Just want to create a new thread to keep the dead city talk off of the NBA thread.

BDP, Announcing San Fran as dead might have been a little over the top but proposing some new sky scrapers doesn't change the fact that there aren't any children in the city to replace those that move out or die. Only 35% of San fran residents are from San Fran and with the average home price over $700K it will be hard for them to keep people relocating to the city. They already have a negative growth rate and it will probably get worse. Take away the Asia influx over the last 20 years and San Fran would be a ghost town. The building you cited on the other thread is only proposed and with the downturn in the housing market I bet it never gets built.

San Fran does have 1 thing going for it that Seattle doesn't. San Fran has funding from the rest of California. That is why they can afford to rebuild the Oakland Bay bridge and Seattle can't add an extra lane to one. I really believe San Fran has seen their best days.