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Really feels like we need a tough mayor to come down on this crap. As someone from a working class sicilian family living in the city since the late 1800s thing
by borkt 9y ago
Really feels like we need a tough mayor to come down on this crap. As someone from a working class sicilian family living in the city since the late 1800s things these days are unbelievable. I don't understand how the city could have grown so expensive yet appear to have no desire to properly police the streets. Blatant drug use/sales and dirt bike groups breaking every law imaginable are just a small example of what I encountered on my last trip through the city. How the police cannot stop the dirt bike groups amazes me as I've seen them knock very young children off of sidewalks into the street where they could get run over yet the police seem to have no desire to use force on them.
- nodesocket 9y agoThese are all my personal opinions. There is lack of law and consequences for bad behavior. It comes from leaders that are afraid of extreme liberal backlash and outrage. Unfortunately, I'd even say there is a disdain for police officers in SF. That has to be an incredibly hard and frustrating job. I've been in SF for over 5 years, but enough is enough and I moving out next month for Nashville, Tennessee. Downtown SF is no place to raise a family.
- tfmatt 9y agoCan you expanded on why Nashville? I have heard this exact same scenario 3 times in the last month on HN. Super curious, thanks.
- nodesocket 9y agoYou sure it wasn't me? :-) From another one of my comments. > Nashville is growing and expanding like crazy. I believe it is in the top 10 fastest growing US cities and it is VERY business friendly (no state income tax) and has favorable small business conditions. While Nashville is certainly a music city, the business environment continues to improve. > Ready to settle and slow life down. I absolutely love music (played drums and piano) and really enjoy the amazing live music scene in Nashville. I also found that people are super friendly, charming, and ultra polite in Nashville. That southern charm is real.
- tfmatt 9y agoit was you, best of luck
- luckydude 9y agoI'm not ready to move there, only visited it once to give a paper at a product line conference. I have to say it was _way_ better than I expected. The music scene is just insane, every bar has a stage with decent people playing. All the time. Crazy fun. And I'm a hockey fan - the Nashville fans are off the charts. I've thought about going back there just to watch a game :) I'm pretty entrenched where I am but I'd consider living there.
- mc32 9y agoI agree we need more Koch/Giuliani and less Dinkins. I think the police would like to be able to tackle public nuisance issues but the BoS are more about satisfying their little pet projects and focused constituencies at the expense of the citizenry at large. It took years upon years and utter persistence from neighborhood groups and business groups to finally get the police to act on the vagrancy on Height street. It was what religious people might call a miracle that anything happened at all. Part of the problem might be that many families leave the city once their kids reach school age and so their potential pressure on the BoS leaves with them and DINKs don't have as much interest, less motivated and more idealistic. Parents are less likely to put up with bullshit but the city is to far gone for many to stay and put up a fight, so special interests take over.