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Is there anything left of SF? It’s been a shitshow for years , why anyone wants to live there is perplexing.
by dkdk8283 5y ago
Is there anything left of SF? It’s been a shitshow for years , why anyone wants to live there is perplexing.
- seattle_spring 5y agoA ton of great food, lots of concerts and shows from all over the world, great weather, and relatively easy access to world class outdoor activities?
- hn_user82179 5y agoHeaven forbid someone would want to live in a phenomenal climate in a city with good diversity and tolerant people.
- adamnemecek 5y agoSF is not the only place like that.
- hn_user82179 5y agoAbsolutely! But not every place is like that :)
- johnebgd 5y agoGreat climate and gorgeous scenery but it is a city that lost a ground war with an army of homeless drug addicts. Human feces on all of the streets, regular property crime, stores closing up and moving away, intense regulatory oversight for small businesses along with high costs. No one I know who is starting something novel is doing it in California.
- hn_user82179 5y agoI guess it depends on what you mean by novel but the startup scene is very strong in the bay currently. I moved out to Utah last year for a cheaper place to live and obviously that’s nice, but the amount of casual racism and lack of diversity is shocking. I took things like tolerance and even basic regards for the planet for granted while I lived in the bay, and I’m dismayed at how rare that is across the rest of the US.
- nradov 5y agoThe climate in the south Bay Area is better most of the year.
- likeabbas 5y agoI wouldn't say SF's climate is that good - SoCal weather is far superior. And many of the San Franciscans I came across during my time there were pretentious and snobby. The rest of the Bay Area wasn't any better, and I'm much happier since moving to NYC.
- hn_user82179 5y agoI won’t argue about the climate, obviously SoCal is sunnier but I never was a fan of the heat waves and smog of LA. My own personal definition for a good climate is a temperature that gives the ability to do things outside year-round but I do love visiting that part of California!
- throwntoday 5y ago>tolerant people Yeah people surr are tolerant of all the carjackers and homeless
- dkdk8283 5y agoAnd intolerant of entire schools of thought
- okareaman 5y agoBack in the 80's during the aids epidemic, conservatives used to complain about SF for being "gay" and "Sodom and Gomorrah" but then started getting called out for being homophobic in the 90's, so they had to come up with new ways to express their disdain for the city. San Francisco is a beautiful city and I enjoy visiting. There are parts of it that are an absolute nightmare, but that's also true of any major city.
- anonygler 5y agoBox everyone who criticizes livability and safety issues of SF with 80’s era southern baptists? Nice one bro.
- okareaman 5y agoI didn't box everyone. I said conservatives. Fox News loves to bash San Francisco. I have to live around conservatives who are always bashing San Francisco. I think the source of it is homophobia. That's my opinion. I understand yours. Yes, I agree, it would be wrong to call everyone who has a criticsim of something in SF as homophobic.
- pyuser583 5y agoSan Francisco got a very, very bad reputation starting in the 70s - O’Farrel brothers, Jim Jones, the Symbionese Liberation Army, etc.
- rkk3 5y agoThe weather, but between wildfires & heatwaves's even that isn't what it used to be.
- zactato 5y agoDo you live here? It's still pretty damn nice.
- AussieWog93 5y ago>why anyone wants to live there is perplexing No comment on the city itself, or what it's like for unskilled workers, but my old boss moved there to get a US$300k/yr salary at Uber. He was getting around US$100k/yr in Melbourne.
- gromitss 5y agoWhy? SF is a dream. Really comes through while driving across the utter shot show that is the Midwest.