San Francisco has managed to curb the virus slightly in its city – but at what cost? Those paying sky high taxes to live in the Bay Area may soon be wondering why they are paying to live in a shut down city that state and local government officials have refused to allow to reopen due to a virus with a CDC-predicted infection fatality rate of between 0.00002 and 0.093.
The entire downtown area of the city, once vibrant with business and tourism, is now “empty” according to a new report by AP. Everything from food trucks to local workers used to be sights one would see on a daily basis in San Francisco. Now, the city has been all but abandoned.
Even the tech giants that San Francisco is known for have left the city, in favor of working remotely from elsewhere. Families have moved out of the city in favor of the suburbs. Rents in the city are crashing, as we highlighted about a month ago. Tourists, once part of the lifeblood of the city, are now “scarce”.
As a result, business owners wonder if the city will ever get back to normal. Evan Kidera, CEO of Señor Sisig food trucks, said: “Is it ever going to get back to normal, is it ever going to be as busy as it was — and will that be next year, or in 10 years?”
This past week, part of the city re-opened as a result of virus numbers slowing. We’re sure it won’t be long until case numbers freak out elected officials heading into the winter, however, and everything is once again put into draconian “the government knows what’s best for you”-style lockdown.
San Francisco first announced its residents should stay at home in March, leading to just 12,200 virus cases and 145 deaths among 900,000 residents since then. It is one of the lowest death rates in the country. Long Beach, which is about half the size, has had about 900 more cases and 100 more deaths.
But at the same time, the city has been crippled, with many residents leaving. And many are unsure whether or not the slight re-opening will do much to re-populate the city.
One tech executive, who moved out of his $4,000/month apartment last week, told AP: “San Francisco can say, ‘Hey, it’s cool to open back up.’ But what’s changed? The virus is still there, and there’s no vaccine.” He said of the move with his partner: “We’re both extreme extroverts, so the working from home thing makes us miserable.”
They packed up their things and drove to an Airbnb in San Diego, instead, and are planning on making trips around the country.
30 year old Deme Peterson, another former San Francisco resident, said: “The spark of living in the city just kind of burned out a bit with everything being closed. We kind of didn’t see when it would come back to normal.”
Many restaurants in the city have already closed permanently. Many others are on the brink.
The city’s office vacancy has almost tripled to 14.1%, the highest numbers since 2011. At the same time, the median price for a one bedroom apartment has dropped 20% to $2,800.
Coldwell Banker realtor Nick Chen commented: “San Francisco rents have been really inflated over the past couple years. It will come back, but I think the question is: Will it come back to the level it was at previously? Maybe not.”
City historian and author Gary Kamiya concluded: “I don’t know if it’s an exodus, but a lot of people are leaving.”
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One hell of a disease control effort. Get rid of all the people and the disease just disappears.
See this yet?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/le-grand-escape-paris-lockdown-stunning-footage-shows-highway-gridlock-miles
Of course it might be they just learned stuko was thinking about renting a flat on the Champs-Élysées.
They are leaving and going to californicate other states… like they did to Colorado in the early 90’s
Shun them, turn them back before they infect you with a far deadlier disease called socialism, progressivism or communism. These last minute deserters are just that, you don’t want them in your community. Let them live what they created and then listen to their ideology to make a decision regarding their philosophy. Just say-in
Uhoh – hey, oops, we fucked up! Come back y’all, the virus really isn’t dangerous, especially to you young engineers and techies! We need your taxes to support the homeless and the government workers and their pensions! Come back, please!
They ((the politicians)) don’t need the people, are actually glad they have left. They learned from portland, go the peaceful route so the buildings are not destroyed.
The people that live off the taxes will seize the property and sell it to the Chinese, or somebody.
Grants will pour in for those poor minority businesses that will really show the world if only they had the money. obama’s “you didn’t build that” will come to fruition.
People need to realize there are really big plans in motion albeit by different means.
This is End Times and Second Coming kind of planning.
Say it ain’t so!
$4000 a month for a one bedroom apartment !!!!! For less than what they paid for one year of total rent. I have a cabin on 25 acres.Him and his “Partner” We all know what that is. Pay that much to live in that shit hole,and they claim to be smarter than us “Deplorables” The stupid it burns.
Hey it costs so much because the gerbils do plenty of damage to the apartments.
I can’t believe they are allowed to leave the shithole they created. And what they didn’t create there, the officials that they elected did create. Eff ’em, I say. No one wants them dragging their cuckoo bs anywhere else.
Stand back 3 feet and try to understand what is really going on here. The mgmt knows this will kill the economy of SF and all the other democratic cities and states are playing along with big govts lead.
The intention is to crash it and figuratively burn it all to the ground. UBI and complete dependency on govt mgmt will leave us under their total control. We will be totally beholden to their dictates. Your income, food, health, housing, etc. all provided to you only through compliance to The dictates of psychotic bastard overlords.
How long can that situation remain tenable? If nothing noteworthy is being produced it doesn’t take long for chaos to arise. What comes as the next step is horrifying and I’ll leave it to you to figure out what’s becoming evident to me.
Georgia Guidestones are most revealing……
I call bullshit on this article. The city of San Francisco has one of the largest homeless populations in the united States. Yet the number of deaths is lower than other areas?
The case rates are not freaking out the politicians, the case rates merely gives them an excuse to impose more draconian measures to control the productive that remain there. Pretty soon, those too, will leave.
I haven’t visited San Francrapko recently but I would bet that there is more homeless shit on the streets and sidewalks than ever before.
$4,000.00 a month for an apartment , are you out of your fucking mind ? That should be a God Smack up side the head that you are stoned or stupid or perhaps you just make to much fucking money and are very poor at pissing it away !
San Francisco is known for tourist stumbling over homeless people , used drug needles and human shit on every sidewalk but again WTF blame Covid 19 !
Ya that’s whats wrong sure ! It couldn’t the city and state is run by a failed libtards still blaming others for the fucked up mess they made !
The bigger question is where are they going? Did they learn a lesson? Will they bring their bullshit beliefs, drug addled kids, & hopey changey foolishness with them, or will they assimilate?
If they had wanted to assimilate, they wouldn’t have been in Californication, methinks.
Progressives, “No, no, nooooo. You’re not suppose to do this according to the models of population control.”
And the great music video to go with the story of contemporary San Fransicko:
(What the Progtard Demoncratz have done to one of the world’s great cities is a capital crime. It’s enough to make Auntie puke.)
Not to burst the author’s bubble here, but small businesses in SFO have been on the decline ever since george soros’ puppet of a DA was elected — and immediately refused to prosecute thefts of property under $1,000. Countless shops and stores in downtown SFO went out of business due to theft — or just moved in anticipation of losing everything to thieves.
Then — in the vein of ‘let no good deed go unpunished — TPTB in SFO decided that these folks are harming the city by going out of business and/or moving — and began to impose a special tax on empty storefronts.
You can’t make up shit like this …
Well at least the bums can crap in the street in peace.
That is sad. Those sidewalks in San Francisco aren’t going to shit on themselves.