• San Fran is about to collapse

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 13 16:08:31 2022
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an emergency decree on homelessness.
    This past week the weather has been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a local strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp now it's down the block in
    front of a bunch of fast food joints. I'm sure that's not good for their business.

    Joe's plan is to leave them to their decadent decay and replace 'em with migrants.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Dec 13 16:26:56 2022
    On Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 7:08:33 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an emergency decree on homelessness.
    This past week the weather has been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a local strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp now it's down the block in
    front of a bunch of fast food joints. I'm sure that's not good for their business.

    Joe's plan is to leave them to their decadent decay and replace 'em with migrants.

    ScottW

    Those videos were sick.
    How do you expect people to live and work in a city like that?

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Dec 14 09:32:03 2022
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.
    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/12/01/do-san-francisco-housing-prices-ever-drop/

    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an
    emergency decree on homelessness. This past week the weather has
    been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a local
    strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp now it's
    down the block in front of a bunch of fast food joints. I'm sure
    that's not good for their business.

    This just in: mayor sworn in three days ago fails to instantly solve homelessness.

    Joe's plan is to leave them to their decadent decay and replace 'em
    with migrants.

    Ah-oogah! Ah-oogah! Replacement theory!

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Dec 14 10:09:25 2022
    On Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 7:08:33 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an emergency decree on homelessness.
    This past week the weather has been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a local strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp now it's down the block in
    front of a bunch of fast food joints. I'm sure that's not good for their business.

    Joe's plan is to leave them to their decadent decay and replace 'em with migrants.

    ScottW

    they will have a city full of illegals, and legals who are homeless drug addicts

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newsom-says-california-about-to-break-amid-flood-of-illegal-migrants-when-title-42-expires/ar-AA15gCWt

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 14 10:16:16 2022
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:32:08 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.
    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra

    and when exactly did he say that? You sputter some stupid lame retorts
    at times but this one is even beneath you.


    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/12/01/do-san-francisco-housing-prices-ever-drop/
    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an
    emergency decree on homelessness. This past week the weather has
    been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a local
    strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp now it's
    down the block in front of a bunch of fast food joints. I'm sure
    that's not good for their business.
    This just in: mayor sworn in three days ago fails to instantly solve homelessness.
    Joe's plan is to leave them to their decadent decay and replace 'em
    with migrants.
    Ah-oogah! Ah-oogah! Replacement theory!

    This just in..... new dem mayor finds homelessness a crisis of emergency proportion.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Dec 14 12:49:10 2022
    On 12/14/22 12:16 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:32:08 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra

    and when exactly did he say that?

    A number of times.

    https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/29/too-crowded/

    "I was talking to Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola in 1959 about Ruggeri’s restaurant in my old neighborhood in St. Louis. It was true!"

    You sputter some stupid lame retorts at times but this one is even
    beneath you.

    It's at a level appropriate to your claim SF will be "an empty city...
    with no inhabitants."

    It's also a joke, which actual humans would take as a way of lightening
    the mood.

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/12/01/do-san-francisco-housing-prices-ever-drop/

    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an
    emergency decree on homelessness. This past week the weather has
    been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible
    than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a
    local strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp
    now it's down the block in front of a bunch of fast food joints.
    I'm sure that's not good for their business.
    This just in: mayor sworn in three days ago fails to instantly
    solve homelessness.

    This just in..... new dem mayor finds homelessness a crisis of
    emergency proportion.

    So your complaint is what? That the mayor takes it seriously but wasn't
    able to clear the sidewalks sometime last week before she was in power?
    What does that have to do with the SF collapse? The purported SF crime
    rate is a political ploy aimed at the Democratic leadership there by Murdoch-owned outlets. If you want to see high crime in CA, go to Republican-led areas such as Bakersfield. Add the SF police work slow
    down and any complaints about crime rates have to be taken with a grain
    of salt.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Dec 14 19:31:37 2022
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 1:16:17 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:32:08 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.
    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra
    and when exactly did he say that? You sputter some stupid lame retorts
    at times but this one is even beneath you.

