A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan

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Post by paulr » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 4:20 PM UTC

A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan
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Re: A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan

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Post by nowarninglabel » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:28 PM UTC

"A" modern San Francisco, not "the" modern San Franciscan. Amusing, but why paint everyone in a negative light. It's an amazing city with a great variety of very different and odd people. No need to stereotype us as all being technology-addicted social network whores.

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Post by zinssmeister » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:30 PM UTC

new goal: Become a ..wait I gotta check facebook & twitter... where was I? Oh yes... New goal: I must become a modern San Franciscan ;)

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Post by tlrobinson » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

Spot on: http://yfrog.com/h0my5pdj

"Before I go, I pack my black rimmed Ray-Ban eyeglasses and put on my Ray-Ban sunglasses. I then pack my Macbook Pro, iPad, iPhone and Kindle into my Chrome messenger bag."

Re: A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan

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Post by rsingel » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

Why is this bitter, trite diatribe on the front page of hacker news?

Re: A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan

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Post by llambda » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:50 PM UTC

I definitely laughed.

But I'm curious, how is public transportation in SF? Is it possible to get by without a car or is that a silly pipe dream?

Edit: for context, I'm a Seattleite who has been transplanted to NYC and is now looking to make it back to the West Coast (ideally, Cali!)

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Post by ladon86 » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

With all the brand name checking, privileged living and even a homeless person reference, this piece is reminiscent of a 21st century, west coast "American Psycho". I do hope that was intentional!

Re: A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan

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Post by tobobo » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:54 PM UTC

llambda wrote: post #6

I definitely laughed. But I'm curious, how is public transportation in SF? Is it possible to get by without a car or is that a silly pipe dream? Edit: for context, I'm a Seattleite who has been transplanted to NYC and is now looking to make it back to the West Coast (ideally, Cali!)

It's possible, but having access to Zipcar is quite essential for pretty much anything outside of the city limits - rail expansion was severely hampered by some nearby suburbanites who were afraid that the worst of the city was going to take the train out to visit them, so you have to get in a car if you want to visit your classist neighbors.

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Post by dave_sullivan » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:55 PM UTC

This reminded me of the book American Psycho, with all the consumerism and none of the killing...

[edit: oops, looks like I'm not the only one...]

Re: A Day in the Life of the Modern San Franciscan

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Post by andymoe » Fri, Aug 19, 2011, 5:55 PM UTC

llambda wrote: post #6

I definitely laughed. But I'm curious, how is public transportation in SF? Is it possible to get by without a car or is that a silly pipe dream? Edit: for context, I'm a Seattleite who has been transplanted to NYC and is now looking to make it back to the West Coast (ideally, Cali!)

No, you can get by. It's just annoying at times and you have to make sure you live 1 bus away from where you work or you will be hating life. You can also do the bike thing if you are careful. (Dear SF bikers, red lights mean stop for you too - you will get hit that way.)