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MenloParque

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5. I've lived in the city since the late 70's. It was once great but after 2004-2005 it totally
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:14 PM
Jan 2023

Lost its artistic feel. Tech bros have replaced artists. Mexican communities have been replaced with tech enclaves. Much of the year I rent my place out so I can be at the cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I can work anywhere. Hubby was born and raised in Hunters Point, a historic black neighborhood. Of course the yuppies are now taking over that neighborhood. Those who say it’s unsafe are mostly transplants from the Midwest, Europe or Asia. It ain’t that bad. SF is now a shell of its former self. A bedroom tech community with a large homeless population. It’s sad really.

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