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I was watching a DJ from West Oakland on Twitch, and she was very excited that she was moving to SF next week. She said that because all the tech people left, rents in SF have fallen a lot, so much so that she's actually saving money moving to SF.

It'll be interesting to see how that holds up after this is over. How many of the large employers will continue to allow work from home, or at least not work from SF?

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SF rents have fallen significantly only in "undesirable" areas which are mostly offices and high rises where rents were exorbitant anyway.

My friend's shoebox apartment was $3300/mo which he renewed for another 13 months for $2200/mo with 2 months rent free.

However, more residential neighborhoods have seen rents drop by only a little bit.

"The median 1-bed price in San Francisco last month was $2830, a 20.3% decrease from a year ago. Not only is this drop among the largest yearly decreases Zumper has ever recorded in our history of tracking rental prices, but it was also the first time the median 1-bed price in San Francisco was priced below $3000. These combined trends show just how drastically the market has changed in the nation’s most expensive city to rent."

- https://www.zumper.com/blog/zumper-national-rent-report-octo...

How popular, in terms of audience, is DJ video streaming on Twitch? Can you share more about this phenomenon?

You know, I just discovered it recently myself. There are enough DJs that you can basically get music 24/7. Maybe that's a function of the pandemic, and it will slow down once people can go out again and the DJs can work again.

As far as popularity, it's totally random. I'll start with the Sofitukker stream in the morning, and just follow the raids all day. Some of the DJs will have a few 1000 streamers, and some will have 50.

After a while Twitch starts suggesting channels. Looking right now at all the suggested channels, they range in viewers from 60 to 808.

I think I'd like to watch someone produce live on Twitch, collaborating with the audience as one progresses. Something like what Dr Mix does, but live and original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0djbmrnEBc&t=178s

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