Going to the company Web site to find a location near you, it lists San Francisco under the locations, but the nearest one is in the South Bay tech/podunk town of Mountain View, none in San Francisco.
Let me make this clear: Mountain View is not San Francisco. It's not even close. It's not even on the peninsula.
This is the same sort of lame act the bridge-and-tunnel/South Bay set pull when they are trying to appear cool. "Where are you from?"
"San Francisco."
"What neighborhood?"
"Oh, Hayward."
Loosely translated, that means you don't really live in San Francisco, but more likely in a trailer, and are posing.
And it's rather disturbing to see this level of insecurity and desperation for hipness-by-proxy displayed by a corporate entity.
3 comments:
Wow was that a wholly unfair characterization of Mountain View.
First, I don't think you can use the word "podunk" for about a 50 mile radius. When average household prices are at the million dollar mark and the the city boasts one of the most educated populaces in the country, podunk does not apply.
Second, if you want to make references to trailer parks, stick to Milpitas, Fremont, Union City, Hayward, El Cerrito...
Third, don't hate on a city that you've never been to because you are loathe to take a bridge or tunnel.
Rant over.
I, clearly, disagree. For the record, I have been to Mountain View. Several times. The town is no where near 50 miles across, much less by radius.
And while "average" home prices have soared to insane levels in the last decade, it's still suburbia with plenty of depressed housing. The multi-million dollar places skew the stats for SMA average-- for every mansion there are hundreds of low income units. There may be McMansions for the tech set, but strip malls are the norm and 7-elevens abound.
It's new-stucco-construction Podunk, but Podunk nonetheless. It's Podunk with a disproportionate level SUVs and Lexi.
The demographic may skew to the "educated" (nerd), but that hardly makes it sophisticate central. It's still new money with marginal taste.
And the populace, while tech savvy, or even Stanford commuters, features no one I would like to be trapped with in an elevator. But that's just my experience.
It's almost 50 miles away, and an hour (sometimes plus) in traffic.
The main strip is pretty, but it looks like an upscale outdoor mall.
The main point of the post is that living in Mountain View does not make you a San Franciscan. And having a store in Mountain View, does not mean you have a location in San Francisco.
That, and anyone claiming to is an insecure poser.
I've been to MV, didn't have to take a bridge or a tunnel, and still hating on it.
Always have to have the last word, dontcha?
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