Because they (with their high 5&#x2F;low 6 figure salaries) are driving up the costs of apartments, meaning that to even rent in the Bay Area is becoming a losing proposition if you make less than 100K. I suppose landlords are also making out like bandits, but the real losers are people who&#x27;d be solidly middle class anywhere else, but now have to listen to the laments of someone making 6 figures how <i>they</i> are the real working class now in the Bay.<p>I mean, I suppose that even someone making a 100K salary can&#x27;t buy a house easily by themselves, but at least they can live here in a decent apartment. The <i>real</i> losers are people who can&#x27;t even afford an apartment to rent in the Bay Area. By and large those people aren&#x27;t software engineers.