Article WKZX Is there an app for that? In San Francisco, the answer is often no

Is there an app for that? In San Francisco, the answer is often no

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Jemima Kiss
from Technology | The Guardian on (#WKZX)
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Silicon Valley has delusions of grandeur and should concentrate on problems closer to home

It's something of a running joke in San Francisco that there are so many startups designed to meet the needs of twentysomething, freshly dropped out of college wannabe startups: food delivery to your door (SpoonRocket, DoorDash, Instacart), laundry delivery to your door (Rinse, Sudzee, Instawash), marijuana to your door (Eaze, MediThrive, the Green Cross), car parking from your door (Luxe, ZIRX). A rich variety of chores outsourced to some poorly paid service worker. Does this sound like the future?

Given how many niche startups there are for this shut-in generation, and how many entrepreneurs and developers move to San Francisco, it's slightly surprising there isn't a service to help with the move itself. Ever since some Europeans got lost a few hundred years ago and controversially claimed parts of North America, there has been a westward drift, culturally and economically.

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