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/12/01/do-san-francisco-housing-prices-ever-drop/
    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an emergency decree on homelessness. This past week the weather has
    been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a local
    strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp now it's
    down the block in front of a bunch of fast food joints. I'm sure
    that's not good for their business.
    This just in: mayor sworn in three days ago fails to instantly solve homelessness.
    Joe's plan is to leave them to their decadent decay and replace 'em
    with migrants.
    Ah-oogah! Ah-oogah! Replacement theory!
    This just in..... new dem mayor finds homelessness a crisis of emergency proportion.

    ScottW

    What's the matter? Doesn't she get a nice house to live in?

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 15 08:27:13 2022
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:49:13 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/14/22 12:16 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:32:08 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra

    and when exactly did he say that?
    A number of times.

    https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/29/too-crowded/

    "I was talking to Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola in 1959 about Ruggeri’s restaurant in my old neighborhood in St. Louis. It was true!"
    You sputter some stupid lame retorts at times but this one is even
    beneath you.
    It's at a level appropriate to your claim SF will be "an empty city...
    with no inhabitants."

    Do you not see the vacancy rates?
    The images of once packed streets empty in mid-day?


    It's also a joke, which actual humans would take as a way of lightening
    the mood.

    Well at least the gravity of the situation has an impact on your mood.

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/12/01/do-san-francisco-housing-prices-ever-drop/

    And the first order of business for the new LA Mayor is issue an
    emergency decree on homelessness. This past week the weather has
    been cold and wet so I'm sure their life is even more horrible
    than usual...yet I still see tents popping up on sidewalks near a
    local strip mall. A few weeks ago it was by a freeway off ramp
    now it's down the block in front of a bunch of fast food joints.
    I'm sure that's not good for their business.
    This just in: mayor sworn in three days ago fails to instantly
    solve homelessness.
    This just in..... new dem mayor finds homelessness a crisis of
    emergency proportion.
    So your complaint is what? That the mayor takes it seriously but wasn't
    able to clear the sidewalks sometime last week before she was in power?

    My complaint is that decades of dem control of LA and the state as a whole
    has created a crisis of homelessness.
    Something dems have long demonstrated they don't have the guts or the willpower and frankly a questionable desire to get control of.
    All they do is create an ever growing industry and lobbying consortium around their
    social programs for the homeless and addicted.
    The politicians become as dependent on their campaign donations as the addicts in the streets
    to meth.

    What does that have to do with the SF collapse? The purported SF crime
    rate is a political ploy

    Tell it to the people who have uprooted their entire lives to escape
    that decaying shit-hole.

    How many local newspapers go to the level of effort required for this?

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-car-breakins/

    or how about this?

    https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/breaking-point-sf-suffers-highest-rate-of-car-break-ins-compared-to-atlanta-dc-dallas-la/2731757/

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Dec 15 11:21:29 2022
    On 12/15/22 10:27 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:49:13 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/14/22 12:16 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:32:08 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra

    and when exactly did he say that?
    A number of times.

    https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/29/too-crowded/

    "I was talking to Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola in 1959 about Ruggeri’s
    restaurant in my old neighborhood in St. Louis. It was true!"
    You sputter some stupid lame retorts at times but this one is even
    beneath you.
    It's at a level appropriate to your claim SF will be "an empty city...
    with no inhabitants."

    Do you not see the vacancy rates?

    In the buildings "found to have structural issues"? Or in the area
    overall? Look here for the many ways a home can be vacant:

    https://sf.curbed.com/2020/2/24/21149381/san-francisco-vacant-homes-census-five-year-2020

    Here's a more recent perspective:

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/06/07/sf-vacancy-rate/

    The images of once packed streets empty in mid-day?

    People work at home more these days.

    It's also a joke, which actual humans would take as a way of lightening
    the mood.

