People hate the Google bus because humans do not want to feel inferior or that they are being treated unfairly. SF has a lot of poor people and a lot of rich p

People hate the Google bus because humans do not want to feel inferior or that they are being treated unfairly. SF has a lot of poor people and a lot of rich people, and the number of rich are increasing. When you're poor and your neighbor is poor, you feel, if not OK, decent. When you're poor and you're neighbor is rich, it pisses you off--especially as they crowd you out of the city. The bus is a symbol of class divide, pure and simple. Argue about how techies provide value, how government is broken, etc., but recognize that the fundamental issue is human psychology--specifically, envy.