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this is true in the previous decades; post-dot-com boom and biotech growth, pro-sports prep, and aging boomers filling in the residences, not as much.

LSD was really very common for a long time in Berkeley; the inventors of MDMA had their memorial services nearby; these are not coincidences..

ridiculous sexual politics and overt hostility towards free speech by non-PC people are more accurate now-a-days IMHO



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The hippies grew up and became all sourpuss like.

hmm maybe partly true since people do sometimes lose patience in the golden years, but instead I think that a lot of shades of hippy moved away long ago to far-flung and lower cost places to live. The homes in Berkeley sell of stunning amounts of money, and many of them do not sell even once in decades. Meanwhile, an emphasis on non-USA students who pay a lot, and serious competitive programs at UCB, it just makes for a lot less elbow room for fun it seems.

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