    Well at least the gravity of the situation has an impact on your mood.

    Exaggerating the problem is a well-worn right-wing tactic.

    <LA snip>

    My complaint is that decades of dem control of LA and the state as a whole has created a crisis of homelessness.

    There's homelessness in Republican controlled areas, too, and for the
    same reason: a lack of affordable housing.

    Something dems have long demonstrated they don't have the guts or the willpower
    and frankly a questionable desire to get control of.
    All they do is create an ever growing industry and lobbying consortium around their
    social programs for the homeless and addicted.

    Social programs don't cause homelessness, they attempt to address it.

    The politicians become as dependent on their campaign donations as the addicts in the streets
    to meth.

    How is that exclusive to Democrats?

    What does that have to do with the SF collapse? The purported SF crime
    rate is a political ploy

    Tell it to the people who have uprooted their entire lives to escape
    that decaying shit-hole.

    SF is notoriously NIMBY.

    How many local newspapers go to the level of effort required for this?

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-car-breakins/

    Dates back to 2019 and before that, a 2015 twitter feed @SFCarBreakins,
    back when conservative law and order DAs were in charge.

    or how about this?

    https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/breaking-point-sf-suffers-highest-rate-of-car-break-ins-compared-to-atlanta-dc-dallas-la/2731757/

    There's your usual tactic of cherry-picking a subtopic, in this case,
    car break-ins while crime is down overall.

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/san-francisco-crime-rates-17487348.php

    "The pandemic changed crime in San Francisco. Except for motor vehicle
    theft, it’s getting back to normal."

    And the trend going back to 1990 is downward. As long as cherry-picking
    is allowed:

    https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/why-youre-far-more-likely-to-be-murdered-in-fresno-or-bakersfield-than-san-fran-and-l-a/

    "Another surprising takeaway: while murder rates have surged throughout
    the country, mid-sized cities with Republican mayors have actually fared
    far worse than big cities with Democratic mayors."

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 15 11:04:03 2022
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 9:21:33 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/15/22 10:27 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:49:13 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/14/22 12:16 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:32:08 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/13/22 6:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11531789/Condo-prices-downtown-San-Francisco-slump-thanks-soaring-drugs-crime.html

    It's becoming an empty city...a shell with no inhabitants.

    “No one goes there, it’s too crowded”- Yogi Berra

    and when exactly did he say that?
    A number of times.

    https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/29/too-crowded/

    "I was talking to Stan Musial and Joe Garagiola in 1959 about Ruggeri’s >> restaurant in my old neighborhood in St. Louis. It was true!"
    You sputter some stupid lame retorts at times but this one is even
    beneath you.
    It's at a level appropriate to your claim SF will be "an empty city...
    with no inhabitants."

    Do you not see the vacancy rates?
    In the buildings "found to have structural issues"? Or in the area
    overall? Look here for the many ways a home can be vacant:

    https://sf.curbed.com/2020/2/24/21149381/san-francisco-vacant-homes-census-five-year-2020

    Here's a more recent perspective:

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/06/07/sf-vacancy-rate/

    You're talking housing and I'm pointing to office space and
    some high end condos for sale....not rent.

    And while the office space is actually leased...that won't last if it remains unoccupied.

    You can ignore all these warnings, but the future for the city is in peril.
    San Fran...the new Detroit.

    Stephen thinks that's no big deal.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Dec 15 13:33:46 2022
    On 12/15/22 1:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 9:21:33 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/15/22 10:27 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Do you not see the vacancy rates?
    In the buildings "found to have structural issues"? Or in the area
    overall? Look here for the many ways a home can be vacant:

    https://sf.curbed.com/2020/2/24/21149381/san-francisco-vacant-homes-census-five-year-2020

    Here's a more recent perspective:

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/06/07/sf-vacancy-rate/

    You're talking housing and I'm pointing to office space and
    some high end condos for sale....not rent.

    Maybe if you said what you meant... Aren't high end condos housing?


