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To Ease Affordable Housing Crunch, Google Will Buy Modular Homes
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Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.USN_Hokie wrote:Plans to buy 300 apartments for Bay Area serfs.
To Ease Affordable Housing Crunch, Google Will Buy Modular Homes
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I'm assuming these homes are for the engineers. It doesn't really have anything to do with bringing in foreign employees - it has to do with getting as many hours out of your employees as humanly possible. If they live on campus and never leave and the shuttle that takes them to their front door has everything they need to work, they can be productive in all but the few hours you let them sleep.Vienna_Hokie wrote:Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.
This couldn't possibly be a way to bring more visa holders in at even lower wages...naaaahhhh.
Sorry, that may all be true, but it creates an environment that gives more cost advantage to engineers being brought in on visas. US workers have an expectation of a standard of living that would make them avoid that environment. Meanwhile cheap labor from India would see that as the taj mahal compared to their current conditions.BigDave wrote:I'm assuming these homes are for the engineers. It doesn't really have anything to do with bringing in foreign employees - it has to do with getting as many hours out of your employees as humanly possible. If they live on campus and never leave and the shuttle that takes them to their front door has everything they need to work, they can be productive in all but the few hours you let them sleep.Vienna_Hokie wrote:Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.
This couldn't possibly be a way to bring more visa holders in at even lower wages...naaaahhhh.
Meanwhile, sure you're paying them $150K, but $150K in Silicon Valley still leaves you sleeping in a bunkbed and peeing in a trash can.
150K in Silicon Valley does not leave you sleeping in a bunk bed and peeing in a trash can. That's a huge exaggeration.BigDave wrote:I'm assuming these homes are for the engineers. It doesn't really have anything to do with bringing in foreign employees - it has to do with getting as many hours out of your employees as humanly possible. If they live on campus and never leave and the shuttle that takes them to their front door has everything they need to work, they can be productive in all but the few hours you let them sleep.Vienna_Hokie wrote:Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.
This couldn't possibly be a way to bring more visa holders in at even lower wages...naaaahhhh.
Meanwhile, sure you're paying them $150K, but $150K in Silicon Valley still leaves you sleeping in a bunkbed and peeing in a trash can.
It's not far from off.ip_law-hokie wrote:150K in Silicon Valley does not leave you sleeping in a bunk bed and peeing in a trash can. That's a huge exaggeration.BigDave wrote:I'm assuming these homes are for the engineers. It doesn't really have anything to do with bringing in foreign employees - it has to do with getting as many hours out of your employees as humanly possible. If they live on campus and never leave and the shuttle that takes them to their front door has everything they need to work, they can be productive in all but the few hours you let them sleep.Vienna_Hokie wrote:Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.
This couldn't possibly be a way to bring more visa holders in at even lower wages...naaaahhhh.
Meanwhile, sure you're paying them $150K, but $150K in Silicon Valley still leaves you sleeping in a bunkbed and peeing in a trash can.
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Correct - they pee in Gatorade bottles.ip_law-hokie wrote:150K in Silicon Valley does not leave you sleeping in a bunk bed and peeing in a trash can. That's a huge exaggeration.BigDave wrote:I'm assuming these homes are for the engineers. It doesn't really have anything to do with bringing in foreign employees - it has to do with getting as many hours out of your employees as humanly possible. If they live on campus and never leave and the shuttle that takes them to their front door has everything they need to work, they can be productive in all but the few hours you let them sleep.Vienna_Hokie wrote:Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.
This couldn't possibly be a way to bring more visa holders in at even lower wages...naaaahhhh.
Meanwhile, sure you're paying them $150K, but $150K in Silicon Valley still leaves you sleeping in a bunkbed and peeing in a trash can.
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And as an added bonus, it looks and tastes exactly like what was in the bottle to start with.USN_Hokie wrote:Correct - they pee in Gatorade bottles.
.awesome guy wrote:It's not far from off.ip_law-hokie wrote:150K in Silicon Valley does not leave you sleeping in a bunk bed and peeing in a trash can. That's a huge exaggeration.BigDave wrote:I'm assuming these homes are for the engineers. It doesn't really have anything to do with bringing in foreign employees - it has to do with getting as many hours out of your employees as humanly possible. If they live on campus and never leave and the shuttle that takes them to their front door has everything they need to work, they can be productive in all but the few hours you let them sleep.Vienna_Hokie wrote:Cool...company housing. Just like the old coal mines.
This couldn't possibly be a way to bring more visa holders in at even lower wages...naaaahhhh.
Meanwhile, sure you're paying them $150K, but $150K in Silicon Valley still leaves you sleeping in a bunkbed and peeing in a trash can.
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2100. Which is affordable to someone making 150K.awesome guy wrote:650 sqft for 3k. My bathroom is that size.
ip_law-hokie wrote:2100. Which is affordable to someone making 150K.awesome guy wrote:650 sqft for 3k. My bathroom is that size.
Just because you have a bigger place in a less desirable area doesn't mean you are pissing in a trash can.
