Blogging legend (and former Mission dweller) Tony Pierce (of the world-famous Busblog, LAist, the LA Times, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) reacts to today’s news about Mr. Bing’s:
I first went to Mr. Bings with Marc Brown. Mellow, uncompromised, simple, comfy, respectable dive bar across the street from a peep show. Leave it to Frisco to intend to do it harm.
I am sure there are still some smart people in SF. Mark Johnson, Barney Greinke, and Allan Hough immediately come to mind. Sadly they are not political muscle men or power brokers.
At some point the people of San Fran will look up from their smart phones and realize they’ve turned one of the funkiest places in the world into a mall.
Hopefully the zombie apocalypse will go down soon and when it does I hope the zombies realize that the most brains per capita are in No Cal and they start there.
Drinks after the apocalypse at the 500 Club.
Looking forward to it, Tony.
(And also, there’s the news about the Stud.)
 Tony Pierce (of the world-famous Busblog, LAist, the LA Times, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) reacts to today’s news about Mr. Bing’s: I first went to Mr. Bings with Marc Brown. Mellow, uncompromised, simple, comfy, respectable dive bar across the street from a peep show. […]</p>
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Sad about Bings and The Stud yes… But the fact that you refer to The City as both Frisco and San Fran in the same article means you are the problem… not the solution.
Get a grip
this city has been a total shit storm since the Mab closed…
this city has been a total shit storm since Ernies closed..
this city has been a total shit storm since Cocodrie closed…
This city has been a total shit storm since… Gold was discovered and the world’s population descended upon it.
There has not been a decade since where the “established” San Franciscans, their businesses, and their livelihoods haven’t been under attack or co-opted by people only here for the money. Hell, even the long-standing San Franciscans ruined the place for the 1st Nation natives.
There are a LOT of problems with San Francisco right now. Not a single one of them can be fixed by saying “These are ruining my City!”
Edit: ** “These (Insert any group of people you care to think of) are ruining my CIty!”
A “former Mission dweller” who apparently lives in LA uses “Frisco,” “San Fran” and “No Cal” without irony – please tell me more about the city I was born and raised in.
http://www.missionmission.org/2014/06/03/call-it-frisco/