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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Hence, it should be a publicly owned utility like water.
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   How many more utter disasters need to happen before the State of California starts garnishing corporate profits from PG&E for punishment? Why is no one on trial? Let's just turn this into a completely publicly owned utility, focus
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Nothing wrong with sneakers and jeans + a tee provided they fit and the sneakers aren’t “dad sneakers” read: White new balances or god forbid saucony or brooks running shoes.
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Welcome to HN!
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Full admission - my hetero/cisgendered worldview made me ignore this side of reasoning for living here. But doesn’t NYC, Seattle, Portland, LA, Miami offer similar protections? Great point none the less!
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   While it may not live up to your editorial standards, it's clearly resonating with this audience. Maybe attack the ideas and not the structure / style of the piece? It has nothing to do with the author "finding meaning.&quo
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Thanks. Montreal I don't like to talk about because (I believe) it's the most underrated city in North America. Don't go - you'll fall in love!
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Oh. My. God. I thought I was the only one. This will probably go over most heads here, but man - the way people DRESS, particularly men, is staggeringly bad. Hysterically awful. I've seen this same situation before as well. Here's
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   by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

   Sorry, not better than NYC, but better than the Bay Area :) NYC is still the epicenter of culture. Period.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    I did grow up here - you're spot on about the Ocean. I realized a lot of people love it here because they're truly outdoorsy. They ski, they surf, they hike and mountain bike. I do none of those things (anymore) - so there's
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Don't stall too long. This area takes a toll on relationships and mental health (unless you're fabulously wealthy) The extreme costs of everything pushes out creatives, which leads to a lack of culture.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    >> IMO that attitude is how we get to what the author is explaining in this article. clap emoji
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Sounds like NYC = SoHo (which still has more culture in a single block than the entirety of the South Bay.)
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Miami and Montreal!
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    It's simple. We need more fucking housing. Period. End of story. We need condo towers. We need townhomes. We need mid-rises. And secondly, we need free and low cost mental health services. That's it. Problem solved. The problem is
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Agreed with you on this, but I'm in Marketing so I can go anywhere I'd like for similar opportunities. But 100% agreed that if you're an engineer or programmer, you need to be here.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Brooklyn, Miami (wynwood), Chicago, Austin, Portland (WEIRD!), Seattle, LA (creative as all hell) - it is better elsewhere. Even midwestern cities (Pittsburg, Cleveland, etc - really great!)
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Black is not non-PC.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Dating in Silicon Valley is legitimately awful. It's staggeringly bad.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    100% Agree. I'm leaving in 6 months. Buying two pied-a-terres in cool cities for the cost of a down payment in SV. Can't wait!
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    I pitched VICE media to do a story on the 101 Exit going North that has a split - Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. The redlining and pure racism that Palo Alto was founded on is astounding. The bulldozing of whiskey row/gultch to build th
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Exactly. The problem isn't the writer of this piece, it's the person you're replying to. pot/kettle/black/etc
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    It actually isn't superficial at all. It's startlingly accurate.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    I had a mild exit and bought a sports car. I thought it would make me happy, it didn't. Good luck on your quest for true meaning. You won't find it here.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    The problem is that there's so many people like the commenter you're replying to, I'm convinced it's why this area feels completely and utterly culturally broken.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    I also look at this as - individuals have so much wealth, along with these companies, yet no one is doing a single fucking thing to help the homeless. Facebook and Google could reverse their negative PR so quickly if they actually put some
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Also, I'd like to point out that if you have a family, and have settled into a sort of more standard family life, SV is great - if you can afford it. If you're a young(er) single person, my god literally anywhere else is better to
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    I'm gonna offer a slightly different perspective: SV isn't that nice, and it's not worth the price premium. There is a distinct lack of culture, of nightlife, of arts and humanities - even in San Francisco. We're a medio
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    Speaks to a culture antithetical to traditional western business ideals, no? Not to say it doesn't happen here, it's just not so brazen.
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    by crushcrashcrush 8y ago

    This aligns with Gary Vaynerchuck's tactics - what are you doing the 8 Horus you're not sleeping and the 8 hours you're not working for a company? There's time there. Stop watching game of thrones and build something!