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ASIAN LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO
(Updated
Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, 06:39:10 AM
to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)
Which San Francisco Bay area offers the best environment for Asian Americans?
Downtown SF |
47%
East Bay |
31%
Marin County |
8%
South San Francisco |
14%
What's the best thing about living in the San Francisco Bay area?
Breathtaking Scenic Beauty |
40%
Clean Air |
19%
Lots of Fine Chinese Restaurants |
15%
Asians Everywhere |
18%
Great Universities, Skiing and Wine |
8%
What's the worst thing about living in the San Francisco Bay area?
No Summer Weather |
12%
Perpetual Gridlock |
40%
Too Crowded with Asians |
1%
Shortage of Decent Housing |
47%
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This argument is getting weak because I am arguing with a little kid, at least I hope. Anyone who names himself after a street gang has to be a kid in my book. Apparently, you have never been to L.A. have you gangster hippie? TSJ, Orange County which is part of So Cal has a huge tech sector, so does the South Bay here especially Torrance and Manhattan Beach. You shouldn't be bragging about the tech sector anyways right now, because it is in the dumps. Companies are moving from the SF Bay and Silicon Valley to the South eg. D.C., North Carolina and to new tech hubs in Texas such as Houston, Dallas, etc.
Watch out, don't buy that 1/2 million $ shack just yet in Silicon Valley, because it's not guaranteed that tech companies will choose the Bay from now on or even keep their headquarters situated there. You will be stranded in your shack for life as its value continues to decline. The bay area housing/tech bust is far from over. It's so screwed up, over-taxed and convoluted in the Bay Area that tech companies are taking a step back and reconsidering. The Bay Area's housing market is about to hit a brick wall in the very near future, be warned!
BTW, people are telecommuting more and more; it is really becoming irrelevant where you live now. You could work in a bay area company and live in Indiana only doing work over the net.
Regarding LA sprawl, Riverside, Rancho Cuco? and Santa Clarita are for poor people. Fire sale? Well maybe, I wouldn't know about it because I know nothing of these places. They do not represent the average homes in LA or the Asian population in general. I am talking about the Westside, SGV, the South Bay and Orange County. These are close to commerce, affluent, and affordable to the average professional.
BTW, LA learned how to build a city the right way by studying the Bay carefully and determining what worked and didn't work. We get to have our cake and eat it too. That's why the Bay is starting to copy LA's freeway system since it failed miserably to copy NY's mass transportation system.
And as far as the Mexicans you keep bringing up, so what if Asians and Mexicans fight in El Monte. They get along everywhere else. You only bring up cities that suit your arguments. El Monte is a poor area and the people there are fighting for limited resources. It sure beats the hell out of Oakland's ghetto, which has the highest murder rate in the country. You want to see Asians under fire go to the East Bay.
The bottom line is the Bay Area, SF and Silicon Valley suck and LA has it all. People saw the reality of it all after the .com bust and will never trust or have respect for the Bay again. Break out the beads and Ebonics textbooks, open those trashcan lids for your neighborhood transients; the real Bay Area is back in business. Peace man…
This can go on forever, so how about a new topic? The Bay is ok for some people and LA is ok for some people.
However,
LOS ANGELES IS #1
Steve to TSJ re Bay Area Ghetto
Wednesday, March 06, 2002 at 14:34:26 (PST)
I live in the bay area, and have never been to Marin county in my life. The population there is very small. I'm sure there are pockets of socal you have never been to. Why don't I use those as examples of what LA is supposed to represent?
bay area IS diverse
Tuesday, March 05, 2002 at 14:24:41 (PST)
"The answer, NEITHER -move to LA and live the good life in a real house with an easy commute."
Good commute? Where are your jobs located anyways? And in what sector? The two main sectors of the Bay are financial (yes, SF is the main financial center of the West Coast), and tech, which is located in the South Bay. LA doesn't seem to have a hub where most people seem to work, except maybe the entertainment industry.
LA seems to be sprawling way out too. Rancho Cucamonga? Riverside? Santa Clarita? Those aren't exactly close to anything either.
"As far as the housing oversupply in L.A. I will take that any day over the Bay areas housing shortage."
It's all about supply and demand. There is an equilibrium that is reached over time. If the price is too high, no one will buy, and will eventually drop. The fact that prices have remained steady, and are actually going up again means that plenty of people are still willing to pay for it. In LA, they have so many houses, they don't know what to do with them. It's like they have to firesale them or something. That sure proves your point about mass exodus to LA, doesn't it?
"The Bay area is a liberal social scientist’s experiment gone terribly wrong."
Experiment gone wrong? The Bay was established long before LA was. LA was just considered a desert wasteland.
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net
Tuesday, March 05, 2002 at 12:42:57 (PST)
"I live in LA and Asians and Mexicans get along just fine."
Uhh... have you even been to El Monte?! Apparently not.
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net
Tuesday, March 05, 2002 at 12:31:14 (PST)
"This seldom happens in LA because there are hardly any places with racial supremacy like in the Baysnia Area."
That's because all your neighborhoods are segregated. Let's see how the blacks treat you when you step on the streets of Compton.
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net
Tuesday, March 05, 2002 at 12:29:08 (PST)
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