> The place is unrecognizable to us Californians since the late 90s That frightens me, because the last time I was in San Francisco was in the late 90s for an

> The place is unrecognizable to us Californians since the late 90s That frightens me, because the last time I was in San Francisco was in the late 90s for an event at the Moscone Center. It was so shockingly bad then that I've avoided going back. The poverty, filth and drugs were a nightmare. I got followed down the street by a very angry man yelling at me, seemingly for the crime of smiling and nodding at him as I walked past. If those were the good old days, it must be bad.