<story><title>Silicon Valley’s “megacommute” even worse than L.A</title><url>http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/02/job-boom-intensifies-traffic-and-housing-woes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>moultano</author><text>Literally everyone I know in the bay area who doesn&amp;#x27;t already own a house is considering leaving.&lt;p&gt;As extreme as the shortage of housing is the shortage of childcare. 150 person waitlists for 50 kid day-cares are common.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DannyBee</author><text>Yeah, you aren&amp;#x27;t kidding on childcare.  I recently got the last spot for at a daycare that literally won&amp;#x27;t even finish being constructed for 6 months (and at the time we did it, it was 9 months).</text></comment>
<story><title>Silicon Valley’s “megacommute” even worse than L.A</title><url>http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/02/job-boom-intensifies-traffic-and-housing-woes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>moultano</author><text>Literally everyone I know in the bay area who doesn&amp;#x27;t already own a house is considering leaving.&lt;p&gt;As extreme as the shortage of housing is the shortage of childcare. 150 person waitlists for 50 kid day-cares are common.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cx1000</author><text>When I visited the Seattle area, locals were complaining about all the Bay Area people moving up there and driving the rent up. I wonder how big a problem that might become for places that are appealing to Bay Area residents like Seattle, Austin, Denver, etc.</text></comment>