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> Their brand image is a big turn-off for the upper-middle class yuppies who make up the majority of tech talent. I like to think that too, but a lot of it is
by mmmpop 9y ago
> Their brand image is a big turn-off for the upper-middle class yuppies who make up the majority of tech talent.
I like to think that too, but a lot of it is all talk. I used to work with this dude in Boulder who was really into virtue signaling. Did all the right Boulder things, shopped at the right Boulder places, drove the Boulder car that showed you "cared", but just couldn't give up that cheap Walmart cell phone coverage. His attitude was "well it's a dirty secret no one has to know", which coincidentally(?) sums up Boulder fairly tidily.
- tricolon 9y agoIs Walmart a cell phone provider? Is Boulder known to have dirty secrets?
- mmmpop 9y ago> Is Walmart a cell phone provider? Straight Talk > Is Boulder known to have dirty secrets? Yes, the best kept one being that it's overblown with NIMBYism. It's residents like to think it's on par with places like Seattle in terms of social progress, but it's all talk and no one seems willing to write the checks. It's very pretty though!
- WaxProlix 9y agoIt's funny because Seattle has and has been having a serious problem with NIMBYism for a while now. We're headed towards being the next SF and nobody's willing to give up their sweet single family housing designation to save the place. Same issue for our abysmal mass transit - a hyper-wealthy island community between Seattle and Bellevue is raising taxes to fund a law suit against WSDOT to stop light rail from going through their area because it would cost them dedicated single occupancy use of the HOV lanes. Can't make this shit up.
- TulliusCicero 9y agoSeattle is building a lot better than SF, although it could certainly be better still.