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San Francisco neighborhoods did not want mall-like corporate chains at all, a few decades ago. The companies paid for the privelege and prevailed over time. Meanwhile economics changed and left a lot of people out of the benefits, wages for working people stayed even, and the pain-killer drugs and organized crime grew strong. Toxic cocktail to be sure, but SF has always been a cocktail town, from the early days. In some ways The City has reaped what it sowed, socially.