Star Simpson

"What's in this warehouse?" seemed 50/50 "some startup" "an artist community" and each were equally "weird but okay if that's who you are.."

Ooo I gotcha. I feel like that exists in pockets! But the same pockets as always. Heck, my neighborhood (19th & Harrison).

19th and Harrison is one of the last bastions. But did they really demolish the old Cellspace? For art, most of the strongholds are gone.

I remember running an underground housing/couch placement service for college friends. You could get somewhere livable for $500

You can't just land in SF without means anymore (this is due in part I think to Airbnb). If you did, shelter in place. It's not as casual.

I only moved here in 2007 but, really, I think no matter when I moved, SF would never have been like that for me.

2007 was when I first visited SF too (summer internship) - why would SF have never been like that for you?

Cause I moved here because I love tech. ^_^ If the tech capital had been elsewhere, I would have moved there instead. (BM is a plus tho!)

My family are artists but my trade is technical. I moved to SF because you could do & be whatever you wanted. I think this was impt for tech

My family were farmers, so I had no real insight into the art community. That might have changed my view of SF significantly.