTC

nocoolnametom wrote: post #6

fbreduc wrote: post #2

then don't live in cities?

What about those who provide social services to city-dwellers? Teachers, firefighters? It can be problematic to have the police tasked with protecting a city they don't even live in. Next time you see an SFPD officer with a free moment ask him/her what they think of the explosive growth in SoMa.

Lol sfpd with a free moment. The sfpd and sffd are some of the most busy. I remember reading last year that one sf fire truck rolled more than a thousand times over the previous twelve months.

Re: The Middle Class Can't Afford to Live in Cities Anymore

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Post by legodt » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 4:50 PM UTC

Clubber wrote: post #5

Strange, I'm middle class and I live in a city. There are other cities than NYC, SF, LA and Boston.

Yes, but those cities don't have the same job markets. Not everybody is a coder or an engineer with skills in high demand in non-metropolitan areas

Re: The Middle Class Can't Afford to Live in Cities Anymore

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Post by ghaff » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 4:55 PM UTC

legodt wrote: post #4

fbreduc wrote: post #2

then don't live in cities?

Where are we supposed to work then?

Many, many jobs may be in urban areas but aren't actually in cities/urban cores. In fact, the movement of many professional jobs into cities is a relatively recent phenomenon.

And while Silicon Valley and the greater NYC area are something of exceptions, you get out of the urban cores of somewhere like Boston/Cambridge and housing prices go down fairly quickly except for some particularly upscale towns.

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Post by mac01021 » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

legodt wrote: post #8

Clubber wrote: post #5

Strange, I'm middle class and I live in a city. There are other cities than NYC, SF, LA and Boston.

Yes, but those cities don't have the same job markets. Not everybody is a coder or an engineer with skills in high demand in non-metropolitan areas

Serious question (because I'm ignorant): What sets of skills are in high demand in those 4 or 5 metropolises but nowhere else?