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Lived in SF in 2014. It’s way worse now. Back in 2014 you had a mesh of artistic and tech. This lead to a great social scene. Now the artists were priced out

Lived in SF in 2014. It’s way worse now. Back in 2014 you had a mesh of artistic and tech. This lead to a great social scene. Now the artists were priced out and they moved to Oakland. The SF tech workers left in droves. What’s left is the homeless and crime. Much of the city still hasn’t recovered from covid. Soma and fidi are in shambles. Feels like only 1 out of every 4 places is still in business. However Silicon Valley (San Mateo & Santa Clara county), San Jose, and east bay are all thriving relative to their past

jeffbee 4y ago
> Now the artists were priced out and they moved to Oakland This is the main part of the problem to me. There's nothing even remotely interesting going on in that city's culture. The entire city is split between people who can afford a 2-million-dollar house, retirees, and people who sleep on the street. Crime is about the same. When I moved to SF in '98 the very first thing that happened to me was my bicycle got stolen, and my convertible car got its top slashed so many times that I started leaving the doors unlocked, at which point people started sleeping in my car, so I sold it. Violent crime is actually much lower but that's a long-term trend. IMHO the problems with that city all stem from the inequality caused by the housing crisis. It drives property crime and it's the reason the city is intensely boring.
absolutelymild 4y ago
> The SF tech workers left in droves. What’s left is the homeless and crime. It’s still 3k for a 1 bedroom, so I’m assuming there are still some tech workers left
- bushbaba 4y ago
  SFs evictions and Rent control laws encourage landlords to keep units vacant than rent them out for a discount or to a subpar tenant. A 1 bedroom apartment in SF has been ~3k for half a decade now. With inflation this means effective price was lowered.
  - absolutelymild 4y ago
    Progressive politics fails us again!
arcticbull 4y ago
> Soma and fidi are in shambles Nah. SoMa is exactly the same as it always was, fidi is just quiet but otherwise also unchanged.
derevaunseraun 4y ago
> However Silicon Valley (San Mateo & Santa Clara county), San Jose, and east bay are all thriving relative to their past Are car break ins relatively common in San Mateo and Santa Clara?
- bushbaba 4y ago
  Not common in those counties. It is very rare for a car break in to happen.
  - bradlys 4y ago
    This is just not true... Car break ins happen almost everywhere in SFBA as long as you're in a relatively populated area. It's unlikely to happen in Loma Mar because no one is going to Loma Mar to steal shit. Catalytic converter theft is incredibly common in the rest of the SFBA along with other forms of theft.
    - aidenn0 4y ago
      Cat theft is common everywhere that there are sufficient density of cars parked outside overnight to make it profitable.

jeffbee 4y ago

> Now the artists were priced out and they moved to Oakland This is the main part of the problem to me. There's nothing even remotely interesting going on in that city's culture. The entire city is split between people who can afford a 2-million-dollar house, retirees, and people who sleep on the street. Crime is about the same. When I moved to SF in '98 the very first thing that happened to me was my bicycle got stolen, and my convertible car got its top slashed so many times that I started leaving the doors unlocked, at which point people started sleeping in my car, so I sold it. Violent crime is actually much lower but that's a long-term trend. IMHO the problems with that city all stem from the inequality caused by the housing crisis. It drives property crime and it's the reason the city is intensely boring.

absolutelymild 4y ago

> The SF tech workers left in droves. What’s left is the homeless and crime. It’s still 3k for a 1 bedroom, so I’m assuming there are still some tech workers left

bushbaba 4y ago
SFs evictions and Rent control laws encourage landlords to keep units vacant than rent them out for a discount or to a subpar tenant. A 1 bedroom apartment in SF has been ~3k for half a decade now. With inflation this means effective price was lowered.
- absolutelymild 4y ago
  Progressive politics fails us again!

arcticbull 4y ago

> Soma and fidi are in shambles Nah. SoMa is exactly the same as it always was, fidi is just quiet but otherwise also unchanged.

derevaunseraun 4y ago

> However Silicon Valley (San Mateo & Santa Clara county), San Jose, and east bay are all thriving relative to their past Are car break ins relatively common in San Mateo and Santa Clara?

bushbaba 4y ago
Not common in those counties. It is very rare for a car break in to happen.
- bradlys 4y ago
  This is just not true... Car break ins happen almost everywhere in SFBA as long as you're in a relatively populated area. It's unlikely to happen in Loma Mar because no one is going to Loma Mar to steal shit. Catalytic converter theft is incredibly common in the rest of the SFBA along with other forms of theft.
  - aidenn0 4y ago
    Cat theft is common everywhere that there are sufficient density of cars parked outside overnight to make it profitable.