I Visited the Epicenter of the U.S. Housing Crisis

Caltrain is now electrified, with an improved timetable — so I rode it up and down the San Francisco peninsula to check in on Silicon Valley, America's most expensive region for housing. And man do I have thoughts. ---------- CityNerd is on Nebula, the creator-owned streaming service, ad-free! Using my custom link gets you 40% off an annual subscription, and really helps the channel! https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd Also STILL available: the Lifetime offer! $300 for Nebula as long as both you and Nebula exist, and a full 1/3 of the price goes directly to support this channel. https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=citynerd And! Gift cards -- get the same deals using my code, but gift a membership to someone who needs weekly (ad-free and promo-free) Nerd propaganda! http://gift.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon — a way to directly support my ability to talk about what I want to talk about every week, and get out to the cities I want to highlight. Much appreciation to all of you who are already patrons! https://www.patreon.com/CityNerd ---------- Previous CityNerd videos referenced: - Suburbs that are more urban than central cities: https://youtu.be/dXFQAlq4Z1s - The NIMBY-est cities: https://youtu.be/NJ4T_BHFgt0 ---------- Resources: - https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/why-is-climate-best-by-government-test-the-slogan-for-redwood-city/ - https://www.zillow.com/home-values/30280/atherton-ca/ - https://www.greenbelt.org/blog/yes-measure-t-san-mateo/ - https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/displayDivisionRules.action?selectedDivision=3062 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton,_California ---------- Images - Stanford logo By Stanford University - 12-03-2016 Game Notes MBB, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53757133 - Acid Test poster By Paul Foster - http://www.classicposters.com/Grateful_Dead/poster/Art_of_Rock/2.4, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32946630 ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Threads: @nerd4cities Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv