Patrick just landed a job working for an up and coming online gaming company in palo alto, california. in a lot of ways, this is his dream job come true—the chance to work for a company that makes gaming software and live in california at the same time. as his plane lands at san jose international, he pictures a snazzy apartment with a palm tree right outside the front door. a few hours later, as he meets a property manager of a large apartment complex, his heart sinks. the price of apartments is outrageous! back at the hotel, he checks the bureau of labor statistics site to try to get a better picture of why the cost of housing is so high in this region of the country. which factors may be causing the rise in the price of housing?