The central thesis of the post is false to the degree that I can't be bothered with the rest of it. "general disorder discourage locals from supporting public t

The central thesis of the post is false to the degree that I can't be bothered with the rest of it. "general disorder discourage locals from supporting public transit" just clearly does not apply to San Francisco, the main subject of the rest of it. San Francisco has passed every Muni bond measure and tax for the last 50 years. Half a million people ride Muni every day. The people of SF do support transit.