A two-bedroom apartment could set you back $1.8 million in Mission Bay, the gleaming new neighborhood in San Francisco. Most homes in Mission Bay cost $990,000 or more, according to real estate website Zillow. The average rent in the neighborhood is $3,700 — high even by San Francisco standards.

Pfizer, one of the largest companies in the one of America’s most profitable industries, just built a $100 million research facility there. Other Fortune 500 companies populate Mission Bay.

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