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I moved to SF in Sept of 2010. My wife and I went to the Folsom St fair because we were determined to experience what we couldn't experience back home (Nebrask
by aantix 13y ago
I moved to SF in Sept of 2010.
My wife and I went to the Folsom St fair because we were determined to experience what we couldn't experience back home (Nebraska).
Might I say, a fair like that would have been SHUT DOWN WITH SWAT TEAMS in Nebraska. I can't imagine anything remotely close to that being tolerated.
It didn't bother my wife or I, but when the extremes can be stretched pretty far with a general tolerance, you find that the middle is further than away from most people's average.
I don't know how the tolerance for the extreme factors in to things, but I think it's at play with SF's success..
P.S. If you want to experience it, it's usually in late September. Do it once in your life.
- rdl 13y agoRight, but Palo Alto/Mountain View are pretty much like Nebraska in terms of what you'd see on the street (super-rich Nebraska, though), and they also have plenty of startups, so it's not just bare hairy man ass that generates startups.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoThe recent post about stepping over the homeless is probably SF most worrying problem - if the tolerance that SF is famous for is at play in SV success (and I do agree its causation not just correlation) then developing an enclave mentality will mean SV will revert to its own mean irrespective of the surrounding town. Engage with your community Silicon Valley