I lived in SF for several years. The decline described was already a thing in 2005, and has been steadily worsening since. The flats are where businesses are, s

I lived in SF for several years. The decline described was already a thing in 2005, and has been steadily worsening since. The flats are where businesses are, so doing business in the city means facing the despair of its homeless precisely as described. To quote the article about Florida and ocean level rise, it doesn’t matter how high you lift your house up above the water line if there’s nowhere left for you to go when you leave it.