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9 April 2014updated 04 Aug 2014 4:00pm

Laurie Penny on a tale of two cities: how San Francisco’s tech boom is widening the gap between rich and poor

San Francisco is awash with tech money. Yet this city of innovation is also a place where you have to step over the homeless to buy a $20 artisan coffee.

By Laurie Penny

Ivory towers: the cost of living in San Francisco is soaring – but the city is also a magnet for the long-term homeless.
Photograph: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos.

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