• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 days ago

    It’s incredible how the Bay Area sacrificed any culture it had at the altar of big tech, and seems to have gained no benefits. All it has is a homelessness crisis and infrastructure that, while passable, is in pretty dire condition for a city with a GDP close to like the entirety of Canada.

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      Last time I visited SF, there were so many moments of “wow this is a poignant visual metaphor representing this hellscape”. The one that stands out most was cryptocurrency billboard above unhoused people in front of a store where they automated out all of the customer-facing workers