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I keep saying that SF's permitting issues and shifting demographics means it's going to lose out to other nearby cities for the fun Asian stuff that draws in crowds and retail and food spending.
Stonestown is thriving, it has a large no of Asian restaurants and shops focusing on the community near SFSU and Sunset. That's probably the most successful 'mall' in the city right now. All the others are dead.
Daly City has this thing that's coming up and Emeryville is going to have a giant Korean one as well soon.
I'd rather go to Millbrae and Daly City and Oakland for something like say, boba, than anywhere in SF. I truly think that SF is going to lose the wave of 'trendy' Asian growth
No major Asian chain is able to open in SF, which makes it hard to open any chain, but in keeping out Red Lobster they also keep out Din Tai Fung and Hai Di Lao and Chicha and everything else I care about. Emeryville / Cupertino / Berkeley have way more in that regard, again due to demographics (and probably permitting)
@skinnylatte the only other mall that’s at all fun is…Japan town 
@Jackiemauro also very meh food so I don’t love it as much
@skinnylatte I do love the matcha ice cream. And also the weird arcade of grabber things haha. But I mostly go for the vibes.
@Jackiemauro yeah I always go ‘where we going? Japan town again?’
It’s the only slightly fun thing near us
But it’s not terribly fun, just better than the less fun options around haha
@skinnylatte haha fair. It’s far from us so kind of a treat. The kids really like the bridge.
Man I hope Lurie can make good on his promises to fix the permit nonsense.
@skinnylatte a bit horrifying to realize how much of what I now consider “fun” is just whatever I can do that allows me not to be my kids main source of entertainment for 10 minutes.
@Jackiemauro when they get a bit older, consider annual camp Mather get aways. You can leave your kids at all day events and go hiking or drinking or painting.
@skinnylatte ohhh I can’t wait for Mather. I went as a kid and it was magical to not have grownups around. The absolute best.
@Jackiemauro haha every mayor who has tried has been smacked by DBI so I am uncertain that he will get to do much. He needs to fire everyone at DBI