I get it's been a rough time but that doesn't really change the validity of the parent comment's point. There's so many other venues for Bay Area people to con

I get it's been a rough time but that doesn't really change the validity of the parent comment's point. There's so many other venues for Bay Area people to congregate and support one another. The fact the Hacker News as a site usually manages to divorce itself from the fact that its users in the bubble of the Bay Area is a huge part of why it's as successful as it is. It's not like I flagged this or something, but I completely agree this site shouldn't be used a sounding board for SF's issues and it'd be a real shame for posts like this to become normalized.