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I lived here a long time, and I'll always remember that. Never was there a week like that, before or since. All the roads were wet from washing. Every block I k
by geor9e 2y ago
I lived here a long time, and I'll always remember that. Never was there a week like that, before or since. All the roads were wet from washing. Every block I knew as a tent city for years had thousands of dollars of planters and gardening, seemingly overnight. California Highway Patrol cars roamed the city. It was another world.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoWhenever I visit SF, I always pass a few instances of city employees power washing side walks, so my guess that it’s more a losing battle than something they do only when foreign heads of state visit. I would also hazard that having people living on streets where a VIP was passing was a big no no to whoever was handling security, the same thing would likely happen of Biden or even a cabinet member decided to visit. It would be a bad look if someone was assassinated just because local authorities couldn’t sweep the streets for whatever reason.
- readthenotes1 2y agoThey certainly cleaned up El Paso for Biden's visit a few years ago. I guess they were worried about undocumented anger? We call them potemkin villages, but it makes me wonder when the charades started. Surely it was long before potemkin
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI think it’s more about security? Having a tent city on a vehicle path is a big no no no matter who the VIP is. The secret service doesn’t put on the kiddy gloves for this kind of thing, well, they at least shouldn’t.
- readthenotes1 2y agoSure it is. Biden goes to city to see troubles with illegal immigration he's heard rumors of, so they remove all the illegal immigrants. I'm sure potemkin might have used the same excuse
- maerF0x0 2y agoPretty damning that a foreign communist dictator gets that kind of treatment whilst our own dignitaries do not.