San Francisco's freak flag is flying at half-mast

For generations, San Francisco has been home to the rest of the country’s misfits, whether free-loving hippies or leather-daddy gay men. San Francisco could be counted on to welcome the "freaks," the sexual deviants. The city told them, “Don’t pay attention to what the rest of them say. Here is where you belong.” But almost half a decade into the tech boom, San Francisco is wearing a different outfit. She has long since shed her hippie garb and her leather fetish wear; even her custom co...