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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by almost_usual on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:54PM (#17475016)
>There's 49 other states in this country where that's exactly what happens every single day. Should the city of Palo Alto subsidize them, too?

So there's 49 other states __you__ can move to and not deal with Prop 13?

That's reality right now and if you're going to be headstrong that's how the community will respond to your reasoning.

Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by aphextron on Friday July 06, 2018 @06:06PM (#17475473)
>So there's 49 other states __you__ can move to and not deal with Prop 13? That's reality right now and if you're going to be headstrong that's how the community will respond to your reasoning.

Ah yes, and there's the classic "I got mine, so screw you" mentality of California. What a nightmare.