Comments on: Google coming to the Mission

By: of course

of course — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:16:37 +0000

How so?

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:48:15 +0000

I always thought of it more as hipster central. Either way, It’s not my scene.

By: scum

scum — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:11:22 +0000

If you think Dear Mom is a douche fest now, just wait.

By: um

um — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:56:13 +0000

If it’s a man he should be more worried than you, as men are more than twice as likely to be the victim of violent crime at the hands of a stranger.

By: um

um — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:51:25 +0000

Because if a company that fairly compensates it’s employees moves into the neighborhood, it’s unfair for all the people already living there who are under-compensated and have to compete for the same goods. These folks would never turn the issue on their benevolent masters and ask why they aren’t compensated more fairly, they need to demonize those that are getting a little more than themselves.

By: um

um — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:46:58 +0000

and just like that the whole thing went right over your head.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:27:56 +0000

I honestly don’t see why people freaking out about this. It’s not like they’re tearing down housing or evicting a current business to move in.

By: Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:39:59 +0000

Jumping the gun, commenting on a false phantom ‘story’ Yay for the internet.

By: Blexxxxxxhhhh

Blexxxxxxhhhh — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 06:57:02 +0000

And by losers you mean people who don’t agree with you, or your values, and decide to speak up about it…..? Waaaaaa. So sad.

By: two beers

two beers — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:21:12 +0000

The second link is to a piece by Michael Hudson.

By: of course

of course — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:41:42 +0000

That bar would actually get better if that happened.

By: Troll

Troll — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:35:51 +0000

Yeah, apparently news stories are now saying they are NOT moving to the Mission. Maybe Google will open up a new third floor bar at Elbo Room?

By: Valenchia

Valenchia — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:34:14 +0000

@SayWhat: You don’t appear to understand the purpose behind the tax break. Yes, Twitter saved on taxes, but the City got Twitter and other companies to move into a blighted area and help revitalize it. As this was the first effort — in several decades of trying — to actually succeed in improving that area, it is odd to call it a fiasco.

BTW, your last sentence has no logic and seems to be divorced from facts, so I can’t really comment on it.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:23:33 +0000

Well, as a young woman who lives in the NE Mission, I *do* prefer lit up streets to dark, long stretches without a single person in sight. I’m guessing you either don’t live in the area, or you’re a man who doesn’t have to worry about being raped, if you think safety isn’t something we need in our neighborhood.

That being said, there’s a HUGE middle ground between a mall, and a normal neighborhood with healthy businesses during day and night. It’s ridiculous to think that just because a company moves into an empty warehouse building, that means the Mission has suddenly turned into Disneyland. Trust me, it will take more than this for this area, which mostly consists of storage units and warehouses, to “turn into a mall.”

By: two beers

two beers — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:01:39 +0000

TS,

I agree with you. But most people’s eyes glaze over when they encounter political economy, and I wouldn’t expect a neighborhood blog to parse the hegemony of neo-classical economic ideology and its neo-liberal death machine spawn.

People are hurting and scared, and google’s hegemony and especially the buses are potent symbols of the economic death march against working people and families — I don’t think very many people would show up to protest Goldman Sachs and Chase, even though they are the prime culprits.

But if anyone is curious about what TS is referring to, read the CounterPunch and NakedCapitalism sites. Start with Mike Whitney ( http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/04/the-state-of-the-economy/ ) ( http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/07/michael-hudson-from-the-bubble-economy-to-debt-deflation-and-privatization.html )