I always wondered when tech moved to San Francisco, given San Francisco's funky "people-centric" history, including the eccentric, it seemed a shoehorn fit. I

I always wondered when tech moved to San Francisco, given San Francisco's funky "people-centric" history, including the eccentric, it seemed a shoehorn fit. I used to visit San Francisco in the 80's, pre tech-boom. Multicultural, funky, literate, cosmopolitan, touristy, and a real cool break from the heat in the South Bay. I used to visit a bookstore in "Japan Town" that had to move when rents started to skyrocket. It was expected that business would move to the lower-cost Oakland/EastBay area but I never saw that happen. I think that a lot of tech will remain in San Francisco after some big companies migrate elsewhere. San Francisco probably won't return to its funky roots, just less tech-centric in the downtown, IMO. I briefly worked across from The Pyramid, at the intersection of the Italian, Chinese and financial districts, with the office of Angela Alioto and the first location of the "Bank of Italy," now Bank of America, nearby. Nothing like it. One windy morning, my wife was watching TV, which showed a downtown intersection including me, my 5 seconds of fame.