I&#x27;m grimacing with ironic amusement reading this-I actually quit my job in SF for a slightly better paying one in Portland, precisely because its too expensive to live here (here for me being Fremont, for a few more weeks).<p>San Jose (and Santa Clara County for that matter) is remarkably non dense and very, very suburban. There&#x27;s so much room to expand, and build an adequate housing stock, so that even a crappy 1 bedroom apartment doesn&#x27;t cost over 2K. I&#x27;ve participated in FB convos in which even non tech Santa Clara County residents think that&#x27;s a bad idea-oh noes, Manhattanization! Goddamn SC County needs that. Besides, as anyone who&#x27;s experienced the recessed 1 story office parks offset from 6 lane roads by massive parking lots that are the hallmark of SV, SC County is so very, very far from being Manhattan.