Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable housing strangles hiring

Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by seangrogg on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:00PM (#15535355)

Anecdotally, as one of the "brown people" that is okay with Arizona, I've never been hit by "your papers, please".

Ironically, I feel that California offers much less in terms of "open minds" - I am strongly liberal on social matters and advocated for homosexual marriage rights in AZ. Here I feel legitimately scared to mention that I have conservative views on business affairs without fear of potentially losing a job given how quickly people are to lambaste anyone they can for any opinion that doesn't conform to the acceptable limits of non-conformity.

I'm just keeping my head down and doing my job until I can go back to a more sensible location.

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by 0x445442 on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:41PM (#15535754)

Yeah, I'm also one of those "brown people". Based on affordable housing and acceptance of diversity of thought, it's much friendlier in Arizona than California.

As far as the political views you highlighted, my guess is you're part of the vast majority of the electorate that's socially liberal and financially conservative.

Question is, can that vast majority ever organize?

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by humanrebar on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:57PM (#15536429)

> ...vast majority of the electorate that's socially liberal and financially conservative...

There isn't a vast majority on controversial social issues or they wouldn't be so controversial.

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by dcow on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:21PM (#15535549)

This sounds more like it, but most Bay/LA Area Californians would never believe it's possible to e.g. have civil liberties, be spiritual/religious, and be socially liberal all at the same time.

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by beatpanda on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:21PM (#15535554)

Can you name one person who was fired for "conservative views on business affairs", please?

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by 0x445442 on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:29PM (#15535647)

James Damore

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Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable hou... by ScottBurson on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:07PM (#15536521)

That seems like more of a social issue than "business affairs" to me. But I don't really know what seangrogg is referring to with that phrase.

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