This fucking guy and this fucking thread:
So, here we go. I’m moving out of the Bay Area.
This is obviously not a fresh opinion; but the framing may be slightly controversial. My biggest reason is that I believe the Bay Area is no longer the best crucible for the American Dream. ? https://t.co/00BwcbJSPS
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
This is not a “fuck SF” post. This is a saddened recap of what could have been. I’ve had a tremendous time here, which had nothing to do with “tech” or “startups”. It had to do with my family, the people, the food, the culture, the debates, the nature.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
This is broadly stemming from the fact that we traded definitions of “equity”. From “let’s create opportunity for everyone” to “if everyone can’t have it, no one can have it.” We’ve adopted the socioeconomic philosophy of a grade-school bully. And as a result:
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
1. It’s hard to feel safe. We’ve experienced 4 home breakins; 1 car breakin; other thefts and near-assaults. I desperately want this fixed but it’s *not possible* for a private citizen to. Which brings us to… https://t.co/Cg2yJTRMXK
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
2. The political animus. There is a social contract between a govt + citizens. We pay taxes / abide by the law, and the govt provides social services and governs by the will of its people. SFBay has broken this social contract, over and over and over. https://t.co/CpNy5oPhK7
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
3. Environment is hostile to small biz.
You can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have to wet sign, snail mail 2 forms, pay 7x the cost of straps in filing fees, wait months to find out that your “lace permit” has been declined. https://t.co/x1oeSDVScx
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
4. Privilege and success, instead of something to be mindful, have become something to be ashamed of. I have thought for a long time that Atlas Shrugged is an unrealistic straw man full of contradictions. I never thought I’d live in a society that actually approximated it. https://t.co/AxUy0zlg9H
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
5. While uncertainty on the upslope can be an excellent crucible for opportunity, a shining city devolving into bureacracy is the opposite: a symbol of decline.
I think it’s more inconvenient to live in San Francisco or Oakland than when I lived in Chennai or Bombay growing up.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
6. I consider paying taxes a privilege and honor, but you have to agree with the philosophy of where it’s being spent.
In the US, every state is undertaking its own experiment.
The CA experiment was audacious. But when experiments failed, we didn’t pull the plug… we kept going
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
7. Virtue signaling over virtue seeking; neuroticism over optimism.
A well-intentioned person can step one foot out of line and is instantly met with a “how dare you.”
When did we stop being optimistic, and so steeped in our own neuroticism?
When did we trade hope for guilt?
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
8. Merit, achievement, and success are becoming a lost cause. https://t.co/9vrl9Mpjz1
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
In summary: the Bay Area, instead of harvesting the golden eggs, bled the magical goose dry.
Instead of taking that boundless spirit of optimism, tax windfall, abundance of resources, and channeling it into the greatest city-state the world has ever known… we fucked it up.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
Then the pandemic arrived. As everything went online, the mirage was stripped away.
Ideas now stream over the web as freely as movies. And so, the idea of living somwhere for purely professional reasons feels as quaint and nostalgic as my DVD shelf.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
I admire the people who are fighting to fix things. This city and the surrounding region still brim with potential. But that’s not me. I’ve always been a midwesterner, and always felt like a transplant on the west coast.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
This is such a cliché, but we’re moving to Miami.
I know there’s plenty to be apprehensive about. Worse politics (from our perspective), its own superficiality, weather issues, critters, guns… but lots to love about food, warmth, service industry, vibrancy.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
I’m sure we’ll find plenty to complain about (or maybe not, because hopefully we’ll become less neurotic ?). But we’re eager for a new chapter, and mint a new identity for ourselves.
Here’s to the newest corner of the world where upstarts are gathering.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
So the Progressive Utopia of San Francisco, where Leftists have total monopolistic control, is a violent, decaying, shithole of neurotic Leftists attacking each other.
So he is moving to Miami, but he already hates Miami because Florida is an icky Red state and is somehow worse than the shithole he was forced to flee.
But that is not where this story ends, oh no.
Half the internet called him out for this glaring hypocrisy.
Rather than have a moment of introspection, he kept digging.
Seriously…
Also, while I personally think DeSantis is terrible, it’s not exactly apples to apples. The electorate voted him in. He isn’t a “problem” to deal with… it’s kind of an odd comparison to make.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) October 16, 2021
Hi Deb! I disagree with extreme policies; I won’t be voting for any extreme left policies (or extreme right). While I disagree with FL politics, Miami appears reasonable.
Respectfully — asking anyone (regardless of politics) to not vote is anti-democratic + anti-American.
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
Hi! Anyone who sees someone expressing their personal views as a “plague” is the problem.
I’m very happy with how I grew up. I could see how I sound like I’m complaining; but out of curiosity, which aspects of my post are bulldozing, close-minded, or willfully blind?
— Hari Raghavan (@haridigresses) December 28, 2021
I’ll be happy to tell him.
He sees all the symptoms of the Progressive disease but absolutely, steadfastly refuses to admit that the core ideals of Progressivism is wrong.
This is the Progressive version of “that wasn’t real Socialism” every time nation fails.
Instead, he’s going to relocate to a place he is already complaining about, run by a leader he hates, and will work diligently to ruin it by trying to create another Progressive Utopia.
Red States need to impose a 100% (or more) sales tax on homes purchased by people from Blue States.
And honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised is this guy’s house caught fire shortly after moving in.
Point 4 wow. That’s a pretty big admission for any true blue person to make.
But yea, complains about inability to protect oneself then goes ew guns. He seems to take the introspection and examination of the state of life and SF 3/4 of the way and refuses to make that last leap.
This is why Twitter is hot garbage for educating people like this.
He’s so close. He hasn’t QUITE taken the redpill. But he’s close.
But you need to grab him, sit him down (over a cup of coffee, I’m not a savage), and explain in no-nonsense terms that prog voting and policy is what made SF the hell hole it is today — just like many other urban centers.
Twitter’s a poor way to do that.
>Twitter’s a poor way to do that.
It’s by design. Easy to diseminate propaganda, but hard to have nuanced discussions that require thinking and time to digest. They want you to have a short attention span and just repeat their talking points. Social media was a mistake.
I do not know who this Hari dude(?) is and will not bother finding out.
Hari’s may not be “fuck SF” but it says “fuck Miami”. People like Hari cannot be sat down for a talk. We are way past that. Hari needs to be ostracized.
Can we be a dick to Hari?
Hmmm. That does sound like it is intended.
ahhhh.
Hmmm. That does sound NOT like it is intended.
“It had to do with my family, the people, the food, the culture, the debates, the nature.”
This line jumped out at me. Lived in SF for these reasons.
The unspoken assumption is these things do not exist elsewhere. It is an attitude I enjoyed when I lived in the Metro NY area, and it was an illusion that was shattered when I found out food, culture, debates, and nature are not geographically limited.
As to the rest, why move to a State/City where you disagree with the politics? He talks about the contract between Citizens and Government, and does not realize he is an active member of the contract. Why enter into a contract you disagree with? There are plenty of semi-blue states that are not San Fran shitholes (yet). Move there instead.
His entire attitude and mindset is armored by his ignorance.
“None are so blind as those that refuse to see.”
The other problem with burning him out is he will likely move into a condominium. That is in addition to the whole committing felony arson thing. Don’t commit felonies. Definitely don’t advocate for felonies.
1) Twitter.
2) Who is this person, and why should anyone care what he thinks?
3) Twitter. May as well drop a crab trap in a septic tank — the catch will be the same quality.
TL:DR, Got bored. 😉