'We all suffer': why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed
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#2Why is it that despite high housing prices everywhere in the tech region, homelessness appears acutely concentrated in SF?
Re: 'We all suffer': why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed
#3Why is it that despite high housing prices everywhere in the tech region, homelessness appears acutely concentrated in SF?
I'd imagine:
Hot weather and good infrastructures so you can live in the street.
Liberal so you are not bashed out by the cops.
Rich so you can beg for money.
Many water points.
Strength in number.
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#4Why is it that despite high housing prices everywhere in the tech region, homelessness appears acutely concentrated in SF?
Versus the outlying suburbia? Because it's harder to get around in suburbia. Cities are easier to walk / ride your bike around and you're just a face in the crowd. People notice you if you're camped out in a suburban shopping mall.
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#5Why is it that despite high housing prices everywhere in the tech region, homelessness appears acutely concentrated in SF?
Because solutions that work (Free mental health care, free housing, more social workers) are not palatable to the people who live there, despite the city having more than enough money to actually pay for those solutions.
So an endless parade of soup kitchens it is.
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#6Why is it that despite high housing prices everywhere in the tech region, homelessness appears acutely concentrated in SF?
Services for homeless people (housing, drug treatment, mental health, employment, etc etc) tend to be concentrated in cities.
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#7I find it amazing that "locals" can get away with blaming "tech workers" for rising rents and homelessness. The rents and the house prices only rise because the wealth that the workers generate is blocked from being used to build new houses.
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#8I find it amazing that "locals" can get away with blaming "tech workers" for rising rents and homelessness. The rents and the house prices only rise because the wealth that the workers generate is blocked from being used to build new houses.
Local renters != local property owners
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#9>A million-plus for a home with $300,000 down? Then when we have kids, $30,000 a year for private school?
This quote totally confounded me. Why is it a given that their kids have to go to private school? If you're optimizing your budget for home-ownership, why not just send your kids to the schools your taxes are paying for?
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#10>A million-plus for a home with $300,000 down? Then when we have kids, $30,000 a year for private school? This quote totally confounded me. Why is it a given that their kids have to go to private school? If you're optimizing your budget for home-ownership, why not just send your kids to the schools your taxes are paying for?
Because the public system sucks and the more money you have for that the more opportunities they will have.