As Marco says here, it's not just SF. My home town of Ann Arbor, MI was a lot more egalitarian when I was growing up. Now you have insane amounts of money spent

As Marco says here, it's not just SF. My home town of Ann Arbor, MI was a lot more egalitarian when I was growing up. Now you have insane amounts of money spent on U of M's football stadium getting skyboxes for the 1% and putting a tacky, hideous, gigantic, double-sided LED billboard out front of the stadium while the city's infrastructure and public transportation haven't really been updated in 20+ years. The only places investing in public good are small towns like the one I've moved to, where building up parks and public spaces, taking care of infrastructure and yes looking after our citizens is still something seen as worthwhile and the purpose of government.