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The problem with Tenderloin is it is located in the heart of SF. Every city has its squalor. For example, Skid Row in DT LA or south side of Chicago. But touris
by dmode 8y ago
The problem with Tenderloin is it is located in the heart of SF. Every city has its squalor. For example, Skid Row in DT LA or south side of Chicago. But tourists wouldn’t stumble upon them
- lovehashbrowns 8y agoThere are tons of awful areas in Chicago--I used to live in a pretty ghetto area of the south side. In the 1990's, the whole area I lived in was a battleground between two major gangs. Walking down the alley past a certain part of the night was practically a guarantee that you'd get robbed, at gun point, by a passing car. Gangs used to recruit kids in my elementary school, and the nearby high school was completely overrun by gangs. Still, that area of Chicago was pretty damn clean compared to what I have seen in SF. Living here is so depressing, even more so than what I've encountered in Chicago. Walking past literal hobo shanty towns on the sidewalk; seeing god damn used needles on the sidewalk across the street from my office; having coworkers visiting from out-of-state harassed by homeless people; SHIT EVERYWHERE. Not even just downtown. I live in the Richmond District and there's constantly shit on the sidewalk. This is easily the grossest city I've ever been in. The most maddening thing about all of this is how much it costs to live here. Fucking hell. AND HOW MUCH THEY CHARGE FOR SECURITY DEPOSITS! This is all so crazy to me.