You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.

High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail.

If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

I respect your right to worship Satan, or to worship a tea kettle, or to be a NIMBY, or to be an asshole. There's no law against being an asshole.

You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.

I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.

I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.