The Tech Gentrification Of San Francisco

[jazzy_dave]

Thanks to pigshitpoet

This is so damn fucking awful. Once again, when dig money moves in the ordinary people, the artists,the hippies, and the mavericks are moved out. Watch this HBO documentary and be angry , like i was, with tears as well.

The Tech Gentrification Of San Francisco

The man who is interviewed near the end of this documentary is in a bad situation. I understand his pain. I hope someone seeing this documentary has offered him a regular job at a living wage. Toss in rampant age discrimination and you're looking at potential homelessness. I hope someone is able to help not only that man but everyone in San Francisco who is facing eviction and being priced out of their neighborhoods. The tech industry could step up and help. We need to remind these young techies that they too will grow old. How will they feel when this happens to them?

This has made me feel so sad , and the fact is, it is happening everywhere. Capitalism at the sharp end sucks.

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My daughter and SIL live in a trailer (a very POSH trailer) because there was no way they could afford an apartment, despite his army pension and both working.