| San Fransisco is a dirty, two-fisted drinking town. I grew up in the Bay and my family has been there 4 generations now. The tech sector is a small part of SF and SF is a small part of the Bay and California as well. There are millions of teachers, janitors, dentists and accountants that live in the Bay too. Most of these people couldn't care less about tech. They care about Prop 13. The care about the police; my town was a This American Life special [0] on corruption. They care about traditions and family; Pittsburgh is owned by old mafiosi from way back [1]. They care about stable jobs; Telegraph is nothing but burning out asians and burnt out hippies [2][3]. They care about fun and freedom; SF clears out for the Burn every year more and more [4]. Tech, though rich, is a fad and we can all see it. The impression I get is that it's a bunch of trustafarians and credit cards playing around because there still aren't any good jobs left over from 2008 and no-one knows what to do 6 years on. SF will be who lives, works, goes to PTS meetings, runs for Geary Revitalization seats, goes to A's and Raider's games, and cleans the streets. Not doughy guys staring at screens and pretending they can make Soylent real (really, how uncool can you be?) Unless it's got bourbon in it, most people in the Bay could care less. [0]http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/447/t... [1]http://mafia.wikia.com/wiki/San_Jose_crime_family [2]http://opa.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-fall-enrollment-data [3]http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Council_4/Elected_Officials_and... [4]http://blog.burningman.com/2013/09/news/black-rock-city-2013... |