A pedestrian passes a boarded up entrance to the Omni San Francisco Hotel, which has suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.
Posted on 10/30/2020 9:51:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SAN FRANCISCO - Before the pandemic, Senor Sisig food trucks were a common sight in downtown San Francisco, dishing out Filipino fusion tacos and burritos to long lines of workers who spilled out of office towers at lunch.
The trucks now are gone, forced into the suburbs because there’s practically no one around to feed in the city's center.
As the coronavirus pandemic transforms San Francisco's workplace, legions of tech workers have left, able to work remotely from anywhere. Families have fled for roomy suburban homes with backyards. The exodus has pushed rents in the prohibitively expensive city to their lowest in years. Tourists are scarce, and the famed cable cars sit idle.
The food trucks, like many other businesses, are wondering when things will bounce back.
“Is it ever going to get back to normal, is it ever going to be as busy as it was — and will that be next year, or in 10 years?” said Evan Kidera, CEO of Senor Sisig.
In March, counties in the Bay Area jointly ordered their residents to stay at home, becoming the first region in the country to do so. And San Francisco itself was even slower than its neighbors to reopen restaurants, gyms and salons.
But the restrictions also played a role in shutting down critical elements of San Francisco’s vibrant economy — tourism, tech and the city’s main business and financial districts, packed with high-rise condos, office towers and headquarters for the likes of Twitter, Pinterest and Slack.
There are no hard figures on how many residents have left. It remains to be seen if the limited reopening will do much to repopulate the city.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
A pedestrian passes a boarded up entrance to the Omni San Francisco Hotel, which has suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.
Empty except for piles of poop. Thanks, Newsom and Poolosi...
So, are we suggesting that the city dwellers will vote Biden simply because the rioters will only come out if Trump wins??? Vote Biden to save the cities from the anarchists!! Well, I have a better idea, Vote for Trump and arrest the rioters under a federal insurrection statute and keep them locked up for a while!!
I could care less about San Fagsicko, Shitcago, New York or any of these leftist cities. Wall them off and let them rot.
Federal prison, no parole in the Federal penal system...
And free needle dispensaries.
That’s going to be harder trying to eradicate than COVID.
Forgot Filthadelphia.
The “once vibrant” downtown was loaded with homeless dudes, drug-addicts, and tatooed freaks the last time I was there in 2019. Is that how we’re describing “vibrant” these days?
Sisig’s gone?
Damn!
I used to go to their truck all the time, it was always across the street from the Pacific Stock Exchange on Pine.
Sounds like things are very bad.
I was there this week. It’s overrun with homeless people and many stores and just boarded up and closed. It’s not the pandemic, it’s the homeless. They have taken over much of the city.
“Vibrant” is a dog-whistle for Prog/Marxists.
“San Francisco curbs virus but once-vibrant downtown is empty”
So all of the homeless are wearing masks and social distancing? All of the Junkies are using new needles every time?
or are just not being tested and counted??
Trump should have made his campaign all about San Francisco Kamala, not Biden. Nobody feels threatened by Biden and nobody cares about a candidate’s kid.
Trump should have demanded to debate Kamala. Oh well.
[[[Is it ever going to get back to normal, is it ever going to be as busy as it was — and will that be next year, or in 10 years?” said Evan Kidera, CEO of Senor Sisig.]]]
Perhaps she can think about that on her way to vote for Biden.
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Point of fact: for the majority of human history most people worked out of their homes. Work places outside of home only became widespread during the industrial revolution. Technology has made it possible for people to once again work out of their homes, but until this pandemic, businesses were reluctant to permit it. The pandemic has accelerated the return to working from home. At some point in the not too distant future, cities as we have known them will change dramatically and permanently.
When the people get used to doing stuff outside of the city, there will be no going back.............
Empty except for piles of poop. Thanks, Newsom and Poolosi...
So no one is living or working in Poo Frisco.
That is one way stop Covid 19!
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