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These are the nation’s top emerging technology hubs 

The West Coast is home to some of America’s most prominent tech hubs like San Francisco and Silicon Valley, which both serve as headquarters for industry leaders like Amazon, Google and Apple. While tech hubs tend to boast a plethora of available jobs for software engineers, Real estate brokerage company Redfin claims that sky-high housing costs make these metros relatively unaffordable for the average tech employee. Find out which tech hubs the company considers the most affordable markets for the nation’s tech employees.