    And while the office space is actually leased...that won't last if it remains unoccupied.

    You could also cite credible sources without histories of San Francisco bashing.

    You can ignore all these warnings, but the future for the city is in peril. San Fran...the new Detroit.

    That's just wishful thinking on your part.

    Stephen thinks that's no big deal.

    This seems bad enough and it doesn't have the alarming pictures of the
    homeless that scare you:

    https://sfstandard.com/business/san-francisco-braces-for-epic-commercial-real-estate-crash/

    Although the "slow moving train" in the opening is alarmist. Speaking of "slow":

    https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/san-francisco-office-occupancy-rises-but-trails-national-trend/article_e8cbf142-0767-5ac1-9630-28cd15d6ebad.html

    (Updated Jun 16, 2022)

    Slow and steady wins the race — at least, according to people in the
    business of urging employees to return to the financial district...

    San Francisco occupancy rates are still behind most other major
    metropolitan areas in the country. Nationwide, Kastle estimates offices
    are 39% occupied.

    Despite the lag, San Francisco also shows some of the most consistent, dependable occupancy growth amongst cities Kastle Systems tracks.
    Whereas top-ranking cities like Austin and Houston currently have the
    highest number of workers in the office — at 55.3% and 52.3% occupancy, respectively — each saw sudden dips of approximately 5, 10, and 20%
    between November 2020 and early March. San Francisco office occupancy,
    on the other hand, has increased at a near constant rate since falling
    in March 2020, with only small 1-3% fluctuations.

    End quote.

    https://californiaglobe.com/articles/san-francisco-office-occupancy-still-under-40-despite-ending-mask-mandate/

    "Occupancy is expected to reach above 40% in San Francisco by the end of
    the year."

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 09:55:21 2022
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 11:33:49 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/15/22 1:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 9:21:33 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/15/22 10:27 AM, ScottW wrote:

    Do you not see the vacancy rates?
    In the buildings "found to have structural issues"? Or in the area
    overall? Look here for the many ways a home can be vacant:

    https://sf.curbed.com/2020/2/24/21149381/san-francisco-vacant-homes-census-five-year-2020

    Here's a more recent perspective:

    https://thefrontsteps.com/2022/06/07/sf-vacancy-rate/

    You're talking housing and I'm pointing to office space and
    some high end condos for sale....not rent.
    Maybe if you said what you meant... Aren't high end condos housing?
    And while the office space is actually leased...that won't last if it remains unoccupied.
    You could also cite credible sources without histories of San Francisco bashing.
    You can ignore all these warnings, but the future for the city is in peril.
    San Fran...the new Detroit.
    That's just wishful thinking on your part.
    Stephen thinks that's no big deal.
    This seems bad enough and it doesn't have the alarming pictures of the homeless that scare you:

    https://sfstandard.com/business/san-francisco-braces-for-epic-commercial-real-estate-crash/

    Although the "slow moving train" in the opening is alarmist. Speaking of "slow":

    https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/san-francisco-office-occupancy-rises-but-trails-national-trend/article_e8cbf142-0767-5ac1-9630-28cd15d6ebad.html

    (Updated Jun 16, 2022)

    Slow and steady wins the race — at least, according to people in the business of urging employees to return to the financial district...

    San Francisco occupancy rates are still behind most other major
    metropolitan areas in the country. Nationwide, Kastle estimates offices
    are 39% occupied.

    Despite the lag, San Francisco also shows some of the most consistent, dependable occupancy growth amongst cities Kastle Systems tracks.
    Whereas top-ranking cities like Austin and Houston currently have the highest number of workers in the office — at 55.3% and 52.3% occupancy, respectively — each saw sudden dips of approximately 5, 10, and 20% between November 2020 and early March. San Francisco office occupancy,
    on the other hand, has increased at a near constant rate since falling
    in March 2020, with only small 1-3% fluctuations.

