In a nearly incomprehensible story that could only happen in Inner Mission San Francisco, Williamsburg, or Portland -- a group of progressive, socially-conscious hipsters with a penchant for v-neck t-shirts in San Francisco have successfully defeated plans to open a progressive, socially-conscious, hipster supply depot filled with v-necks: American Apparel. What's their objection to the store? Simply put: it's a chain store.

So, how did the hipsters of the Mission District kill American Apparel? They did it through the use of San Francisco's crazy-strict Prop. G requirements, which states that all chain stores seek a special "conditional use" permit in front of the Planning Commission.

When residents in the neighborhood heard about the Planning Commission meeting, a small herd of them trucked on over and spent three hours railing on destructive effects of chain stores. Ironically, many of the community activists unapologetically love American Apparel's product -- some of the even wore it to the meeting.

The simple fact is, no matter how well American Apparel gels with community values, the fact that there are 260 AA chain stores on planet Earth is enough for residents to classify it as a "parasitic entity." Steve Adams, president of Merchants of Upper Market and Castro put it best:

"There was all this opposition to American Apparel, saying that you need to be socially conscious. Well, they are. They pay their workers more, they have a health plan and they opposed Prop. 8. I'm still trying to figure this one out."

[via Jezebel]