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It makes it illegal for people to build themselves homes on land they own which is zoned for building homes. People poop on the streets. Public transit coverage is pretty lousy for a major city and public transit is more expensive than Uber. Our house has gotten robbed a couple times.
(To be clear, advantages that outweigh this include: there are good, flexible high-paying jobs that value employees and treat them like people. Many of these jobs will hire people without credentials, based just on what you can do. I am open at work about being gay and polyamorous and disabled, and no one even thinks this is remarkable or unusual. When I kiss my girlfriend in public people smile at us. Most of the people I hang out with are super excited about randomized controlled trials of universal basic income. My friend group holds ritualized retellings of the fight to eradicate smallpox. Our state legalized marijuana. Our city politicians are trying to handle the opioid epidemic with safe injection sites, support and compassion. I live with, work with, and am friends with great people who are working really hard to fix everything bad in their reach, and to extend their reach with every tool available to them.)
public transit is more expensive than Uber
see I cite this fact as one of the advantages of the Bay (Uber is cheaper than public transit!)