’Facebook is taking everything’ : rising rents drive out Silicon Valley families
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/facebook-silicon-valley-housing-crisis-families-pushed-out
Property companies advertising their proximity to Facebook’s campus are giving low-income residents a choice : pay a huge rent increase or move out Sandra Zamora is quitting Facebook. Not because of Russian election interference, misuse of personal data or any of the social network’s other scandals. For the 29-year-old, it’s personal : Facebook is her neighbor, and the company’s presence, she said, is wreaking havoc on her community. Zamora is part of a group of Menlo Park tenants in four (...)
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