Re: Article about Gryphon Strings and the housing market in Bay A
I visited Gryphon recently.
Great store, and they were VERY nice and helpful.
Sad they are having such a hard time up there.
I am actually supposed to move up to the Bay area soon.
It is rather frightening, as there really is nothing anywhere in the area that we can afford.
My partner is already up there and is currently renting a small room in a house with three other grown men.
None of them can afford to live in a private apartment or house.
They live in Mill Valley, which is pretty pricey, but it is beautiful and close to San Francisco.
I have searched, but I end up getting farther and farther out in the boonies before anything is even possible.
I went up there recently and we drove around looking at areas we could afford, and we simply said "No way I'm living here".
Life is too short to spend 1.5-2 hours in a car getting to work.
That means about 3-4 hours of your day is spent in the car.
That is nuts.
Something has to change, as the only people who will be able to afford to live there are tech millionaires.
Who are they going to get to do all the things a city needs to thrive.
Maybe there will just be a huge exodus of regular people from the area, and everything will go down the drain.
Then there will be a HUGE correction in real estate, rents, etc.
Maybe then regular folks will trickle back.
It is a little scary, as I have to sell my nice house in Los Angeles, and go rent a shoebox up there.
I have to go up soon, as I don't have a choice.
I am just not looking forward to it at all.
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