Wednesday, July 3, 2019

'We all suffer': why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed

'We all suffer': why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed
Excerpt: Tech workers are increasingly vocal about their discontent with the city they fought so hard to conquer. In May, the median market rent for a one-bedroom apartment reached an all-time high of $3,700 a month, according to the rental site Zumper. Meanwhile, the city saw a 17% increase in its homeless population between 2017 and 2019, and residents complain of visible drug usage, fear of crime and dirty streets. Even Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce and a San Francisco native who has long urged comity between the techies and the city, has taken to calling his hometown a “train wreck”.(The house that Pelosi built. ~Bob)

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