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by smtddr
4583 days ago
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I wonder what all the non-tech job holders think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification We should all know how good we have it. I know I'm making more money than I ever considered possible writing code and I know I love my job. What I want to read about is what happened to everyone who was in SF before this tech thing started and what's happening to all the people who are not part of the tech-wave & startup-parties.
All those coffee-shops, bars and restaurants that the tech-crowd hang out at; how are the employees of said places making ends meet? Do they live near their jobs? Does half their salary go to transportation to/from work? When I worked at Gamestop while in school, that was the case for me. Those were the days; a paycheck that was less than $400 =/ I really don't know how my co-workers who didn't live with their parents or going to college were living on that or what they're doing nowadays. Speaking of which, https://foursquare.com/v/gamestop/4a29d524f964a520e4951fe3 How in the world can Gamestop afford that store on Market street? I walk by it almost weekly. Doesn't look very busy to me. What must the rent be there? How many games, consoles, controllers, etc. must they be selling a month to make that worthwhile? What are the employees salaries? Where do they live??!!! |
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First thing that surprised me: they seemed to sell more used iOS devices than anything else.
I don't know if it's always like this, but most people I observed in there did not look all that well-to-do. They seemed like mostly local kids (not kids of yuppies) who just hopped off muni and aspired to save up for months to buy a refurbished 3-generations-ago iPod touch. I saw a few kids of that description make purchases. Nobody all that ostentatious, or anything like all the "playground for the rich" stuff that people in SF rail against. It was actually refreshing to see kids excited about what most HNers would consider "unusable" tech.