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and especially in the context of west side san francisco, where self-identified progressives have convinced themselves that doing conservative things—like promoting car culture, tearing out bike lanes, defunding public transit, and idealizing suburbia—is progressivism as long as they do it Wokely

Are you trying to get yourself banned from Sunset / Richmond?

Yep. I love my single family home and not paying for parking. Although, in South FL, most yards are way too big and parking lots are often bigger than they need to be too. Wouldn't mind seeing suburban neighborhoods rezoned so small businesses and 5-story housing are mixed into our neighborhoods.

A classic case of chuds not understanding what makes their lives good. They imagine cities as playgrounds and amusement parks, not places people live. The other 99% of the country is boring, but they don't understand that it's boring because it has what they want.

Maybe they have a 3.5% mortgage.

They want to bave this lifestyle but everyone else should stop producing traffic

The places you mention all have great lifestyle amenities: arts organizations, libraries, book stores, fine dining, niche retail, etc. When I first moved to Austin, I was legit shocked at how bad the food was here. It's gotten better but if I had money to burn, I'd enjoy burning it in SF way more.

Years ago I remember a marketing video from a town in…Arkansas I think?…that was entirely about how much free surface parking they had downtown. A perfect haven for free and abundant parking freaks!

"but I can't get a job there!"

They want all the culture but with none of the people getting in the way. Just a society serving their selfish car-loving needs

Something only a transplant would say 🙄