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Exodus of S.F.'s middle class
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 6/21/8
| James Temple
Posted on 06/21/2008 11:02:03 PM PDT by SmithL
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Mike and Sarah Northrop at their Pacifica, Calif. home with their daughters Sylvanna, 4, with dad, and Nerea, 2, with mom, on June 13, 2008. After renting a home in San Francisco for seven years the family moved to Pacifica because they couldn't find a home they could afford to buy with enough room for the four of them.
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:02:04 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Who would WANT to raise kids in Sodom and Gomorrah?
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:05:35 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: SmithL
Trailer parks are going to be a booming businesses in the US, and, 3 or 4 years from now will be superstellar performers. Looking to buy a stellar RV for a second home 4 years from now for almost nothing. Any predictions for sooner?
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:07:01 PM PDT
by
givemELL
To: Kozak
If the alternative were a sh-thole like Tracy or Stockton, I’d choose Sodom and cover my ass...
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:09:28 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(No Comment)
To: SmithL
"I think it's a shame, a real shame that it costs so much," she said. "I believe if you work here, you should be able to afford to live here." Huh? I know people that work in Newport Beach and Brentwood...But they sure can't afford to live there.
It's simple, you have to live where you can afford.
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:10:57 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
For all it’s problems San Francisco is a beautiful city, and one of the things I really miss since I moved to Washington State from the Bay Area is being able to hop on BART for a day trip there with my friends.
I moved from California to Washington for several reasons, the most important being to move closer to my family, and the second most important was that the high cost of living in the Bay Area.
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:15:26 PM PDT
by
Theresawithanh
(I've got the fevah!)
To: givemELL
Trailer parks, yes, but not RVs at $4/gallon or more.
To: SmithL
The same thing is happening in lots of other cities.
To: SmithL
Things have sure changed in S.F. Originally from Philadelphia, my dad moved to S.F. in 1950. He had shipped out from S.F. during WWII, and liked what he saw. He and my mom bought their house in S.F. for $6000, fully furnished too. My mom sold it in the early 1970's for $23,000 to yuppie Sunset Magazine writers. We couldn't believe the plans they showed us, wanting to sink more than $60K in remodeling. They made a ton of money, as the whole neighborhood went upscale.
All the old neighbors we knew couldn't afford to fix up, so they sold and moved on. The newbies had the cash, but not the old-timers. Those homes now sell between $1M to $2M. Of course, they have stuff we didn't have, like wine cellars, in-door saunas and multiple decks. Like I said, things have changed.
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posted on
06/21/2008 11:38:44 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: SmithL
Unfortunately, many of the Bay area liberals have cashed out their overpriced houses and infested our county (Placer). You can always spot them. The backs of their cars are covered with anti- Bush, free tibet, coexist, peace is patriotic etc. stickers. AWL (angry white liberals).
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posted on
06/22/2008 12:11:03 AM PDT
by
willk
To: Kozak
Perhaps the new owners will finally decide to give the residents of Golden Gate Park the boot, and clear the alleys and doorways of the very lowest echelons of the city dwellers, those who don’t have any houses, and spread their excrement all over the sidewalks. I see this as a trend for the better. Maybe I will want to go visit there again.
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posted on
06/22/2008 12:13:46 AM PDT
by
webheart
To: dragnet2
I thought the same thing. Sounds like big chunks of LA.
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posted on
06/22/2008 1:00:45 AM PDT
by
HarryCaul
(Verify Possums! Pogo's Enemy is Us!)
To: SmithL
Ah yes...One of mankinds most catalytic mixtures...the degenerate super rich, and the dangerously poor...
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posted on
06/22/2008 1:55:26 AM PDT
by
DGHoodini
(Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand)
To: SmithL
So what? It’s market forces at work. If that’s what the market will sustain, then that’s fine. If the city government wants to build subsidized housing, then let them. People are voting with their feet. Why they want to live in SF is a mystery to me. Must be a better place than what it looks like from an outsiders perspective. I have no sympathy for those who can’t afford to live in the city. You wanna live there, make the necessary sacrifices.
To: SmithL
"It's not very healthy for the city's social fabric or the city's economy," said Roberta Achtenberg, an economic development consultant who focuses on workforce housing. One thing they dont mention in the article is this trends effect on the crime rate specifically violent crime and burglary crimes usually associated with lower income individuals.
Seems to me that with the lower income families moving out and families with children moving out the crime rate should be falling.
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06/22/2008 2:23:53 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: Pontiac
I thought Roberta Achtenberg's name was familiar, so I Wiki'd it:
She was elected as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1990 and resigned in 1993 when she was appointed Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by President Bill Clinton. Her confirmation was famously held up by Senator Jesse Helms who refused to vote for 'that damned lesbian.'
I miss Jesse!
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posted on
06/22/2008 2:49:09 AM PDT
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(Wakka-ding-hoy - battle cry of the Plexus Rangers!)
To: SmithL
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posted on
06/22/2008 3:19:23 AM PDT
by
Dedbone
To: Pontiac
"Roberta Achtenberg, an economic development consultant"
She was in the Clinton Admnistration for a bit.
Used her position to threaten homeowner groups with legal process for disputing her leftist, lesbian, totalitarian agenda.
Sorry to see she is still operating.
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posted on
06/22/2008 3:58:10 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: SmithL
From 2002 to 2006, the number of households making up to $49,000 per year dropped by 7.4 percent, those earning between $50,000 and $99,999 declined by 4.4 percent, and those bringing home between $100,000 and $149,999 fell by 3.9 percent,
Wow.
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posted on
06/22/2008 4:02:11 AM PDT
by
Vision
("If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" -Matthew 6:30)
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
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posted on
06/22/2008 4:13:25 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
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