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How's that? They seemed to be OK before the crazy upswing.
by e40 11y ago
How's that? They seemed to be OK before the crazy upswing.
- WalterSear 11y agoBecause that was before, obviously. Too much of the city relies on the tech economy now - the restaurants, the lyft/uber drivers, the building contractors, the dog walkers, the private school teachers.
- untog 11y agoBut it transitioned towards a reliance on tech before now, there's nothing to suggest it cannot transition away to something else.
- Apocryphon 11y agoBiotech? Genentech will still be in South SF.
- WalterSear 11y agoIt certainly can and will. But not quickly, and with lot of suffering in the interim.
- JumpCrisscross 11y agoThe relative power structure won't meaningfully shift. Levels will just change. The guy whose 1% of this pie is meaningful today may find that it is unsustainable tomorrow. The gal who lives richly on her 10% of the pie may have to tighten a belt or two tomorrow, but it's unlikely to become be existential. More tangibly, city services will pull away from non-core areas, projects and services.
- metanoia 11y agoI would argue that despite budget increases we have not seen an appreciable increase in operating service levels across the board - from transit to infrastructure to homeless outreach and everything in between. Hard to believe with a $9B (yes, billion) budget. [1] (Yes, there are capital expenditures happening that are quite visible but do we really need an extension of the slow T-line to Fishermans Wharf?) [1] - http://sfmayor.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/mayor/budget/SF_Budget_Book_FY_2015_16_and_2016_17_Final_WEB.pdf http://sfmayor.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/mayor/budget/SF_Budget_...
- tonster 11y agoWell, I think the ones that were around before the tech influx will certainly be able to ride out slower times better than the restaurants/services that have come up as a direct result of the influx of tech folk.