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I live here and observe, it's reality, and its true other cities share this reality, and other's don't. Those that do share this problem have very different po

I live here and observe, it's reality, and its true other cities share this reality, and other's don't. Those that do share this problem have very different policies than cities that don't. The problem with just thinking this is normal, a meme, and not caused by bad policies at the city and state level, means it will just get worse, and more people will leave, and the outcome of this is not good. Better to acknowledge that policies specifically about crime and police have had devastating effects on SF and continue unabated now. I for one would like SF to be the great place it was before these policy changes, and therefore not have to leave.

ajross 4y ago
> I for one would like SF to be the great place it was before these policy changes Then you'll need to find some way to quantify what it is that you're talking about, because using words like "crime", "safe", etc... don't correlate and aren't what you mean. I'll just say it: is it homelessness? It's probably visible homelessness, right? We used to push these people out of public spaces and now we don't.
alpineidyll3 4y ago
Besides the policy, the easy climate to be homeless definitely causes this problem to accumulate in SF moreso than say, Duluth. In Austin there is ample money to deal with homelessness but little action. Politicians tend to avoid thorny problems. Unfortunately this is a problem of survivorship. If the homeless were out of sight, no one would ever complain about them.