Dogpatch

English Etymology From en dog patch, the fictional setting of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner. Proper noun Any community inhabited by hillbillies. An abandoned theme park in Arkansas. en neighborhood city/San Francisco s/California. weekend Tabby Kinder; George Hammond 2023-05-20 So long, San Francisco Life & Arts 1 As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate. en-GB Arielle Pardes unnamed startup employee 12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us w:The Guardian 2026-02-17 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco 0261-3077 Another startup employee, who came to San Francisco to work for an early-stage AI company, showed me dismal photos from his office: a two-bedroom apartment in the Dogpatch, a neighborhood popular with tech workers. https://web.archive.org/web/20260306223057/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco en terms derived from fiction