I see your point but I don't think we have enough data to conclude. SF rents have drastically changed in the last handful of years. Service workers still show up but by forcing them to either pay more for rent in city or forcing them out of the city to cheaper residence their quality of life decreases. Less time with family or less money for family, pick your poison. This is the problem with those service workers in this context.
Someone will always fill the gap though so I suppose my argument doesn't hold much either. If enough service workers leave big cities for cheaper living and shorter commutes these heavily populated areas will have to start paying more to incentivize people to work in downtown areas. So essentially its a supply and demand problem like any other.
Perhaps there is no argument here at all and it just sucks for some people who are less financially well off.
Someone will always fill the gap though so I suppose my argument doesn't hold much either. If enough service workers leave big cities for cheaper living and shorter commutes these heavily populated areas will have to start paying more to incentivize people to work in downtown areas. So essentially its a supply and demand problem like any other.
Perhaps there is no argument here at all and it just sucks for some people who are less financially well off.