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People move to a city because they want to be more like the people who already live there. But if too many move in too fast, the city instead becomes like them
by ethbr0 3y ago
People move to a city because they want to be more like the people who already live there.
But if too many move in too fast, the city instead becomes like them.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoNo, most people move to a city for a job - not because they think the average person that lives there is some aspirational target. SF had an abundance of jobs that paid a boat load of money, and people moved there to take those jobs. Not because it's close to Muir Woods and has the best weather in the world, and the people at cafes wear cool t-shirts (although nearly everyone who moves to SF tries their hardest to convince themselves this is the real reason, not the job and the money).
- buggythebug 3y agoAgreed. Going for the $$$ is a completely different and valid reason. But to say it's in the top 10 most fun and cultural cities is a giant reach.
- apsurd 3y agoWhat? I know we're talking about SF but the LA example is much more obviously clear: so everyone in LA _is actually in entertainment_ when they move? The servers and baristas went there "for the job" as a server and barista, but also acting, of which they already have well paying jobs in? I'm not even making sense to myself. Point is, absolutely... there's an aspirational part to moving to a big city, and yes they move for the weather, and yes they move to be closer to nature.
- pc86 3y agoThere are probably a hundred thousand places in California alone where you can be "closer to nature" than San Francisco.
- lanstin 3y agoProblem is a lot of people already in SF where not there for tech jobs, but beauty, art, banking, social movements, good industrial work, fishing/canning jobs, all that sort of thing. The unusually high software/tech related salaries have somewhat diminished the ability of the other folks to enjoy the lifestyles they previously enjoyed.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago> The unusually high software/tech related salaries have somewhat diminished the ability of the other folks to enjoy the lifestyles they previously enjoyed. Absolutely false. The refusal of NIMBYists to allow anything to get built which pushed housing costs to infinity is what pushed everyone out w/o a top-1% paying job. Not that the Bay created a bunch of high paying jobs.
- robotburrito 3y agoI moved here because of the location, not the jobs. I could care less about standing about in an open office with noise canceling headphones all day. If you want a walkable place to live that is near some of the most wonderful cycling in the entire world, it is hard to beat.
- buggythebug 3y agoNot true at all. Everyone is not the same in great cities.
- AYBABTME 3y agoSF also refused to adapt. Poor public transportation, extremely low building height.