But that’s San Francisco. It’s a city of nuances and contradictions, where residents want to have it both ways without realizing the impossibility of such. It’s a city where innovation and growth come at the expense of the artists and poets who built its reputation of free thinking and progress. It’s a city that welcomes all walks of life, yet bears graffiti deriding “techie scum.” It’s a city of extreme disparities, where young, hoodie-wearing engineers with their faces glued to the latest and most expensive smartphones can walk by homeless encampments where the level of indigence has
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