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> The gold rush is deeply embedded in the Bay Area psyche. I think that's true for a demographic - the San Francisco 24-35 demographic (especially those in the
by batbomb 7y ago
> The gold rush is deeply embedded in the Bay Area psyche.
I think that's true for a demographic - the San Francisco 24-35 demographic (especially those in the tech sphere of influence), but I don't think it's generally true across the bay area. People who tend to think like this tend to be transplants that do not know very many people over 40, they don't know anybody from, say, Redwood City, Hayward, or Albany or even the Sunset district. I say this as a transplant under the age of 40, but the majority of my coworkers are much older despite most of them also being transplants.
- nostrademons 7y agoI'd argue that it was true of them when they were in the 24-35 demographic. My in-laws have been here 35 years. They are old-school now: they own a home, they oppose further development or upzoning, they worked as a mechanical engineer in defense and a biologist in biotech. Nevertheless, when they were in their late 20s, they were recent immigrants from another country. Their neighbor is close to 90. She's even more removed from today's gold rush: she was a secretary & later HR manager at one of the early electronics companies. IIRC, she came here as a child in the 30s, one of the dust bowl & depression migrants. I'm reminded of a line from last week's Game of Thrones episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwOOeJxrhL4#t=95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwOOeJxrhL4#t=95