Talk:San Francisco/Mission District

i feel flustered by this article. first it talks about the recent gentrification of the mission, then it goes on to speak about what fun stuff there is to see and do in the mission. gentrification is the root of much suffering for many working class people. is this article raising awareness about gentrification in a gesture of social justice, or is it promoting tourism/further gentrification? it seems to me like it is trying to do both, which i find to be offensive.


 * If you can find some way to bring the balance you'd like to see to this article then please go ahead. And do consider signing your posts.  You don't have to of course, but it makes it easier to have a discussion.  -- (WT-en) Mark 10:14, 15 Jul 2005 (EDT)


 * Well said, Mark. It's also worth noting a couple of things: first, that six different people contributed to this article, and that naturally a few different points of view are going to be expressed. Sometimes we do a good job integrating these, and sometimes we don't.


 * Second: Wikivoyage tries to keep a neutral point of view. It's a simple fact that the area was gentrified in the 80s and 90s; Wikivoyage is responsible for neither the advantages nor the disadvantages that that movement brought the Mission.


 * All we did is make a travel guide. We're gonna point out the interesting parts of the neighborhood; that's what travel guides are for. I can't see that ignoring the district's recent history, nor discouraging travellers from visiting this great section of San Francisco, as being in anybody's best interest. --(WT-en) Evan 20:46, 15 Jul 2005 (EDT)