The piece is scathing, yet it’s not at all exaggerated. The influence of urban economics shaped by the agglomeration of tech industries in Silicon Valley, is without a doubt the source of this blight in the state. Not to mention, they don’t make great neighbors what with raising the bid-rent function past the level of highway robbery and the AirBnB property lending that never creates neighborhoods! I’m not disillusioned by firms’ attempt to pull the wool over the sheep’s eyes, and I appreciate the word with which you share on the matter. A pity many don’t view it differently, never mind in a critical light. How could the great Apple possibly swindle it’s consumers? I could venture a guess.