    End quote.

    https://californiaglobe.com/articles/san-francisco-office-occupancy-still-under-40-despite-ending-mask-mandate/

    "Occupancy is expected to reach above 40% in San Francisco by the end of
    the year."

    1 pt projected up from unsustainable bad levels and you're claiming the future is bright?
    Seriously?

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Dec 16 13:23:56 2022
    On 12/16/22 11:55 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 11:33:49 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:

    This seems bad enough and it doesn't have the alarming pictures of the
    homeless that scare you:

    https://sfstandard.com/business/san-francisco-braces-for-epic-commercial-real-estate-crash/

    Although the "slow moving train" in the opening is alarmist. Speaking of
    "slow":

    https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/san-francisco-office-occupancy-rises-but-trails-national-trend/article_e8cbf142-0767-5ac1-9630-28cd15d6ebad.html

    (Updated Jun 16, 2022)

    Slow and steady wins the race — at least, according to people in the
    business of urging employees to return to the financial district...

    https://californiaglobe.com/articles/san-francisco-office-occupancy-still-under-40-despite-ending-mask-mandate/

    "Occupancy is expected to reach above 40% in San Francisco by the end of
    the year."

    1 pt projected up from unsustainable bad levels and you're claiming the future is bright?
    Seriously?

    Up a point is better than a catastrophic collapse. Also, I didn't say
    "the future is bright." Too bad it isn't easy to convert office to
    housing as increased supply would be a relief.

    Not to say it never happens:

    https://www.nmrk.com/insights/press-releases/newmark-announces-rare-office-to-residential-conversion-opportunity-in-san-francisco

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 19:08:49 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:24:00 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/16/22 11:55 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 11:33:49 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:

    This seems bad enough and it doesn't have the alarming pictures of the
    homeless that scare you:

    https://sfstandard.com/business/san-francisco-braces-for-epic-commercial-real-estate-crash/

    Although the "slow moving train" in the opening is alarmist. Speaking of >> "slow":

    https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/san-francisco-office-occupancy-rises-but-trails-national-trend/article_e8cbf142-0767-5ac1-9630-28cd15d6ebad.html

    (Updated Jun 16, 2022)

    Slow and steady wins the race — at least, according to people in the
    business of urging employees to return to the financial district...
    https://californiaglobe.com/articles/san-francisco-office-occupancy-still-under-40-despite-ending-mask-mandate/

    "Occupancy is expected to reach above 40% in San Francisco by the end of >> the year."

    1 pt projected up from unsustainable bad levels and you're claiming the future is bright?
    Seriously?
    Up a point is better than a catastrophic collapse.

    Much of the unoccupied space is still under lease.
    When those leases expire is when that time bomb goes boom.


    Also, I didn't say
    "the future is bright." Too bad it isn't easy to convert office to
    housing as increased supply would be a relief.

    Not to say it never happens:

    https://www.nmrk.com/insights/press-releases/newmark-announces-rare-office-to-residential-conversion-opportunity-in-san-francisco

    Do you even read your own shit? That's a realtor advertising the building for sale.
    Guess what? 6 months later it's still on the market.

    https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1049-Market-St-San-Francisco-CA/25820345/

    Why don't you buy it and turn it into a homeless shelter?

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Dec 17 09:26:33 2022
    On 12/16/22 9:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:24:00 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/16/22 11:55 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 11:33:49 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:

    This seems bad enough and it doesn't have the alarming pictures
    of the homeless that scare you:

    https://sfstandard.com/business/san-francisco-braces-for-epic-commercial-real-estate-crash/

    Although the "slow moving train" in the opening is alarmist.

    https://californiaglobe.com/articles/san-francisco-office-occupancy-still-under-40-despite-ending-mask-mandate/
    "Occupancy is expected to reach above 40% in San Francisco by the end of the year."

    1 pt projected up from unsustainable bad levels and you're
    claiming the future is bright? Seriously?
    Up a point is better than a catastrophic collapse.

