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There is a very interesting comment near the bottom: > As someone who moved here in 1992 from Washington, DC, the current drug crisis reminds me of the crack c
by JamesLeonis 3y ago
There is a very interesting comment near the bottom:
> As someone who moved here in 1992 from Washington, DC, the current drug crisis reminds me of the crack cocaine crisis, lots of petty theft and a sense of menace with drug addled people on the streets. The big difference between the earlier waves of homelessness is perhaps the tents. The only place anyone would pitch a tent during the Willie Brown era was in Golden Gate Part (Brown famously wanted to fly helicopters with infrared cameras to find all the encampments and remove them.) Tents are very in your face and perhaps that's one reason that people see homelessness as worse today than in past times, even though the numbers tell a different story.
Lots of other great comments from older residents that give perspective of San Francisco of different eras.
- mint2 3y agoRelevant history? “ However, the neighborhood faced decline during the Depression and post-WWII period. In the 1960s, the district became a haven for hippies due to the availability of cheap rooms and vacant properties, turning it into a center for counterculture, drugs, and music. The 1967 Summer of Love brought national attention and popularized the counterculture movement. However, the Haight-Ashbury district later faced issues of overcrowding, homelessness, hunger, drug problems, and crime. ”