I don't see the homeless as an SF problem but an American problem. SF is just where they gravitate. Same with the mentally ill. I certainly don't begrudge them

I don't see the homeless as an SF problem but an American problem. SF is just where they gravitate. Same with the mentally ill. I certainly don't begrudge them the streets. SF is the most disgusting city I've ever seen. The smell of human shit is a block by block experience. Nobody makes any effort to pick up trash on the ground. It's shameful. People just blame the homeless when nothing's stopping them from pitching in themselves. Don't want to? Don't complain; just pretend it's not a problem, that you don't see it, or even that it gives the city character. That's certainly the norm.