> 2 friends confided that they were asked to trade sexual favors for promotions albeit this was 20 years ago and that was the deciding factor for them moving to the Bay. These things are horrible and I can’t imagime the emotional trauma for that.

Of course, this could have, and does[0] happen in the Bay Area, too - in just the last year even.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/technology/uber-sexual-ha...