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> I've never felt unsafe walking around in the Tenderloin, e.g. carrying an infant. Are you joking? Or just insane? I'm a 160 lbs male and would not walk thro

> I've never felt unsafe walking around in the Tenderloin, e.g. carrying an infant. Are you joking? Or just insane? I'm a 160 lbs male and would not walk through the tenderloin at night. It's really fucking scary. Almost everyone there is homeless and on drugs. The bad kind of drugs. I would go so far as to say that someone carrying an infant through that area might be endangering the child.

jacobolus 9y ago
People living in a snooty wealthy bubble get 'really fucking scared' pretty easily. It's not like drug addicts sitting on the sidewalk go out of their way to attack strangers walking by in the middle of a busy public street. I'm not recommending you find a big angry looking person and insult his mother. There are lots of people with kids who live in the Tenderloin and presumably pass through their own neighborhood at all hours. Walking around near poor homeless people now counts as 'child endangerment' I guess...
losteric 9y ago
Kid or no kid, the Tenderloin is fine as long as you "fit in"... but if it looks like you can be scared out of some cash, you will get the predatory stare.
- notyourday 9y ago
  My wife got attacked in San Francisco in Tenderloin around 11am, a few blocks away from Clift Hotel on the second day of the trip. I guess her carrying a Starbucks cup made her a target. The fact that SF tolerates shit like this under the banner of "acceptance", "it is mental health" or whatever the hell it may be is mind blowing.
  - madengr 9y ago
    CCW would help, though that’s not available in CA.
    - notyourday 9y ago
      Between hot coffee into his face and her doing a little bit of a small joint manipulation, she was fine. Just shocked.
mnm1 9y ago
> I would go so far as to say that someone carrying an infant through that area might be endangering the child. This is nonsense. You must be extremely easily scared. For normal people, it's perfectly fine.
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almost_usual 9y ago
Not to be mean but 160 lbs isn't heavy at all. If you're pushing 200 lbs and go to the gym regularly you'll have a lot less people bothering you on the street. I still wouldn't recommend walking through the Tenderloin alone though.

jacobolus 9y ago

People living in a snooty wealthy bubble get 'really fucking scared' pretty easily. It's not like drug addicts sitting on the sidewalk go out of their way to attack strangers walking by in the middle of a busy public street. I'm not recommending you find a big angry looking person and insult his mother. There are lots of people with kids who live in the Tenderloin and presumably pass through their own neighborhood at all hours. Walking around near poor homeless people now counts as 'child endangerment' I guess...

losteric 9y ago

Kid or no kid, the Tenderloin is fine as long as you "fit in"... but if it looks like you can be scared out of some cash, you will get the predatory stare.

notyourday 9y ago
My wife got attacked in San Francisco in Tenderloin around 11am, a few blocks away from Clift Hotel on the second day of the trip. I guess her carrying a Starbucks cup made her a target. The fact that SF tolerates shit like this under the banner of "acceptance", "it is mental health" or whatever the hell it may be is mind blowing.
- madengr 9y ago
  CCW would help, though that’s not available in CA.
  - notyourday 9y ago
    Between hot coffee into his face and her doing a little bit of a small joint manipulation, she was fine. Just shocked.

mnm1 9y ago

> I would go so far as to say that someone carrying an infant through that area might be endangering the child. This is nonsense. You must be extremely easily scared. For normal people, it's perfectly fine.

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almost_usual 9y ago

Not to be mean but 160 lbs isn't heavy at all. If you're pushing 200 lbs and go to the gym regularly you'll have a lot less people bothering you on the street. I still wouldn't recommend walking through the Tenderloin alone though.