By Diane Ngo
With the colorful homes, the white fences that lined the yards, the dusty/ washed out color of the once black mailbox. The sidewalks littered with different color gum, the smell of the freshly mowed lawn, along with the kids playing outside on their bikes. The homes are nicely decorated with curtains overlooking the windows, the front door befriended by a doormat.
But on the other side, inside the homes, the families are struggling. They are struggling to pay rent, to pay for food, to find a way to survive. The bills are piling up, higher than stacks of pancakes. The distressed look on some of the adults, watching their child play on the sunny day.
Many houses in the Bay Area are beautiful to say the least, the weather being one of the things that most people chase after. With the increasing amount of people flocking to San Jose, the economy is now thriving. But when the economy is thriving, the prices will rise with it. The rent is now climbing, many families not being able to afford the expensive living.
According to Mercurynews, the resale on old homes dropped by 16 percent in the last year. Although the price of homes rose 14 percent, at a shocking rate
Samuel Ambrocio, a young adult who started paying for rent said, “I think the rent is getting high because of the technology that’s moving into San Jose and the increasing amount of work.”
According to the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley is notorious for being the tech county, abundant of research facilities that operate within the fields. With that, the economy is at an all time high with thriving companies and workers.
Ambrocio and his family, although three out of five in Ambrocio’s family are working, are still making ends meet. He has to help out with the rent along with his family, often paying the entire rent for his family. A struggle he would usually face is that the rent is especially hard on him, it’s stressful and sometimes it means losing precious savings for. It’s times like this where many families often think about leaving San Jose and moving to more affordable areas.
“I don’t think I’d move, I’ve been here for 14 years.” Ambrocio shares out, the homely spark of San Jose something an area couldn’t be able to replace. Even with the high rent, the good memories are tied to where the people are at. Such as where they were born, the place where many people have children and raised them. It’s home to them with priceless memories to go through. A few good memories would be that where Samuel met his friends, met his girlfriend, was able to graduate from high school and found a job. It’s hard to let go of what was so good and pure in the moment, especially in a hometown as so.
The good memories are hard to hold onto, especially when someone is in a hard struggle with one place and another. The memories are soon what many families have to hold onto, in order to be able to stay where they are now. It’s a sense of relief, a sense of happiness to create more happy memories where they’re at.
With the colorful homes, the white fences that lined the yards, the dusty/ washed out color of the once black mailbox. The sidewalks littered with different color gum, the smell of the freshly mowed lawn, along with the kids playing outside on their bikes. The homes are nicely decorated with curtains overlooking the windows, the front door befriended by a doormat.
But on the other side, inside the homes, the families are struggling. They are struggling to pay rent, to pay for food, to find a way to survive. The bills are piling up, higher than stacks of pancakes. The distressed look on some of the adults, watching their child play on the sunny day.
Many houses in the Bay Area are beautiful to say the least, the weather being one of the things that most people chase after. With the increasing amount of people flocking to San Jose, the economy is now thriving. But when the economy is thriving, the prices will rise with it. The rent is now climbing, many families not being able to afford the expensive living.
According to Mercurynews, the resale on old homes dropped by 16 percent in the last year. Although the price of homes rose 14 percent, at a shocking rate
Samuel Ambrocio, a young adult who started paying for rent said, “I think the rent is getting high because of the technology that’s moving into San Jose and the increasing amount of work.”
According to the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley is notorious for being the tech county, abundant of research facilities that operate within the fields. With that, the economy is at an all time high with thriving companies and workers.
Ambrocio and his family, although three out of five in Ambrocio’s family are working, are still making ends meet. He has to help out with the rent along with his family, often paying the entire rent for his family. A struggle he would usually face is that the rent is especially hard on him, it’s stressful and sometimes it means losing precious savings for. It’s times like this where many families often think about leaving San Jose and moving to more affordable areas.
“I don’t think I’d move, I’ve been here for 14 years.” Ambrocio shares out, the homely spark of San Jose something an area couldn’t be able to replace. Even with the high rent, the good memories are tied to where the people are at. Such as where they were born, the place where many people have children and raised them. It’s home to them with priceless memories to go through. A few good memories would be that where Samuel met his friends, met his girlfriend, was able to graduate from high school and found a job. It’s hard to let go of what was so good and pure in the moment, especially in a hometown as so.
The good memories are hard to hold onto, especially when someone is in a hard struggle with one place and another. The memories are soon what many families have to hold onto, in order to be able to stay where they are now. It’s a sense of relief, a sense of happiness to create more happy memories where they’re at.