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This feels accurate to me. I recently moved back to Portland from Silicon Valley, and the extreme cost of living, the lack of culture, lack of good food, and wo
by fishermansporch 5y ago
This feels accurate to me. I recently moved back to Portland from Silicon Valley, and the extreme cost of living, the lack of culture, lack of good food, and workaholic culture were a big part of it. If you live in Cupertino, Campbell, Sunnyvale, I struggle to even think of things like a decent bar.
- anyfoo 5y agoIt has gotten a smidge better in Cupertino because of the "Main Street" area that popped up, but it's all in only one place, a tiny one compared to how big Cupertino is. Before that, there was pretty much nothing.
- legerdemain 5y ago"Main Street, Cupertino" is mostly condos, high-end Asian family restaurants, a Meet Fresh (a cavernous chain business selling Taiwanese slushie desserts to kids), and a high-end chain bar. Oh, and a Philz. My mind boggles at the thought that Main Street is an improvement over the panoply of mom-and-pop businesses that dot Cupertino all over.
- bradlys 5y ago> If you live in Cupertino, Campbell, Sunnyvale, I struggle to even think of things like a decent bar. I mean - is anyone really looking for that in places that are definitely known as places that people move to in order to raise children? It's a really weird complaint. If you wanted booze and the kid vibes - guess you could move to San Carlos. I wonder if the people complaining about lack of good food are mostly talking about good food at a certain price point or just certain cuisines - because I don't have many issues finding good restaurants here whereas in some other major cities it can be a real struggle to find anything that is at the same level.