[HN Gopher] The Mines (2018)
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       The Mines (2018)
        
       Author : exolymph
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-03-24 06:14 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (pedestrianobservations.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (pedestrianobservations.com)
        
       | xvedejas wrote:
       | I lived in the Bernal Heights house that the author heard about
       | second-hand (confirmed by a mutual friend), and we've joked how
       | he got this take very wrong. We were living the bohemian techno-
       | hippie lifestyle because we wanted to (right out of college), not
       | because of some ultra-frugality. That, more than the tech jobs,
       | is what enticed our personalities to SF in the first place (we
       | met at school in SoCal). We've split up from that house years ago
       | now but all stayed in the region (SF, Pacifica, Oakland) and do
       | have plenty of personal ties.
       | 
       | Great blog otherwise, I must say.
        
       | hckr1292 wrote:
       | I find this counterintuitive to my own lived experience of being
       | in San Francisco as a programmer. Although my partner and I often
       | talk about relocating, the comforts of San Francisco so far
       | outweigh the disadvantages. Specifically, access to neighbors
       | with children near our childrens age, 3 playgrounds in walking
       | distance, dining, organic food, antiracist political sentiments,
       | activities and easy access to mountains and beaches. Our
       | alternatives in the Midwest, NY, or central valley would be far
       | less convenient, despite the lower cost of living and
       | homelessness, crime, and feces.
       | 
       | Perhaps my perspective as a parent and a programmer is not what
       | this article is talking about, but I feel very committed to San
       | Francisco and plan to raise my family here in the public school
       | system and without relying heavily on cars.
        
         | kevinskii wrote:
         | I can certainly understand your perspective, and there are
         | still a lot of appealing things about the Bay Area. Yet all the
         | perks you mentioned about living in SF are the norm in many
         | places. Crime and homelessness and feces aren't something that
         | one must tolerate in order to have them.
        
         | sdenton4 wrote:
         | 100% agreed. I often wonder if the people writing these pieces
         | are just spending their lives sitting inside for fear of being
         | stabbed, and completely missing out on how awesome the bay area
         | is.
        
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