# Mass shooting near downtown San Jose

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959 "2021-05-26T15:27:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959/21 "2021-05-29T01:26:13Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> but it begs the damn question; What the hell is wrong in the United States of America? What the hell is wrong with us?”

[from Newsom’s speech]

I wish someone knew the answer to this question. Why does this keep happening?!

Sorry to all those close enough to be affected.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959/22 "2021-05-29T02:15:30Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> People should know that the median household income for Santa Clara County is $126,606.

**household**

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959/23 "2021-05-29T05:32:39Z")

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Median.

City workers around here get housing assistance if they make under around $100K. Source one of our city councilmen.  
Just don’t want anyone to think someone making $100 K is living in the lap of luxury, necessarily.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959/24 "2021-05-29T19:46:22Z")

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True. Tear down houses cost $1 million or more. If you buy a house that you can afford, then you’re looking at a multi-hour commute. Similarly, rental units are very hard to find.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959/25 "2021-05-31T05:54:08Z")

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Ten years ago we were looking at houses in downtown SJ for around 400K. They have gone considerably up since then, but if you bought some time ago, you are golden. And in the East DT area, you can still get a decent house for under a Mill. And they are not all “contractors specials” either, but most do need some TLC.

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