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How are Seattle, Portland and San Francisco "falling apart" (outside of the narrative you see on Fox News)?

• cupcakecommons 3y ago
  I've lived in Portland my whole life. It's pretty obvious how the city has changed for the worse in the last couple years. The commercial real estate market particularly reflects this - and many of the policies that created the downturn were completely avoidable if it wasn't for monoculture that's also present in the other cities mentioned. Do you want some kind of point by point with references? I get that it's easy to feel frustrated that places that are ostensibly progressive are so dysfunctional - and that it feels better to blame it on moronic news coverage on Fox. I really wish it wasn't the way it seems to actually be here.
• RestlessMind 3y ago
  (As someone who voted D in 2020 election) Try standing at an intersection in SF for 5 min with kids without them getting scared. I had to do it unfortunately in SOMA (long story why) and a sketchy guy mostly on drugs scared the hell out of my kids. That is not normal and is what I personally consider "falling apart" - kids should be able to roam around freely in a healthy city.
  • elevatedastalt 3y ago
    Kids? I am a fully-grown adult man and I feel scared in SF.