I disagree with much in this article, but I do agree with this specific point. I've had many conversations in San Francisco that have turned me off from discussing politics.
It's very difficult for some to accept that others can have more moderate viewpoints on certain issues. Just because one doesn't agree with another to the extent they do doesn't mean there isn't a middle ground.
I found this culture sneaking into Silicon Valley companies, too. I recently left a SV company for one in the NE and the difference is astounding.
I’m much happier and there is much less corporate activism.
If I may read between the lines of this very particularly-chosen wording, it sounds like this Palantir co-founder will probably still be here constantly for work or what have you. Some move, huh?
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/20/palantir-denver-hq-ipo-dir...
State should just take control and setup CA wide power company who is managed to provide power to everyone all the time and focused on moving all line underground to prevent the fires.. but Newsom is more focused on seeing if he can power the state on the amount of human excrement now found on the streets of SF due to the housing issue for the homeless. We have such a rich state, but the common worker is just screwed by the house laws that keep us from building affordable housing. We that are the lucky valley elite drink our $5 coffees and fail to realize that the person serving us drives 3 hours a day to get to work because they cannot afford to live anywhere near by. I count myself very lucky for the success I have had but I sickened by the cost.
The last major project the state undertook was the Hetch-Hetchy aqueduct, and that project was done in Jerry Brown's father's time. Pat Brown was governor of CA in the 60's.
Let that sink in.
Bread and circus, the fall of Rome.
I just wish it could be from a less environmentally-destructive source than natural gas. Sonoma County was actually going to be the site of the first commercially-viable nuclear generating station in the entire USA, at PG&E's Atomic Park on Bodega Head, but that never happened for now probably obvious environmental reasons.
But now I have to pay an average of $0.262/kWh for natural-gas-driven PG&E electricity, and the Sierra Club who stopped Bodega Head have taken funding from the gas companies[0], so I'm left rather unsure what to think and what to advocate for :/
https://science.time.com/2012/02/02/exclusive-how-the-sierra...
I think you mean tectonic reasons. Bodega Head is on the San Andreas Fault, not far from the epicenter of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9. Wikipedia has a graphic of the San Andreas fault showing a %21 chance of rupture before 2032: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault#/media/File:...
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_Head:
"During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the promontory shifted approximately 15 ft (4.6 m)".
I'm surprised this was ever considered for a nuclear generation facility.
One aspect of California migration largely ignored, is that the wealthy and educated are moving in and the low and middle class are moving out.
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/01/not-the-gol...
[0] https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
e: unfortunately downvoting the bad news does not make the Bay Area any less-segregated http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?bayarea
Even if most of what's written in the article is true, I feel that the motivations of this set are pretty clear: save tax money on what is clearly a huge payday.
I cannot figure out why global taxation and the ensuing coercion (IRS,FBAR,FATCA,citizenship exit penalties) doesn't fall foul of some part of the US constitution, such as cruel and unusual punishment for not committing any crime other than earning some money some place else. FATCA also demands extra-territorial jurisdiction over foreign banks, which is outrageous.
I am sure when the time comes, the IRS will try to enforce pan-galactic taxation...
Elon will have to renounce before blast off to Mars.
People in CA aren't dating or having kids like TX, middle states, and UT. The coasts are graveyards for all but the rich, retirees, and high-income visiting employees; everyone else is like a SF "gold rush miner" trying to hang-on to a delusion, spending most of their income on rent. Screw that; build a life somewhere sustainable such as on the outskirts of a burgeoning city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
Pools. Heh. Had an in-ground one growing up and almost never used it. I had to do the chemicals, skim leaves, roll the solar cover, and change the diatomaceous earth. Everyone on the block had one too, and they were rarely used either.
Humidity kills me. For example, I had a Colombian gf but the weather in Barranquilla is mass murder.
Around the south Bay Area, I biked around the hills of the Almaden Valley and Mt. Umunhum incessantly, and skateboarded around the neighborhood until my knees had divots and layers of scars. Went to UC Davis where biking was de rigueur. Did some biking in Netherlands and Belgium, the former being a biking paradise.
The cis females in Austin are just my speed. Sadly, they don't have a chance. And, being a big city, the open-minded types I prefer are more abundant. One area I miss is SF's Castro where mixed gender bars facilitate hooking-up with cis females, but I'll be back. I don't miss SF's parking situation and am looking for cheaper ways to park near downtown Austin.
Folks seem friendlier in Austin than CA where almost everyone has a chip on their shoulder, is seething with dissatisfaction, and doesn't want to be sociable. Heck, I don't even mind chatting with the saner homeless people that aren't panhandling me. I met some very cool homeless people with interesting lives in Palo Alto, CA when Happy Donuts was the hangout.
https://www.zillow.com/travis-county-tx/home-values/
Enjoy that gold rush.
