A New Mission District Art Exhibit Challenges SF’s ‘Doom Loop’ Narrative
The adage that San Francisco is in a state of perpetual freefall has become clickbait as of late — but a new exhibit reminds us that SF is as resilient as it is beguiling.
San Francisco exists as a bastion for so many who left their homes to find a semblance of community; of kinship; to be in a community that celebrates themselves and what it means to live a good life on this entropic space rock. The Covid-19 pandemic forever changed our ideas of not only home but how we move about our daily lives.
The past three years have seen the media fixated on SF’s “mass exodus” and decline of its downtown; the "doom loop," if you will. But like we’ve waxed (in countless tones and textures) before: San Francisco’s problems aren’t unique — they exist in every large American metro to some degree.
...