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Before big tech came in, San Francisco was the mecca for the disillusioned, adventure-seekers, protestors, hippies, artists, writers, and many more groups of pe
by pcthrowaway 4y ago
Before big tech came in, San Francisco was the mecca for the disillusioned, adventure-seekers, protestors, hippies, artists, writers, and many more groups of people who wouldn't be able to afford SF at today's prices.
I suspect they'd be doing just fine if not for the tech boom.
- mc32 4y agoFresno is there for the taking. Some of the above live in and around the Salton Sea. Yes, people can cling on for sure. The main point is there is give and take. You win on one side and you lose on the other. Sure, without tech it could be something like Galveston. But there are vastly more people benefitting from the boom than those who suffer from the boom. If you ask people, would you trade this economy for the previous economy where you you keep blue collar jobs and keep your creatives like writers and protesters, or you trade that opportunity for high technology jobs but lose creatives and protesters I think the majority of people will chose the latter.
- lapcat 4y ago> If you ask people, would you trade this economy for the previous economy where you you keep blue collar jobs and keep your creatives like writers and protesters, or you trade that opportunity for high technology jobs but lose creatives and protesters I think the majority of people will chose the latter. Poll citation needed. Also, who would you be polling? If you only poll the winners of neighborhood gentrification, then of course they'll say gentrification is great.