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That area has always been a slum. Always. For as long as SF has been a city. Not sure what memories you're conflating, but mid/lower Market St and the Tenderloi
by DudeOpotomus 3y ago
That area has always been a slum. Always. For as long as SF has been a city. Not sure what memories you're conflating, but mid/lower Market St and the Tenderloin were a ghetto well before you were born. SoMarket was an industrial mess full of crime. SF is so much cleaner and safer than at any point in your life. No one would be caught down there after dark 30,50,75 years ago.
- nkozyra 3y agoI agree that people have invented some version of SF that probably hasn't existed for a very long time, if ever. At least not in my lifetime. But I can't deny there have been periods where it's been palpably worse than normal.
- scarmig 3y agoI can't speak to 30 years ago, but from 20 years ago to 4 years ago, SoMa and Market were definitely much better than they are today. I've been physically attacked twice since 2020 in SoMa.