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A cultural , commercial and financial center , San Francisco has undergone a rapid reimagining over the past decade as the city has experienced a massive boom in technology jobs . Like in Seattle , this has created tensions in other areas , with house prices and homelessness creating new challenges for the sustainable city planners of today to overcome . The city sends less trash to landfills than any other major US city , according to a CNBC report , and has made significant investments in solar power for municipal buildings – including 60,000 sq . ft of solar paneling on the roof of the San Francisco Convention Center . SEPTEMBER 2019