Comments on: Too much churn

By: developing a fireplace

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By: Teotwawki Jones

Teotwawki Jones — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:24:36 +0000

Kids? Everywhere? So what you’re saying then is they’re fucking hard working professionals.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:13:04 +0000

Sucks to be you.

By: commentariatsays

commentariatsays — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:54:35 +0000

BECAUSE IT’S NO FUN WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH TO SEEM COOL ISN’T COOL ANY MORE BECAUSE A BUNCH DORKS HAVE TAKEN OVER WITH THEIR STOCK OPTIONS, BMWS AND SHITTY TASTE.

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:11:57 +0000

He does lay out some examples, but since he never bothers to explain what they have in common, it’s not clear what the connection is (or if one exists at all.)

You’re right about the author though, this sounds like an awful lot of whining.

By: scum

scum — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:00:46 +0000

Djerid (weapon)
(also Jarid, Jered) A type of throwing spear about 3 ft. long, usually with a wooden haft and small steel head but sometimes all steel used for hunting and warfare.[1] Arab in origin, it was used in Asia Minor, India and Africa. Sometimes several weapons were carried in a quiver.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:05:27 +0000

The trend on my block is that renters are being replaced by owners. They seem to be nice people, but are also super hardworking professionals with large incomes. Kids are starting to appear everywhere.

By: Blatant Localism JFA

Blatant Localism JFA — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:31:24 +0000

The verb leach means to empty, drain, or remove..

By: Blatant Localism JFA

Blatant Localism JFA — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:29:44 +0000

VALLEY LEACHES OFF OUR BEACHES!

….damn, too late.

By: Sammy T

Sammy T — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:25:29 +0000

True…this place is OVER.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:19:58 +0000

Can nice people afford the least affordable rents in the country?

I agree that relatively rapid turnover has always been a key feature of SF’s vitality and character. But put simply: What kind of people can afford these market rents?

Another longtime Mission household of friends is being evicted this year, and they are leaving California altogether when that happens.

Their landlord isn’t doing it because he wants to bring fresh blood into the City, he’s doing it because he can sell the place for a small fortune to someone who will rent it out for another small fortune.

For more and more of us, the Mission is a place associated with memories and nostalgia rather than something whose current state is what we appreciate about the place.

It seems the best thing about it now is the new stuffing & cranberry sauce finger sandwiches some bistro is offering, or the new bacon-tinis at some happy hour on 2th St.

Honestly, unless you’re a property owner, how can you be happy about this?

By: dave

dave — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:06:14 +0000

Mmm-hmm.

http://positivelyturkstreet.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/the-richmond/

By: Brillo

Brillo — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:50:46 +0000

Exactly.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:29:19 +0000

I’ve lived in this city for over 20 years. The constantly changing plot and cast are what I enjoy. Very few people lay their roots in SF.

By: Olu

Olu — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:04:48 +0000

Did you read the essay? I think he laid out some examples of what he meant.

“For every meth-addicted jerk-victim spraying spittle and salacious slurs at commuting women, there is an ostentatious startup scion hijacking a social situation and crashing it into the ground with his self-aggrandizing prattle. While the schizophrenic is defecating on the children’s playground, the high-flying narcissist at the bar waylays five adults with an unsought lecture on the intricacies of his moral hobbies.” (and then again later about “gafflers” etc…

Point is he lays it all out.

And in many respects he’s right. A place get its place-ness from people, and that takes generations not years. The churn is a real thing. But it’s not like there aren’t tons of assholes, excuse me, jerks in cities like Philly or NYC where people live down the street from their grandparents.

But then he says this:

“it’s just about how hard it is to go anywhere in San Francisco without having some creep slide up to you, your girlfriend, your buddy, your dog, your bag, your table, start in on whatever automated creeper script he runs on people:”

Oh that’s your issue? You don’t know how to tell people to fuck off or otherwise leave you alone? And you think that this problem is better where? Maybe you’re not cut out for city living?