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Buddyzbuddy

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7. Property prices skyrocketed when tech bros moved in.

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 10:45 PM

Apr 27

It became to expensive NOT to sell. A '5000 sf lot with a tear down house was going for $1.5 mil in 2015. Also the pandemic emptied out office buildings and workers worked remotely and stayed 50+ mi. away in the suburbs. '19-'21 devastated tourism.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] YoshidaYui Apr 27 OP

Someone forgot to tell the San Francisco Chronicle. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 #1

Good catch . This guy seems like a real piece of work. sl8 Apr 27 #4

💔💔💔 ultralite001 Apr 27 #2

How truly sad. I had not realized just how empty the Fishermans Wharf area has become. alwaysinasnit Apr 27 #3

It was a tourist trap, folks. And the restaurant food was mediocre at best. Auggie Apr 27 #5

The Pandemic didn't help AND NEITHER HAS TRUMP.... YoshidaYui Apr 27 #6

Property prices skyrocketed when tech bros moved in. Buddyzbuddy Apr 27 #7

I don't know how it would compare with inflation, but I took my wife on a whale watching excursion out of SF in 2001 and LT Barclay Apr 27 #8

I fear you may be right. Buddyzbuddy Apr 28 #9