    Much of the unoccupied space is still under lease. When those leases
    expire is when that time bomb goes boom.

    Yes, the "slow moving train" referred to above.

    Also, I didn't say "the future is bright." Too bad it isn't easy to
    convert office to housing as increased supply would be a relief.

    Not to say it never happens:

    https://www.nmrk.com/insights/press-releases/newmark-announces-rare-office-to-residential-conversion-opportunity-in-san-francisco

    Do you even read your own shit? That's a realtor advertising the
    building for sale. Guess what? 6 months later it's still on the
    market.

    Is it not a commercial to residential conversion? Does it not say 'rare'
    right there in the URL which supports my remark implying such
    conversions rarely happen? Wouldn't a long listing support my remark
    that those wouldn't be easy?

    https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1049-Market-St-San-Francisco-CA/25820345/

    Why don't you buy it and turn it into a homeless shelter?

    Because I'm not a billionaire. How San Francisco's real estate problems
    and its NIMBY attitudes are leading to a collapse of city revenue are a
    way more interesting topic than the Fox line blaming exaggerated crime
    and street conditions for anything bad that happens.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 17 17:02:02 2022
    On Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 7:26:38 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/16/22 9:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:24:00 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/16/22 11:55 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 11:33:49 AM UTC-8, MINe109
    wrote:

    This seems bad enough and it doesn't have the alarming pictures
    of the homeless that scare you:

    https://sfstandard.com/business/san-francisco-braces-for-epic-commercial-real-estate-crash/

    Although the "slow moving train" in the opening is alarmist.
    https://californiaglobe.com/articles/san-francisco-office-occupancy-still-under-40-despite-ending-mask-mandate/
    "Occupancy is expected to reach above 40% in San Francisco by the end of the year."

    1 pt projected up from unsustainable bad levels and you're
    claiming the future is bright? Seriously?
    Up a point is better than a catastrophic collapse.

    Much of the unoccupied space is still under lease. When those leases
    expire is when that time bomb goes boom.
    Yes, the "slow moving train" referred to above.
    Also, I didn't say "the future is bright." Too bad it isn't easy to
    convert office to housing as increased supply would be a relief.

    Not to say it never happens:

    https://www.nmrk.com/insights/press-releases/newmark-announces-rare-office-to-residential-conversion-opportunity-in-san-francisco

    Do you even read your own shit? That's a realtor advertising the
    building for sale. Guess what? 6 months later it's still on the
    market.
    Is it not a commercial to residential conversion?

    No...it's a realtor sales pitch claiming it's an option yet no
    developer has taken 'em up on the offer.

    Want to know why? Cuz no one wants to buy residential
    real estate in the middle of a dying city.

    If it was such a great idea even you could get financing....well maybe not you. But Trump could and he's not interested cuz he's way smarter than you when it comes
    to real estate.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sun Dec 18 12:52:27 2022
    On 12/17/22 7:02 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 7:26:38 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
    On 12/16/22 9:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:24:00 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:

    Too bad it isn't easy to convert office to housing as increased supply would be a relief.

    Not to say it never happens:

    https://www.nmrk.com/insights/press-releases/newmark-announces-rare-office-to-residential-conversion-opportunity-in-san-francisco

    Do you even read your own shit? That's a realtor advertising the
    building for sale. Guess what? 6 months later it's still on the
    market.
    Is it not a commercial to residential conversion?

    No...it's a realtor sales pitch claiming it's an option yet no
    developer has taken 'em up on the offer.

    I see: "opportunity."

    Want to know why? Cuz no one wants to buy residential
    real estate in the middle of a dying city.

    So I was right the first time that it wasn't easy. Still, there's hope:

    https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/05/17/spur-talk-convert-offices-to-housing/

    And never say never:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Van_Ness_Avenue

    If it was such a great idea even you could get financing....well maybe not you.
    But Trump could and he's not interested cuz he's way smarter than you when it comes
    to real estate.

    Now you're just trying to be funny.

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