San Francisco's comeback

It’s only been 3 months since I’ve left SF but it’s hard to ignore the work that new Mayor Daniel Lurie has done. It seems that new restaurants and stores are reinvesting in San Francisco again.

Take Jins, a Japanese eyeglass company, for example. They used to have a location in Union Square San Francisco many for years and shut down in 2022 like many other downtown businesses after COVID. Well, just down the street from my Dad’s house is a new billboard saying Jins is coming back to San Francisco in the Stonestown Mall.

It was good to see that companies are believing in San Francisco again. Many other areas of the city are being built up while downtown and the traditional tourist zones make a recovery. It’ll take awhile for downtown to get back to where it was, but there’s been a ton of companies pledging to stay recently.

I have fond memories of going to Union Square as a kid on a weekly basis with my Dad. And then shopping around the area for Christmas. I hope my kid has that same experience as I did growing up. The city seems to be on the right path and I’m loving what I’m seeing.