Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul • Hacker News Board

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by amyjess » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:52 PM UTC

Nicholas_C wrote: post #117

amyjess wrote: post #37

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Because you can get a nice house with almost 2000 sq. ft. in Texas for under $300k [0]. We're not talking about somewhere out in the country or in some distant exurb, either: I'm talking about housing prices I just looked up in a nice neighborhood within the City of Dallas. It's a safe neighborhood with good schools (speaking from personal experience: I grew up in that exact neighborhood). Also, I currently rent a 15…

Fellow Dallas resident as well. Everyone here in Uptown keeps complaining about rent increasing but these HN threads help me realize how good we have it. The job market is extremely hot as well.

Actually, I live in Far North Dallas. Rents in Uptown are too rich for my blood.

I get all the benefits of living in a suburb (low rent and lots of space), but I can still walk to Addison Circle when I want to go out and have fun. It's the best of both worlds to me.

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by Kluny » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:54 PM UTC

LLWM wrote: post #81

Kluny wrote: post #20

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Is that the only option available for married life? Surely it's possible to marry someone who is interesting and continue doing interesting things after you're married?

Most of us don't see any reason to continue doing interesting things beyond making ourselves look appealing during courtship.

Really?

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by capkutay » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:56 PM UTC

The west coast has a liberal population less receptive to change than Bush/Cheney era Republicans. SF has a lot of misguided anger towards tech workers.

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by Zach_the_Lizard » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:57 PM UTC

devindotcom wrote: post #109

forrestthewoods wrote: post #92

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The "original neighborhood profile" wasn't gay creatives. That didn't happen until the 70s/80s. It was blue collar mechanics and auto-shop workers before then.

Oh yes definitely. I don't mean a bunch of gay artists came and built it in the 30's or postwar period. But the reinvention of the place, in the 70s and 80s as you say, was what helped make it distinct culturally. That's now coming to an end and a new era is starting - but lots of people would rather it didn't, myself included. Not much we can do though.

I'm thinking those blue collar folks didn't want it to change either, but it did.

The only thing constant is change.

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 6:59 PM UTC

devindotcom wrote: post #120

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #94

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I love John's work: http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/11/the-woo-girl/ This is kind of childish, but still made me laugh: https://instagram.com/p/1OKvvFwzOi/?taken-by=aaronbrethorst

The "LEGENDARY" dick is still unsurpassed, though.

Oh yeah. Forgot about that one.

NSFW, assuming your workplace is opposed to drawings of male genitalia: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/04/10/legenda...

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by eropple » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 7:04 PM UTC

codyb wrote: post #56

pinewurst wrote: post #49

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Reading this, the employers have nothing to do with it. The apartment owner/managers are deciding who is a "preferred" tenant on their own and should take the heat rather than some arbitrary employer.

I guess I understand the idea that someone might want to live in a building filled entirely with people in their own industry... but I never liked the idea. They asked me in college "Do you want to live in a building that's composed only of engineers?" No, no I don't. How am I suppose to expand my mind talking only to people who do the same things I do? I'm suppose to sacrifice the expansion of my mind because Englis…

You've nailed the weirdest thing about tech to me. The insularity is horrible. I had the same question posed to me in college and even then I was like "but...tech people are mostly boring." English majors party? Good. Means I'll get out of the house.

I'm lucky in that a lot of my social circle is non-tech right now, but a lot of the keep-to-yourself aspects of Boston's culture don't sit really well with me. I've thought about NYC more and more lately. Might be worth another look, if I can figure out how to generate a client base down there before I make a jump. =)

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by eropple » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 7:07 PM UTC

devindotcom wrote: post #101

e40 wrote: post #90

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Just because he's gay doesn't excuse his behavior. Just change the labels on your post and many would be horrified.

That's really, really not what I said.

It's not, and you're completely right and I agree with you, but the schtick of ignoring all context that doesn't help out privileged folks is alive and well and highly encouraged on HN. Please try to keep up.

=(

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by dsp1234 » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 7:09 PM UTC

mattress wrote: post #9

Took a job in Bellevue in April and moved from Philadelphia to Seattle. So far it's a been an interesting experience. I've encountered many people hostile to software engineers in general. A bunch of people immediately ask if I work for Amazon with a hint of disdain after I state my occupation. So it hasn't felt super welcoming so far. I get it, even in some neighborhoods in Philadelphia the same thing is happening.…

An interesting take on how someone really feels about programmers.

http://www.movin925.com/2015/08/10/second-date-update-podcas...

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by vectorpush » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 7:12 PM UTC

devindotcom wrote: post #88

pazrul wrote: post #24

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This guy is a terrible hypocrite; he creates art bemoaning new people in his neighborhood, while being a recent transplant from New York himself. He's cashing in on the worst kind of 'us vs them' mentality. Some people make excuses that he's only rallying against the stereotypical brogrammer, but I don't think that's true. He's really against anyone being in his neighborhood he didn't personally approve of. He's the…

I think "terrible hypocrite" is a major overstatement. The guy is a gay artist who moved to an area built and populated largely by the gay and creative community, only to find it in the process of being colonized by moneyed interests and neighborhood tourists. He identified with the original neighborhood profile strongly and strongly rejects the new one, as I do — though unlike me, he's making his distaste known. I f…

Quintessential hipster bullshit. His community doesn't have any special rights to dictate the culture of the region and if he doesn't like the newcomers he can leave. It's also absurd to presume that just because someone has a high paying job they cannot qualify as a legitimate part of the community. Your petty and insular mindset is gross.

Re: Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul

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Post by captrh » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 7:13 PM UTC

devindotcom wrote: post #114

captrh wrote: post #3

Seattle is not for young people. The dude pool is 2:1 in a market where beer is regularly 6.50 a pint.

Wrong on all counts

Your flikr is interesting but its so typical Seattle. Lots of fake shit and old dude perspective.