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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by refurb on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @02:09AM (#24977193)
It's a pretty massive thought bubble, at least for the professional class. It has a massive number of highly paid, white, left-leaning people. Opinions outside of that bubble are met with "I didn't know people like you existed!".

If that's not a bubble, I don't know what is.

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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by sagarm on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:43PM (#24984885)
The Bay area and tech is not predominantly white. While hispanics and black people are underrepresented, Asians (both south and east) are dramatically overrepresented.

In addition, Bay area people are from all over the country and from diverse backgrounds.

In contrast, rural communities tend to be highly homogeneous both in terms of race and life experience.

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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by refurb on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:47PM (#24985699)
An exception doesn't disprove the rule. Go walk around any upper income neighborhood in SF. It's mostly white. Sure, Asian make up a good percentage, but it's mostly white at the upper echelon.

And sure, people come from all over the country, but they gravitate here because the SF bubble aligns with their own views. And if your views don't align, you learn pretty quickly to keep your mouth shut.

And sure, rural communities have their own issues, but you can have a much more diverse perspective going to any number of "fly over country" cities in the US.

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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by sagarm on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @03:08AM (#24987213)
According to Wikipedia, the 2018 ACS estimated SF is 40% White, 5% Black, 34% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 5% mixed race.[1]

Are you really surprised that sharing a party with white nationalists makes you an outcast in a city as diverse as San Francisco?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_San_Francisco#....

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