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I wish it were, but it's not. The author presents a myopic and one-sided view of the situation, scapegoating the city's numerous problems on a single group of p

I wish it were, but it's not. The author presents a myopic and one-sided view of the situation, scapegoating the city's numerous problems on a single group of people. It's not nuanced at all.

smadge 7y ago
No, the article literally presents two sides of the story, presents the claims of both sides, and at the ends attempts to provide a synthesis. The two sides presented are those that find fault with the NIMBYs who blocked building more housing, and those that find fault with the “tech bros” who are viewed as gentrifying communities.
- smadge 7y ago
  “That’s one way to tell the story... But there’s another” “And depending on which camp you found yourself in, there was one of two essays you’d brandish at dinner parties, yell about on Twitter, and pretend to have read that explained what the protests symbolized. One was by the prolific writer Rebecca Solnit ... It took until the following year for those inclined to the second point of view to find their voice, which came under the guise of a long post at TechCrunch by journalist Kim-Mai Cutler ... Point being: This decade has been such that, were you inclined to agree with Cutler or with Solnit, you could find plenty of evidence to support your point of view... As the decade comes to a close, in many ways we’re no closer to a synthesis than when we started. Tech’s villains continue to be awful, both individually and collectively. And our housing production remains anemic. And yet there are signs of hope.“ In fact the heroes of this story, if there are any, are the “tech bros,” big tech companies, and YIMBY’s who are making attempts to build more housing and be neighborly.
  - Apocryphon 7y ago
    Have big tech really been making enough of an effort to build more housing? Apple's $2.5 billion pledge was made only months ago, and not specific to San Francisco. Certainly there's an overlap between YIMBY and tech workers, but it doesn't seem to be one to one. We aren't seeing high-profile Engineers For Affordable Housing groups come to the forefront. Do they even exist?
    - smadge 7y ago
      I don’t agree with all of the conclusions of the article. I just think it’s patently false that the article is one sided and vilifies technology workers.

I wish it were, but it's not. The author presents a myopic and one-sided view of the situation, scapegoating the city's numerous problems on a single group of people. It's not nuanced at all.

smadge 7y ago

No, the article literally presents two sides of the story, presents the claims of both sides, and at the ends attempts to provide a synthesis. The two sides presented are those that find fault with the NIMBYs who blocked building more housing, and those that find fault with the “tech bros” who are viewed as gentrifying communities.

smadge 7y ago
“That’s one way to tell the story... But there’s another” “And depending on which camp you found yourself in, there was one of two essays you’d brandish at dinner parties, yell about on Twitter, and pretend to have read that explained what the protests symbolized. One was by the prolific writer Rebecca Solnit ... It took until the following year for those inclined to the second point of view to find their voice, which came under the guise of a long post at TechCrunch by journalist Kim-Mai Cutler ... Point being: This decade has been such that, were you inclined to agree with Cutler or with Solnit, you could find plenty of evidence to support your point of view... As the decade comes to a close, in many ways we’re no closer to a synthesis than when we started. Tech’s villains continue to be awful, both individually and collectively. And our housing production remains anemic. And yet there are signs of hope.“ In fact the heroes of this story, if there are any, are the “tech bros,” big tech companies, and YIMBY’s who are making attempts to build more housing and be neighborly.
- Apocryphon 7y ago
  Have big tech really been making enough of an effort to build more housing? Apple's $2.5 billion pledge was made only months ago, and not specific to San Francisco. Certainly there's an overlap between YIMBY and tech workers, but it doesn't seem to be one to one. We aren't seeing high-profile Engineers For Affordable Housing groups come to the forefront. Do they even exist?
  - smadge 7y ago
    I don’t agree with all of the conclusions of the article. I just think it’s patently false that the article is one sided and vilifies technology workers.