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Re:X is closing San Francisco HQ and relocating staffers to ... by julianeon on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @03:50PM (#41174585)
They are very different propositions.

San Jose: your average American city, in terms of looks, but considerably more upscale.

San Francisco: an NYC-style "world-class city." It's trying for that title in terms of tempo, density, architecture.

Doesn't always succeed of course, but the cities are fundamentally going after different goals.

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Re:X is closing San Francisco HQ and relocating staffers to ... by jen20 on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:56PM (#41175824)
San Jose is just expensive, not upscale.
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Re:X is closing San Francisco HQ and relocating staffers to ... by oceanplexian on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @06:51PM (#41176303)
It was a bit of an imitation of NYC at the peak of the pre-COVID boom, but I travel to both regularly, NYC has 100x more energy than SF. SF is akin to cities like Austin or Denver, we’re talking a city with only an 800k population.
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