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It's an eye-opener to me, seeing the extremes at which this way of life has apparently arrived... for one group of people in one place in the whole world. Serio

by jaza 12y ago

It's an eye-opener to me, seeing the extremes at which this way of life has apparently arrived... for one group of people in one place in the whole world. Seriously, this article pretends all of humanity in 2015 lives this way. It doesn't! There are approx. 7 billion people outside the Bay Area bubble universe! (Perhaps the author, a resident of the bubble herself, has forgotten this?). Sure makes me feel old-fashioned, that I and everyone I know still make 95% of purchases offline, still buy groceries at a physical supermarket, still go to the park for a walk every day, still meet new people offline every day, still do household chores, etc. And I live in Sydney (also mentioned in the article - and incidentally, also SF's sister city), not a backward or a disconnected place either. SF, like Sydney, has good weather and a beautiful outdoors. Pity that so many SF'ers don't seem to be making the most of it.

kilbuz 12y ago
Many anecdotes here, and no real data. Much like all of the world does not live this way, I assure you all of SF does not live this way. As one who does "get out" from time to time, I can assure you there are a healthy number of people socializing all over the city. There are also plenty of people who make the most of the outdoors. Try visiting a well-marked trail within 20 miles of SF on a weekend. Not exactly "away from it all." Agree with you that this article picks a very narrow view and creates false dichotomies.
abalashov 12y ago
Yes, but we have some of these services in Atlanta, and it may portend of future things to come, at least for a certain category of well-compensated people. My general experience has been that Valley trends do get exported, if with considerable latency, to other metro areas. Uber and Lyft are big hits. GrubHub matters. A nontrivial percentage of people in my generation seem to use Instakart...

by jaza 12y ago

kilbuz 12y ago

Many anecdotes here, and no real data. Much like all of the world does not live this way, I assure you all of SF does not live this way. As one who does "get out" from time to time, I can assure you there are a healthy number of people socializing all over the city. There are also plenty of people who make the most of the outdoors. Try visiting a well-marked trail within 20 miles of SF on a weekend. Not exactly "away from it all." Agree with you that this article picks a very narrow view and creates false dichotomies.

abalashov 12y ago

Yes, but we have some of these services in Atlanta, and it may portend of future things to come, at least for a certain category of well-compensated people. My general experience has been that Valley trends do get exported, if with considerable latency, to other metro areas. Uber and Lyft are big hits. GrubHub matters. A nontrivial percentage of people in my generation seem to use Instakart...