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> Rising levels of increasingly aggressive homeless Citation needed. The most recent data on this disagrees with you.

beatpanda 9y ago
Cool, loving the downvotes here from people who didn't bother to read the results of the SF homeless count this year, which showed that the number of people on the street decreased over the last two years. Great community we've got here.
solaxun 9y ago
Ask all you want for citations, I live here and see it every day. It is definitely getting worse, I have coworkers who have been punched walking to the BART for no reason.
- beatpanda 9y ago
  It literally is not. I live and work in and around SF, I have worked directly with the homeless, and I pay attention when new data comes out on this subject. You are 100% wrong about this.
- beatpanda 9y ago
  "Something bad happened to my friend" =/= "Things are getting worse". I've been jumped walking down the street in SF, and also violent crime has been steadily decreasing since I moved here, just as it is now.
linkregister 9y ago
I’m inclined to believe you. Can you share a source? Homeless populations move around the city in response to police, etc., so the total number can be completely opaque to the average city resident.
- beatpanda 9y ago
  http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/ http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless...
- beatpanda 9y ago
  The headline on this article is misleading, but: "Just-released numbers from January’s homeless count, conducted every two years as a requirement to receive federal funds, show a very slight decrease. The drop is attributed to fewer families and youths among the homeless, while the number of single adults living on the street — the most visible — has risen." http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Despite-money-and-work-homelessness-in-SF-as-bad-11242946.php http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Despite-money-an...
  - linkregister 9y ago
    That’s really hopeful, thanks!

Cool, loving the downvotes here from people who didn't bother to read the results of the SF homeless count this year, which showed that the number of people on the street decreased over the last two years. Great community we've got here.

solaxun 9y ago

Ask all you want for citations, I live here and see it every day. It is definitely getting worse, I have coworkers who have been punched walking to the BART for no reason.

beatpanda 9y ago
It literally is not. I live and work in and around SF, I have worked directly with the homeless, and I pay attention when new data comes out on this subject. You are 100% wrong about this.
beatpanda 9y ago
"Something bad happened to my friend" =/= "Things are getting worse". I've been jumped walking down the street in SF, and also violent crime has been steadily decreasing since I moved here, just as it is now.

linkregister 9y ago

I’m inclined to believe you. Can you share a source? Homeless populations move around the city in response to police, etc., so the total number can be completely opaque to the average city resident.

beatpanda 9y ago
http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/ http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless...
beatpanda 9y ago
The headline on this article is misleading, but: "Just-released numbers from January’s homeless count, conducted every two years as a requirement to receive federal funds, show a very slight decrease. The drop is attributed to fewer families and youths among the homeless, while the number of single adults living on the street — the most visible — has risen." http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Despite-money-and-work-homelessness-in-SF-as-bad-11242946.php http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Despite-money-an...
- linkregister 9y ago
  That’s really hopeful, thanks!