San Francisco is a laid-back city still living in the past of the sixties. The city is driven by somewhat progressive (in france, that would be considered just plain Right Wing) politicians, and the most left wing ones’ attitude is to have said NO to progress for the past 20 years, arguing that improving SF infrastructure and embellishing the city would drive the price of life too HIGH. Well they ‘ve been wrong for a long time now, and that’s a proof that even the left wing in San Francisco lacks intelligence, vision, and leadership (this doesn’t mean, and will never mean that the Right Wing is an alternative, it is not, the alternative is an intelligent population). Refraining to improve the city has made San Francisco a backward place to live, where everything has become too expensive to enjoy LIFE here.

So if you have good ideas of other cities that are making real progress and will be a joy to live in, as opposed to Yuppie Intoxicated unProgressive San Fran, please let me know.

some crappy photos from the design-off at The Ferry Building last month here: http://whatimseeing.com/2008/01/futurama-city-in-2108.html