'Curiosity' is so often a dog whistle for BANANA. Apologies if you didn't intend it that way. But so often the 'lets explore the possibility of this' and 'lets

'Curiosity' is so often a dog whistle for BANANA. Apologies if you didn't intend it that way. But so often the 'lets explore the possibility of this' and 'lets study that' questions are weaponized -- There's always a reasonable sounding additional thing. That it takes months, and that there are even serious discussions and hand-wringing over something so simple as putting a few tables outside is itself absurd[0]. Heck, if the pandemic hadn't happened, would we even be able to have this conversation about possibly putting tables on sidewalks in SF(like is done in much of the civilized world)? or would there be too many things to be 'curious' about to (s) chance such a drastic social upheaval.(/s) The hypocrisy[1] of the current status quo is that we live in the benefit of decisions made in a far more carefree manner that would never pass muster today (e.g. filling in the SF bay.) >https://missionlocal.org/2018/06/the-strange-and-terrible-saga-of-san-franciscos-historic-laundromat-represents-the-worst-of-planning-and-development-in-this-town/ https://missionlocal.org/2018/06/the-strange-and-terrible-sa... [0]The endemic absurdity which makes it expensive to build, and by extension live in CA and the Bay Area. [1]Never mind anti-pragmatism. Landromat -> apartment, except it casts shadows on a school playground after school hours. >https://sfplanning.org/standards-bird-safe-buildings https://sfplanning.org/standards-bird-safe-buildings 'bird-safe building requirements >http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/webcontent/oak035749.pdf http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/webc... Some permitting requirements including treatment for migratory birds. I expect you can find some news of delays over lawsuits from environmental groups over things easily