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YMMV, but a very large percentage of people I know who have claimed that SF/NYC isn't "friendly" enough to tech have, upon further elucidation, zero emotional i
by exogeny 4y ago
YMMV, but a very large percentage of people I know who have claimed that SF/NYC isn't "friendly" enough to tech have, upon further elucidation, zero emotional intelligence around gentrification and almost universally think of Uber and WeWork as success stories.
This is to say, in case it's not clear, that being "friendly" just isn't enough for them; they want everyone around them to acknowledge just how great and special tech is. If you're not kissing their ass, you're not being friendly.
- woodruffw 4y agoThe people I know who moved to Florida are a little better than that: many are NYC natives, and are well aware of what gentrification looks like in that context. I do think they have a somewhat myopic view of their own work, however.
- warning26 4y agoNever understood the opposition to gentrification -- are people looking at NYC in the 1970s and thinking "yes, that's the urban ideal right there"?
- woodruffw 4y agoI think the thought is closer to "NYC is pretty close to ideal right now, and I don't need a combination Starbucks and Lululemon in my neighborhood." Which, of course, it actually isn't! But nobody really wants to return to 1970s or 1980s New York.