Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership

Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership by dasil003 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:52PM (#10263082)

> There's a lot of smugness here, sure. And SF has no monopoly. In Manhattan, I've met plenty of people that think they're at the center of the universe and the peak of civilization. Some that grew up there and never left and don't understand why anybody should see what else there is.

When I lived in London I feel like a I regularly ran into New Yorkers who would roll their eyes at the mere mention of an American city that wasn't New York. Certainly SF has the lock on tech douchebags but NYC is unrivaled in civic arrogance.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership by timr on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @02:54AM (#10263662)

It's justified. People draw comparisons between SF and NYC, but it only serves to underscore the fact that they know absolutely nothing about what they're comparing.

One is a world-class city on par with London, Paris or Tokyo. The other is a mid-sized American city with nice weather and small-town infrastructure, and a notoriety that accidentally exceeded its potential in the 1960s. The main reason it's the epicenter of the tech world today is because it's the closest thing to culture that silicon valley gets. And I say that as someone who loves (or used to love) this city. It's simply not worth paying New York prices to live in Nerdistan sur Mer.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership by rm_-rf_slash on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @06:34AM (#10264238)

I think what we've learned today is that New Yorkers and San Franciscans are both equally deluded about the quality of life in their matchbox lofts.

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