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Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay

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Post by snapcaster »

freshfunk wrote: post #671

For all the snark from people who dislike Elon, this is a bit of a sad ending. I remember when Twitter announced their presence in mid-market and the promises of how it would help the area. What people don't realize is that his will lead to real revenue losses for the city -- the largest companies in SF are overwhelmingly tech. Twitter is in the top 5 when it comes to how much tax they pay. Loss of revenue for the ci…

It doesn't matter, SF residents are so delusional and stockholmed i think they'll put up with literally anything. Even in this thread you have them acting like their city isn't a horrifying disaster to anyone not desensitized to it

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Post by naasking »

s1artibartfast wrote: post #890
flanked-evergl wrote: post #882

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Why do the citizens of SF like living in such squalor?

The obvious answer is they don't, and it is a tough problem to fix

Not really. People have just deluded themselves into thinking that the current situation is somehow more humane than mandatory rehab and institutionalization.

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Post by danenania »

lupusreal wrote: post #852
bluGill wrote: post #534

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Middle ages folks hate it because they are most likely to have kids and cities (in the US) tend to be kid hostile. What I'm calling city below is probably better described as downtown - most cities extend out farther and have areas that are nothing like what follows - but are also nothing like what you described as what people move to the city for. Parks in the city tend to be focused on art. They often lack kid basi…

> "Restaurants will allow kids, but often you get dirty looks for bring kids. Many of the others do not like kids and will let you know if your kids are misbehaving - what they define as misbehaving is normal for kids." Any child older than a toddler should be able to sit quietly and respectfully eat a meal. If they can't, that's bad parenting.

Sitting still for long periods is naturally difficult for little kids. Of course they shouldn’t be allowed to go nuts, but a kid who just sits quietly for long periods with no signs of antsiness might be having their spirit crushed by authoritarian parents (or might just be unusually calm). Good parenting is a give and take.

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Post by dizlexic »

greenavocado wrote: post #906
flanked-evergl wrote: post #895

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But the citizens of SF can just stop electing local governments that fund this, yet they don't. I can certainly see how they contributed to causing the crisis (i.e. by electing people who caused it), but I don't see how they profit from it, unless the people in SF likes such conditions, which seems pretty weird, at least to me.

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"AIPAC certified"

and just like that, this dude is ranting about the jews controlling everything.

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Post by _acco »

perks_12 wrote: post #888
groby_b wrote: post #479

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fwiw, hiring senior talent in SF works just fine. If you pay at the right pricing tier. SF is a decent city. It could definitely do better, it has issues, but if we all could stop pretending it's a post apocalyptic hellscape, that'd be nice. Yes, you pay an SF premium. You pay a premium for most major cities, and the worse housing is, the higher the premium. But I'd bet moving to the South Bay isn't happening for tha…

> but if we all could stop pretending it's a post apocalyptic hellscape, that'd be nice. I’m very much not in the Valley or even the U.S. but I’ve seen a lot of videos and photos of SF streets being littered, about homelessness, drug use, something called bopping. Isn’t this real, or is it far less common than those videos make it out to be? Interested to hear this from people in SF.

There are a few very bad neighborhoods and the videos you are seeing accurately depict them. Most unfortunately, those bad parts are mixed into downtown where most offices are.

As a resident, it’s extremely disheartening and must be fixed. The Tenderloin has been bad for years, but fentanyl has taken it to the next level.

However, most neighborhoods are different. Most are free from encampments and open-air drug use. Many residents just avoid downtown and some aren’t wise to how bad it really is.

Hence why the city is still so expensive.

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Post by SirMaster »

aqme28 wrote: post #529
SirMaster wrote: post #499

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Why would an individual living and working around some area care about the crime per population? I would personally care way more about the crime density like per mile or something because that is what would actually be affecting me. Like how many crimes would happen in close proximity to me that could put me in potential danger. I couldn't care less about the crime per population.

This doesnt make sense. You care about "per population" because you are 1 out of the population. You don't care about per square mile because you are not measured in square miles, you are measured in people (1).

Why should crime proximity to my location be completely ignored?

If the crime is higher per person, but the crimes are several miles away then why would that be a problem for me?

Compared to lower crimes per person, but the crimes are happening on my street.

If the crimes are happening closer to me I'm more likely to be affected by it in some way.

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Post by _acco »

I live a few blocks from TwitterHQ.

Mid-market is in terrible condition, worst I’ve seen it.

I’d feel super bad asking employees to navigate those streets while commuting in.

Not discussed enough about RTO is what a mess downtown is. And an emptier downtown is a seedier downtown, feeding the cycle.

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