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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #350 on: October 12, 2013, 01:34:23 AM »
it's a poor comparison, but that doesn't mean there isn't a bubble.

there's 7 billion people in the world and 99.9% of them would rather live in sf than where they live.

it's less than that.

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #351 on: October 12, 2013, 01:52:30 AM »
I would rather live there  :dunno:
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #352 on: October 12, 2013, 10:09:05 AM »
I wouldn't be able to handle living there. I'm too midwesterny.

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #353 on: October 12, 2013, 11:25:25 AM »
Weather tho.
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #354 on: October 12, 2013, 11:26:35 AM »
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/10/where-even-middle-class-cant-afford-live-any-more/7194/

In reality, yes, the median household income in metropolitan San Francisco is higher than it is in Akron (by about $30,000). But that smaller income will buy you much, much more in Ohio. To be more specific, if you make the median income in Akron – a good proxy for a spot in the local middle class – 86 percent of the homes on the market there this month are likely within your budget.

If you're middle-class in San Francisco, on the other hand, that figure is just 14 percent. Your money will buy you no more than 1,000 square feet on average. That property likely isn't located where you'd like to live. And the options available to you on the market are even fewer than they were just a year ago, according to data crunched by Trulia. To frame this another way, the median income in metro San Francisco is about 60 percent higher than it is in Akron. But the median for-sale housing price per square foot today is about 700 percent higher.


I live in the East Bay (because it's so much cheaper), and even here, every single homeowner I know did it with some sort of down payment assistance from family. No one can buy their first house without some sort of help like that. I think there's a serious bubble here.

Are all the tech companies paying enough for people to afford this housing and driving the price up, like all the gentrification people are claiming? What other factors are playing into it? Really desirable sushi? Mustaches on cars? :dunno:

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #355 on: October 14, 2013, 01:40:23 PM »
someone asking $1075/month to sleep on a couch in a studio

http://jezebel.com/someone-in-s-f-wants-you-to-pay-1075-a-month-to-sleep-1444658167

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #357 on: October 16, 2013, 10:54:09 AM »

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #359 on: November 27, 2013, 07:16:22 PM »
Watching the news here and they just had a story about truckers picketing the port of Oakland.  Showed video of the truckers and one was sporting an emaw hoodie  :ksu:
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #360 on: November 27, 2013, 07:44:08 PM »
Watching the news here and they just had a story about truckers picketing the port of Oakland.  Showed video of the truckers and one was sporting an emaw hoodie  :ksu:
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #361 on: December 03, 2013, 06:32:19 PM »
SF considering banning butterflies. (sort of)

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"They are not creatures to be owned. They are not party favors for the human circus. We all know the exultation of a butterfly release. But it’s really a hellacious relationship to nature."

http://sfist.com/2013/12/03/city_considers_banning_butterflies.php


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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #362 on: December 03, 2013, 06:33:41 PM »
oh, and I agree w/ sys now, there isn't a bubble here. They recently voted down a condo project because it was 135 feet tall instead of 85 feet tall. It's literally across the street from a building that's like 220 feet tall. Nothing can get built here, so the supply will always lag housing demand.

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #363 on: December 03, 2013, 10:55:05 PM »
SF considering banning butterflies. (sort of)

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"They are not creatures to be owned. They are not party favors for the human circus. We all know the exultation of a butterfly release. But it’s really a hellacious relationship to nature."

http://sfist.com/2013/12/03/city_considers_banning_butterflies.php

that's great.
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #364 on: December 05, 2013, 06:10:35 PM »
drag queens reenact Golden Girls Christmas episodes. $30 admission.

http://sfist.com/2013/12/05/go_do_this_the_golden_girls_christm.php

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #365 on: December 05, 2013, 06:55:57 PM »
drag queens reenact Golden Girls Christmas episodes. $30 admission.

http://sfist.com/2013/12/05/go_do_this_the_golden_girls_christm.php

Would love to see this.

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #366 on: December 06, 2013, 05:28:58 PM »
this could really happen anywhere, but still

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/pet/4227689504.html

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #367 on: December 06, 2013, 05:38:58 PM »
i would love to have a pet monkey.
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #368 on: December 09, 2013, 02:29:01 PM »
more google bus protesting

http://uptownalmanac.com/2013/12/protesters-blockade-google-buses-24th-and-valencia

it seems like people are blaming the google buses for evictions and making city buses run late.

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #370 on: December 09, 2013, 04:18:22 PM »

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #371 on: December 09, 2013, 05:19:38 PM »
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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #372 on: December 09, 2013, 06:20:16 PM »
ha ha

http://valleywag.gawker.com/google-employee-to-protestor-you-cant-afford-it-you-1479755897

I'm not sure when this was updated, but the protester was a fake. How embarrassing.

http://www.sfbg.com/googleshoutdown
From the links I have seen, and if I am a good representative sample, the protestors are quickly losing support of the much coveted white Midwestern outside opiner.

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Re: San Francisco things
« Reply #374 on: December 11, 2013, 12:37:41 PM »
this is not a new thing and it probably is not just in SF, but, SILENT RAVES!!?!?   :runaway: