If you happen to imagine San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, there’s no place higher to stay on the planet than the town by the bay. At WIRED’s Large Interview occasion on Thursday—not so coincidentally held in San Francisco—the mayor informed international editorial director Katie Drummond that he’s completely satisfied that anybody trying to rag on the town doesn’t know what they’re speaking about.
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After all, Lurie stated, issues may all the time be higher. Whereas he hailed optimistic modifications San Francisco has made since he took workplace 11 months in the past, like extra workplace area being crammed within the downtown space and a lower in crime, he acknowledged that a few of which may have come within the wake of corporations’ return to workplace insurance policies and the AI increase. Nonetheless, Lurie stated, if you happen to ask San Francisco residents, 62 % say that their metropolis is headed in the precise course, in comparison with simply 25 % a 12 months in the past.
Lurie stated a part of what’s going to assist maintain San Francisco shifting in the precise course is a dedication from residents. Previous leaders, he stated, “took San Francisco for granted,” pondering “we could just continue on and our success would continue as well.” To make San Francisco resilient, in a position to climate financial modifications and tech booms and busts, Lurie stated its leaders must be “relentless in fighting for [their] city, standing up for [their] city, and welcoming people, saying, ‘We want you here and we’re going to create the conditions for your success.’”
