The hype about an incoming wave of tech IPOs has underscored SF's tensions

Re:The hype about an incoming wave of tech IPOs has undersco... by ardit33 on Friday May 17, 2019 @04:41PM (#19943373)

You never been to NYC have you. There are plenty of ridiculous stores here as well. Once a place is big enough and has enough people with cash that don't know how to spend it, all kind of weird stores spring up, happy to get some of that money.

LA is the same. Let's please not bash SF and tech un-deservely.

Heck, I'd say places like Miami, Vegas or LA are much worse in this department. (i.e. the ridiculous concept stores).

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Re:The hype about an incoming wave of tech IPOs has undersco... by brundolf on Friday May 17, 2019 @04:45PM (#19943399)

It's not that the store is weird, it's that the common thread through all the items it carries is "things that evoke human-ness". It's for people who are far removed from being regular people but who want to experience what they imagine that feels like. We have similar stores here in Austin, but they haven't (yet) taken over completely.

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Re:The hype about an incoming wave of tech IPOs has undersco... by nitwit005 on Friday May 17, 2019 @06:31PM (#19944223)

Honestly, no idea how you're grading something as having more human-ness than something else.

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Re:The hype about an incoming wave of tech IPOs has undersco... by CPLX on Saturday May 18, 2019 @08:42PM (#19950619)

I've spent a lot of time in all three cities you mention and live in one of them. San Francisco is not the same, it's visibly pathologically worse.

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