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The decision of the Mayor back in 2012 to attract a bunch of Tech companies to the city that wanted growth the LEAST, is highly questionable. It's just such a
by pascalxus 7y ago
The decision of the Mayor back in 2012 to attract a bunch of Tech companies to the city that wanted growth the LEAST, is highly questionable. It's just such a contradiction of what the locals wanted. And, now we're paying the price, litteraly.
In SF, I used to think the answer was to build more housing, lots more. But, after hearing from sooooo many NIMBYs and so much extreme angst against any kind of growth, I've come to realize that SF doesn't deserve tech companies or any companies for that matter. It's time to accept what the locals want and start acting like it. Remove the incentives for companies in SF and start applying disentives.
Tech needs a new home, a new city, perhaps one that hasn't been built yet. Perhaps one where innovation will be welcomed instead of stifled. One, where inclusiveness is all encompassing (and applies to housing) and not just a catchphrase used to be politically correct. One that isn't covered in poop. A city where enough housing supply can be built for everyone.
- dehrmann 7y ago> The decision of the Mayor back in 2012 to attract a bunch of Tech companies to the city Do you mean the tax break for companies in the mid-market area, aka the Twitter tax break? There's definitely some tech around there, but I think SoMa has a lot more. The big ones, Google, Facebook, and Salesforce, aren't there.
- Gunax 7y agoThe USA is such a vast country, there are so many nice areas. We don't need to cram all of one industry into a single city. I vote Denver, Seattle, or Pittsburgh.
- Apocryphon 7y agoAs far as animosity towards tech workers and rising housing costs go, Seattle is second only to San Francisco and Austin.
- boring_twenties 7y agoDenver and Seattle are both already having extreme housing shortages, congestion, and in the case of Seattle an anti-tech backlash.
- someguydave 7y agoThere is a brewing backlash in Colorado against the Californians who couldn’t make it in SV but moved here and forgot to leave their extreme left wing politics behind.
- boring_twenties 7y agoSalt Lake isn't nearly as bad as Denver yet, but it's on its way.