A tale of two cities: SF v. LA Nothing like the passion of a convert. Ken Layne and Charlie Hornberger, founders of the Tabloid online news site, were among my first friends in San Francisco. And, ever since, they have made it their life's mission to trash Northern California. They started while still in SF, living and working in the same miserable hovel in Lower Haight. They had every right to feel cheated. Now that they both live in Los Angeles, in houses that are palaces by comparison, they have less about which to feel bitter, and more to feel smug. And they are still railing against San Francisco from their latest venture-hobby-publication, the L.A. Examiner weblog. They've launched a meme. The mainstream LA papers are gleefully documenting the latest arrivals from an over-priced and under-employed Bay Area. And here's a link to the San Francisco Bay Guardian as the SF radical weekly gets in on the act, touting LA as the refuge not just for dotcommers bounced out by the downturn, but for the weirdos bounced out by the dotcommers. "Yes, San Francisco, it's awful down here" [Ken Layne] And previously: Tale of two cities [San Francisco Bay Guardian] Dooce: Sham Francisco#
Nothing like the passion of a convert. Ken Layne and Charlie Hornberger, founders of the Tabloid online news site, were among my first friends in San Francisco. And, ever since, they have made it their life's mission to trash Northern California. They started while still in SF, living and working in the same miserable hovel in Lower Haight. They had every right to feel cheated. Now that they both live in Los Angeles, in houses that are palaces by comparison, they have less about which to feel bitter, and more to feel smug. And they are still railing against San Francisco from their latest venture-hobby-publication, the 
