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It might not be obvious right away, but San Francisco is really tolerant and open minded. That picture looks like yet another hate rally targeting a specific d

It might not be obvious right away, but San Francisco is really tolerant and open minded. That picture looks like yet another hate rally targeting a specific demographic, but it's really a welcoming party for new arrivals to the city. Edit: Yes, yes, I know I'll get some downvotes for this. But hate and prejudice are disgusting, even when they are popular or politically correct.

pkinsky 11y ago
It's not hatred, merely open minded progressive concern about newcomers with a different culture immigrating, changing the ethnic balance of SF and (indirectly) causing job loss. /sarcasm
khuey 11y ago
San Francisco is nowhere near as tolerant and open minded as it claims to be. It's still far better than almost everywhere else though.
- thedevil 11y ago
  I mostly agree. Although I'd say it's radically tolerant in some ways and very intolerant in others. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that most inhabitants are very tolerant and a few extremists are not.
- yummyfajitas 11y ago
  It's not hard to come up with other places that are vastly more tolerant of newcomers. Consider, for example, Houston. Houston issued permits to build 64,000 new homes in 2014. SF issued permits for 3800, and California as a whole issued 83,000. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/03/houston-v-california.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/03/hou... http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/2014_Housing_Inventory.pdf http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/20... In fact, Texas issued more new housing permits than CA, NY, NJ and MA combined. http://www.census.gov/construction/bps/txt/tb2u2014.txt http://www.census.gov/construction/bps/txt/tb2u2014.txt Or did you just mean abstract tolerance of certain socially approved groups as opposed to the real humans who want to move in?
- gravity13 11y ago
  You gotta imagine it from an old-time SF residents perspective, though. A lot of people have seen their friends get pushed out by the rent situation, and slowly, places like the Castro are becoming less beacons of the gay pride community and more like another up-and-coming hip place to be. It's not intolerance to be annoyed by it, a lot of the residents of the city loved the city for its culture but now there's so many tech bros in the land that the culture is being displaced. The world's in flux, so tough shit, but as both a native to the area and a tech worker, in my opinion, this city is becoming less open minded.

pkinsky 11y ago

It's not hatred, merely open minded progressive concern about newcomers with a different culture immigrating, changing the ethnic balance of SF and (indirectly) causing job loss. /sarcasm

khuey 11y ago

San Francisco is nowhere near as tolerant and open minded as it claims to be. It's still far better than almost everywhere else though.

thedevil 11y ago
I mostly agree. Although I'd say it's radically tolerant in some ways and very intolerant in others. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that most inhabitants are very tolerant and a few extremists are not.
yummyfajitas 11y ago
It's not hard to come up with other places that are vastly more tolerant of newcomers. Consider, for example, Houston. Houston issued permits to build 64,000 new homes in 2014. SF issued permits for 3800, and California as a whole issued 83,000. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/03/houston-v-california.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/03/hou... http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/2014_Housing_Inventory.pdf http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/20... In fact, Texas issued more new housing permits than CA, NY, NJ and MA combined. http://www.census.gov/construction/bps/txt/tb2u2014.txt http://www.census.gov/construction/bps/txt/tb2u2014.txt Or did you just mean abstract tolerance of certain socially approved groups as opposed to the real humans who want to move in?
gravity13 11y ago
You gotta imagine it from an old-time SF residents perspective, though. A lot of people have seen their friends get pushed out by the rent situation, and slowly, places like the Castro are becoming less beacons of the gay pride community and more like another up-and-coming hip place to be. It's not intolerance to be annoyed by it, a lot of the residents of the city loved the city for its culture but now there's so many tech bros in the land that the culture is being displaced. The world's in flux, so tough shit, but as both a native to the area and a tech worker, in my opinion, this city is becoming less open minded.