Quiet neighborhoods in the Mission, huh? Where are they and how much? This is a trick question: I know- since I’ve lived here for 22 years- where the quiet neighborhoods are. They’re more expensive. And these days, they’re getting absorbed into Noe Valley.

But that’s beside the point. People don’t need to move to accommodate commercial interests. I have an apartment I can afford. Why would I? It isn’t in my financial best interests.

“People from everywhere who are attracted to the Mission’s vitality” are not likely to be turned off from coming into the Mission simply because of heated discussion in the comments section of newspapers,or community meetings OR by a ban on alcohol that’s currently in place.

Look what we got now with the ban. And with this discussion. Lots of out or towners. Lot’s of other city residents. Lot’s of you term “vitality” and lots of what I and others see as detrimental to the livability of the neighborhood. It’s in the eye of the beholder, you know?

Except the noise part. Go ahead and argue that uncontrolled noise is a health benefit. Go find the study that shows that. I’ll be waiting.

To reflexively say that Mission residents who are organizing to get the response they need from city officials is anti-business(which is essentially your plaint) is a non-starter for an argument. It isn’t my job to support businesses. And it overlooks and diminishes the dual nature of the Mission and by extension the city: it’s both residential and commercial. Which one gets favored?

It’s funny how freaked out people get when they think their alcohol is going to be taken away from them.