Rebecca Solnit is the last writer I expected to be referenced on this particular website.
It's a good article. There's a good New Yorker feature by Nathan Heller from last year in a similar vein:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...ancisco-really
The conventional wisdom about a place is never really accurate - once you zoom in, things are much more complicated than any broad generalization or hot take. As someone who has lived in and near the city for a big chunk of my life, including the 90s, I will say that Solnit's idea - that people's expectations of what SF should be have changed much more than SF has itself changed - is spot on.
I will say that I love that city, and I will never stop loving it, despite all of its numerous issues.