<story><title>San Francisco’s rent prices have never returned to pre-2020 levels</title><url>https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/sf-rent-prices-18534829.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cleandreams</author><text>I live in SF and I think the doom loop narrative is true of downtown. So many job cuts (though I think the AI boom is already gaining traction).&lt;p&gt;However the neighborhoods are dreamy, as good as ever. The city lost population during the pandemic but it has been gaining and in 2023, it is the fastest growing in the state.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been in tech for years here and it is the best job market, most lucrative, and most advanced. It&amp;#x27;s an opportunity to work here. Just don&amp;#x27;t live in the tenderloin.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iaseiadit</author><text>&amp;gt; However the neighborhoods are dreamy&lt;p&gt;I never got this. I lived in a “good” neighborhood, but still the TL issues (drug addicts, unhoused mentally ill people, dirty sidewalks, needles) still crept in. What neighborhoods are immune to this?</text></comment>
<story><title>San Francisco’s rent prices have never returned to pre-2020 levels</title><url>https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/sf-rent-prices-18534829.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cleandreams</author><text>I live in SF and I think the doom loop narrative is true of downtown. So many job cuts (though I think the AI boom is already gaining traction).&lt;p&gt;However the neighborhoods are dreamy, as good as ever. The city lost population during the pandemic but it has been gaining and in 2023, it is the fastest growing in the state.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been in tech for years here and it is the best job market, most lucrative, and most advanced. It&amp;#x27;s an opportunity to work here. Just don&amp;#x27;t live in the tenderloin.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pixelatedindex</author><text>I’m leaving SF to go to Seattle because they changed the job on me but are paying me more than I ever have. I’m relocating to improve my finances temporarily but I really hope I can come back to SF. I’ve been here for over a decade and this feels like home to me.</text></comment>