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Home values are pointing to a sharp wealth divide in major US cities
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's still possible in Boston for a mail carrier, an accountant and a Harvard-trained psychiatrist — basically, the crowd from "Cheers"— to live as neighbors.That finding by the real...
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San Francisco is seeing one of the 'biggest new-housing construction booms in...
Home prices and rents aren’t a joking matter in San Francisco. Buyers are grappling with the concept that the median house costs $1.3 million and the median condo $1.1 million, 65% more than at the...
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Go inside the most expensive home in San Francisco, on the market for $28...
What does the most expensive house in one of America's most expensive cities look like?According to Curbed SF, 2250 Vallejo, a circa-1901 mansion-turned-contemporary dream home built on one of San...
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Airbnb CEO on the ad campaign that insulted San Francisco residents: 'It made...
The chief executive of AirBnB has laid into an ill-received (and quickly axed) ad campaign its agency of record ran in San Francisco urging the public to appreciate its tax contributions to the...
View ArticleThis disturbing video of a fatal police shooting raises questions about the...
A video of police fatally shooting a man in San Francisco this week is raising questions about the use of force. Footage posted on Instagram shows a man surrounded by several cops pointing guns at him....
View ArticleDid UK cops just school their US counterparts by taking down a knife-wielding...
In the last week alone there have been three high-profile encounters between police officers and knife-wielding suspects. Two of these incidents took place in the US, and both of those ended in the...
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San Francisco software engineers get paid 37% more than their London...
Software engineers in San Francisco are being paid 37% more than their London counterparts, according to recruitment firm Hired.The average salary for a London software engineer is £54,000 while the...
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Software engineers get higher offers if they start their careers in San...
No matter where a software engineer wants to live, they have higher earning potential if they move out of the Bay Area and relocate, a new study from Hired shows.The job search site crunched through...
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Here's what a one-bedroom apartment looks like in America's most expensive...
With rents on the rise in several of America's largest cities, it's always helpful to know what your money can get you.The sad truth, however, is that it'll go a lot farther in some cities than others....
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Some experts think the housing bubble is back
No one wants a return to the grim days of the housing crisis, when home values plunged until 31.4 percent of mortgage holders owed more on their homes than the dwellings were worth.In some parts of the...
View ArticleThe outrageous homes that make this Silicon Valley town the most expensive...
Atherton, California has topped Forbes' list of the most expensive zip codes in America for three years in a row. The town has some of the most expensive homes and wealthy residents in the...
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A US landmark just declared itself a 'no-drone zone'
Just in case you were considering flying that new aerial drone you got for Christmas off the Golden Gate Bridge, there's a new rule you probably should know about.You can't.Signs were installed on and...
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The most expensive rental in San Francisco costs $30,000 per month and sits...
It's no secret that San Francisco real estate is expensive. In the latest example of the market-gone-crazy, the most expensive rental listing on the market, according to Curbed, is asking a whopping...
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I was a homeless worker at a San Francisco tech company
Elevator doors opened up to the fifth floor of my workplace in SOMA, and I stepped around a collection of people with phones in front of their faces. The key card attached to my hip opened the door to...
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A homeless guy became a tech worker at Zenefits for 45 days
Paul Krantz moved to San Francisco five years ago with dreams of living in a city of artists and writing the great American novel.He attended the University of San Francisco, and barely survived on...
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More proof that Uber is killing the taxi industry
Uber, and the bevy of other ride hailing services like it, may only be a few years old, but in many places they're having a disastrous effect on the local taxi industry.The latest victim: Yellow Cab,...
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Airbnb's CEO flouted the law when he rented his couch without registering...
Almost a year after San Francisco's law requiring Airbnb hosts to register with the city, even Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky has admitted he has failed to do so.As of February 1, 2015, San Francisco law...
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Black Lives Matter protesters blocked off the Bay Bridge for 30 minutes...
A group of demonstrators caused the shutdown of one direction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in a police-brutality protest tied to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.Members of the group...
View ArticleTake a tour of a stunning San Francisco tiny home that was once a...
Skyrocketing housing prices. A desire to live more simply.These two trends, separately and together, have helped spur the creation of the tiny house movement across America.Christi Azevedo, a designer...
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Here's how much you'd have to earn to buy a house and live comfortably in 23...
The price of living can fluctuate a lot from state to state, and even throughout different parts of the same state.Personal-finance site Finder.com has published a list of the cost of "living...
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