I share your sentiment of not being overly judgmental when you see an en/em dash but this feels overly reductive and hostile:
> Proper writing in general is being derided by younger folks who are too uneducated to tell the difference.
There are legitimate differences in writing styles between age groups and cultures and being overly prescriptive in what is “right” vs “wrong” doesn’t help your argument IMO
It’s not the media’s fault that the initial executive order was an ambiguous mess that threatened the livelihoods of immigrants all across the country.
The third option here is writing type stubs for the library, which you can sometimes find community versions of as well. They’re not too time consuming to write and generally work well enough to bridge the gap
As someone who also has never lived in SV, I'd imagine that, if the majority of these people leaving are young, active, relatively wealthy individuals, that they would move to areas where they can advantage of that position. A lot of people in that demographic are probably relatively active and might have would want to move somewhere with access to lots of outdoor activities. My guesses would be: SLC, Denver, Phoenix.
Disclaimer: I'm from the Denver metro so am obviously biased here. Also please don't move here because housing is expensive enough ;)
> Proper writing in general is being derided by younger folks who are too uneducated to tell the difference.
There are legitimate differences in writing styles between age groups and cultures and being overly prescriptive in what is “right” vs “wrong” doesn’t help your argument IMO