Zoning is the important piece. In a live/work building, tradespeople can run appointment-based services businesses like: Hair/nail salons, waxing and esthetici

Zoning is the important piece. In a live/work building, tradespeople can run appointment-based services businesses like: Hair/nail salons, waxing and esthetician services, makeup and photo studios, etc. Every nail salon in 10 square-block radius of me (in SF, SOMA) closed during the pandemic. SF residential rents aren't affordable for a trade/services businessperson. Tradespeople stopped commuting 2+ hours into the city when businesses fled. For a city to thrive, services/trade labor needs to live near their work. On a personal level, I want to run a small manufacturing shop to dog-food my own product (https://printnanny.ai/ https://printnanny.ai/ - automation for 3D printer ecommerce shops). My options are currently: * Move to a single-family home in surburbia, so I can work out of a garage/shed. * Lease a business-zoned office suite in SF, commute every day. * Live in a building zoned for business/residential, so I can legally run an office without inviting ire from an SF condo HOA.