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> You work for Google, or Apple, for FaceBook, or an accomplished startup. The irony is that none of those companies have a real presence in the city. Their ca
by whalesalad 6y ago
> You work for Google, or Apple, for FaceBook, or an accomplished startup.
The irony is that none of those companies have a real presence in the city. Their campuses are miles away. So you live in the city and ride on a tour coach down to your megaplex every day.
I don’t know why anyone strives to live a life like this.
- bobbygoodlatte 6y ago181 Fremont is Instagram HQ and there's an adjacent tower with a huge Facebook SF office. I'd call that a real presence.
- dredmorbius 6y agoGoogle and Facebook have offices in SF proper, and YouTube is located just south in San Bruno. "none ... have a real presence" is a considerable overstatement. Though yes, a large number of employees do travel south from SF daily. The larger issue is that the Peninsula and South Bay have resisted housing densification and transport improvements for decades.
- mc32 6y agoIt's really not an overstatement. They have some sales offices and some execs like having offices the city so they don't have to commute --but the great majority work in the the main campuses on the penn.