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You can't even go to rest rooms, without leaving laptop bags in cars. That's what California has become these days. Not just San Francisco, every city in Califo
by raincom 3y ago
You can't even go to rest rooms, without leaving laptop bags in cars. That's what California has become these days. Not just San Francisco, every city in California is like that.
- femiagbabiaka 3y agoI’ve had a much more mixed experience than this, personally. Most cities in California are very nice and very safe.
- Freedom2 3y agoPlease give evidence and data, like GP did.
- upon_drumhead 3y agoGP gave a anecdote, which while it is valuable, it is not evidence and data.
- NoRelToEmber 3y agoBut it is a datum.
- aworks 3y agoI've lived in Palo Alto and Menlo Park since 1987 and I go to San Francisco a couple times a month. I had my bike stolen at a Caltrain station. Someone yelled at me once South of Market. I've seen drug usage in UN Plaza. I've walked through the Tenderloin sometimes which has been unpleasant but uneventful. BART can be scruffy. Maybe I've been lucky. I could list fifty highly positive experiences but the current narrative seems to focus on being negative. I like the quote from Paul Kantner (of Jefferson Airplane): "San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality."
- femiagbabiaka 3y agoNot sure what to say? I’ve visited and lived in cities around California, and lived in SF itself for two years, in the Panhandle. It was one of the safest and most beautiful places I’ve ever lived in. My wife would regularly go for walks and runs on her own. I know “I lived and visited these places and nothing happened” is less bombastic than the opposite, but it doesn’t make it less true.
- paulpauper 3y agoyou cannot go to the rest rooms. period. doors locked. need special key. at least where i live. didn;t used to be this way. that is what happens when social trust goes to zero.
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- sottol 3y agoCleveland, Dallas, Chicago, Denver? Every large city is like that. You can totally leave your bag in the car and it'll most likely be fine in Santa Barbara, Pleasanton, Livermore, Truckee, ... (outside tourist areas). As others said, it's about social cohesion of which there is little, especially in large cities but more and more small towns as well.
- raincom 3y agoWe are not even talking about large cities. Cities like Pleasanton, Santa Clara, even Tracy have problems. We went to a restaurant in Santa Clara, just across Kaiser; a couple of guys came in, broke into four/five cars and stole laptop bags. Yes, there are cameras everywhere. So, it is mandatory to carry your laptop and other valuables, whenever you want to go to shop/eat etc.