I love the optimism inherent in this reply. But when you read about this type of behavior http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n03/rebecca-solnit/diary , you realize that the tech world has a long way to go. I've seen too many people who just don't seem to care about, well, other people. We have become a selfish, entitled lot, and these kinds of developments tend to result in people going to the barricades.

Twitter negotiated to pay less than its share of the employee tax in SF. More and more startups are doing the same. Yet those shuttle buses run on city streets, park at city bus stops, and pay no additional fees to do so.

Many people here won't stay, won't volunteer in the community, won't get involved with the city and fight for better Muni and safer streets. Donations at charities are way down. Newly minted millionaires aren't donating to the arts or to charity, they're throwing lavish parties and buying over priced real estate. With people like Peter Thiel insisting that Libertarianism is the way all tech people should believe, precious few actually seem to get that we are all interconnected, and that a social safety net makes the world a better, safer place.

When I made my first money in this town, and it wasn't a lot, but it was enough to change my life, I wept, because I knew at its heart it was violently unfair that I should be safe and the people on the street not. I haven't stopped feeling that way. I hope you don't, either. It was nice to see someone actually care.

I hope that everyone here can show as much faith and heart as you do and insist on voting for taxes, policies, and politicians who will work to change things, for real.