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First time driving through San Francisco I saw someone shooting up heroin on the sidewalk. Seen lots of stuff in NYC, Trenton, Camden, etc., but never such obvi
by Gabriel54 3y ago
First time driving through San Francisco I saw someone shooting up heroin on the sidewalk. Seen lots of stuff in NYC, Trenton, Camden, etc., but never such obvious issues with drug addiction and homelessness.
- hezralig 3y agoFirst time I was walking through Houston I saw a man shit on the sidewalk and fall into it. What was your point?
- Grum9 3y agoEveryone shits, not everyone does heroin.
- bilbo0s 3y agoEver been to rural Wisconsin? We definitely have what we like to call an 'opioid' problem here. I lived in Houston from Rita to Harvey. Also had serious drug problems. Needles and all. There is no way other people living in Houston could not have noticed these issues. Homelessness, drugs, rampant crime. For San Fran to be different from Houston, there would need to be something more.
- Gabriel54 3y agoIt was an anecdotal example. Other examples I saw include drug paraphernalia (e.g. needles) littered all over the sidewalks, vast encampments of homeless people, and no police presence. Maybe a bad day? I've been to Houston many times and never seen anything like that. I've also seen shadier parts of NYC but the level of despair appeared much higher in SF.
- culi 3y agoDrove through Hollywood and saw a man pull over on a very busy and well-lit street, open his car door, and proceed to piss between his car and the busy sidewalk. That's just normal city stuff. Has a certain charm to it imo
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThe first time I saw someone shooting up in public was in Vancouver BC back in the 90s. But then I found out they had a bunch of safe needle exchanges and repositories and such.