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I've been far happier as an engineer in NYC and Berlin than SF. Gentrification has made SF a pretty boring place to be, and I felt that my overall sense of crea
by krenoten 10y ago
I've been far happier as an engineer in NYC and Berlin than SF. Gentrification has made SF a pretty boring place to be, and I felt that my overall sense of creativity plummeted there when I was surrounded by so few people from different backgrounds.
- westoncb 10y agoAgreed. I ended up moving across the bay and living in Berkeley while working in SF just for that reason.
- ido 10y agoIt's kinda funny though, as people in Berlin at least (I'm sure in NYC too) are constantly complaining about gentrification too :)
- pascalxus 10y agoI don't think there's nearly as much gentrification as people say there is, overall. I mean sure, there's a huge amount of gentrification in the 20% of SF that is not rent controlled: there only the super rich can live. But, as for the other 80% that's rent controlled, lots of it is pretty dilapidated, almost borderline 3rd world country in some parts. 1% (7k people) of the SF population is homeless and even more are nearly there (despite over 240 million$ a year spent fighting homelessness). Perhaps the reason people find SF boring is due to the hollowing out of the middle class.