kevinliang

Hey, you're an awesome person for fighting against your financial interests in favor of members of your generation. Don't let other people bring you down on that!

I just wanted to post here that I read and acknowledge your claims. I would like to respectfully agree to disagree as I don't think this conversation is going to convince either one of us what we currently believe.

I'm very glad people like you 2 exist because I too would love cheaper rents along with welcoming a more diverse crowd outside of tech. I am also a homeowner and would vote in favor for building more complexes to lower rent for people of lower income to stay in San Francisco. Was just playing devil's advocate and saying that it seems like most SF homeowners don't think the way we do

That proposition exists as a protection from homeowners being screwed by the government being unfair about the value of their land. Yes I agree many homeowners are paying less taxes than what the land is actually worth, but hey, does property tax really even make sense? This person PURCHASED the land but still has to owe the government taxes even though they own it?

Secondly, it is really important to think of real estate as an investment more than a physical asset. These people got in the market early and their investment is giving them great returns. I think that is fair. They purchased these homes maybe 40 years ago when SF was full of crime and property was worthless. Their "penny stock" or whatever you'd like to call it popped off because tech decided to be in the bay area. I think it is right that they are rewarded greatly for picking a great investment.

I think when a ton of people move into a place you call home all at once, you can't blame people for being upset about their habitat right? Anti-immigration sentiment at the national level is just Trump enforcing our current immigration laws plus some other hateful stuff. SF residents prior to 2012 has seen what they turned into their habitat transform into this overly crowded tech land full with prices for all sorts of goods going up. Once again just playing devil's advocate I feel they have every right to be upset.

Me as the techie and SF native do feel like they are using their oligopoly for selfish personal gain and would love to see more people go out and actually vote on these zoning laws to allow more complexes to be built

Yes I think you are right that one reason for this is homeowners want their property to continue to skyrocket. But really, can you blame them for that? If you were a homeowner wouldn't you rather have your house worth more?

The second reason for skyrocketing housing prices is the rise in wages. If people didn't get paid so much in the city, rent prices could not possibly be as high as it currently is. So while we do pay a crap ton in rent, most of us who can afford that rent probably are still WAAAAY better off than the average american.

If you were a resident before everybody started moving in, wouldn't you want to have a say to how the land is used in the city you own property in? Playing devil's advocate, a lot of SF natives didn't want tech to be here in the first place. (I'm born and raised in SF but also in tech. I have a lot of family and friends who complain about the "gentrification", and they have every right to)

How is that different from the property taxes homeowners pay today?

I don't mean to sound arrogant in any way but just to let you know these questions are way too easy. It's usually better to ask more open ended questions instead of it sounding like a quiz on JavaScript fundamentals

The dance was rehearsed ahead of time and the torches get lit via infrared sensors. (I magically discovered the infrared when I was pressing my TV remote and it just lit up).

Cool idea, but doesn't seem very practical. I also don't think people carry dry-erase markers with them

am i the only one who thinks the iphone 6s images look better?

readability is always more important. The "magic" is just a sign of bad code or code that is too heavily abstracted. why have everybody learn this so called magic when you can be more explicit? this is all religious programming views but i personally am pretty tired of things being way too abstracted. it makes getting shit done take too long.

LOL! good one!

Pretty sure nobody actually likes to use jobvite. Feels like it's a tool they have to use and I think Lever is trying to change that feel.

Pretty useful. Finally I can just send them 1 text w/ my location instead of them reaching out to me all the time of my eta.