I've lived in San Francisco most of my adult life (having moved to the city after I graduated high school in the late 90's), and the current tech boom has been bittersweet for me and a lot of my friends. To be honest, I agree with -- and for the most part fit into -- the portrait this article paints of Bay Area engineers ("more of them go to Burning Man than to church"), but what's heartbreaking as a San Franciscan is how much influence on the city's culture the vocal minority of "loudmouthed techies" has had; neighborhoods I used to live in and love -- namely the Mission, South of Market, and Lower Haight -- would be unrecognizable in their current forms if my 2002 self were to see them.<p>I understand cities are living things, and they grow and change and people come and go, but the complete disregard for the city's culture is what's been so difficult for me. When I moved here I was young and naive, too, but I like to think I used the opportunity to learn about different cultures, backgrounds and perspectives, not marginalize them.