 The Doom Spiral, anyone? But he couldn't name three drag queens. The downtown is abandoned. It's been given over to Venezuelan drug dealers, junkies, and then criminals. But he couldn't even name one drag queen. All right, I give up. Wow, that would have been my answer, you know, and if I lose, I lose. But I think that would have been a good answer. The New York Times has written endless columns about the Doom Spiral in San Francisco.