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> One day, Berlinn was out looking for Corey in the Tenderloin neighborhood when she came across someone else’s son. “He was naked in front of Safeway I was in

by rdtsc 4y ago

> One day, Berlinn was out looking for Corey in the Tenderloin neighborhood when she came across someone else’s son. “He was naked in front of Safeway I was in San Francisco a few years back. No amount of beauty, natural or architectural, and there was a lot of that, can cover up the sadness I saw amongst the homeless. People shooting up. Others drinking cheap malt liquor and crying and drinking some more. There is just something really broken in that city, and I have lived in poverty and have seen broken cities before. Perhaps it’s to do with the contrast between the wealth and the fate of those people on the streets. It’s hard to pinpoint it but I just couldn’t wait get out of there as quickly possible.

ahevia 4y ago
A large part of it is the long term NIMBYism that has plagued the area.(driven by that wealth gap you mention) Bay Area is beautiful to live in, it makes sense why so many choose to settle there, but many people want to restrict that access or make it more difficult. Compound that over time, and you get what SF is. (The same is happening in other cities like Seattle). It’s heartbreaking that for so long the systemic issues of these places went ignored. From my understanding there is change, but it’s only come once problems like homeless have reached a tipping point instead of the resident preemptively addressing it years/decades ago.
- windows2020 4y ago
  A wealth gap does not cause NIMBY and homeowners protecting their assets is not the reason these people are homeless. No one needs to live in SF. They're homeless because of their continued terrible decisions--something that could potentially be corrected via discipline. But instead, self deprecating behavior is not only condoned, but funded by tax payers.
  - wbsss4412 4y ago
    Homelessness is highest in the areas with the tightest housing markets. It’s maybe comforting to think that “protecting your assets” isn’t harming anyone else, but there are plenty of places with higher rates of drug abuse than California, yet California has the largest homeless population in the country, followed by Hawaii and Oregon, two states that also have short housing supplies.
  - tetris11 4y ago
    Are you blaming people for not being able to afford housing, and not having the luxury of being able to try anew elsewhere?
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alar44 4y ago
You're last paragraph is on point. I was there a month ago and was planning on spending a day or two there on my way to somewhere else. I lasted about 4 hours and just kept on driving. There's some kind of sadness baked into everything and I just couldn't enjoy it. I've been to many big vibrant cities and some very poor cities. San Francisco seemed to have the worst parts of both.

by rdtsc 4y ago

ahevia 4y ago

A large part of it is the long term NIMBYism that has plagued the area.(driven by that wealth gap you mention) Bay Area is beautiful to live in, it makes sense why so many choose to settle there, but many people want to restrict that access or make it more difficult. Compound that over time, and you get what SF is. (The same is happening in other cities like Seattle). It’s heartbreaking that for so long the systemic issues of these places went ignored. From my understanding there is change, but it’s only come once problems like homeless have reached a tipping point instead of the resident preemptively addressing it years/decades ago.

windows2020 4y ago
A wealth gap does not cause NIMBY and homeowners protecting their assets is not the reason these people are homeless. No one needs to live in SF. They're homeless because of their continued terrible decisions--something that could potentially be corrected via discipline. But instead, self deprecating behavior is not only condoned, but funded by tax payers.
- wbsss4412 4y ago
  Homelessness is highest in the areas with the tightest housing markets. It’s maybe comforting to think that “protecting your assets” isn’t harming anyone else, but there are plenty of places with higher rates of drug abuse than California, yet California has the largest homeless population in the country, followed by Hawaii and Oregon, two states that also have short housing supplies.
- tetris11 4y ago
  Are you blaming people for not being able to afford housing, and not having the luxury of being able to try anew elsewhere?
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alar44 4y ago

You're last paragraph is on point. I was there a month ago and was planning on spending a day or two there on my way to somewhere else. I lasted about 4 hours and just kept on driving. There's some kind of sadness baked into everything and I just couldn't enjoy it. I've been to many big vibrant cities and some very poor cities. San Francisco seemed to have the worst parts of both.