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I've lived in those areas before and have considered going back. Probably my main consideration is lack of cultural diversity. Not just for personal enjoyment b

by epage 5y ago

I've lived in those areas before and have considered going back. Probably my main consideration is lack of cultural diversity. Not just for personal enjoyment but I want to raise my family where they can grow up with people of diverse backgrounds. Also, might just have been the places I lived but I missed having peer in tech or who were similar. Just not interested in hunting and sports,

refurb 5y ago
I get the diversity thing but depending on the small town you can get more than SF some times. My neighborhood in SF is 90% white. But the tech things rings true. However, my only counter is that having a strong community that has nothing to do with work is pretty cool too.
- sofixa 5y ago
  > My neighborhood in SF is 90% white White is not a culture. Skin colour is orthogonal with cultural diversity. Amsterdam is also 80-90% white but is incredibly diverse with all sorts of people from all sorts of places and backgrounds.
  - physicsguy 5y ago
    It's a bit facetious to say that when most white people in America are "American" culturally which is quite clearly what they meant.
    - netizen-936824 5y ago
      That sounds like you're implying that black Americans aren't actually American.
      - physicsguy 5y ago
        That you read that into it says more about you than it does me given that I’m not American…
  - refurb 5y ago
    Point taken. Let me refine by saying my neighborhood in SF is 90% white, Democrat voting, can’t-get-off-the-hedonistic-treadmill culture, love to talk about progressive ideals while voting for restrictive policies that hurt residents. I lived in a swing state a long time ago and it was actually nice interacting with people from a lot of different backgrounds, none of which dominated the culture. You could go to a rave with some anarchist one weekend and go deer hunting with an evangelical Christian the next.
jtdev 5y ago

by epage 5y ago

refurb 5y ago

I get the diversity thing but depending on the small town you can get more than SF some times. My neighborhood in SF is 90% white. But the tech things rings true. However, my only counter is that having a strong community that has nothing to do with work is pretty cool too.

sofixa 5y ago
> My neighborhood in SF is 90% white White is not a culture. Skin colour is orthogonal with cultural diversity. Amsterdam is also 80-90% white but is incredibly diverse with all sorts of people from all sorts of places and backgrounds.
- physicsguy 5y ago
  It's a bit facetious to say that when most white people in America are "American" culturally which is quite clearly what they meant.
  - netizen-936824 5y ago
    That sounds like you're implying that black Americans aren't actually American.
    - physicsguy 5y ago
      That you read that into it says more about you than it does me given that I’m not American…
- refurb 5y ago
  Point taken. Let me refine by saying my neighborhood in SF is 90% white, Democrat voting, can’t-get-off-the-hedonistic-treadmill culture, love to talk about progressive ideals while voting for restrictive policies that hurt residents. I lived in a swing state a long time ago and it was actually nice interacting with people from a lot of different backgrounds, none of which dominated the culture. You could go to a rave with some anarchist one weekend and go deer hunting with an evangelical Christian the next.

jtdev 5y ago