Silicon Valley Sprouts Grand Estates Amidst Housing Shortage

While middle-class and low-wage workers suffer from an acute housing shortage, Silicon Valley magnates are erecting large estates.

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October 30, 2000, 8:30 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Santa Clara County's biggest house hasnine bathrooms, or so Cindy and Gaymond Schultzbelieved. But when the couple moved in, they came across a 10th, tucked down a hall they thought led only to their 35-car garage.It's easy to miss a room or two when your house is 18,000square feet, or 12 times bigger than a typicaltwo-bedroom tract home in Silicon Valley."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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