Comments on: A poem about the inner turmoil caused by gentrification http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: one http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96099 one Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:48:23 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96099 The rich who want to live in the sf are already here. They’re not having any problem finding places to live. We’re not talking rich people here. Though I guess they’d be rich to YOU.

]]> By: *ahem* http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96072 *ahem* Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:17:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96072 Good thing the previous Central American residents didn’t have a blog to complain about all the white people who moved in after 1995.

]]> By: Slacker Loser http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96071 Slacker Loser Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:49:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96071 We’re fuckin pissed. We thought we could just squat in our rent controlled apartments forever.

]]> By: MissAnneThrope http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96070 MissAnneThrope Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:02:34 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96070 So, just so I know I’m getting this: the previous gentrifiers are mad at the new ones?

]]> By: MissAnneThrope http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96069 MissAnneThrope Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:59:29 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96069 Can we complain about the Google buses again, please?

]]> By: newtopian http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96065 newtopian Wed, 13 Nov 2013 02:31:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96065 umm, everybody has skills, and they just might be more interesting and valuable than yours.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96064 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Wed, 13 Nov 2013 01:31:20 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96064 I appreciate the sentiment, but I’m a firm absolute monarchist.

]]> By: JohnnyL http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96063 JohnnyL Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:35:27 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96063 Yes, “KEEP THIS PLACE MORE AFFORDABLE”. What a great tactical thing to do. I’d vote for you.

]]> By: umm http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96060 umm Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:30:21 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96060 why should you move? if you’ve been here for more than a minute you have rent control. when you become too cool for the neighborhood you can always make the choice to leave. if you are extremely averse to change the city is probably the wrong environment for you anyways.

]]> By: Gordy Knotts http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96049 Gordy Knotts Tue, 12 Nov 2013 03:43:32 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96049 Naw, it’s Scum.

]]> By: dave http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96046 dave Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:06:50 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96046 I miss the nerd scene in Cole Valley

When Craig Newmark was everyone’s pally.

Geeks and punks used to work together

And the Mission’s fame was its good weather

Dime bags were bought in Dolores Park

Then along came a guy named Mark

He spent his salad years cornering the social market

Emerged with billions and nowhere to park it

San Fran was a city flocked to by youth

Who all seemed to possess a certain inner truth

The kind of truth that money can’t buy

Deep down the Marks know that but still they try

They buy up the Mission for its youthful magic

But like Michael Jackson’s their quest is tragic

Landlords win and landlords only

Because even in the Mission the Marks are still lonely

‘Neighborhoods change man,’ so I’m told

As San Francisco gets bought and sold

A working class town like no other

Has just been played like a Winkelvoss Brother

The best things in Frisco were always free

But that took a certain kind of person to see

No longer do they come to San Francisco

Because who wants to live in a billionaire’s disco?

The muses are gone now and why is no mystery

At least San Francisco still has its history

]]> By: Leary http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96040 Leary Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:19:01 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96040 Rich people want to live in SF. If they can do so in luxury housing, they’ll live there. Right now, there isn’t enough of it to handle the demand. Which is why some of them are bidding on your place instead. That may well seem insane to you, but anyone in the real estate market knows how desperate prospective buyers in SF are right now, and the richest desperate buyers usually win out.

You don’t have to like rich people. Just know that the more of them you placate with a shiny new tower or two, the fewer of them will be fighting over your next place.

]]> By: Dr. ZootSuess http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96017 Dr. ZootSuess Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96017 Hello there, Nerd. How do you do?
Tell me, tell me, where should I move?
Now you’ve fucked things up in the neighberherd.
Where is hip? Please tell me Nerd.
I do not like this ‘hood at all.
Colonialization has come to call.
A $400 sweater, 40,000 shares of TWTR, a Magic Mouse.
Oh! What a bargain? Oh! What an overpriced house!

]]> By: one http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96016 one Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:24:11 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96016 I predict things will get worse for anyone not rich. Condos for millionaires will not ease pressure on rents. And do you think these people are going to give up their cars? Just what we need, more cars. The traffic from the condos and Whole Foods at Market and Dolores will produce (no pun intended) a traffic nightmare. Just multiply that by what, 9? new architectural atrocities along Market Street.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2013/11/08/a-poem-about-the-inner-turmoil-caused-by-gentrification/#comment-96010 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Sat, 09 Nov 2013 16:16:03 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51064#comment-96010 Novel idea: KEEP THIS PLACE MORE AFFORDABLE! We are all responsible for the quality of where we live.

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