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"Community college is free for the city of San Francisco" is the same as saying "community college is free for the residents of Midtown Manhattan" -- (edited)

Posted by con_carne Feb 8 '17, 00:35

It could result in some *innovation!* but it's mainly benefiting the wealthy

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A quick Google search says there are plenty of people that can use this. They have the highest poverty rate in the Bay Area at 13.8%. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:03
The affordability of cities is certainly something we need to tackle - ty97 Feb 8, 05:05
SF has rent control, so a family living there since 1980 probably only pays a quarter of the rent start up techs next door - zeitgeist Feb 8, 01:26
To illustrate, here is the Google Maps boundary for the city of SF (spoilers: it's... not big) -- (link) - con_carne Feb 8, 01:05

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