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Resistance to change in SF from old-timers always surprises me too! SF has been constantly, radically, changing since it's founding - gold rush, the fire, WWI
by vpribish 9y ago
Resistance to change in SF from old-timers always surprises me too! SF has been constantly, radically, changing since it's founding - gold rush, the fire, WWII military port, the 60's cultural shift, then the more recent things we all are aware of. If there's any place in the country where resisting change is out-of-place it's here. So, ironically, it's the people who want it like it was that are most at odds with the longest-standing character trait of the city. smh
- georgeecollins 9y agoAll places are changing, some faster than others. The Berlin of Christopher Isherwood and the Paris of Hemingway are long gone. The funny thing for me is when I say my mom's family moved to the Oakland hills after the earthquake, they think I mean in 1989.