Is San Francisco about to return to its Bohemian roots?
Rent has got a long way to fall before you can find a room in a house for $300&#x2F;month. It needs to be around there for it to be truly <i>Bohemian</i>, where rent can be paid off after only a days of work, by artists, many of whom don&#x27;t code, and just aren&#x27;t suited for a 9-5 corporate job. The Beatles didn&#x27;t suddenly decide to quit high-profile jobs at law firms, they lived off government welfare before making it big.<p>Art makes do, just maybe not here. Some has already been gentrified and priced out of Oakland and have moved further, up into Richmond or south to Hunters Point. Others have looked at coming back to the city, and still found that 20% discount off $4,000&#x2F;month is still utterly unaffordable, with no private garage space, and with so many neighbors all working from home that aren&#x27;t appreciative of impromptu 4am Tuesday nightjam sessions.<p>I&#x27;d love it for San Francisco&#x27;s culture to undergo a revival and for the arts to flourish, but with this much money in the area, San Francisco could just as easily go the way of LA or Miami with conspicuous consumption. Maybe that helps the arts, but Teslas aren&#x27;t Bohemian.