Originally Posted by
fietsbob
now you know why a lot of brands use companies like Maxway Ltd in Taiwan.
as Bay Area got Tech Gentrified, its hard to cover the overhead to run a small manufacturing business there .....
More that the Bay Area builders had way more experience than was in budget for me.
Yes, it is really really pricey in the Bay for sure. And super small manufacturing is hard. But the bigger issue is housing costs are so ridiculous that no young people can get started without a trust fund or access to a parents basement to live in. It would be impossible to get started as a frame builder now here.