with long-time locals priced out by tech companies that pay high salaries. I hope and dearly hope that you also meant to include the Germans, Italians and Iris

with long-time locals priced out by tech companies that pay high salaries. I hope and dearly hope that you also meant to include the Germans, Italians and Irish who constituted the major demographic of the Mission once, when you say "long time locals" and not just the recent Hispanic arrivals. I am appalled by everyone, from the New York Times [1] to Al Jazeera [2], white-washing the facts to make it seem like what is going on in the Mission and the rest of the city is somehow a Noah's Flood-like grand sweep of gentrification that the city had never seen before. People were displaced before. At least a casual mention of it by the media, would be nice. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/11/20/us/20131122_TECH-9.html http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/11/20/us/20131122_TECH... [2] http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-latest/2013/11/1/gentrification-insanfrancisco.html http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-late...