San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Seattle are the four most expensive major cities in the country based on home values, according to data from Zillow. The median home in San Francisco is valued at almost $1.4 million and more than $733,000 in Seattle. “Almost everyone is looking at other affordable places where you can open an office.”Some economists said the Trump administration’s tougher immigration policies could also restrict the tech giants from importing skilled workers from abroad to their West Coast headquarters. That has helped push some tech companies into building major outposts in Canada, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver. From 2015 to 2017, only nine metro areas increased their share of the nation’s tech work force, including the West Coast tech hubs, as well as Austin and Denver.

Source: New York Times December 13, 2018 23:26 UTC