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> but the idea that it's a failed city was always a media fabrication. Let me copy a piece of my comment I already wrote as a reply to a different comment deep

> but the idea that it's a failed city was always a media fabrication. Let me copy a piece of my comment I already wrote as a reply to a different comment deeper in this thread: > 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). So no, it’s not just “media fabrication”. San Francisco is in a state of chaos and lawlessness and it is getting worse.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
From Parent: > but the idea that it's a "failed city" was always a media fabrication. And you mention: > 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). "Things I don't like" does not make SF a failed city, it doesn't mean property values will fall (let alone go to zero) as everyone flees. It does mean that SF will continue being a city not for everyone. > So no, it’s not just “media fabrication”. San Francisco is in a state of chaos and lawlessness and it is getting worse. Again, that's really just your opinion and outlook, you don't have to live in SF, you probably don't.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

From Parent: > but the idea that it's a "failed city" was always a media fabrication. And you mention: > 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). "Things I don't like" does not make SF a failed city, it doesn't mean property values will fall (let alone go to zero) as everyone flees. It does mean that SF will continue being a city not for everyone. > So no, it’s not just “media fabrication”. San Francisco is in a state of chaos and lawlessness and it is getting worse. Again, that's really just your opinion and outlook, you don't have to live in SF, you probably don't.