The rest of the world has stereotyped the Bay Area as a hodgepodge of villanous tech CEOs and venture capitalists, so it helps to be reminded that we’re real people. And by real people, I mean people with questionable living circumstances and demeaning jobs. Who use public transportation instead of Uber, or maybe even — gasp — don’t have a smartphone. People who have more roommates and side jobs than square feet in their apartments. People like me and you, probably.
They’re Our Neighbors…
We Asked San Franciscans to Tell Us Their Worst Roommate Stories
“I have also learned to always close doors quietly so as not to wake sleeping babies upstairs; never to change your laundry in your underwear; and that even the best of friends can make for the worst of roommates. But that’s what living with roommates is all about, right? A learning experience? A right of passage? Maybe not.” Read more…
And Our Workers…
San Franciscans in Food Service Dish about Their Worst Restaurant Stories
“On this particular day, his coat was covered in combed zebra hair and lined with black leather and metal studs. It looked and felt like the poacher’s safari of my nightmares. What was a vegetarian gal supposed to do? Like any good employee, I buried my pride, pocketed my $5 tip and accepted the writing material.” Read more…
And They Shouldn’t Be Ignored.
For All of Elon Musk’s Brilliance, He Can’t Grasp This Fundamental Concept
“There’s no denying that Musk has executed some brilliant ideas, even if he’s tried to downplay how reliant his companies are on government subsidies, but his elite vision of a future based on a nostalgic revival of cookie-cutter postwar suburbs with a sustainable twist simply does not fit the trend toward dense mega-cities where personal vehicles are a wasteful luxury.” Read more…
