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Working in San Francisco and living in Oakland, I have to imagine that to a significant degree, it is not (just) that there is less crime, but that there are fe

by alanh 8y ago

Working in San Francisco and living in Oakland, I have to imagine that to a significant degree, it is not (just) that there is less crime, but that there are fewer arrests. I see crime every day — literally every day. My co-workers have been sent to the hospital by random street violence. I have not heard of any resulting arrests.

baby 8y ago
Oakland is pretty different from San Francisco though, it's on the list of highest number of crimes in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- alanh 8y ago
  To be clear, I am saying that personally I see crime daily, whether I am in San Francisco or Oakland, and my co-workers have been sent to the hospital via attacks right in front of our offices on Market Street in San Francisco. I will also add that I rarely report crime. This is somewhat learned helplessness as I do not expect any results. For example, calling Oakland's non-emergency number has resulted in me eventually giving up after getting nothing but a busy signal over and over. I was attacked by one of San Francisco's street addicts, but as I did not suffer any serious injuries, I did not waste my time reporting it. (I regret this on principle as surely that person has attacked others and will continue to do so.) I also do not report the obvious dealers hanging out on corners by our offices because I know from following the local (Tenderloin) police force's Twitter account that even if they make the arrest, the dealer will be released within weeks (possibly hours or days; not sure) back onto the streets. It is common for them to arrest the same dealers three times in two-month periods. (And no, they aren’t pot dealers; they are arrested with meth, crack, heroin, and other hard drugs ready for sale.)
- alanh 8y ago
  Taking a look at the table in that Wikipedia page, you can notice that while Oakland has more violent crime per capital than SF, SF has more property crime per capita than Oakland. No wonder it can seem that the streets are paved with shattered auto glass.

by alanh 8y ago

baby 8y ago

Oakland is pretty different from San Francisco though, it's on the list of highest number of crimes in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

alanh 8y ago
To be clear, I am saying that personally I see crime daily, whether I am in San Francisco or Oakland, and my co-workers have been sent to the hospital via attacks right in front of our offices on Market Street in San Francisco. I will also add that I rarely report crime. This is somewhat learned helplessness as I do not expect any results. For example, calling Oakland's non-emergency number has resulted in me eventually giving up after getting nothing but a busy signal over and over. I was attacked by one of San Francisco's street addicts, but as I did not suffer any serious injuries, I did not waste my time reporting it. (I regret this on principle as surely that person has attacked others and will continue to do so.) I also do not report the obvious dealers hanging out on corners by our offices because I know from following the local (Tenderloin) police force's Twitter account that even if they make the arrest, the dealer will be released within weeks (possibly hours or days; not sure) back onto the streets. It is common for them to arrest the same dealers three times in two-month periods. (And no, they aren’t pot dealers; they are arrested with meth, crack, heroin, and other hard drugs ready for sale.)
alanh 8y ago
Taking a look at the table in that Wikipedia page, you can notice that while Oakland has more violent crime per capital than SF, SF has more property crime per capita than Oakland. No wonder it can seem that the streets are paved with shattered auto glass.