So basically, you're a victim because Valleywag claimed you said: > I could sell my home right now and buy a shed in Silicon Valley. > I would gladly sit thro

So basically, you're a victim because Valleywag claimed you said: > I could sell my home right now and buy a shed in Silicon Valley. > I would gladly sit through six or seven months of Chicago winter to experience fall. > San Francisco has more pets than kids. ...and you didn't say those things? And you were worried that people would react negatively to that? Seriously? The first and third things are things I'd actually say, because they're true. The second one is more of a matter of opinion; for all my SF hate their weather is pretty nice, but if you like cold good on you. Nobody cares. The victimhood complex that so many people have these days is bad, but this level of fear that you'll offend someone is much worse, IMHO. If you can't complain about SF housing prices because it might hurt someone's feelings, you've got a bad problem.