Silicon Valley VC says there's 'nothing' in SF, feels wrath of Bay Area Twitter

Although the strategy may not have worked out well for Peter Shih, Andreessen Horowitz VC partner Benedict Evans still went ahead and made public his mostly negative opinions about San Francisco in a series of tweets on Sunday night.

In the first post, Evans criticized both the city's the high rent prices and the lack of culture — all within 140 characters.

Immediately after, the tech businessman felt the swift, vicious Twitter response immediately, drawing critical responses from people including writers, podcast hosts, and even some within the tech community. Users criticized his brusque dismissal of the city, with many saying he's very wrong about his statements concerning the city's lack of culture.

Here is Evans' initial tweet:

You move to SF for tech and spend all your money on rent. Well, there’s nothing else here. Maybe I’ll crack and go run in circles — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

And a sampling of the responses it garnered:

@BenedictEvans @TheEricAnderson or you can stop whining and go to Golden Gate Park, or have your Uber take you since you seem unable to walk — kim oconnor (@kimoco) December 21, 2015

@BenedictEvans It's too bad there's not a highly-educated class of wealthy industrialists to fund civic/cultural institutions...oh wait. — Maria Chong (@mariachong) December 21, 2015

@BenedictEvans I hope you slip on a banana peel. — Schlotman (@Schlotmannn) December 21, 2015

But as shortsighted and socially reckless as his first tweets were, Evans stuck to his guns. After dozens of angered responses, he doubled down, even when it came to talking about the city's parks. Using Dolores Park as an example of sparse greenery (while conveniently forgetting the vast Golden Gate Park), Evans laments the city's lack of natural public spaces, saying they're "too few, too small."

It goes on:

With few distractions, you could get a lot of reading done in SF. Except you’d need a good bookshop — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

I wish I had a dollar for everyone who's ever said 'San Francisco is so great - if you leave it and drive 3 hours, you can see some trees!" — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

When it rains in SF, the homeless build encampments under the elevated freeways. In the capital of tech in the world’s richest country. — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

'SF is all about challenge, diversity, difference, change, new opinions!'. -'I don't think SF is that great' 'Shut up! Burn him! Burn him!' — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

More people sleep on the street in SF than in *England*. ~4,400 v ~2,700. 1: https://t.co/nKWW5OpGJo 2: https://t.co/E7PDEhVgp0 ♻️ — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

The scale of SF rough sleeping, the utter failure to fix it and toxicity of talking about it are deeply shocking to anyone who moves here — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

@daisy I miss living in a world-class city with world-class institutions and urban life, and I make no apology for that at all — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) December 21, 2015

As of this writing, Evans hasn't slowed down. Follow the stream here.