Safe as Houses - Derek Powazek (fraying) thoughts on leaving San Francisco Bay Area for Portland
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Derek Powazek aka fraying is a great designer: http://powazek.com/
He begged, borrowed, and scraped to buy a shack in San Francisco in 2007
After years of frustration with the cost of living and with the people in the SF Tech scene, he's selling that shack for twice as much in 2014 so he can live a good life in Portland:
http://tinyletter.com/fraying/letters/safe-as-houses
His story informs the exodus of many good, talented people from the Bay Area.
People don’t like talking about money. I understand that. Money runs our lives in a way that nothing else does.
4:56 PM Nov 20 2014