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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by arghwhat on Monday October 05, 2020 @05:10AM (#24685897)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though.

Way too hot, hazardous weather, impossible to get around (crazy traffic congestions, no useful public transporation, bicycling being suicidal), have to go to Home Depot to get real Coca Cola.

Overall quite "meh".

Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by kyawzazaw on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:32AM (#24687594)
> no useful public transporation

it's united states overall, so it doesn't really matter.

Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by thaumasiotes on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:27PM (#24689860)
Combine it with the

>> crazy traffic congestion

It matters. I once pulled out of the Sutter-Stockton garage and sat in traffic for a full hour without getting to the end of the block.

Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by sagarm on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @03:06AM (#24695353)
Why were you driving in downtown in the first place? It's one of the few parts of the city that are well served by transit.
Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by jasonv on Monday October 05, 2020 @06:03PM (#24692542)
Silicon Valley became SV before most of that.

Now it's SV despite all that.