[palakchokshi]

When you make statements like

"The more I pay attention in the Bay Area the more I’m noticing that it’s a place of absolute poverty."

"Much of the East Bay is extremely poor."

You really need to quantify absolute poverty and extremely poor. Without some numbers to back it up the article comes off as out of touch.

Also with you living in San Francisco when you write all these things about large areas of the Bay Area as being extremely poor the article feels a little like you are looking down your nose at the "rest of the people". Sorry but that's what it comes across as.

[danielrm26]

I mentioned I grew up in Newark, i.e., Fremont. That's my real hometown.

But I see your point.