I know it's just an anecdote but, a good friend of mine went to SF about a year ago with four other friends. Much of their stuff (macbooks etc) got stolen from

I know it's just an anecdote but, a good friend of mine went to SF about a year ago with four other friends. Much of their stuff (macbooks etc) got stolen from their car on their first day. Of course silly to leave things in the car. Still, these are all guys from Europe who've travelled every continent extensively and never experienced something like this. In fact none of us can remember a single break-in of any kind into our cars or homes in our entire lives in any country. It really just is an anecdote, I've never set foot in SF myself. But as a non-American who was surprised by the narrative around this city home to some of the world's ultra rich, the anecdote easily fit in.