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>Most of what startups there do is to solve local problems of San Francisco (and there are MANY!). San Francisco must be a paradise on Earth then? I've never b
by lawless123 10y ago
>Most of what startups there do is to solve local problems of San Francisco (and there are MANY!).
San Francisco must be a paradise on Earth then? I've never been.
- mcintyre1994 10y agoI've heard it called (I think on HN!) an assisted living community for people in their 20s - because all those services are subsidised by VC capital too.
- ghaff 10y agoWell, specifically they serve the perceived problems of well-paid tech workers in San Francisco, which isn't actually most of the population. San Francisco has its merits but it most certainly isn't paradise on earth.
- M_Grey 10y agoMore like a bubble waiting to messily burst, or in the most extreme, the place we'll fondly remember after the earthquake.
- toephu2 10y agoTech center of the world with a 1970's subway system that sucks in more ways than one (hurts your ears inside and out, dirty, not on time, not many stops, frequent maintenance issues, etc.).