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> a media fabrication. it's in the interest of the right-wing media to push the narrative that san fran is failing due to the left's "interference".

by chii 3y ago

foolfoolz 3y ago
this isn’t reduced to something so basic as “right wing media.” there was a real problem. the city as a whole thought it and voted to recall their district attorney for his policies of not prosecuting crimes
throwing_away 3y ago
Is it? I used to live there and now I don't. The homeless situation really did get out of control after 2015 or so. I hear it's only gotten worse. Maybe owning a home shouldn't take longer than a SWE's working lifespan. If you're very wealthy and can afford to be isolated in SF, it's probably still a lovely experience.
- beretguy 3y ago
  Not sure why you are downvoted. I lived there 8 years, relocated to the east side (because of work initially but decided to stay) and would never want to (or even be able to afford) to come back. Homelessness, drugs, expensive housing, traffic, car break-ins, theft in broad daylight (you can steal up to I think $800 worth of stuff and not get punished), underground street racing gangs (they block intersections in broad daylight to do donuts and cops just stand there and watch unable to do anything about them), red light traffic cameras everywhere, paid freeway lanes, gender politics is being forced on elementary/middle school kids while science like math is being simplified (instead of encouraging smart kids to study harder material they bring curriculum to a lower level to match the level of kids who struggle with math) - it’s not a city where I would want to raise children in. Pardon my poor English.
not_really 3y ago
How to tell someone you haven't visited SF since 2021, without telling them
iaseiadit 3y ago
It’s easy to dismiss everyone who doesn’t like being surrounded by fentanyl and meth addiction and crime as “right wing,” but it just makes them sound pretty sensible. All my friends moved away over a span of about three years. I held on as long as I could but I finally threw in the towel too.
- wyclif 3y ago
  Easy way to tell which longtime SF residents have Stockholm Syndrome: they blame everything that is completely broken in the city on "right wing media."

> a media fabrication. it's in the interest of the right-wing media to push the narrative that san fran is failing due to the left's "interference".

by chii 3y ago

> a media fabrication. it's in the interest of the right-wing media to push the narrative that san fran is failing due to the left's "interference".

foolfoolz 3y ago

this isn’t reduced to something so basic as “right wing media.” there was a real problem. the city as a whole thought it and voted to recall their district attorney for his policies of not prosecuting crimes

throwing_away 3y ago

Is it? I used to live there and now I don't. The homeless situation really did get out of control after 2015 or so. I hear it's only gotten worse. Maybe owning a home shouldn't take longer than a SWE's working lifespan. If you're very wealthy and can afford to be isolated in SF, it's probably still a lovely experience.

beretguy 3y ago
Not sure why you are downvoted. I lived there 8 years, relocated to the east side (because of work initially but decided to stay) and would never want to (or even be able to afford) to come back. Homelessness, drugs, expensive housing, traffic, car break-ins, theft in broad daylight (you can steal up to I think $800 worth of stuff and not get punished), underground street racing gangs (they block intersections in broad daylight to do donuts and cops just stand there and watch unable to do anything about them), red light traffic cameras everywhere, paid freeway lanes, gender politics is being forced on elementary/middle school kids while science like math is being simplified (instead of encouraging smart kids to study harder material they bring curriculum to a lower level to match the level of kids who struggle with math) - it’s not a city where I would want to raise children in. Pardon my poor English.

not_really 3y ago

How to tell someone you haven't visited SF since 2021, without telling them

iaseiadit 3y ago

It’s easy to dismiss everyone who doesn’t like being surrounded by fentanyl and meth addiction and crime as “right wing,” but it just makes them sound pretty sensible. All my friends moved away over a span of about three years. I held on as long as I could but I finally threw in the towel too.

wyclif 3y ago
Easy way to tell which longtime SF residents have Stockholm Syndrome: they blame everything that is completely broken in the city on "right wing media."