Silicon Valley Monsters: 99% Poor people close to 1% rich a fence heaven

In the American High-tech Center Silicon Valley, although the poor and the rich live together under the same sky, but they seem to live in a different world. Strange situation: The poor and the rich are close to each other. A few kilometres away from the magnificent headquarters of social networking Facebook, police handcuffed a suspect to a barren neighbourhood, and the police car stopped at a distance. The patrol car roared through the streets near César (Cesar Chavez), where the children were playing and the homeless wandering. They share the same zip code as Facebook, but they live in a different world. Throughout Silicon Valley, fences and highways separate the poor from the rich, separating the powerful from the small. The phenomenon here is very strange, and the fashionable Atherton district of Redwood City is adjacent to the crime-ridden community. A fence will be worth millions of of dollars of luxury, and the Church of San Antonio hundreds of homeless people to distinguish, they have 6 days a week to get free hot meals in the church restaurant. Larry Purcell, a longtime social activist, points to a 5 million-dollar mansion with an arrow at the Church of San Antonio, saying: "You can throw the stone over, but the income gap in these two communities is staggering." It is difficult for the rich to understand the lives of the poor, even if they live in a neighborhood. "A few kilometres away, 4 street lanes serve as the real border between the Redwood City mansion and the crime-breeding community." In Silicon Valley, employment growth, income and venture capital are booming, almost to the all-time highs, but poverty has reached its limits. For Google in Mountain View, Facebook in Menlo City and Apple in Cooper Cupertino, business can flourish. But those who live outside life are still hard. San Francisco Bay District housing average price of 1 million U.S. dollars, one-bedroom apartment rental 1500 dollars a month. In San Francisco, there are still a lot of poor, Saint-Jose and other tent cities spreading around the southern market food storage area. Saint-Jose is considered to be the largest homeless gathering place in the United States, where more than 350 people live in tents, shacks and tree houses. Nearby San Mateo County is California's third Fuxian. Marian Coux Cooper, a psychologist at Stanford University, said: "There has been an extreme gap between the rich and the poor, more pronounced in the era of technological prosperity." Marianne "Cooper is also in the new book" Cut Adrift:families in the insecure Times ", highlighting the science and technology city of the rich and the rest of the Silicon Valley income gap between the increase in the situation. Ribecca Daimond Rebecca Diamond, an economist at Stanford University, said the income gap was growing in expensive technology centers such as New York, Seattle and Boston, with highly skilled workers enjoying the benefits of these cities. Mr Diamond also studied urban economic inequalities, with the main targets of highly paid workers who received higher education. San Francisco is an extreme example. The Boston Consulting group released data showing that over the past 5 years, the technology hereJobs grew by 56%, more than any big city in the United States, and unemployment fell to 4.4%. But house prices have also risen 20% per cent in 2013, with a monthly rent of $3396 trillion, the highest in the United States. Many people have moved to cheap neighborhoods, and they need to endure longer commutes. "When the poor are serving the rich, there is only time to equate them," Cooper said. "Although there are African-American and Hispanic employees in companies like Google and Facebook, most of them are on the periphery, with low salaries and virtually no benefits." The most typical of these are bus drivers, who commute thousands of tech companies to and from the city and Silicon Valley offices every day. The infamous Domparoo do Domparoo and Redwood City are centered on the San Francisco Bay Area, but their wealth gap is widening. In the 1992, Domparooto was notorious for the murder capital of the United States. 20 years later, it is still trying to get rid of that notoriety. Weapons-related attacks increased from 129 in 2011 to 230 in 2012, and remained high last year. Local officials say the high crime rate reflects the desperation of those economically deprived. "The biggest problem in this country is not that of Ebola or the terrorist organization, but of income inequality, which affects almost everything," Jackie Speier, US Republican Rep. Jackie Spier. "San Mateo County is home to the headquarters of Facebook, NetSuite, GoPro and other tech companies, which generates a lot of revenue each year." ' These companies only donate a small amount of money, which is not enough and they need to pay more, ' says Spearing. Yet there is inspiration in desperation. Community leaders like Purcell and activists are trying to merge many social programs, even though they usually don't get any financial aid from tech companies so close. Rosalie Lan (Rosalie Rendu Center) is a non-profit organization that teaches English and computer literacy for adults who do not speak English, and provides day-care and homework counseling for their children. "There are many poor people in East Palo who need some faith," said Trinitas Hernandez, head of the organization, Trinitas Hernandez. "Hernandez is also a member of the Daughters of Charity Ministry services organization, which began renting a one-bedroom apartment in the dilapidated east in 1996." Today, through donations and fundraising, they have spent 5 million of dollars to buy 40 apartments, with 37 families currently residing. In the poorest neighborhoods of the Bay Area, the Rosalie Lan Center is an oasis of education where children are accustomed to gunfire. If Hernandez is the soul of the center, then the 84-year-old Bill Samerville (Bill Somerville) is the Guardian God. Somerville is the founder and president of the Charity foundation, since 200For 0 years, he has invested $8 million in endangered schools in 5 counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. Schools that need help can get a maximum of $500 trillion through short applications. The story of the Rosalie Lan Center represents hope and dreams, though crime and poverty are the main daily things. Martha Peyresse (Martha Perez) fled Mexico to the United States in 1994, with Nancy Alvarez (Nancy Alvarez) and Imerda Hover (Imelda jovel), who studied English at the Rosalie Lan Center, and now teach others to learn English. Perez pointed to Hernandez and Somerville and said they were her guardian angels. 99% majority close to 1% wealthy people living East Palo several kilometers north of Redwood City gangs breed, there are St. Such treasures as Francis Center. The 28-year-old institution serves as a school and community center for young people. Christina Heltsley, principal Christina Herzlie, said: "Here not only teach children to learn English, music and science, but also teach them what is dignity." "You won't see so many tramps in San Francisco on the streets of Silicon Valley," said 66-Year-old Purcell. Because the rent is too high, one-bedroom apartment may have to live 10 people. "Especially Hispanic, they often rely on people, such as grandparents, aunts and uncles and other relatives to take care of the children, and they usually do 2 to 3 jobs." To ease the housing crisis, PVF bought cheap apartments in Redwood City, with many veterans and laborers. "I belong to the majority of the 99%, but I live next to 1% rich people," said the Iraqi and Afghan veteran, Max. "While many companies are involved in charitable work, people are grateful for their charitable donations, but they are being put into ineffective jobs and they need an enforceable plan." "We need CEOs to do two things: live on food stamps for a week or one night at a homeless shelter," Spearing said. This is a humiliating experience. Many tech giants support philanthropy only to help them improve their reputations, but we need to change that. "St. Francis's 7-year student, Alejandro Rod Torres (Alejandro Torres), dreamed of going to college and would one day be able to work for a big company like Facebook. "I want to help the community and people in the way that Christina helped me," he said. ”