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This is a funny article. While it admits that crime is going down, it cherry picks a handful of egregious crimes to make the city look like some lawless hellsca

This is a funny article. While it admits that crime is going down, it cherry picks a handful of egregious crimes to make the city look like some lawless hellscape, while offering little in way of concrete suggestions to improve things. By playing up the lawlessness angle, it kind of seems like the author is advocating for more cops? As somebody that has been homeless in, and consumed enormous amounts of drugs in that city, I find it absolutely hilarious that the homeless people get demonized every time people talk about SF. Maybe the fact that the cartels have made it so that San Francisco has some of the cheapest and highest quality methamphetamine and opiates, as well as one of the most accessible pill markets on the west coast contributes more to the city going downhill more than “spending tax money on homelessness programs.” So many SF rich people sneer at the meth dealer that lives in a tent on their corner, but love their meth dealers that deliver product to them in a BMW.

newbie789 5y ago
It’s interesting that this is getting downvoted without any responses. It’s almost like SF resident really don’t like acknowledging their part in the significant drug crisis in that city. I think there is a sort of fantasy where people plug their ears and cover their eyes and pretend that the homeless drug dealers just sell to… other homeless drug dealers, like there’s some sort of cyclical insulated economy that only the filthy unwashed participate in, and the fancy Tech Folks don’t actively participate in and provide large cash injections to. Trust me, the most successful meth dealers I’ve ever met dealt in multiple ounce weight to _USERS_ that could afford thousands of dollars at a time. They were welcomed happily in SoMa, Sunset, Nob Hill etc. just as much as in the tenderloin. (I have not been involved in drugs at all for many years, but this stuff doesn’t appear to have changed at all. At least one of your ‘10xer’ buddies either smokes or injects methamphetamine or some sort of substituted cathinones. Have a nice day!)

newbie789 5y ago

It’s interesting that this is getting downvoted without any responses. It’s almost like SF resident really don’t like acknowledging their part in the significant drug crisis in that city. I think there is a sort of fantasy where people plug their ears and cover their eyes and pretend that the homeless drug dealers just sell to… other homeless drug dealers, like there’s some sort of cyclical insulated economy that only the filthy unwashed participate in, and the fancy Tech Folks don’t actively participate in and provide large cash injections to. Trust me, the most successful meth dealers I’ve ever met dealt in multiple ounce weight to _USERS_ that could afford thousands of dollars at a time. They were welcomed happily in SoMa, Sunset, Nob Hill etc. just as much as in the tenderloin. (I have not been involved in drugs at all for many years, but this stuff doesn’t appear to have changed at all. At least one of your ‘10xer’ buddies either smokes or injects methamphetamine or some sort of substituted cathinones. Have a nice day!)