[runnerup]

I have spent a lot of time in GCC countries (Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Oman). It’s worse there in the sense that more people are dirt poor, but SF is worse in terms of more people being rich.

What I mean is, in UAE/Saudi, the poor people are just as bad as the poor people in SF. But there are very, very few rich people. There’s also a lot of not dirt poor people (still poor).

SF had so many many rich people and there or there are just as bad as the poor elsewhere.

[refurb]

Come to Asia. You'll see people far richer than those in Silicon Valley next to people who parasites and diseases the Western world eliminated 100 years ago.

[runnerup]

Sure, but the rich won't be 15% of citizens of the city. It will be like 0.2-2%.

[ddtaylor]

I'm confused. How is there being more people with less a better thing?