Stay the hell out of Texas.
Stay the hell out of Georgia too.
San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate
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#22I know this is hacker news nitpicking, but moveBuddha is incredibly disrespectful name for a company to actual buddhists.
you're right... it is nitpicking. as the old saying goes, eventually you're going to offend someone.
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#23There is an article like this every month, yet the Bay Area is consistently among the largest growing population centers in the country. I'll believe any of the claims the author makes once there are numbers to back it up.
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#24Per the article, this is based on an analysis of 1,200 searches done on their platform. It seems like a stretch to use those figures to reach conclusions for a city of over 800,000 residents.
The outbound relocation effect went from 57% to 90%. I suspect that 1200 samples is more than enough to demonstrate strong statistical confidence intervals. (Though I haven't run the numbers.)
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#25> But there are many reasons why the region could finally be experiencing a shrinking population: And yet the author is missing the elephant in the room: the incredibly deteriorating living conditions in a city crammed with drug addicts, human feces and casual violent aggressions at all hours of the day. A city that enables the "homeless lifestyle" without any accountability. Homelessness is - for the most part in Sa…
High housing costs are probably a causal factor in all of the problems you mention.
When housing costs are as exorbitant as they are, everyone is much closer to homelessness than they were before. If someone is laid off in the bay, they have significantly less time to find a new job before they cannot afford housing compared to more affordable areas.
Once you are actually homeless, mental problems and drug issues can become a self fulfilling prophecy, especially if you moved to the bay from out of state and have no local support network.
> Homelessness is - for the most part in San Francisco - a choice and/or a result of mental illness and drug addiction.
This is.. a very harsh take. Mental illness and drug abuse I can see, but a choice ? That is a serious claim that requires serious evidence.
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#26> But there are many reasons why the region could finally be experiencing a shrinking population: And yet the author is missing the elephant in the room: the incredibly deteriorating living conditions in a city crammed with drug addicts, human feces and casual violent aggressions at all hours of the day. A city that enables the "homeless lifestyle" without any accountability. Homelessness is - for the most part in Sa…
How do you propose to solve said drug addiction and homeless lifestyle?
Re: San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate
#27I know this is hacker news nitpicking, but moveBuddha is incredibly disrespectful name for a company to actual buddhists.
isn't one of the core tenants of buddhism to seek enlightenment through non-reaction? It'd be ironic if they were indeed offended by this name. I don't think the name or intent behind the name contains any malice either.
look beyond the surface and understand the intent. Are they intending malice? yes thats offensive, if not then carry on and stop signaling :)
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#29> But there are many reasons why the region could finally be experiencing a shrinking population: And yet the author is missing the elephant in the room: the incredibly deteriorating living conditions in a city crammed with drug addicts, human feces and casual violent aggressions at all hours of the day. A city that enables the "homeless lifestyle" without any accountability. Homelessness is - for the most part in Sa…
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Re: San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate
#30As soon as COVID is over we're out.
I'm legit curious. What's your definition of "over"?
In a few years when vaccines have been found, 85% of people inoculated and no more proven Covid-19 cases have been found for 30 days?
or...?