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Originally Posted by chris08876
I'm not sure what kind of reasoning that is. Are some suppose to be exempt from speaking on issues. I was never around during 1865, doesn't mean we can't talk about the issues of that time.
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Professor, there are 900,000 people living in San Francisco right now who are fully aware of, and mostly concerned about, a whole slew of issues affecting our lives; meanwhile, in some dank New Jersey basement, you've decided to declare otherwise out of sheer ignorance.
Look, you can write whatever you like about people and places you've never known; each time, though, it becomes more clear that you don't know what you're talking about.
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Like I said, folks ignoring the issues at hand when presented with the raw truth. Over regulation, and an inhospitable housing climate. Its not like we don't live in an era where info isn't readily available, like housing info or homeless stats or info on the gripes of the business community.
Its not some voodoo trade secret that SF is a very tough environment to get developments going, as it is to live expense wise. Its quite evident that if your well off (good income) or rich, the bay area is manageable. Yeah you can scrap by with a shoe box unit and pay-check to pay-check, but that's kinda a not so desirable outcome is it?
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Are you asking me, Doctor? At least it's a start. San Francisco has problems (and as you know, Fox News reports all of them every day). Everybody who lives here knows it, and yet, like similarly-afflicted West Coast cities, SF remains incredibly desirable to live and work in. That's why housing prices and office space are so expensive--the competition is fierce to live and work here.
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EVEN in the article, the locals are happy (NIMBYS) but the business community is venting their frustrations. Of course the locals are happy, the very anti-development mindset that serves to drive prices up and keep new folks out or even reduce the amount of business.
If I didn't know any better, hmmm... might be some selfishness, as that tone of your reply indicates and possibly a protective bubble mentality when challenged on the circle of fermenting chaos that is self-induced among the SF community.
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don't know better. You don't know better than we do about our lives and our community--and that's my whole point.
If you must declare what other people are thinking and how other people are living based on third-hand knowledge, you're better off sticking with people and places you actually know a little something about beyond Fox News clips. Perhaps you can tell us about Sbarro customers at the mall?
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