> if you can't figure out how to gain from an influx of wealthy, highly-educated, low-criminality, nerdy tech workers, then that's really on you
Oh, people are gaining from them. It's just that the people gaining are generally the people who already have political power.
Someone who owns their home doesn't mind seeing land values quadruple, thanks to this influx of free tech money.
Someone who is renting, so that they can save up money for a downpayment, whose service industry wages have not quadrupled in that period of time minds very, very much.
Oh, people are gaining from them. It's just that the people gaining are generally the people who already have political power.
Someone who owns their home doesn't mind seeing land values quadruple, thanks to this influx of free tech money.
Someone who is renting, so that they can save up money for a downpayment, whose service industry wages have not quadrupled in that period of time minds very, very much.