{"id":6010,"date":"2016-07-29T00:13:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T00:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2016-06-29T00:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:14:23","slug":"linked-san-francisco-has-become-one-huge-metaphor-for-economic-inequality-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/29\/linked-san-francisco-has-become-one-huge-metaphor-for-economic-inequality-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;San Francisco has become one huge metaphor for economic inequality in America&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/711854\/the-inequality-happening-now-in-san-francisco-will-impact-america-for-generations-to-come\/\">via QZ<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>According to a recent study by the California Budget Center, San Francisco ranks first in California for economic inequality. The average income of the top 1% of households in the city averages $3.6 million, 44 times the average income of the bottom 99%, which stands at $81,094. The top 1% of the San Francisco peninsula\u2019s share of total income now extends to 30.8% of the region\u2019s income, a dramatic jump from 1989, where it stood at 15.8%.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is a startling figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via QZ: According to a recent study by the California Budget Center, San Francisco ranks first in California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-30T23:55:36Z","apple_news_api_id":"50325f4f-ee3d-4665-87e0-cd571e83f1d5","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-30T23:55:37Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AUDJfT-49RmWH4M1XHoPx1Q","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1yW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6948,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/28\/linked-should-states-charge-low-income-residents-less-for-traffic-tickets\/","url_meta":{"origin":6010,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Should States Charge Low-Income Residents Less for Traffic Tickets?&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Atlantic: Absolutely. The laws of our nation shouldn\u2019t cripple people who make less than an average salary. There are always under-the-table freeloaders who won\u2019t report income and thus get out of paying what I pay for a moving violation but, like healthcare, someone shouldn\u2019t go into debt when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4386,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/12\/18\/linked-24-hours-in-san-francisco\/","url_meta":{"origin":6010,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;24 Hours in San Francisco&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Bold Italic: For\u00a024 Hours in San Francisco,\u00a017 students from The Academy of Art University\u2019s PH 462: Editorial Photography captured moments in SF to create a story spanning an entire day. Each student was assigned a four-hour period with the task of capturing the city at its best during\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4535,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/03\/26\/linked-even-if-you-were-born-here-you-missed-the-real-san-francisco\/","url_meta":{"origin":6010,"position":2},"title":"Linked: Even if You Were Born Here, You Missed the Real San Francisco","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Bold Italic: San Francisco is over. You missed it. This ain\u2019t the Summer of Love. Punk is dead. Die yuppie scum. Die techie scum. Fuckin' hipsters.\u00a0 Great article that most poignantly wraps up everything I\u2019ve heard about \u201cthe way SF was\u201d. Well done!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6024,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/linked-what-donald-trump-loves-about-the-brexit\/","url_meta":{"origin":6010,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;What Donald Trump Loves About The Brexit&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Five Thirty Eight: \u201cYou can begin to understand, if not empathize with, their economic pessimism,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cIn the five areas where Brexit was strongest, the median income was around \u00a318,000 [around $23,760], while in the five areas where support for Brexit was weakest, the median\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4234,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/09\/02\/linked-a-love-letter-from-boston-to-san-francisco\/","url_meta":{"origin":6010,"position":4},"title":"Linked: A LOVE LETTER FROM BOSTON TO SAN FRANCISCO","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via The Bold Italic: I think you would have had to live in both SF and New England to fully appreciate this. If you have, it's worth the read.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5178,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/linked-renting-in-las-vegas-and-commuting-to-san-francisco-would-save-you-1124-per-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":6010,"position":5},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Renting in Las Vegas and commuting to San Francisco would save you $1,124 per month&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Reddit\\SF: Added together, it would cost you $2,408 a month to live in and commute from Las Vegas, meaning a savings of $715 a month (and double the apartment space) compared to living in San Francisco. It\u2019s entirely possible with a notebook that you can write, code and plan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}