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Thursday, December 19, 2013

News from San Francisco

The San Francisco Chronicle has a chess puzzle that I'm able to solve.  This is why I buy the Chronicle when I live in Berkeley.  Today's edition also has several relevant urban pieces.

1.  The Cost of Municipal Services in San Fran ---  The "rules of the game" are changing so that municipal unions can no longer threaten to strike in order to get a better deal.

2.  The Culture Clash  --- between young, rich techies and "old school" San Francisco residents --- Exhibit #1  and Exhibit #2.

Either today or tomorrow, I will travel to San Fran to conduct a field experiment to test whether Chinese restaurants raise their prices when I walk in the door.