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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 17:27:31 GMT -5
San Francisco has become such a model of equality: it something to piss everyone off! I don't understand your meaning. That's because I left out a word - should be "it has something to piss everyone off." Meaning left, right, young, old - everyone I know who lives there or used to live there complains about it bitterly. There's relentless gentrification alongside extreme poverty and all kinds of other problems (the Mission being a good example). It seems to be going in a direction that pleases no one but Silicon Valley. I still love visiting once in a while, but at best it's like a museum of what it used to be. |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 17:31:55 GMT -5
Given what I've seen of home prices and rentals, even the middle class won't be able to afford to live there.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 20, 2018 19:07:57 GMT -5
I don't understand your meaning. That's because I left out a word - should be "it has something to piss everyone off." Meaning left, right, young, old - everyone I know who lives there or used to live there complains about it bitterly. There's relentless gentrification alongside extreme poverty and all kinds of other problems (the Mission being a good example). It seems to be going in a direction that pleases no one but Silicon Valley. I still love visiting once in a while, but at best it's like a museum of what it used to be. Ah, I understand now. My mom lived there during the war and hated it for the weather. I had to work there in the 70's and hated it because people were so rude to us simply because we were from Texas. On the flight home, I sat next to a Shell employee who was being transferred to Houston and he talked about how some of his co-workers had committed suicide. I told him about the Houston Grand Opera, The world class Houston Ballet, The Museum District, and the large, affordable homes and he was feeling much better by the time we landed. They don't know what they don't know. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 21, 2018 10:38:42 GMT -5
...sigh... I'm moving to Washington!
I feel your pain!
That was my hometown. I left in 1983 although I worked M-F there in the early 90s. There was little left of the city I knew.
You might check out New Mexico. Santa Fe might be "groovy" enough for to consider. Seriously, that town has a lot going for it. Certainly multicultural, strong arts and music, great restaurants, upscale and mostly tidy. Many San Franciscoistas relocated there.
Santa Fe is a great town, but it's like the San Francisco area in some ways. Limited area for homes means that only the rich can afford to live in town. If you have "I just sold my house in California" money, then go for it. If you want to to work in Santa Fe at an average job, be prepared for a 150 mile round trip commute. |
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Post by nedwrecks on May 22, 2018 4:19:27 GMT -5
Welp, you know that the apocalypse has come when they start banning tobacco from Vegas casinos.
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