News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on SF is so expensive that waiters can no longer afford to live in the city. Parent comment

Re:SF is so expensive that waiters can no longer afford to l... by dmode on Thursday December 13, 2018 @12:19PM (#18674010)
Most liberal places are hell holes ? I mean Marin County is 80% Democrats is one of the best places to live in the world. In fact the entire coast of US from San Diego all the way to Washington is all blue. What about huge cities like LA and NYC ? Are they hell holes too ? I don't really need to point out what areas of the US are true dystopian, with no jobs, declining life spans, opiod epidemics, and so forth.

Also, urban areas will have blight. That is true for any country in the world. But what makes the US unique is the historical context of slavery, reconstruction, segregation, white flight, incarceration etc. It's like 400 years of history and baggage.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:SF is so expensive that waiters can no longer afford to l... by hopefulengineer on Thursday December 13, 2018 @12:30PM (#18674151)
>I mean Marin County is 80% Democrats is one of the best places to live in the world

sure, if you're white and well educated. The brown serf laborers have all been nicely segregated away so you don't have to see the misery

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/03/17/marin-county-ra...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:SF is so expensive that waiters can no longer afford to l... by dmode on Thursday December 13, 2018 @12:36PM (#18674210)
You can also easily go to a very brown area and see the same thing. I mean Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Dublin, San Ramon are heavily Indian cities, if not outright majority, and heavily blue. They are also awesome places to live.
[ Parent | on HN ]