One more clue to the psyche of the typical SFer...

I came across this article today while eating my lunch. In a nutshell, recent studies at the London Business School have "concluded that luxury seems intrinsically linked to self-interest." Perhaps luxury is indeed a factor in the self-interested disposition of most inhabitants of this place. As one of the only SFers that I have actually enjoyed so enlighteningly told me, "It's the perfect weather that makes people in San Francisco feel so self-entitled all the time. If they had to deal with bad weather, they'd likely be more willing to suck it up and deal with other inconveniences of society more often." E and I complain frequently about our fellow citizens of this "great" metropolis...and despite the denials of so many around us that make claims to its superiority, we are still waiting to find the virtues of a place with perfect weather (most of the time) and despicable people. And, to leave with something very insightful from the article:

luxury does not necessarily induce "nasty" behavior toward others, but more indifference toward them.