Instapundit points to this story about housing costs in San Francisco and the exodus of the middle class. Says the article, San Francisco has gotten too expensive for all but the rich to live there.
I think that if you want to live in SF and can afford to, that's fine. And if you can't afford to live in SF, well, that's how life goes. What I find interesting, though, is that the leftist rich of San Francisco simultaneously price the guy who makes their Starbucks out of the housing market and laud $4.50/gallon gas as a great way to keep people from driving so much. And then they claim to be for the little guy.
For what it's worth, I was in the City yesterday. I love to go up to visit the nice shops off Union Square, the restaurants in North Beach and the eclectic shops you find when you get out of the financial district. But I wouldn't want to live there: While SF screws its middle class, they assuage their rich liberal guilt by making it a mecca for the homeless. It wouldn't count as a trip to San Francisco if you didn't see at least one crazy having a fight with himself, but I don't need that to be part of my everyday landscape.
