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This is idiotic. I live in San Francisco and growing tired of people blaming "techies" for rising housing costs, or "ruining" the culture in the bay area. This

This is idiotic. I live in San Francisco and growing tired of people blaming "techies" for rising housing costs, or "ruining" the culture in the bay area. This is just people complaining that techies make more money than them. It is typical extreme liberal outrage.

monatron 10y ago
I do not live in San Francisco, but I would venture a guess that it's much more nuanced than that.
- carlisle_ 10y ago
  It's really not.
- nodesocket 10y ago
  Do you think this stereotyping in the bay area of techies is much different than what Trumps says in terms of minorities?
  - TenOhms 10y ago
    When has Trump ever mentioned anything negative about 'minorities'?
apsec112 10y ago
To be fair, a lot of people have been misled by the media. San Franciscans believe that everything is tech's fault, and that voting millionaire landlords into office will make housing affordable, for the same reason Londoners in the 1940s believed Stalin's Russia was a glorious worker's paradise. The media lied, and most people are busy and don't have hours and hours to dig down to the truth.
fragola 10y ago
It's not about the money: many of the people complaining are extremely wealthy. It's because they moved to California with an aesthetic in mind. They wanted rambling bungalow houses, palm trees, quiet boulevards, and sunshine. They wanted flea markets and VW bugs with surfboards strapped to the roof. Shops that sell homemade tie-dye and vegan coffee houses with patios in the sun. The anger is because they bought and paid for a fantasy of California and now they are upset about the change, which they see as a bait-and-switch. Really, it's just the evolution of a region. It's irony that these same people are most likely to call themselves "progressives"
karma_vaccum123 10y ago
You cannot compare SF and Palo Alto. SF is a major metro with a high-density downtown with corresponding infrastructure. The people who are opposed to greater density in Palo Alto ARE TECHIES. Who do you think lives there?

monatron 10y ago

I do not live in San Francisco, but I would venture a guess that it's much more nuanced than that.

carlisle_ 10y ago
It's really not.
nodesocket 10y ago
Do you think this stereotyping in the bay area of techies is much different than what Trumps says in terms of minorities?
- TenOhms 10y ago
  When has Trump ever mentioned anything negative about 'minorities'?

apsec112 10y ago

To be fair, a lot of people have been misled by the media. San Franciscans believe that everything is tech's fault, and that voting millionaire landlords into office will make housing affordable, for the same reason Londoners in the 1940s believed Stalin's Russia was a glorious worker's paradise. The media lied, and most people are busy and don't have hours and hours to dig down to the truth.

fragola 10y ago

It's not about the money: many of the people complaining are extremely wealthy. It's because they moved to California with an aesthetic in mind. They wanted rambling bungalow houses, palm trees, quiet boulevards, and sunshine. They wanted flea markets and VW bugs with surfboards strapped to the roof. Shops that sell homemade tie-dye and vegan coffee houses with patios in the sun. The anger is because they bought and paid for a fantasy of California and now they are upset about the change, which they see as a bait-and-switch. Really, it's just the evolution of a region. It's irony that these same people are most likely to call themselves "progressives"

karma_vaccum123 10y ago

You cannot compare SF and Palo Alto. SF is a major metro with a high-density downtown with corresponding infrastructure. The people who are opposed to greater density in Palo Alto ARE TECHIES. Who do you think lives there?