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Let me guess. You already don't spend any money here. You don't actually live here, vote here, or pay taxes here. Tell you what: you throw your city to the wolv
by dventimi 3y ago
Let me guess. You already don't spend any money here. You don't actually live here, vote here, or pay taxes here. Tell you what: you throw your city to the wolves if it suits you. Meanwhile I'll do what little I can to keep my city functioning, if it's alright by you.
- xwdv 3y agoI did live there. I lived in SoMA for several years. I walked to my office everyday. I left in 2016, right before shit started getting really bad. I used to think it was a decent city, now I hate San Francisco. I would never move back. It was what it was.
- dventimi 3y agoWell then you don't live here anymore and evidently you never will. In which case, why should anyone who does live here ever take instruction from you, who does not, on how to live our lives?
- xwdv 3y agoBecause they’re not doing a good job clearly.
- dventimi 3y agoSo your recommendation is that the job (of governing the city) shouldn't be done at all by anyone?
- xwdv 3y agoSometimes doing nothing at all is better than doing a deliberately shitty job.
- dventimi 3y agoDo you likewise recommend doing nothing for where you live now as well?
- xwdv 3y agoWhere I live now has implemented sensible policies that make life pleasant, so I’m fine with the status quo here.
- dventimi 3y agoIf someone else who doesn't live where you do and wouldn't have to face the consequences prescribed tough medicine with serious side effects for your city, and those side effects could even prove fatal, would you subject yourself and your city to their ministrations? What do you say, Doc?
- xwdv 3y agoIf you’re choosing to live in such a city, it is likely because you have some vested interest you are trying to protect, and thus makes you a biased opinion. NIMBYism.
- dventimi 3y agoYou chose to live in YOUR city. By your logic, you also have some vested interest to protect. Evidently, thus makes your opinion biased as well. It's NIMBYism all around!