that said, a “type” of retail already defines the neighborhood west of mission street (and increasingly, on & east of mission street) – particularly as it pertains to this discussion…

that type: shoppes, mid-upper end restaurants & bars, opened in the past 5 – 10 years or so…patronized by – mostly – white college educated folks in their 20s & 30′s with expendable income.

i’m not judging – i am that demo, if a little (OK a lot) older – just stating a fact.

that there’s a sense of entitlement / judgment on the part of this crowd about who gets to come in next…

and when that sense of judgment extends from the sort-of-reasonable (AA is a chain, like it or not, and there is a chain ban, like it or not) to the entitled, sensation-seeking & pretty-much-dizzy (froyo & pizza as harbingers of “chestnut street”)…

i think it just stinks, and completely flies in the face of the neighborhood’s (and that crowd’s) purported ethos: one of respect, diversity, inclusion, blah blah blah.

kevmo talks about the “changing demographic” of 22nd street, i guess away from traditional working class latino businesses to higher-end white ones…and the fact that this “could easily unfold on the greater Valencia corridor.”

fact is: this shit unfolded on the valencia corridor over 10 years ago, and no one (other than the PRIOR crowd of carpetbaggers – the punks, erick lyle, et al) made a peep. all these shoppes & restos & bars were THRILLED to get in on the burgeoning hood & its increasingly moneyed residents.

now, the NEXT wave wants in – you made it nice, here come the strollers – and the established guarde – like so many old ladies – gets all proprietary & territorial.

it makes me fucking puke.

This is not a negative/positive yogurt comment. It is simply an observation that the middle ground in these arguments is probably the correct one: Keeping any new business from opening is bad. Allowing anything that wants to open up is also bad. SF has always been known for its diversity of neighborhoods. What’s the problem with wanting to keep some individual character to the different hoods?

I was pointing out that this block is rapidly changing. I do not know if it is a good or bad thing. In my 2 years living a stones-throw from this block, I’ve watched the demographics of most of the establishments change. I think it will be interesting to see how it continues to change (for better or worse). Take it for what it is, not what you want to read into it.

Again, I don’t know who is behind this business, but I don’t see anything to be upset about. Honestly, who are we foolin? This fits right in with all the curiosity shoppes and yoga studios and coffee joints and all the rest. I don’t know what type of business some people want to see here, but we don’t need another bike shop, and honestly, a lot of those patrons would probably like a cup of yogurt. I’m a Mitchell’s man myself, but if you want yogurt, here you go.

No.