But treating San Francisco as some sort of outlier, a sui generis example of urban decay, is wrong, too.
After I washed out back there I washed up on the Embarcadero, a typical San Francisco story.
Because here's my one crazy trick to fix San Francisco: homes.
Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesThis is just a matter of good old-fashioned supply and demand.
To revive the city, San Francisco needs to get back to its freak-flag-flying roots.
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