Only registered users may post messages Want to register ? Topic  Re(8):GDC March Cafe Meetup? by Spoon 04:40   Wed 11 Dec Forum   Your UserName: Spoon Your Password:   *required - forgot your password ? Message Title: Your message: Icon selection: posticon BakedSquid 16mac1 BoiledEgg Before CutletDinner CandyBowl Clip Clipboard DC_Vm4 DC DishSoap2 Fc01 DC_b2 Dice1 Eggplant Disk_1 Disksys DuntPan Edamame KitchenKnife Fami_2 Fan1 Fc_FBasic Fc_PG Fc_cart1 Fc_cart5 GBP_silver Gameboy Garbege Gba2 Logo_NeoCD Linux Logo_Nintendo64 Logo_NeoGeo MailBox3 Logo_PS MailBox PaperBag MisoSoup OpenBox PCE Pad_DC2 Pad_PS Pad_Pce Pad_Sfc Pad_fc1 cocktail1 PetitTomato Pin-white Pockepika Pretzel SauceLadle Scale2 SegaSat SodaBar SoftCream ShavedIce-Strawberry StrappedBox Take-out Ws_3 alert angry apple arrow art attention beer biggrin book burger candy carrot cars chart chick chick1 chick2 chick3 chicken construction cocktail2 coffee digdug cpu download dosei duck dq1 dq2 dq3 icq-offline mp3 e3 egg face ff-cursor file film floppy fries frown gesselaf goemon1 goemon2 goemon3 happa health humor icecream icq-away icq-dnd icq-free icq-invisible icq-na icq-occupied oba-q pad icq-online icq-seek idea jojo_do jojo_go keylock library mahjong mario meat melon microphone mmcafe monitor multimedia music netscape1 netscape2 netscape3 netscape4 newspaper newswire questionmark opaopa pig pointer posticon pow powerbox pudding question redface sad science search smile smile2 smile3 smile4 sports strawberry sunrise theweb thumbdown thumbup travel upa_milk upa_pig yellowpages or view all icons here. [QUOTE] Hahaha! I also read about angry locals threatening the buses that truck in employees to Twitter etc. from out of town and block the bus lanes...though that still doesn't excuse the city's failure to have a real subway or dedicated bus lanes like Portland! [/QUOTE] Protesting the buses gets visibility, but it has a tendency to distort the heart of the story, which is the fact that pricing of pretty much everything in SF is inflated beyond belief. That a stupid amount of money is flowing into the Bay Area is a fact, and that a lot of that money is flowing into a few particular sectors/industries is a fact as well. SF the city was never designed to handle the load it is under. The streets have weird and crazy intersection controls, trying to park is a nightmare, public transit is okay in places but the cost of expanding it or widening roads or anything like that is prohibitive. There are definitely a ton of smart and creative people working in those fields, but I have no idea how anybody could afford the Bohemian lifestyle in SF without being independently wealthy beforehand. Did I mention the nearly 40% net income tax? Whee! Delete? To delete this post, check this box. Delete subthread too ? To delete all replies to your message, check this box (currently disabled) Show Signature: include your profile signature. Emoticons: disable Emoicons in this post.