Sunday, July 30, 2023

Elon Musk Warns SFO Is on a Doom Spiral but For Now Not Ready to Abandon the City

 

Elon Musk like many executives has been warning about the decline of the Bay Area along with the Golden State
Until they are blue in the face and no longer a turnaround have the patience to await
Getting worse than a decline but more like a doom spiral from which recovery is doomed to fail
But for now Twitter’s X will still be found in the City by the Bay as Musk is not ready to bail
Homelessness, rampant drug use, rampant violent and property crime
Sidewalks and parks covered in urine and fecal slime
From 2020-2022 7.5% of the SFO County’s population pulled up their stakes and to other areas went
Office vacancy in the city grew in the 2nd quarter by 1.83 million square feet from 29.4 to 31.6 percent
When office buildings become vacant the stores, coffee houses and diners that supported their former workers close
For the once beautiful City by the Bay its bloom is surely on the rose
One has to admire Musk for not packing up and leaving the Bay
But if the City does not right itself there will soon come the day
When Musk enjoined by a tone deaf city from replacing the blue bird with an “X”
Will say “enough” and join those once wanting to stay to now staying reject

© 7/30/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

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