Please don't post like this to HN. You broke this site guideline so flagrantly that I can't quite believe my eyes:

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

... since the parent comment already made the same point, in the part you didn't bother to quote.

Also, please don't post in the flamewar style to HN generally. It's not what this site is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I actually really want to live in San Francisco, but I don't want to and am not smart enough to work for a FAANG-type company. It's one of the few American cities where you can be a first-class citizen without owning a car and comfortably bike/walk everywhere year-round. SF has a really fascinating history and cool culture. I wish it was possible to work in academia there without already being wealthy.

I could also make much more money in SV. I like working from home in a smallish (150k) town in the northwest. I hate traffic. I hate commutes. I hate $5000/month apartments :)

> The option not to have live in San Francisco, a dismal place that very few people want to actually be in anymore.

Dismal? Lol I love it here. People are moving out of cities all over the country because of coronavirus, sure, but only because most of the perks of city living are non-existent right now. I know a couple people moving and they're not going far, because of the nearby available amenities, that being excellent cycling and motorcycling roads, great mountain biking trails, climbing rocks, whatever water sports you could want...

Never quite got the hate. It's good weather and a great region.

I'm not sure it's accurate to say that doing open source gives you "complete freedom". In some way, you are responsible to your contributors / users and they are kind of paying your bills.

His first sentence was just setting the context and not meant to be pejorative.

wow! did you read the rest of my comment?