Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for Oct. 21, 2024

Cost of limited housing has changed overall feeling

I am writing in response to the recent Bay Area News Group article published in the IJ with the headline, “Silicon Valley draws mistrust from many” on Oct. 10.

I think the biggest change is the enormous cost of housing. I arrived in West Marin in 1971. Back then, I rented a whole house for what I could rent a single room and bath in my current home — lucky me. Back then, I could barely get a job, but as “Silicon Valley” moved north, my earning prospects got better and better.