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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by qbasic_forever on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @05:39PM (#30534345)
If the last 3 years are any indicator, living in SF and the west coast in general means putting up with 2-3 months of choking, dangerous wild fire smoke every year too. It was a novelty for one summer but is slowly going to poison and cause serious long term harm the more it continues. I don't think people realize how unlivable the west coast is quickly becoming.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by Psyonic on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @05:45PM (#30534420)
This year, the smoke from the California fires was actually much worse in Colorado & Utah than the bay area proper. You can't necessarily escape this by moving.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by jeffbee on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @05:54PM (#30534547)
True, but it's going to be bad some years. This year I expect an outright disaster, considering we've had the driest winter in 150+ years of recorded history. Probably it's going to be unbreathable at certain points.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by pinephoneguy on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:49PM (#30535648)
On rethinking my statement I've realized I should encourage the Californians to stay in California and not spread communism to the rest of the country. So yeah, you can't escape the bad things by moving, stay there.
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