I grew up in Silicon Valley and live in San Francisco. They destroyed my city and now they think they are gods. How do we get our elected officials to understand the danger? I’m so frustrated with all of them.
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Billionaires think: ME NOW WANT MORE. WHO cares about the impact? I’ll be dead by then and my heirs will have luxury bunkers. They destroyed Manhattan & LA & suburbs near big cities, their trucks destroying roads and peace.
Totally disagree. The income inequality they create alone has chased off so many artists and musicians, not to mention just normal people who aren’t rich. Plus they never become part of the culture of the city.
I TOTALLY AGREE. Look at NYC, LA, Chicago, San Fran , Portland. Feast or famine, unchecked landlords, no small biz foundation. Wealth Inequality is the reason we’re in this position now. Dems could’ve used an Interstate Compact to provide single payer healthcare, civil rights, affordable, cleaner
Except for Progressives, the Democrats appear to me to be comfortable, complacent and on the take. They always support corporations over the people. Perfect example: AI. They know it’s killing the creative community, who overwhelmingly vote Democrat. How do they respond?
By worshipping tech. 😑
And the old school Dems control the narrative by calling them “progressives”, aka “radical left”. They had the law and ammo to stop DJT prior to J6 2025 & they pussied-out. Fear of MAGAs & Martial Law & a Constitutional Crisis. Utter BS.
They hate the Progressives because they are everything the centrists are not. They make them look bad. Let’s get rid of the Republican Party and replace it with a Progressive Party.
2/-communities. But Dems needed campaign dollars, insider trading & their healthcare is single payer. They could preserve choice. Citizens United meant the richest ppl in the USA run govt.
It's the NIMBYism that creates inequality. Artists had to move away because housing is absurdly expensive. It's expensive because we don't build enough. The Tech Boom made it worse, but it by itself is not the root of the problem.
I would say it supercharged it. But I agree, no one was paying attention to housing and NIMBY’s won the day. Now catching up might get ugly. Seven story buildings in residential neighborhoods is going to be a shock.
There are mansions & luxury bldgs empty in every major city; money laundering and developers walking away with a check and not enough millionaires & billionaires to occupy them. Empty malls & school bldgs have been beautifully converted to affordable housing. Even an old baseball stadium ( they
NIMBYs are not the rich. They're us, the people of SF, who voted for "progressive" politicians such as Aaron Peskin, Dean Preston, etc. SF politics has been dominated by progressives for decades. Let's not blame it on the rich.
I moved to LA in ‘89; you could find an apt for $400 in less than a week. My friend rented a shared bungalow for $650. My last apt was $775 and it had a huge pool & patio. It’s $3k now. SoHo doesn’t house artists, just celebs, heirs, rich art collectors & music producers. Now dorms that are SUPER $
Greed greases the road to hell: in NJ legislators & city commissioners tout “access” to teen healthcare; it’s nothing more than allowing 14-17 yr olds to get psych meds & “counseling” w/out parents, billed to Medicare . And then they push for increased access to these meds. God forbid they restore
Agreed. Every deal a local politician is a transfer of wealth from one rich person to another. Economist Gary is a warrior. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86taCWg/
2/-1-hour lunch periods, free lunches & 45 minute free-time periods. God forbid they stop labeling kids based on testing tied to funding. Then they added 988; which amounts to cops taking your kid to ER & then isolating them for 3-6 days, no devices for “assessment”, poss further Medicare funded
3/-commitment -release conditional on meds use. Opportunity Zones: only rich pricks building medical commercial space, or refusing to create for the communities they infect. Then they campaign on this BS.
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By worshipping tech. 😑