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What I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco
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Re: What I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco
#232Earlier quoted context omitted.
The US political system gives disproportionate influence to people living in less populous states.
This would only be the determining factor if you believe that California on its own would not vote for the federal government providing support for the lowest income people. The evidence seems to indicate that is not the case.
They wouldn't as much as they are forced to now, especially if they were an independent country (which is the only fair comparison).
There's also efficiencies of density that you just don't get in Mississippi, but that also pays off as a redistribution within states from cities to the suburbs and countryside.
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#235I'm living in Toronto, Canada, and the SF crack-head thing is always a shock. If I'm in SF, it's for conferences and it's always strange that literally one block away from our expensive hotel, there are zombies shambling about -- and this is totally normal! For those who know Toronto: it's like you're in Yorkdale, you walk one block and you're in the worst part of Parkdale. The other odd thing is that I seem to pay a…
Calling people crack-heads and shambling zombies is pejorative. You don't casually use words like fag, dyke, tranny, bitch, ho, nigger, Indian (for native / aboriginal), and kyke, right? If you want a name, say "drug-addicted homeless person". We're talking about the most badly abused people in our society and you and the author are simply abusing them more with these words. Surprise, they aren't there to say anythin…
You need to lighten up..I bet you're a blast at parties.
Re: What I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco
#236The only critique I have: PBR is the hipster brew of choice everywhere especially here in NYC and up in Portland... BUT in SF there is a healthy dose of Tecate as well. In fact what sets SF hipsters apart from their peers is that they drink Tecate (and modelo). Anyway I'd call it a Tecate town. Really miss the stuff here in NYC... $2 at delirium, those were the days *edit: with lime!!
I'm sure there are plenty of regional PBR equivalents. In Austin, it's Lone Star. I rarely see PBR, but I see plenty of hipsters.
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#237Manhattan is a lot more expensive than San Francisco. Even Brooklyn is more expensive, just not by much.
Moved from SF to Manhattan 6 months ago, this characterization is no longer entirely accurate. Manhattan now is barely more expensive than SF, and most of SF is more expensive than most of Brooklyn.
People aren't really aware of just how fast cost of living is going up in SF. Manhattan averaged, what, 5-6% year over year, and we think that's high. Some neighborhoods in SF have experienced >100% YoY rent growth, but more typically in the 30-50% range (seriously!).
It's really insane out there, to an extent most people outside of SF don't know.
Right now in any of the "cool" neighborhoods of SF a studio would be cost comparable to one in the Upper East Side or Chelsea, though you'd probably get a bit more space for your money (not by that much though). It'll be a lot more expensive than any of the gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods, but probably slightly cheaper than the real gentrified bastions like Park Slope or Dumbo.
SF is fucking nuts, that's all I can say.
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#238It gets cold at night not because of fog, but because of lack of humidity. Same reason the desert is like that. Same reason the surface of the moon is 107°C during the day and -153°C at night.
How can it be foggy and lack humidity?
Not my area of expertise, but from my understanding fog is a "local" phenomena, not large enough to dramatically effect temperatures the way that atmospheric pressure / humidity can.
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#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think everyone who lives near a major city calls that city "The City" in everyday conversation. I live near NYC, and I do it in reference to Manhattan. (Less so the other parts of NYC, such as Queens and the Bronx.)
I've only heard it happens around SF and NYC. Certainly nobody in Redmond was calling Seattle "the city" when I was there.
I grew up outside of DC, and people would say it there as well.
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#240I'm living in Toronto, Canada, and the SF crack-head thing is always a shock. If I'm in SF, it's for conferences and it's always strange that literally one block away from our expensive hotel, there are zombies shambling about -- and this is totally normal! For those who know Toronto: it's like you're in Yorkdale, you walk one block and you're in the worst part of Parkdale. The other odd thing is that I seem to pay a…
Calling people crack-heads and shambling zombies is pejorative. You don't casually use words like fag, dyke, tranny, bitch, ho, nigger, Indian (for native / aboriginal), and kyke, right? If you want a name, say "drug-addicted homeless person". We're talking about the most badly abused people in our society and you and the author are simply abusing them more with these words. Surprise, they aren't there to say anythin…
As someone who lives around and deals with these people every day, let's call a spade a spade and not cover it up. Have you seen a zombie movie lately? These people basically ARE zombies - they hobble around, mutter to themselves, smell like shit, randomly attack people, and will infect you with disease if you touch them.
Whether they scream at/spit on/push around my sister or female employees because they are on crack, mentally ill, or just in a bad mood, I could care less. They need to be removed from the area because they are a real and present threat to public safety.
I would happily donate money to move them all to a camp outside the city where they can scream at trees and smoke tea leaves all day but for whatever reason the powers that be seem content to leave them where they are, which directly places the rest of us in harm's way.