SF housing too expensive
I miss San Francisco with all my heart.
My partner of 20 years and I moved to San Francisco in 1990 on Cumberland Street. It was a top floor with two large bedrooms and a huge living room and kitchen and dining area. We had a fantastic view of all the lovely homes on the hill looking north.
When we moved in we were paying $1,100 per month. When we moved in 2004 we were paying only $1,300 per month and that included parking garage and laundry facility. When we moved out the rent went up to $3,500 per month.
It was quiet and perfect, except we were in our late 40s and wanted a home and a yard and a pet dog. But houses were outrageously overpriced.
That made us move back to Salt Lake City, but my heart is still there in San Francisco and I will always call it my home.
We now could never return to San Francisco if we ever wanted to.
When we left San Francisco there were new condo buildings sitting empty because of the economy and the costs. Condos on the wharf were going for $700,000 and tiny and empty.
Here large two-bedroom condos go for about $45,000 to $125,000. But then you have to put up with the gay hating mongrels called Mormons and the freezing winters.
I feel that San Francisco has let greed run us gays out of the city to never return, except for those who can afford it.
John Benoit
Holladay, Utah
When I moved to San Francisco in 2005, me and my friend Troy were lucky enough to snag a 2-br in the Castro (17th / Noe) for $1700. That was a steal. My instincts tell me the market value today of that apartment is upwards of $3000 a month. My friend -- who still lives in that apartment -- called me last week to tell me that the landlord was having it appraised. Danger 5000.
