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I grew up just a few miles from that blue line they drew. I got good grades, went to a good college, and when I was looking for a job it just seemed like all th

by lacker 7y ago

I grew up just a few miles from that blue line they drew. I got good grades, went to a good college, and when I was looking for a job it just seemed like all the promising careers weren't in Cincinnati. I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and have lived here ever since. My little sister had a similar story, but she moved to Chicago. My other little sister had a similar story, and also moved to San Francisco. San Francisco just has a better economy than Cincinnati. What feels wrong to me is that this better economy is only really open to the top end of jobs. It isn't that you can't make a lot of money for low end jobs in San Francisco. While you can struggle in Cincinnati to make $20 an hour even with some useful skills, San Francisco gives people $184,000 a year in salary + benefits to pick up poop off the street. The problem is that high rents prevent people from moving to San Francisco, even if they could make a lot more money here. I feel like one of the best things our country could do for poor people in the middle states is to figure out how to make rent cheaper in the coastal states. Not just for some protected class that happens to currently have rent control, but for everyone who is looking for a better economic opportunity and wants the chance to move to a more vibrant part of the country.

urda 7y ago
> San Francisco gives people $184,000 a year in salary + benefits to pick up poop off the street. You are 100% disconnected if you think this is true. The wage gap is an even bigger issue in SF than Cincinnati.
- bilbo0s 7y ago
  Sounds like a relative newcomer to the Bay Area. Newcomers are, generally speaking, always a bit disconnected, and tend to have odd ideas about the area they've moved into. Over time, I'd expect that poster to get a better view of what San Fran really is. As you said, "prosperity disparity", "income inequality", whatever you want to call it, is a good deal worse in San Fran than it is anywhere in the rust belt. That's for sure. Unskilled laborers moving to SF thinking it's the land of opportunity are likely to be disagreeably surprised.

by lacker 7y ago

urda 7y ago

> San Francisco gives people $184,000 a year in salary + benefits to pick up poop off the street. You are 100% disconnected if you think this is true. The wage gap is an even bigger issue in SF than Cincinnati.

bilbo0s 7y ago
Sounds like a relative newcomer to the Bay Area. Newcomers are, generally speaking, always a bit disconnected, and tend to have odd ideas about the area they've moved into. Over time, I'd expect that poster to get a better view of what San Fran really is. As you said, "prosperity disparity", "income inequality", whatever you want to call it, is a good deal worse in San Fran than it is anywhere in the rust belt. That's for sure. Unskilled laborers moving to SF thinking it's the land of opportunity are likely to be disagreeably surprised.