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650 sq ft is not that bad.cwtcr hokie wrote:ip_law-hokie wrote:2100. Which is affordable to someone making 150K.awesome guy wrote:650 sqft for 3k. My bathroom is that size.
Just because you have a bigger place in a less desirable area doesn't mean you are pissing in a trash can.
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650 sq ft, that is living literally in a holiday inn hotel room, who the hell wants to do that permanently? Feel sorry for these people
ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.cwtcr hokie wrote:ip_law-hokie wrote:2100. Which is affordable to someone making 150K.awesome guy wrote:650 sqft for 3k. My bathroom is that size.
Just because you have a bigger place in a less desirable area doesn't mean you are pissing in a trash can.
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650 sq ft, that is living literally in a holiday inn hotel room, who the hell wants to do that permanently? Feel sorry for these people
a 20 x 30 room is not that bad
for $2k a month
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I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
... If you're a sardineip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.cwtcr hokie wrote:ip_law-hokie wrote:2100. Which is affordable to someone making 150K.awesome guy wrote:650 sqft for 3k. My bathroom is that size.
Just because you have a bigger place in a less desirable area doesn't mean you are pissing in a trash can.
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650 sq ft, that is living literally in a holiday inn hotel room, who the hell wants to do that permanently? Feel sorry for these people
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I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
Not me, I'm not a cockroach or a rat and so need space.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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What if you want to get married and have kids? There is more to life than a bachelor pad.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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IP just needs a fold out couch and a cupboard big enough for a few bottles of colon blow.BigDave wrote:What if you want to get married and have kids? There is more to life than a bachelor pad.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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I get what you're trying to say about needs vs wants, but if my needs can be met in 650 sq. ft., I don't expect to pay $3.50 per square foot to get it. That's just crazy. Residential living spaces in Virginia Beach are around $1.70 per sq. ft.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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It's not worth it to you.Hokie CPA wrote:I get what you're trying to say about needs vs wants, but if my needs can be met in 650 sq. ft., I don't expect to pay $3.50 per square foot to get it. That's just crazy. Residential living spaces in Virginia Beach are around $1.70 per sq. ft.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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Basically, $150k per year in Silicon Valley is roughly equivalent to $75k per year in Hampton Roads. And Silicon Valley isn't like Manhattan, where you can find anything you could possibly want by walking a few blocks, even if it's to a Subway station. Silicon Valley is a frickin' suburb, where you pretty much need a car to get to the clubs and nice restaurants that make that kind of rent worth the price. In other words, it ain't worth it.
Like I said... I could see it being worth that kind of money to live in Manhattan, downtown Boston, Chicago, or San Francisco, but no way would any rational person find it "worth it" to pay that kind of money for a cubby hole in a suburb - where the ground shakes on a semi-regular basis. You pay that kind of money for the convenience of the big city where you don't need to pay for parking or maintaining a vehicle. There's a trade off in the big city. You don't get that trade-off in Silicon Valley.ip_law-hokie wrote:It's not worth it to you.Hokie CPA wrote:I get what you're trying to say about needs vs wants, but if my needs can be met in 650 sq. ft., I don't expect to pay $3.50 per square foot to get it. That's just crazy. Residential living spaces in Virginia Beach are around $1.70 per sq. ft.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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Basically, $150k per year in Silicon Valley is roughly equivalent to $75k per year in Hampton Roads. And Silicon Valley isn't like Manhattan, where you can find anything you could possibly want by walking a few blocks, even if it's to a Subway station. Silicon Valley is a frickin' suburb, where you pretty much need a car to get to the clubs and nice restaurants that make that kind of rent worth the price. In other words, it ain't worth it.
Unless you don't believe in market forces, it's worth it to a lot of people.
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you do realize kali is losing population due to its tax structure, the earthquakes and the cost of livingip_law-hokie wrote:It's not worth it to you.Hokie CPA wrote:I get what you're trying to say about needs vs wants, but if my needs can be met in 650 sq. ft., I don't expect to pay $3.50 per square foot to get it. That's just crazy. Residential living spaces in Virginia Beach are around $1.70 per sq. ft.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think you'd find that you don't really need all the stuff that is stored in your 2000 sq ft living space.BigDave wrote:I guess if it's what you're used to? Living out of a hotel room doesn't leave much space for a lot of belongings. It's bad enough being cramped up in one for a few weeks when traveling on business ... I couldn't imagine living in one permanently.ip_law-hokie wrote:650 sq ft is not that bad.
I would bet that there are rooms in your house that you haven't used for months.
It's a lifestyle choice.
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Basically, $150k per year in Silicon Valley is roughly equivalent to $75k per year in Hampton Roads. And Silicon Valley isn't like Manhattan, where you can find anything you could possibly want by walking a few blocks, even if it's to a Subway station. Silicon Valley is a frickin' suburb, where you pretty much need a car to get to the clubs and nice restaurants that make that kind of rent worth the price. In other words, it ain't worth it.
Unless you don't believe in market forces, it's worth it to a lot of people.
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