Comments on: Giant condo complex may replace Walgreens and Burger King at 16th and Mission

By: Chant

Chant — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 22:28:15 +0000

Don’t you see how the Mission is slowly losing its essence? I’m sure if you’re new here you wouldn’t notice, or even care. You move here because it’s “cool” and there’s hip shops and restaurants, but what do you give back to the community?

By: extender

extender — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:13:44 +0000

I saw a lady make a chocolate shake on a support column in the MUNI station once. Whipped her pants down, SPLAT! whipped ‘em up and walked off happy as a holiday.

By: extender

extender — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:07:05 +0000

There will be protests if people have to walk more than two blocks to get to a Walgreen’s.

By: extender

extender — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:04:57 +0000

How about the number of buildings owned by TNDC downtown? Wouldn’t there be a more cost-effective way to help all those people than housing them in prime real estate?

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:07:06 +0000

Yup. Definitely so.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:45:02 +0000

Whoops. Meant for this to be a reply to Ben’s initial comment.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:41:18 +0000

This.

Consider my example—as a 6+ year SF resident who just spent the last 4 months trying to find a place with my fiance—for some perspective:

When I moved to the SF in the beginning of ’08 with two friends, we got an apartment in the TL where rent was $1,500 per month, and all we had to do to get the apartment was fill out the application.

In 2013 dollars, that same apartment would cost a little less than $1,700 per month. My fiance and I just signed the lease on a place that’ll cost us $2,200 per month, in a neighborhood that is much better than the TL. That means that rent has increased by 5% per year over the last 5+ years. That not half bad for one of the most desirable cities in the US.

However, even though this mission bartender and his fiance have good credit, make upwards of 80k, and have the feel-good story of being newlyweds, we were still turned down for over a dozen apartments. The main reason? We kept getting told that some other applicant made significantly more money than we did.

The main problem with the SF’s housing market is not so much that rents have shot up some unbelievable amount, but simply that there are now so many more qualified applicants competing for a EXTREMELY limited number of apartments.

By: Leary

Leary — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:45:37 +0000

… yes, and those 6 businesses will be replaced with even more storefronts. Which will hold stores that will employ more people. How about showing a little concern for the future employees of those businesses as well?

By: JF

JF — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:10:59 +0000

My only complaint is it will block the sun from shining on my children’s playground at Marshall Elementary.

By: 94110

94110 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:41:01 +0000

wow this remark shows what kind of people have moved into this city.

By: 94110

94110 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:38:43 +0000

Yeah lets get rid of all the poor brown people or better yet lets make slaves of them. What ignorance!

By: 94110

94110 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:35:07 +0000

I wonder how many jobs will be lost. 6 businesses will be closed. You may all laugh about it. But people will be losing there jobs. Is that to deep for all you folks?

By: 94110

94110 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:30:21 +0000

Spur and the planning dept are hurting our city.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:48:54 +0000

We must preserve the Burger King and the Walgreens! It anything is essential to preserving the character of the Mission, it’s chain stores.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:15:45 +0000

An excuse to fuck everyone? You do understand the difference between public and private, right?

Also, if by ‘elite’ you mean ‘one of thousands of tech workers that are entirely common to this area’, then yeah, you nailed it.