Nobody Goes There Anymore, It’s Too Crowded - Yogi Berra
There is nothing like Dharavi in the bay area. There is some visible poverty in the bay, but it's not at that scale at all . Not to mention the functioning animal control, flood control, etc.
Source: I lived in the bay area (all 3 bays). I also lived in ~20 other cities all over US.
[1]From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/...
Today's Dharavi bears no resemblance to the fishing village it once was. A city within a city, it is one unending stretch of narrow dirty lanes, open sewers and cramped huts.
In a city where house rents are among the highest in the world, Dharavi provides a cheap and affordable option to those who move to Mumbai to earn their living.
Rents here can be as low as 185 rupees ($4/£2.20) per month. As Dharavi is located between Mumbai's two main suburban rail lines, most people find it convenient for work.
Even in the smallest of rooms, there is usually a cooking gas stove and continuous electricity.
[1]For $700 a month, renters will soon be able to live in sleeping pods in San Francisco: https://abc7chicago.com/post/exclusive-san-francisco-sleepin...
[2]They met on that couch at PodShare Westwood a year ago and today they got married! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzi6Lm0B6rs/#
So stop doing that.
"Tech people" are not even a plurality in the greater bay area, let alone a majority. If all you see is tech people everywhere you go, that's your fault. Maybe take some responsibility for your outcomes, and go more interesting places, instead of deciding a metropolis of millions of people is somehow beneath you...
"Mid-tier cities" are great too and have rich social fabrics if you look for them as well!
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Object-Relational Mapping males?
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