I surround myself with people who work in user experience. Quite naturally, when I finished graduate school, I moved to a neighborhood in San Francisco where most of my friends lived (and where my first job was located). Of course, that also meant that I never left. I am in my bubble\u00e2\u20ac\u201dalways meeting people who are buying apartments, doing their own startup, and taking cabs regularly.<\/p>\n
Occasionally, I meet people who are outside the bubble. At first, it’s a surprise\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhy haven’t I met them before? am I that ignorant?<\/i> They spend differently. Their lifestyles differ so much from mine where the primary goal is can I pay the rent this month?<\/i><\/p>\n
Today, for the first time in a long time, I biked from a dinner alone. Because everyone lived in a cheaper neighborhood. I live in the Mission\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhere one fellow dinner attendee said, “The Facebook IPO has made it expensive to live there.”<\/p>\n
It’s true. I am part of that phenomenon. I am the person that people seek when they visit here\u00e2\u20ac\u201drequesting a place to stay or a place to pre-party. My neighborhood is constantly featured in hipster movies, because this is the quintessential hipster area although most hipsters cannot live here. When a new friend visits, it’s the questions of wow you have so much space<\/i> while I am puzzled because it always seemed a bit cramped.<\/p>\n
I am only comparing myself to my immediate peers. I just don’t know how lucky I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I surround myself with people who work in user experience. Quite naturally, when I finished graduate school, I moved to a neighborhood in San Francisco where most of my friends lived (and where my first job was located). Of course, … Continue reading