Techies Priced Out of Palo Alto as Studios List for $1.3 Million
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A home listed for sale in Palo Alto, on May 11, 2016.
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When Andy and Amy Isaacson looked at buying a home in Palo Alto, California, for their expanding family, the least expensive one they could find was $1.5 million.
The couple and their three daughters instead moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where they have a $500,000 four-bedroom house with a sprawling backyard.