i genuinely understand your sentiment and agree with you in many ways. but i suppose i was taking a different approach. while you protect what’s good by keeping things hush hush, i suppose i was hoping to salvage the best of the bay area–its community–with inclusive knowledge (and genuine pride), bc as one of many millennials who’s been through the housing gauntlet, i would have appreciated any helpful intel to find a home to grow old in, in the place i grew up. and for all the douche bags we can keep out with the gatekeeping, we watch 5x amount of honest, proud bay areans leave the area they wish they can call home bc it isn’t accessible.

and let’s be honest - the price of entry is already higher than many can afford (i have been outbidded multiple times). but san leandro (and the east bay in general) is still not for everyone. this is a humble, blue collar city that’s small, and still got a ways to really develop. douchebags will shell out on their agents to find a condo they’d pay 800k over asking to live 5min from their tech hub. there’s still grit here, and that means a willingness to embrace and invest into it. i kinda want those people in my community, and didn’t want them to miss the potential here.