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UCSF is one of the wealthiest medical research institutions in the world. It's stunning they can't support an in house IT staff. Granted, in my experience Univ

by et2o 10y ago

UCSF is one of the wealthiest medical research institutions in the world. It's stunning they can't support an in house IT staff. Granted, in my experience University IT staffs are generally pretty awful. Usually, each individual lab will have one or two people with a lot of Linux experience who end up doing all of the actual work.

redm 10y ago
Contrast this with the Texas Medical Center (largest in the world [1]) in Houston where the cost of living is dirt cheap. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center
- nilkn 10y ago
  I wouldn't say it's dirt cheap. The Medical Center in particular is in a very wealthy area of Houston and is across the street from Rice and a neighborhood of $1M+ homes. The dirt cheap homes are 20 miles out in the suburbs or in very high crime areas.
  - giardini 10y ago
    You're exaggerating greatly. Almost the entire Houston metropolitan area is less than 20 miles from the Medical center. Plenty of homes are near the Medical center. Nearly all of Houston is "dirt cheap" when compared with San Francisco's price bubble. As for crime, Houston is safer than SF proper and doesn't have San Francisco's vagrancy problems, which are as much a product of the city fathers as of the vagrants themselves.
    - shiftpgdn 10y ago
      I don't think that's a fair comparison at all. Having been in both places (currently live in Houston) we have a bad vagrancy problem that has only recently been addressed due to the superbowl. Furthermore keep in mind the list price on a house in Houston isn't indicative of the true cost. There is a 3-5% property tax that is paid out annually. I currently pay $14,000/yr in property tax against a $320k mortgage. That's after homesteading discount and disputing the property value appraisal to be lower than what I actually paid for it.
      - velodrome 10y ago
        > I don't think that's a fair comparison at all. How much income tax do you pay in Texas vs California? California [1]: 1% on the first $7,850 of taxable income. 2% on taxable income between $7,851 and $18,610. 4% on taxable income between $18,611 and $29,372. 6% on taxable income between $29,373 and $40,773. 8% on taxable income between $40,774 and $51,530. 9.3% on taxable income between $51,531 and $263,222. 10.3% on taxable income between $263,223 and 315,866. 11.3% on taxable income between $315,867 and $526,443. 12.3% on taxable income of $526,444 and above. Texas [2]: Texas residents pay no personal state income tax. [1] http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-california.aspx http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-california... [2] http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-texas.aspx http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-texas.aspx > There is a 3-5% property tax that is paid out annually. I currently pay $14,000/yr in property tax against a $320k mortgage. Yes, that's high. However, consider what $320k gets you in SF vs Houston. With $320k I can get a decent sized house in Houston vs a tiny studio in SF (if that). One state is not necessarily better than the other. They are making trade offs. These trade offs benefit you depending on your lifestyle and circumstances.
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RyanZAG 10y ago
Of course they can afford it. They choose not to. $30 mil over 5 years is almost rounding error for UCSF. Here's the public budget for UCSF : https://www.ucsf.edu/about/ucsf-budget https://www.ucsf.edu/about/ucsf-budget EDIT: With $1.3B of their income coming from government money, it seems pretty sleezy to turn around and send some of that income out of the country, especially when you have the slogan: "UC San Francisco is a thriving contributor to the local economy"

by et2o 10y ago

redm 10y ago

Contrast this with the Texas Medical Center (largest in the world [1]) in Houston where the cost of living is dirt cheap. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center

nilkn 10y ago
I wouldn't say it's dirt cheap. The Medical Center in particular is in a very wealthy area of Houston and is across the street from Rice and a neighborhood of $1M+ homes. The dirt cheap homes are 20 miles out in the suburbs or in very high crime areas.
- giardini 10y ago
  You're exaggerating greatly. Almost the entire Houston metropolitan area is less than 20 miles from the Medical center. Plenty of homes are near the Medical center. Nearly all of Houston is "dirt cheap" when compared with San Francisco's price bubble. As for crime, Houston is safer than SF proper and doesn't have San Francisco's vagrancy problems, which are as much a product of the city fathers as of the vagrants themselves.
  - shiftpgdn 10y ago
    I don't think that's a fair comparison at all. Having been in both places (currently live in Houston) we have a bad vagrancy problem that has only recently been addressed due to the superbowl. Furthermore keep in mind the list price on a house in Houston isn't indicative of the true cost. There is a 3-5% property tax that is paid out annually. I currently pay $14,000/yr in property tax against a $320k mortgage. That's after homesteading discount and disputing the property value appraisal to be lower than what I actually paid for it.
    - velodrome 10y ago
      > I don't think that's a fair comparison at all. How much income tax do you pay in Texas vs California? California [1]: 1% on the first $7,850 of taxable income. 2% on taxable income between $7,851 and $18,610. 4% on taxable income between $18,611 and $29,372. 6% on taxable income between $29,373 and $40,773. 8% on taxable income between $40,774 and $51,530. 9.3% on taxable income between $51,531 and $263,222. 10.3% on taxable income between $263,223 and 315,866. 11.3% on taxable income between $315,867 and $526,443. 12.3% on taxable income of $526,444 and above. Texas [2]: Texas residents pay no personal state income tax. [1] http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-california.aspx http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-california... [2] http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-texas.aspx http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-texas.aspx > There is a 3-5% property tax that is paid out annually. I currently pay $14,000/yr in property tax against a $320k mortgage. Yes, that's high. However, consider what $320k gets you in SF vs Houston. With $320k I can get a decent sized house in Houston vs a tiny studio in SF (if that). One state is not necessarily better than the other. They are making trade offs. These trade offs benefit you depending on your lifestyle and circumstances.
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RyanZAG 10y ago

Of course they can afford it. They choose not to. $30 mil over 5 years is almost rounding error for UCSF. Here's the public budget for UCSF : https://www.ucsf.edu/about/ucsf-budget https://www.ucsf.edu/about/ucsf-budget EDIT: With $1.3B of their income coming from government money, it seems pretty sleezy to turn around and send some of that income out of the country, especially when you have the slogan: "UC San Francisco is a thriving contributor to the local economy"