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Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by BooneJS »

spectramax wrote: post #3

I just moved to the Bay Area and I have no good opinions about living here. It’s a 3 trillion dollar neighborhood that has broken infrastructure, an abysmal housing situation, crime through the roof, homeless people everywhere, traffic, outrageous costs and just generally an awful place to live. I don’t know about the business side, but from an employee standpoint, fuck the Bay Area. Oh, and my car got broken into tw…

I left the Bay Area a few months ago. We didn’t even last 2 years. Structure your rent accordingly. :)

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by hkmurakami »

spectramax wrote: post #3

I just moved to the Bay Area and I have no good opinions about living here. It’s a 3 trillion dollar neighborhood that has broken infrastructure, an abysmal housing situation, crime through the roof, homeless people everywhere, traffic, outrageous costs and just generally an awful place to live. I don’t know about the business side, but from an employee standpoint, fuck the Bay Area. Oh, and my car got broken into tw…

Sounds like you live in SF rather than other areas of the bay. The bay has micro markets like its micro climates.

Also, the bay has good jobs, so there's that. I mean that's probably why you moved here?

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by driverdan »

scurvy wrote: post #5
spectramax wrote: post #3

I just moved to the Bay Area and I have no good opinions about living here. It’s a 3 trillion dollar neighborhood that has broken infrastructure, an abysmal housing situation, crime through the roof, homeless people everywhere, traffic, outrageous costs and just generally an awful place to live. I don’t know about the business side, but from an employee standpoint, fuck the Bay Area. Oh, and my car got broken into tw…

Crime through the roof? People who live in actual high crime areas would like a word with you. It sounds like you've experienced more than your fair share of crime since moving to the BA, but calling it high crime is beyond a stretch.

Property crime is high in the bay.

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by driverdan »

spectramax wrote: post #3

I just moved to the Bay Area and I have no good opinions about living here. It’s a 3 trillion dollar neighborhood that has broken infrastructure, an abysmal housing situation, crime through the roof, homeless people everywhere, traffic, outrageous costs and just generally an awful place to live. I don’t know about the business side, but from an employee standpoint, fuck the Bay Area. Oh, and my car got broken into tw…

Why did you move there? Tech exists outside the bay.

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by sjg007 »

slavapestov wrote: post #20
demosthenes14 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes I wonder if there’s a funded campaign against the Bay Area online. Where do you live, and where did you come from? I just moved to SF and yes it has homeless people, traffic and is extremely expensive, but these are things that every other big city I’ve lived in has. The costs and homelessness are worse than Seattle or NYC but not to the point that it’s a reduction in my quality of life. To say you have “no…

> Sometimes I wonder if there’s a funded campaign against the Bay Area online. By whom and to what end? Has it occurred to you that some people just don't like living there? Not everyone you disagree with is a paid shill.

Obviously it's a conspiracy by Californians to keep others from considering to move there!

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by demosthenes14 »

slavapestov wrote: post #20
demosthenes14 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes I wonder if there’s a funded campaign against the Bay Area online. Where do you live, and where did you come from? I just moved to SF and yes it has homeless people, traffic and is extremely expensive, but these are things that every other big city I’ve lived in has. The costs and homelessness are worse than Seattle or NYC but not to the point that it’s a reduction in my quality of life. To say you have “no…

> Sometimes I wonder if there’s a funded campaign against the Bay Area online. By whom and to what end? Has it occurred to you that some people just don't like living there? Not everyone you disagree with is a paid shill.

It’s not just a matter of disagreement— take a look on here, Reddit and Twitter and you’ll find a swarm of people making it seem like the Bay Area is a dystopian hellhole. I was legitimately concerned about my move before I got here.

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by api »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #11
jakozaur wrote: post #2

SF Bay Area gets so expensive that even financial giants gets gentrified.

Rational economic actors going to act. Why be in SF just for the novelty if you can go somewhere cheaper. Disclaimer: Schwab customer

Novelty? Quite a lot of that has been driven out already.

Re: Schwab Leaves San Francisco for Texas

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Post by sjg007 »

unlinked_dll wrote: post #8
spectramax wrote: post #3

I just moved to the Bay Area and I have no good opinions about living here. It’s a 3 trillion dollar neighborhood that has broken infrastructure, an abysmal housing situation, crime through the roof, homeless people everywhere, traffic, outrageous costs and just generally an awful place to live. I don’t know about the business side, but from an employee standpoint, fuck the Bay Area. Oh, and my car got broken into tw…

I mean the peninsula is mostly a dump but even historically “bad” neighborhoods like Richmond and Oakland are miles away from where they were 10-20 years ago. The East Bay and Silicon Valley proper are downright decent places to live.

It's not a dump... it's more like one giant suburb with the component cities redeveloping their cores.
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