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> Techies have been leaving San Francisco for cities like Portland, Austin, Denver and Seattle (PADS) for over a decade. We seek a place to settle down and impr
by supernintendo 6y ago
> Techies have been leaving San Francisco for cities like Portland, Austin, Denver and Seattle (PADS) for over a decade. We seek a place to settle down and improve cost-to-quality-of-life ratio.
As someone born in a small North Carolina town into poverty who has lived in Portland for close to a decade, this is both hilarious and depressing.
Bay Area tech folks are really suffering from some sort of economic Stockholm Syndrome. I’d love to see what would happen if one were to move from San Francisco to a city like Chiang Mai, Thailand. It can’t be much different than winning the lottery.
- AlexeyMK 6y agoWe did that for about a month in 2015; made it for Songkran. It was pretty great. Frustrating with time zones and car pollution, but otherwise solid. Ristr8to remains a favorite.
- supernintendo 6y agoAs far as I know the air pollution in Thailand is largely attributed to forest fires rather than vehicle emissions [0]. Funny enough, this also seems to be the case for Portland, Oregon [1]. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/07/northern-thailand-was-once-paradise-now-forest-fires-have-made-air-worse-than-beijings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/07/northern-tha... [1] https://www.kgw.com/mobile/article/weather/air-quality/portlands-air-quality-second-worst-among-major-cities-worldwide/283-586223379 https://www.kgw.com/mobile/article/weather/air-quality/portl...
- CalRobert 6y ago"Car Pollution" may be a term for encompassing all the negative externalities caused by cars near people. Crash risk, reduced walkability and cyclability, noise pollution, increased sedentism, higher housing costs (due to parking minimums, car-friendly zoning,) etc. For instance, I'd love to let my kid ride a bike to school. I don't because of cars (well, drivers, really). That's a form of pollution, in a sense.