A particularly interesting question in light of this: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11808651" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11808651</a> recent discussion about the merits of Phoenix as a startup hub.<p>Seattle is in many ways doing better than SF: <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/12/23/10657690/seattle-housing-crisis" rel="nofollow">http://www.vox.com/2015/12/23/10657690/seattle-housing-crisi...</a> but it's not doing nearly enough: <a href="http://www.heraldnet.com/news/seattle-rents-increasing-faster-than-in-any-other-u-s-city/" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldnet.com/news/seattle-rents-increasing-faste...</a>