MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
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MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
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Re: MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
#2I'm not sure if this is a real site or not... but let's assume it is, what's the deal with "Stop waiting in line for brunch"? I get the commute and own your own home things, these seem like BIG deals in life. Is standing in life for brunch really the 3rd biggest problem with living in the Bay Area or is this an inside joke or something like that? Everything I know about living around there I've learned from HN and I don't think I've ever seen someone complain or even joke about troubles at brunch.
Re: MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
#3I do think it's funny that the footer lists an address in San Jose.
It's also unclear from the "how it works" page whether it's actually required that participants initially reside in the Bay Area to be eligible for the program.
Re: MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
#4From the contact details:
105 North 1st Street #28, San Jose, CA 95113
I'm certainly not an expert, but Wikipedia claims that's in the Bay Area...
Are they paying their own team to quit?
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#5I'm not sure if this is a real site or not... but let's assume it is, what's the deal with "Stop waiting in line for brunch"? I get the commute and own your own home things, these seem like BIG deals in life. Is standing in life for brunch really the 3rd biggest problem with living in the Bay Area or is this an inside joke or something like that? Everything I know about living around there I've learned from HN and I…
I assume this is a joke about millenials and brunch. Kind of like how millenials can't afford houses because they spend too much money on avocados
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#6I moved to Boston about 18 months ago, and while it's not as crazy out here as it is in the Bay, I really don't think I want to spend the next ten years with a 3 hour daily commute, living in a house that costs four times as much, for half the square footage, as the one I had in rural New York.
Re: MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
#7I'm not sure if this is a real site or not... but let's assume it is, what's the deal with "Stop waiting in line for brunch"? I get the commute and own your own home things, these seem like BIG deals in life. Is standing in life for brunch really the 3rd biggest problem with living in the Bay Area or is this an inside joke or something like that? Everything I know about living around there I've learned from HN and I…
It honestly seems like a Brooklynite's take on urban woes, without understanding that brunch isn't nearly as big a deal in the Bay Area as it is there.
Re: MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
#8I'm not sure if this is a real site or not... but let's assume it is, what's the deal with "Stop waiting in line for brunch"? I get the commute and own your own home things, these seem like BIG deals in life. Is standing in life for brunch really the 3rd biggest problem with living in the Bay Area or is this an inside joke or something like that? Everything I know about living around there I've learned from HN and I…
There's a joke I like to make at Burning Man when I see lines for dumb shit: If I wanted to wait in line I would've went to San Fransisco.
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#9I got a laugh out of the picture of the house; a stereotypical Eichler.
(https://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/what-are-eichler-homes/)
Eichlers are very common in Palo Alto, but not so common throughout the rest of the US.
(Edit: And yes, I left the Bay Area, and bought what most people living in the Bay Area would consider a mansion, in a high-cost-of-living state. I paid less then my Bay Area rent for a 1-bedroom with a loft.)
Re: MainStreet – $10k to Leave Bay Area
#10So it looks like you have to join one of their "Main Street Communities" and work remotely from there for 1 year, but I can't find a listing of the community locations anywhere. Do they not exist yet? What gives?