> one of the defining traits of San Francisco is that it disallows chain restaurants, walmarts, etc.
For very narrow values of "chain restaurants, walmarts etc." Target is basically the same thing as Wal-mart. Chain restaurants are common. (For example, I used to eat lunch at a nearby Jimmy John's, a sandwich chain from Illinois. Which Jimmy John's I ate at might vary; there was more than one nearby.) There's a Starbucks on every block.
For very narrow values of "chain restaurants, walmarts etc." Target is basically the same thing as Wal-mart. Chain restaurants are common. (For example, I used to eat lunch at a nearby Jimmy John's, a sandwich chain from Illinois. Which Jimmy John's I ate at might vary; there was more than one nearby.) There's a Starbucks on every block.