I think there are meaningful differences between Berkeley, San Francisco, and South Bay. I think the Berkeley REACH center is very specifically going to be most relevant to people living in Berkeley (or who expect to visit, since it provides a low-cost rooms to crash in).
Part of the reason it is good is that it marks a return to something like an actual-factual-community where a critical mass of people are in walking distance of the community center, which is valuable for a) vastly reducing cost to wander by and see who’s hanging out, b) can actually be useful for emergencies. (See Sabbath Hard and Go Home for some context there)
I think there are meaningful differences between Berkeley, San Francisco, and South Bay. I think the Berkeley REACH center is very specifically going to be most relevant to people living in Berkeley (or who expect to visit, since it provides a low-cost rooms to crash in).
Part of the reason it is good is that it marks a return to something like an actual-factual-community where a critical mass of people are in walking distance of the community center, which is valuable for a) vastly reducing cost to wander by and see who’s hanging out, b) can actually be useful for emergencies. (See Sabbath Hard and Go Home for some context there)