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In San Francisco is equally bad. In the morning @7am you see so many people sleeping on sidewalks like sardines, it's pretty sad considering it's a rich city.

by Zdup 8y ago

enriquto 8y ago
It is not only sad. It is mind-blowingly absurd and overwhelmingly inhuman.
- aphextron 8y ago
  Capitalism.
  - thoughtexplorer 8y ago
    ...has resulted in the lowest rate of poverty the world has ever seen. Although certainly not a perfect system and could be improved, be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
  - dang 8y ago
    Please don't post unsubstantive comments here, regardless of capitalism.
conanbatt 8y ago
Not only that, but san Francisco exported half its homeless people according to a Guardian piece about Homeless bussing. Can you imagine the city with double the homeless?
dawhizkid 8y ago
Equally bad compared to what? As an SF resident I would argue SF has one of the worst homeless situations in the country - not necessarily in terms of overall numbers (LA/NY have more), but in terms of what I see as severe mental health issues and drug use among many (but not all) homeless people I see here.
- biztos 8y ago
  I remember being impressed by how many apparently high-functioning homeless people I saw out near Venice in LA a few years ago. I managed to avoid Skid Row, I guess that's where you'd go to see SF-style homelessness but in a more... integrated? boxed-in? tolerated? style.
djrobstep 8y ago
For this to exist in a city of billionaires is obscene and inexcusable.
- ReactDeepState 8y ago
  Billionaires who just want to conserve the status quo but tell the everyone they're innovating. No actual morals
gnulinux 8y ago
SF is the worst I've seen in the US (granted, I only lived in SF and Boston). Saying it's "equally bad" is almost funny. In Boston, LA, NYC, homeless problem is almost nowhere near SF.
- rconti 8y ago
  You're probably not wrong, but there are a lot fewer places for the homeless "problem" to hide in SF than in, say, LA.
  - gnulinux 8y ago
    That's a fair point.
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thoughtexplorer 8y ago
SF can't even provide affordable housing for the working class. People with full time jobs. It's a city where you need to be making >$100k/yr to even get a 1 bd apt.
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In San Francisco is equally bad. In the morning @7am you see so many people sleeping on sidewalks like sardines, it's pretty sad considering it's a rich city.

by Zdup 8y ago

In San Francisco is equally bad. In the morning @7am you see so many people sleeping on sidewalks like sardines, it's pretty sad considering it's a rich city.

enriquto 8y ago

It is not only sad. It is mind-blowingly absurd and overwhelmingly inhuman.

aphextron 8y ago
Capitalism.
- thoughtexplorer 8y ago
  ...has resulted in the lowest rate of poverty the world has ever seen. Although certainly not a perfect system and could be improved, be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't post unsubstantive comments here, regardless of capitalism.

conanbatt 8y ago

Not only that, but san Francisco exported half its homeless people according to a Guardian piece about Homeless bussing. Can you imagine the city with double the homeless?

dawhizkid 8y ago

Equally bad compared to what? As an SF resident I would argue SF has one of the worst homeless situations in the country - not necessarily in terms of overall numbers (LA/NY have more), but in terms of what I see as severe mental health issues and drug use among many (but not all) homeless people I see here.

biztos 8y ago
I remember being impressed by how many apparently high-functioning homeless people I saw out near Venice in LA a few years ago. I managed to avoid Skid Row, I guess that's where you'd go to see SF-style homelessness but in a more... integrated? boxed-in? tolerated? style.

djrobstep 8y ago

For this to exist in a city of billionaires is obscene and inexcusable.

ReactDeepState 8y ago
Billionaires who just want to conserve the status quo but tell the everyone they're innovating. No actual morals

gnulinux 8y ago

SF is the worst I've seen in the US (granted, I only lived in SF and Boston). Saying it's "equally bad" is almost funny. In Boston, LA, NYC, homeless problem is almost nowhere near SF.

rconti 8y ago
You're probably not wrong, but there are a lot fewer places for the homeless "problem" to hide in SF than in, say, LA.
- gnulinux 8y ago
  That's a fair point.

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thoughtexplorer 8y ago

SF can't even provide affordable housing for the working class. People with full time jobs. It's a city where you need to be making >$100k/yr to even get a 1 bd apt.

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