Kurtenbach: The Bay Area had a winning Super Bowl performance. But so did the Seahawks

For a week, the narrative took a holiday.

You know the one: the “Doom Loop.” The breathless yelling about a region in decline. A tale of a hellscape of smashed car windows and empty office towers.

The bad actors and cable news pundits have spent years dunking on the San Francisco Bay Area, treating this Pacific paradise like a cautionary tale rather than an American treasure.

But then the NFL circus rolled into town for Super Bowl 60, and the Bay didn’t just fight back; it showed off.