In the 12 years that I’ve lived in San Francisco, I’ve witnessed a decline in what makes the city so unique

Over the course of the past 12+ years I’ve noticed that the thriving creative/artistic backbone of SF has slowly been out priced & forced to move across the bay, resulting in culture loss. I realize that it’s not as affordable to live anywhere in the Bay Area, as it was even just a decade ago, but it makes me really sad to see SF’s cultural soul systematically crumbling into small niche communities within the greater area. There used to be more liveliness in people, but these days I feel like everyone is either angry/uninterested due to being in their own world, or dissociating to make it through another grinding day. There are still so many amazing human beings in this city and I will never stop loving and cherish San Francisco. I don’t want to take away from that, but I wanted to express my feelings on what I’ve noticed over time.

It’s disheartening, because the reason I moved here originally was for music, and there used to just be more art galleries, musicians playing everywhere, etc. What’s going to happen when the people that entertain you, cook your food, serve you, clean up after you, etc. have NO ability to pay for rent & expenses any longer? It’s like we’re all just passive consumer drones with no ability to unite with one another to get our needs met as a people. We’re too busy bickering with one another on social media about a culture war being shoved down our throats by the upper classes.

I mean, what do you guys think? Do you feel like the city is still culturally the same as it was just a decade ago? Or do you also think that the city has lost alot of its creative/artistic underbelly?