The Bay Area tech company Zapier is paying its new hires to leave the gentrified region

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…

This house in San Francisco is home to over 33,000 sheets of LSD

Nestled deep within San Francisco’s Mission district lays a white, two-story house with heavy black curtains shrouding the windows. Unbeknownst to casual passersby, inside this house there are over 33,000 sheets and individual tabs of LSD blotter paper on display. This…

These 5 cities have the coolest green initiatives

By: Jocelyn Schwalm With just about everyone starting to feel the effects of global warming, sustainability is becoming more and more of a popular concept to incorporate into the structural integrity of cities around the world. Enormous efforts have already…

A 25-year-old’s innovative and terrifying solution to living in San Francisco for $500 per month

By: Rob Hoffman A 25-year-old illustrator recently aired a unique solution to San Francisco’s absurd living costs. When plan ‘A’ fell through due to unexpectedly high housing prices—renting a two bedroom apartment with a friend—Peter Berkowitz decided to innovate. But…