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I’m a restaurant critic. Am I fueling gentrification in the Bay Area?
San Francisco Chronicle ^

Posted on 01/04/2023 6:35:41 AM PST by artichokegrower

In real estate ads in the Mission District, restaurants are often mentioned as an amenity. A $1.7 million condo listing cites Californian-Italian landmark restaurant Flour + Water and Corey Lee’s upscale Korean San Ho Won by name.

In recent months, I’ve been writing a lot about restaurants in this San Francisco neighborhood, with reviews of newer spots like Italian crudo hot spot Itria, modern French tasting menu restaurant Mijoté and the food waste-oriented Shuggie’s; at the same time, I’ve heard from many locals about the struggles of surviving in one of the world’s most expensive cities.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; food; gentrification; missiondistrict; sanfrancisco
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As a refresher: Gentrification is a process whereby the longtime residents of an underserved neighborhood are displaced in favor of more affluent ones, with new businesses and amenities arriving to serve the newer residents. Because of the historically unequal distribution of wealth in this country, this pattern often correlates to displacement along racial lines: neighborhoods get whiter in addition to more affluent.


So if white people bail on a blighted city it is "white fiight". If white people move back into a blighted city and improve it it is "gentrification". Can't win.

1 posted on 01/04/2023 6:35:41 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

that’s urban renewal for you.


2 posted on 01/04/2023 6:38:17 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Depends - does he review the various Burger King, Taco Bell, Popeyes Chicken/KFC restaurants?


3 posted on 01/04/2023 6:39:35 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: artichokegrower

Anyone who thinks of this question is a liberal, beta cuck male.
Rid yourself from the gene pool.


4 posted on 01/04/2023 6:40:15 AM PST by EEGator
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To: artichokegrower

Similar issue with mortgages.

Declining a loan to an unqualified POC is racial profiling.

Approving a loan to an unqualified POC is predatory lending.


5 posted on 01/04/2023 6:40:59 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB)
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“Can’t win.”

Sure they can win—if they have a “final solution” for white people.

Pay attention!


6 posted on 01/04/2023 6:42:01 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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white move in it’s called gentrification and is condemned, blacks move in it’s called diversity and is praised, any complainers are called “racists”.


7 posted on 01/04/2023 6:43:03 AM PST by euram
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I’m a restaurant critic. Am I fueling gentrification in the Bay Area?

Yes, and you (the author of this piece) should be sent to a "re-education camp" for 20 years in order to "get your mind right."

Regards,

8 posted on 01/04/2023 6:43:43 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

China and the US real estate bubbles are going to blow up.
I think this Spring.

For disclosure, I thought it was going to be previous to now a couple years ago.


9 posted on 01/04/2023 6:47:03 AM PST by EEGator
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$1.7 million condo

Too many people have more money than brains.

That amount of money should get one a Pelosi-sized palazzo.


10 posted on 01/04/2023 6:48:10 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: artichokegrower

Italian food often needs good tomatoes.

I grew up near fields were such tomatoes were grown.


11 posted on 01/04/2023 6:50:08 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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Correct. Best to reject the entire game immediately. Call these people out.


12 posted on 01/04/2023 6:52:22 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: artichokegrower

Except for Pacific Heights, St. Johns Woods, Haight-Ashbury and the Marina District, San Francisco real estate is pretty much so-so IMO.


13 posted on 01/04/2023 6:55:19 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: artichokegrower

The Mission District was once considered an undesirable part of town.


14 posted on 01/04/2023 6:56:45 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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This writer need not worry, soon many restaurants will be closing down for good as this disastrous economic tsunami really starts coming in.


15 posted on 01/04/2023 6:58:22 AM PST by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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To: EEGator

Come on, read the article. It’s a Chinese woman.


16 posted on 01/04/2023 7:04:58 AM PST by CA_soon_gone
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If a white person moves out, it’s white flight. Racism.

If a white person moves in, it’s gentrification. Racism.

If a white person sees color, it’s prejudice. Racism.

If a white person doesn’t see color, it’s ignoring racism. Racism.

If a white person engages in culture, it’s cultural appropriation. Racism.

If a white person doesn’t participate in culture, it’s non-inclusive. Racism.


17 posted on 01/04/2023 7:05:02 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: CA_soon_gone

This is FR, I don’t have to read anything...


18 posted on 01/04/2023 7:05:50 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

True enough, but as a fellow EE, RTFM :)


19 posted on 01/04/2023 7:17:27 AM PST by CA_soon_gone
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To: CA_soon_gone

:)


20 posted on 01/04/2023 7:18:50 AM PST by EEGator
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