[Reedx]

Yeah. The longer you live in SF and the Bay Area, the more apparent it becomes how much it skates on tech, history, and intrinsic advantages like the weather and beautiful geography. SF in particular has such incredible resources that it should be the most advanced city in the world.

[opportune]

But the people in San Francisco have got what they wanted. Maybe in 20 years SF will be able to change but right now the majority of people are actually in favor of the way the city is being run: to stay stuck in time as long as possible

[ergocoder]

If I had most of my net worth tied to my SF house, I would be a NIMBY as well. Don't blame them though.

[koheripbal]

I lived in SF in 1999, and that mentality was exactly the same then as it is today.

The long time residents of SF don't believe in _change_, and that isn't going to change.

It is just happenstance that the initial San Jose tech explosion happened near SF. ...but maybe other parts of the country are better suited to it going forward...