The article paints a pretty gloomy picture: > The city’s lodging business has been squeezed by crime and other quality-of-life issues that have kept many conve

The article paints a pretty gloomy picture: > The city’s lodging business has been squeezed by crime and other quality-of-life issues that have kept many convention bookers away. > concerns over public safety are prompting groups and associations to shift their business to markets like Las Vegas and the links [0], [1] in the article are even worse > There has been an exodus of retailers and other businesses from the mid-Market Street area of downtown amid rampant public drug use and homelessness. > “We try to call security, but they are usually busy. So we just let them do what they want.” [0] https://archive.is/C6FPb https://archive.is/C6FPb [1] https://archive.is/pG5oN https://archive.is/pG5oN