BY: ELIJAH BASSETT If a hiring manager responded to your job application by offering you $10,000 to get away from them, you probably wouldn’t take it as a compliment. But one Bay Area tech company, Zapier, is giving its new…
San Francisco’s silicon soul: how it feels to be the villain in a gentrified city
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI There was a time when this toy box of a city couldn’t pry itself from the image of a bohemian paradise – and perhaps it still hasn’t. After all, no one comes to San Francisco to see…
Hipster “discoveries” are overshadowing historic culture – and locals are pissed
BY: Victoria Heath Jeffrey Almonte is only 19 years old, but he’s already amassed fame on YouTube and Facebook. A native of East Harlem, Almonte has posted plenty of viral witty and humorous videos on his social media pages, but…
Is McDonald’s new design fighting gentrification in London or offending its citizens?
BY: CAROLINE ROLF If the mass-produced toxic food wasn’t bad enough, fast food giant, McDonald’s, may have another reason to apologize. In a poorly thought out marketing attempt aimed towards the inner city life troubled by tagging in Brixton, south…
This is what the dark side of gentrification looks like (Photos)
By: Rob Hoffman Photos by: Fredrik Lerneryd Follow Fredrik on Instagram. The children watched from the second floor windows of the industrial building as the Red Ants unloaded from pickup trucks and cars with tinted windows. They wore red jumpsuits…