Comments on: The Google Bus: “If you want an iPhone, a Facebook profile, and Google Maps, this is part of the price you’ve gotta pay” http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: one http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-97715 one Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:44:18 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-97715 I live fine without any of that shit. So, no, I don’t care for the price of having Google buses.

And as far as posting here? Our taxes paid for this. We paid for all of it. Private corporations get to profit.

]]> By: Greg http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-96254 Greg Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:40:27 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-96254 Here’s a nice return to the original thesis of this post.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/the-case-against-cars-in-1-utterly-entrancing-gif/281615/

]]> By: Devon http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95633 Devon Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:07:32 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95633 Don’t gentrify my city anymore than I already have!

]]> By: troll http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95628 troll Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:11:56 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95628 I would hope most people spend way more than an hour on their communes. Why devote yourself to it if you don’t really mean it?

]]> By: Erin http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95621 Erin Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:38:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95621 Gentrification is an issue of Responsibility and Respect. As class divide deepens, it’s not your fault. But you are responsible adults. Most people spend over an hour on their communes, most people live somewhere that is not their first choice because of their jobs or some other lifestyle they have fallen into. Be responsible for your actions; people aren’t throwing tantrums because they fear change. Perhaps some of them are, but to write off the backlash you’re getting on others’ inability to accept these changes is really irresponsible and disrespectful. We are also adults who want to live where we want to live for good reasons, and who want to get to work efficiently, and who try to think before we speak.
In this day and age, there is a lot more consideration that needs to be taken for simple matters like trying to get a lucrative job and follow its path. More than our folks or their folks did. Just (wo)man up to the responsibility. Look how small the mission district is, look who already lives there, see it, realize what you’re doing and just opt for Noe Valley because you can afford it or better yet Silicon Valley itself because it was built For you and the Mission was not. You all don’t necessarily fit there.
And I know San Francisco is a big metropolitan city and a huge portion of our population was not born here, and that’s what makes it a city that thrives. And that’s what makes it inviting to a new person. But a lot of those people are young people who are learning, and then they learn to Follow their paths elsewhere, or are people who already have communities here. You have a community in Silicon Valley. You are really moving in here. You just can’t act like you’re not causing waves here, you need to accept your actions and pay attention to the reactions.

]]> By: ted http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95551 ted Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95551 Those with taste (and more stock options) may prefer a $3M victorian, but those in are extremely short supply.

]]> By: heyballsack http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95545 heyballsack Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:21:54 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95545 Pretty sure no one with taste wants an overpriced, prefab condo that looks like a fancy college dorm.

]]> By: heyballsack http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95544 heyballsack Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:19:26 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95544 For someone who loves the internet, the icon thing just isn’t clicking.

]]> By: tuffy http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95541 tuffy Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:11:51 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95541 google “Bang bus”

]]> By: ted http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95539 ted Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:59:42 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95539 It’ll be really fun watching them buy all these new condos. Your head will explode with envy.

]]> By: troll http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95538 troll Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:57:39 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95538 Was externalities Pee Wee’s word of the day today or something?!

]]> By: umm http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95537 umm Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:54:13 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95537 i’ve heard a lot of stereotypes about tech workers who spend 18 hrs a day chained to a desk, i never thought ‘underworked’ would be added to the list.

]]> By: Fuck Techies http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95536 Fuck Techies Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:47:01 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95536 Twitter lost 65 million last year, pays no payroll taxes gets other tax breaks and hires only under 30. Twitter doubled its losses from last year and now they are going to sucker people in to buying their stock. It’s another bubble and the crash will be fun to watch this time as the overpaid, underworked tech class flees by the thousands. Just like 10 years ago. Same sh$t, new day.

]]> By: dr http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95535 dr Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:44:38 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95535 says “hey ball sack”.

]]> By: heyballsack http://www.missionmission.org/2013/10/22/the-google-bus-if-you-want-an-iphone-a-facebook-profile-and-google-maps-this-is-part-of-the-price-youve-gotta-pay/#comment-95534 heyballsack Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:18:45 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=50830#comment-95534 Nope, it’s about externalities being forced on neighborhoods without their input.

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