~some personal news~
A month ago I moved to Los Angeles after living in San Francisco for 9 years.
This thread isn’t a slam against the Bay Area. Quite the opposite…
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Replying to @rrhoover
I relate to this story on many levels - and also feeling pretty close to the point where I'm ready to move somewhere else. SF opened up so many opportunities for me and was the first time I felt like I really belonged in a city.
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Replying to @rrhoover
It's probably related to our age (in addition to SF changing). I wonder if younger generations who are just arriving in SF feel much less of an urge to leave.
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Replying to @DavidSpinks @rrhoover
lol no, you can feel the "transient" status in people who move here for work from Day 1. it's made it really hard for me to find long-term/deep friends etc. bc of that -- i can feel people's lack of attachment to this city and its people...
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The city’s cost makes it impossible for people to make long-standing commitments to it and the incumbent residents prefer it that way.
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truth!
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Newcomers are basically used to cross subsidize the budget and then are blamed for creating all the problems.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @imkialikethecar and
I’m not sure it’s as clear cut as this
. Our budget’s increases are largely useless & long timers are hit hard. I do believe that a massive progressive local income tax would cut high end wages, lower market rate home $, reduce inequality, & better fund infra / affordable homes3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
The state of California has preemption over income tax and the state itself is highly dependent on a very small number of high income earners with very volatile earnings due to capital gains.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @reedm and
A progressive land value tax coupled with greatly lowering regressive sales taxes would be great.
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