[xvedejas]

Last I recall checking, out of the residents of San Francisco, only about 5% work for a tech company. And many or most of those people work in non-technical roles. I think a lot of the feeling of a "monoculture" is self-enforced; it happens because people in the same industry cluster too much in where they live, what activities they seek, and how they try to meet new people.

[mc32]

Imagine if artists and people in other industries looked around and saw people just like themselves and cried "monoculture!" They could, I imagine. The people who work a KQED probably interact professionally with other media people, same for SFGATE. Now, outside of work, of course, if they have lived here, gone to school here, then they should have formed friendships outside those industries...

It's interesting to see people who move from elsewhere round the country come to SF for a job and then winder why many people they know are in the same industry. I'd understand the complaint if they grew up in STL, for example, went to school there, got a job there and then only had friends in the industry...