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So tech folks came in looking to get rich quick, creating huge wealth disparities which helped fuel the homeless problem and the associated social issues, but n
by hurrdurr2 6y ago
So tech folks came in looking to get rich quick, creating huge wealth disparities which helped fuel the homeless problem and the associated social issues, but now that they can all work from home and is complaining that SF is now "a dump" they all picked up and left. Sounds about right.
- dnissley 6y agoHow do wealth disparities contribute to the homeless problem? Is your theory that the homeless in San Fransisco are primarily displaced residents who previously were paying for local housing?
- hurrdurr2 6y agoAre you seriously asking how expanding wealth disparity contributes to homelessness? Does rent increasing across the entirety of the bay area (which increasingly only techies can afford) not contribute to poorer people getting kicked out and become homeless?
- deepakhj 6y agoAre you seriously saying that new consumers have control over the production of housing supply?
- hurrdurr2 6y agoThis comment is so stupid I'm kind of amazed. Don't get so defensive techbro. Remember, if you don't like it here anymore just move away. Then you can do what the other techbros do on this board, boast about their new five acre forest house and shiny new Tesla, then post pics from their window showing off the view.
- deepakhj 6y agoNice ad hominem attack and ignoring my statement. I’ll humor you. I own neither a Tesla nor a house. I rent. I’ve lived in sf going on almost 22 years. Where did I say I didn’t like living here?
- dang 6y agoThe two of you both broke the site guidelines badly in this thread. Please avoid nasty comments, tit-for-tat spats, and flamewars generally when posting here. We're trying for something quite different on this site, and the path to deterioration is all too easy. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 6y agoThe two of you both broke the site guidelines badly in this thread. Please avoid nasty comments, tit-for-tat spats, and flamewars generally when posting here. We're trying for something quite different on this site, and the path to deterioration is all too easy. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: I'm dismayed to see that you've been making a habit of posting like this. That's seriously not cool! If you keep it up we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to ban you, so would you please take the guidelines and the intended spirit of the site to heart? We want thoughtful, curious conversation here, and that can only exist when people respect each other.
- deepakhj 6y agoSo people came in looking to get rich quick, killed all the indians by scalping them and from disease, the largest land migration in world history..... (1840s). Sounds about right.
- hurrdurr2 6y agoGreat analogy genius.