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Poll: San Francisco Bay Area Web/Tech, Do You Go To Burning Man?

posted by Scott Beale on Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I’m conducting a survey, if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and work in the web/tech industry, do you go to Burning Man?

Feel free to pass this poll along. Of course there is no way to verify that only people in the Bay Area are responding, but it should give a general idea of who is/isn’t going these days.

A decade ago this poll would have been a joke. Back then almost all of us went.

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xian 07/18/2008 02:48 PM 3 points
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I liked Burning Man when it was called Dead Shows.

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TracyFeldstien 07/17/2008 09:07 PM 3 points
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For something a little different, may I suggest the Pleasanton Scottish Highland games. I hear there will be 800 bagpipers!

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Scott Beale 07/17/2008 09:14 PM 1 point
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Ha, Tracy you're awesome.

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TracyFeldstien 07/17/2008 09:05 PM 2 points
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You forgot, "I go every year, but I'm not going this year!"

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Scott Beale 07/17/2008 09:15 PM 2 points
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Well we don't want to make things too complicated. Hey, maybe one that says "I'll only attend if Paul Addis is going"

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Chris Arkenberg 07/17/2008 08:27 PM 2 points
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I've gone 8 times since '97. I've been working in tech in SJ since '99. It was always fun when I'd show up at pre-Burn work meetings with dyed hair or a mohawk.

Burning Man was once the pinnacle of my year but is now something I'm leaving behind, possibly for good. Didn't go last year and no plans for this one. Aside from personal ghosts haunting the Playa, it's a lot harder for me to willingly tear down all of my foundations every year. I've been spending so much time trying to build stability in my life that I'm no longer that interested in challenging them on such a profound and societal level.

Economically, I've been more inclined to invest my money in a real vacation or serious travel (eg last year I went to Japan instead of Burning Man). And now that Paul is being tried for arson, the whole thing seems, for me, to have completely jumped the burning shark (note: if I return, my art project will be The Man dressed in a leather jacket ski-jumping over a playa shark).

I still love it and highly recommend the experience to anyone who hasn't been but for me it's no longer providing the experiences I need at this stage in my life. Ultimately, my reasons are probably more personal than anything intrinsic to the state of Burning Man and I may return if it's still happening once I've built a solid foundation.

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catcubed 07/17/2008 09:03 PM 1 point
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You're missing: I usually go every year, but this year "hell no!'

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KevinEvans 07/17/2008 09:09 PM 1 point
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As Vee would say: "What is Burningman"?

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biginjapan 07/17/2008 10:10 PM 1 point
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You left off one important one: "I went once and..."

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adam jackson 07/17/2008 11:13 PM 1 point
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I've wanted to go for the past three years. I'll be 22 for this year's event and I think I'm finally old enough and mature enough to enjoy the experience. We'll see.

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William 07/18/2008 01:28 AM 1 point
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I haven't been in years, and was thinking I'd go back soon, but the Addis thing made me change my mind. I'd be surprised if I ever go again.

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jennconspiracy 07/18/2008 08:44 AM 1 point
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Did someone say bagpipes? Ooh! I think I'm going there!

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Jason_GorillaSushi 07/18/2008 02:54 PM 1 point
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I've never been but if Paul Addis is going to be on stage playing non-stop covers of "Light My Fire" and "Fire Woman" lounge-style, I'm totally there.

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catcubed 07/18/2008 05:16 PM 1 point
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Oh yes we need one question just for Paul Addis: "I went last year and lit the night up! I'd love to come back this year if it wasn't for that whole prison thing."

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timwayne 07/17/2008 08:30 PM 0 points
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Do I want to go to Burning Man again?

HMMMMMMMMMM

Probably not.

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gba 07/17/2008 08:31 PM 0 points
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what, no option for "i find the idea and the people repulsive?". geez...

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vertigo25 07/17/2008 09:45 PM 0 points
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/me agrees with gba

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