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I've seen a documentary about San Francisco it's crazy how middle income people are being pushed farther from the city. One teacher had several bus transfers an

I've seen a documentary about San Francisco it's crazy how middle income people are being pushed farther from the city. One teacher had several bus transfers and then a long walk to get to her job. Even bus stops where "poor" people (less than $100,000/year) are being crowded by private buses like Google forcing city buses to wait which adds to the wait down the line. Nuts!

war1025 6y ago
> "poor" people (less than $100,000/year) How anyone making $100k can be considered "poor" is beyond me. No wonder everyone on the West coast thinks being a Millennial sucks.
- racl101 6y ago
  Just like how you can live in a castle in middle America that costs $250K. It's just part and parcel of living where everyone else wants to live.
  - war1025 6y ago
    As someone in middle America with a not-quite castle that I paid $100k for, I'm perfectly happy with that trade off I guess.
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  - munificent 6y ago
    > where everyone else wants to live. Another way to say that is "where the jobs are".
- srtjstjsj 6y ago
  Are people in the Middle/South getting jobs?
  - war1025 6y ago
    I live in Iowa. At least in my peer group people seem to be doing pretty well. From my perspective here, Millennials aren't having any harder of a time integrating into society than anyone before them did.
    - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
      Same here. The rust belt cities across the northeast and stretching into the Midwest don't seem to be doing that bad either. I see the "jobs in places not SF or NYC" situation as kind of like how the people who spend MSRP minus $2k for a 5yo 4Runner feel the need to loudly proclaim how everything else is crap because they have this massive sunk cost they need to justify to themselves. All I know is my car starts every morning and I'm not making payments on it.
pb7 6y ago
Private buses pay to use the stops. The alternative is everyone driving. Do you think that would improve or worsen traffic congestion?
- ethanwillis 6y ago
  The majority of tech workers don't need to be in an office. And they surely don't need to all be in the same office.
fourzs 6y ago
Does anyone happen to know the name of this doc?
- dghughes 6y ago
  I tried to find it but no luck. The main part of the documentary is a teacher who can't afford to live anywhere near the school that employs her. I think the cheapest rent was $3,500/month and she made 60K per year (?). I believe she worked in San Francisco but had to move to Oakland. She had to take multiple buses and then walk a few miles from the final stop. But in the end she found a place in San Francisco near her school which she could afford. It also showed Google and other large companies with their private buses. There was a lot of conflict between average citizens and the "Google buses", at least in the video there was.
annexrichmond 6y ago
California: Tax the hell out of people who need to drive because they can't afford to live near prime transit locations. Then be subjected to such transit which is unsafe, unreliable, and unpleasant to say the least.

war1025 6y ago

> "poor" people (less than $100,000/year) How anyone making $100k can be considered "poor" is beyond me. No wonder everyone on the West coast thinks being a Millennial sucks.

racl101 6y ago
Just like how you can live in a castle in middle America that costs $250K. It's just part and parcel of living where everyone else wants to live.
- war1025 6y ago
  As someone in middle America with a not-quite castle that I paid $100k for, I'm perfectly happy with that trade off I guess.
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- munificent 6y ago
  > where everyone else wants to live. Another way to say that is "where the jobs are".
srtjstjsj 6y ago
Are people in the Middle/South getting jobs?
- war1025 6y ago
  I live in Iowa. At least in my peer group people seem to be doing pretty well. From my perspective here, Millennials aren't having any harder of a time integrating into society than anyone before them did.
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    Same here. The rust belt cities across the northeast and stretching into the Midwest don't seem to be doing that bad either. I see the "jobs in places not SF or NYC" situation as kind of like how the people who spend MSRP minus $2k for a 5yo 4Runner feel the need to loudly proclaim how everything else is crap because they have this massive sunk cost they need to justify to themselves. All I know is my car starts every morning and I'm not making payments on it.

pb7 6y ago

Private buses pay to use the stops. The alternative is everyone driving. Do you think that would improve or worsen traffic congestion?

ethanwillis 6y ago
The majority of tech workers don't need to be in an office. And they surely don't need to all be in the same office.

fourzs 6y ago

Does anyone happen to know the name of this doc?

dghughes 6y ago
I tried to find it but no luck. The main part of the documentary is a teacher who can't afford to live anywhere near the school that employs her. I think the cheapest rent was $3,500/month and she made 60K per year (?). I believe she worked in San Francisco but had to move to Oakland. She had to take multiple buses and then walk a few miles from the final stop. But in the end she found a place in San Francisco near her school which she could afford. It also showed Google and other large companies with their private buses. There was a lot of conflict between average citizens and the "Google buses", at least in the video there was.

annexrichmond 6y ago

California: Tax the hell out of people who need to drive because they can't afford to live near prime transit locations. Then be subjected to such transit which is unsafe, unreliable, and unpleasant to say the least.