Like a half-house: in San Francisco they sell a parking space for a fabulous amount

San Francisco is known to be an expensive city, and this parking space, which sells for $ 100, will cost its new owner nearly half the cost of the average American home, writes Business Insider. An indoor parking space in the South Beach area of ​​San Francisco has been billed ...

San Francisco lacks money for basic expenses despite high taxes

San Francisco residents pay some of the highest taxes in the state. But more than a dozen neighborhoods still charge property owners with mandatory funding fees for services the city cannot provide. For what exactly local business owners pay extra, tells Fox News. “Since January this ...

New San Francisco rule accidentally makes iPhones illegal

In May 2019, San Francisco authorities banned the use of facial recognition technology by police and other agencies, blocking a tool that has been widely criticized for misidentifying people of different races. Business Insider writes about it. San Francisco became the first city in the United States to ban ...

Google Parking Van: How IT Professionals Live in San Francisco

Working for the tech giants of Silicon Valley looks like a dream from the outside, and the likely six-figure salary turns this idea into a major career goal - the luxurious life beckons, which is why many tech workers flock to the San Francisco Bay Area. But…

Expensive and dirty: due to poor conditions, San Francisco lost the conference that took place there for 20 years

Oracle, a major technology company in Silicon Valley, has moved its annual OpenWorld conference to Las Vegas, NV due to high hotel prices and “poor conditions” in San Francisco, California. Writes about this Fox News. The loss of OpenWorld, which was held in San Francisco for about 20 years, ...

Personal experience: how I live in the San Francisco Bay Area for only $ 50 000 per year

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive urban areas in the United States. But you can live here with a modest income, says Business Insider. When I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1987, I was a graduate student with no money. In the 1980s, San Francisco was expensive, but not as expensive as ...

We spend autumn in the company of compatriots: a Russian ball will be held in San Francisco

The Russian Center of San Francisco invites everyone to the Russian Autumn Ball. The event, which will take place on November 23, is a great way to spend the fall in the company of “your own”, enjoy communication with Russian-speaking residents of San Francisco, performances by Russian artists and traditional Slavic treats, which many will surely...

The probability of a powerful earthquake in San Francisco exceeded all expectations

On July 4, a 6,4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California. Shaking near the town of Ridgecrest, about 75 miles (120 km) east of Bakersfield. A few hours later, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7,1 occurred in the same area. And this is also ...

Plywood Wall and Gate: How San Francisco Rescuers from Homeless People

Fighting the growing homelessness crisis in San Francisco, a resident recently walled off an alley that the homeless used to empty and take drugs. “This path has long burdened city resources. It needs to be cleaned several times a week. City records ...

'Russian' San Francisco: what's left of 'California Brighton Beach'

The Richmond area in San Francisco is still marked on the map as Little Russia. Old-timers note: thirty or forty years ago it resembled either Deribasovskaya Street in Odessa, or New York's Brighton Beach. However, today the similarities of the Russian oasis in San Francisco ...

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