I guess we'll see. East Berlin was unique, but then again, every set of historical circumstances is unique. I'd also argue that, by missing the boat (pun inten

I guess we'll see. East Berlin was unique, but then again, every set of historical circumstances is unique. I'd also argue that, by missing the boat (pun intended) on containerization and allowing the Port of Oakland to poach most of the shipping traffic, the city's original main economic engine shut down, and that the dotcom booms aside, SF's default mode for the past 60-70 years is "wretched hive of scum and villainy". The Summer of Love, the first counterculture to be called by that name, arose in Haight-Ashbury because the Haight was a slum at the time and a group of broke hippies could often band together to afford the rent on a house there.