A good friend of mine bought an apartment in Hayes Valley 6 or 7 years back. They’ve had their doorbell stolen, trash left in the street, and just yesterday had

A good friend of mine bought an apartment in Hayes Valley 6 or 7 years back. They’ve had their doorbell stolen, trash left in the street, and just yesterday had to call 311 because a man was in their street yelling and they couldn’t leave. Yesterday here in Sydney it was a nice autumn day - I walked down the hill from home and took a nap on the sand of Bondi Beach with my phone and my stuff in a bag next to me. Was napping a good hour in the sun, never thought twice about my phone. Got home and my car had not been broken into. In fact I don’t know anyone in Australia who has ever had their car broken into. Not one. I lived in SF 2013-2019. Mid-Market & Tenderloin is hard to explain but makes sense once you live there. SF has pockets that are stunning, but nowhere offers the quality of life I found by moving away. Sad to be further from the epicenter of tech, but your day to day happiness and stress levels have to take priority. To the latest mayor promising to do better: we see you, we know you are doing your best. Thankyou for caring - unpicking this knot of social problems is going to take a long time of consistently caring.