Reply to post: Re: "Apart from the fact that the cost of living is higher in Silicon Valley than Bangladesh."

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Re: "Apart from the fact that the cost of living is higher in Silicon Valley than Bangladesh."

No pay them less and they can't afford to live near where they work, the cost of living is so high in London for instance that its cheaper to commute in for outrageous train fares than it is to live in London.

The cost of living in an area is a product of the environment, things such as environemental desirability, temperature, precipitation, access to schools, the beach, the surf, access to the Yorkshire Dales, distance from Manchester (more the better)

Artificially pay silicon valley workers the same as bangladesh and they will sell their properties to out of area people who just want to live there, then commute in from their larger more affordable property while the companies are still there.

Then the companies MAY move out to where the workforce lives (in the case of a skilled workforce), dragging with them some of the service companies , THEN the process continues again.

So no i don't think the cost of living in Silicon Valley would drop.

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