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Buy Nothing groups aren t just about exchanging free stuff for SF residents
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These online SF communities are like Nextdoor, minus the drama.Jill Ferry/Getty Images
When the pandemic began escalating in March 2020 and San Francisco locked down, Rossana Li was feeling pretty lonely. She lived by herself and between the stay-at-home order and most of her friends living outside the city, her sense of community had disappeared.
Like many of us do when we’re bored, she turned to Facebook and started browsing her local “Buy Nothing” group based in the Mission. She saw someone offering their help to anyone who needed yard work done. She’d always dreamt of fixing up her backyard, but never had the help or the time and figured she’d take a chance. The following Saturday, 10 people showed up and the group worked together and “completely transformed her space,” pulling weeds and doing general clean up. “It was amazing. I was meeting people and yet, we were