Entrepreneur Bryan Goldberg penned a surprisingly unpleasant item about San Francisco, crafted "satirically" as a dressing down of the tech workers moving in and driving rents up. Is it ever funny when power punches down? Not today...
Funny? Maybe not exceedingly. Accurately snarky? Yeah. Goldberg's piece in part:
By making a high wage at a young age, you are pushing real and honest San Franciscans out of the housing market. Sure, you make less money than some electricians or restaurant managers, but those guys have families to support, and they pay attention to their savings and retirement. So, when you recklessly spend $3,400/month on your apartment, it is crowding out the people who are far more thoughtful about their finances. People with real responsibilities. People with families.
I lived in the Bay Area back in the early 80's when the gentrification caused by successful gays relocating to SF was going on and Dianne Fienstein was trying Manhattanize downtown. Same freaking sky is falling arguments were used then. Amazingly the world didn't end and from my recollection of SF back then things actually got better. Pretty sure it will turn out that way this time too.
There is a lot more to Goldberg's article and a lot of it is a pretty accurate reflection of attitudes.
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