Silicon Valley: How Can I Survive in the Bay Area?

Re:Silicon Valley: How Can I Survive in the Bay Area? by wobbleblob on Sunday August 23, 2015 @09:46AM (#10105461)

I'm shocked when people complain they can't make ends meet at a $400k income. A quick google search shows that the cost of living in San Francisco may be on the high side by American standards, but would be completely unremarkable here in Western Europe, where an income that high is almost unheard of. Maybe they expect too much? Do they want a large family villa with room for two cars and a 100 year old oak in the yard in a neighborhood that's not too, uhm, 'diverse', and no more than half an hour from work and the downtown area? Yeah, your bosses want that too, so that's why it's expensive. You'll have to settle for something less perfect, or move somewhere else.

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Re:Silicon Valley: How Can I Survive in the Bay Area? by dominotw on Sunday August 23, 2015 @10:59AM (#10105655)

>Maybe they expect too much?

Yep definitely. Capitalism depends on people buying what they are selling. The whole system falls apart if you don't buy what they are selling you.

Our brains have now been so conditioned that we think this is the "normal" brain. A brain that craves something, something that is being sold to you, all the time.

I wish we could step back and evaluate what is happening to human mind and why despite centuries of technological advances we are still lonely, anxious, desperate and violent.

I wish we could stop with the technological fanaticism and economic intoxication.

I really don't want any of the shit apps that SV is producing. I don't give a shit about Virtual Reality,fitness trackers or eating white powdery garbage for breakfast. Please stop with this stupid shit for god's sake.

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Re:Silicon Valley: How Can I Survive in the Bay Area? by wobbleblob on Sunday August 23, 2015 @02:03PM (#10106230)

Uhm, I didn't mean my post as an anti capitalist rant. I just wanted to point out that to me $400k is an enormous amount of money that I can't even begin to imagine making in a year, and the cost of living where I live is comparable to where they live. They're asking for the equivalent of a single family home on the Prinsengracht or in Kensington and complain that this isn't affordable. They're expecting too much. You can have a 2 bedroom appartment down town, or a fairly fancy single family home out of town. Also, they shouldn't be so afraid of their children going to school in a district where not everyone is rich and white.

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Re:Silicon Valley: How Can I Survive in the Bay Area? by dominotw on Sunday August 23, 2015 @06:24PM (#10106964)

Yep its funny that all the folks who wax eloquent on social media about societal inequality balk at the idea of sending their kids to schools where they might have to mingle with kids from less fortunate upbringing.

This disgusting hypocrisy is not only normalized but is actually encouraged.

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