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How much will Apple pay to move closer once they build the spaceship in Cupertino?

I've never heard of anyone from Apple getting perks to move closer. Seriously I do hope they work to improve mass transit instead - even if it's just for employees, that's less people on the roads.

I hope they don't.

Even if they don't it will drive prices and make finding places to rent harder, if they do, well, that would be a real mess.

Had a family friend sell a house 5-6 min from the future spaceship for 1.2 million. It's a tiny box and they had 8 offers over their 800k asking price on the first weekend. The highest bidder was quoted saying "It's close to work(apple)". That area is already expensive for the schools.

In the bay area, "asking price" is just the start of the communication on the low end.

I have a friend that was in the market for a house, most houses went for 150K avg over the asking price.

Alternative min tax (AMT) is also driving high wage earners to buy expensive homes, too.

I hope SV companies allow remote work. Otherwise, I can't afford to rent a place with less than 30 mins commute.

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