>San Francisco is well known for its transformations, the most recent one fueled by tech money that has seemingly scrubbed much of the city clean.<p>Well if this is to be taken literally, it's laughable. San Francisco's thoroughfares are littered with garbage, the city smells like piss, and its public transportation is third world at best. I can't imagine what SF was like before the latest "transformation"!
I highly recommend to anyone who lives in the bay area to check out some classic noir films and others at the Stanford Theatre in palo alto.<p>It's a real gem of a place.