SF lost its soul when the Native Americans settled the land. Then it lost its soul when the missionaries arrived and stamped out all the Native American cultur

SF lost its soul when the Native Americans settled the land. Then it lost its soul when the missionaries arrived and stamped out all the Native American culture. Then it happened again when the ranchers showed up. Then another time when the US won the Mexician-American war and got rid of the old "Yerba Buena" name. Then it really lost its soul in 1849. Then it happened again when the US Army and Navy made the bay into a military town. Then those hippies and gays showed up and ruined SF's tough "Iron in War" reputation. Then the Mexicans caused the Mission to lose its traditional German-Irish-Italian soul. Oh, and those groups killed its soul earlier when they moved in, too. And then they opened the ballpark and suddenly SOMA was no longer a charming cluster of warehouses anymore. Also when Noe Valley lost its working-class roots. Did I miss any other times the city lost its soul?