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This is why I'm hoping that Bloomberg's efforts to create a Silicon Alley are a success. Maybe SF will realize that it needs to appreciate the tech industry mor

This is why I'm hoping that Bloomberg's efforts to create a Silicon Alley are a success. Maybe SF will realize that it needs to appreciate the tech industry more when people start leaving for NYC. It would be great for tech to be based in a city where (a) it's not the biggest industry (so you don't get mental inbreeding), (b) there's proper public transportation that doesn't require hazmat cleanup because of people shitting and pissing all over it[0], (c) you don't have homeless people and drug addicts everywhere on the streets, and (d) you don't have rampant NIMBYism blocking the development of more efficient housing because they're afraid of "Manhattanization" destroying their "Bay view". 0: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down...

TruthElixirX 14y ago
Oh yes, lets look to Bloomberg to show us how to run a city. Shitty rent controls, banning all sorts of things, cops stopping people in the streets for security checks. Brilliant.
- zinssmeister 14y ago
  Seems to be working out for them... http://www.businessinsider.com/no-murders-in-new-york-2012-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/no-murders-in-new-york-2012-1...
- rayiner 14y ago
  Bloomberg didn't implement rent control. Stop and frisk is a huge boon for making cities safer. Every major city does it.
  - epoxyhockey 14y ago
    Stop and frisk is a huge boon for making cities safer. Every major city does it. Can you to cite a source for both of those claims? AFAIK, NYC is the only city that does stop and frisk, and it has been proven to be a program to 1) be heavily skewed towards frisking minorities, and 2) resulting in a 1.9% "success rate" in finding a weapon after having frisked the entire African American population once over in NYC (source: http://occupydesign.org/uncategorized/stop-frisk-infographic/ http://occupydesign.org/uncategorized/stop-frisk-infographic... ) It's also unconstitutional, but as long as you aren't the one being frisked, it's no problem, right?
    - rayiner 14y ago
      Other cities don't call it stop and frisk, but they do it nonetheless. This editorial gives some numbers: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-07-09/news/32606335_1_frisks-murder-rate-nypd http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-07-09/news/32606335_1_f.... This article also gives some numbers: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2012/07/17/stop-and-frisk-by-the-numbers http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2012/07/17/stop.... 5.4% of stops between 2004 and 2009 resulted in arrests. That's actually a really high number, contrary to the characterization of the article. That's tens of thousands of instances of actual wrongdoing being caught. Stop and frisk does skew towards stopping minorities. That is not in and of itself necessarily problematic. Race, socioeconomic status, and crime are deeply correlated in the big cities. The unfortunate fact is that most crime in New York, Chicago, and LA are committed by blacks and hispanics, and in fact usually both the victims and the perpetrators are minorities. See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/nypd-report-details-crime_n_1862771.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/nypd-report-details.... Stop and frisk is not unconstitutional. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_v._Ohio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_v._Ohio. Playing armchair Supreme Court Justice when it comes to the 4th amendment is fraught with peril, for the simple reason that the founders explicitly left it open to judicial interpretation by using the wiggle word "unreasonable."
      - tptacek 14y ago
        Frisks are enabled by Terry for the exclusive purpose of detecting weapons that would endanger officers, and are confined to explorations of the outer layers of clothing (ie, to places where weapons can easily be both detected and accessed suddenly by an assailant). But NYC is accused of going far past the Terry authorization; the NYPD has been sued for demanding that people turn out their pockets, and for arresting people for drug possession. If you read the general orders for a large police department (I've read Chicago's, but not NYC's), they're clear on this point: you can't reach into someone's pockets without having either consent or an arrest. Consider that "Stop & Frisk" may be marketed as a systematic application of Terry v Ohio, but might instead be emblematic of something broader. (It's also worth remembering that NYPD statistics are controversial; look up "CompStat". I read some Chicago police blogs and get the sense that NYPD's statistic accountability is basically loathed outside of NYC --- which doesn't make the Chicago police right!)
  - bitcartel 14y ago
    Has stop and frisk helped Oakland? The city is ranked 4th most dangerous in the US. Maybe tighter gun control makes cities safer? It's supposed to be rare for a SF resident to successfully obtain a concealed carry permit, and a local ordinance requiring weapons at home to be locked up was upheld just a few days ago. (http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/federal-judge-upholds-san-francisco-gun-laws/nTHjM/ http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/federal-judge-uphold...) Not sure how many people know this, but in 1993 there was a mass shooting at 101 California street, resulting in tougher gun laws. (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/10-YEARS-AFTER-101-California-massacre-victims-2567142.php http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/10-YEARS-AFTER-101-Califo...)
  - tptacek 14y ago
    Having a police force larger than many standing armies is a huge boon for making cities safer. Stop and frisk probably doesn't have much to do with it.
    - mc32 14y ago
      I don't know about that. Russia and Singapore have roughly the same number of police (~750) per 100,000 inh. One is way safer than the other. (The US is middling with 233 per 100k.) Also, as a city, Caracas comes to mind. A city with heavy police presence but intolerable crime statistics.

TruthElixirX 14y ago

Oh yes, lets look to Bloomberg to show us how to run a city. Shitty rent controls, banning all sorts of things, cops stopping people in the streets for security checks. Brilliant.

zinssmeister 14y ago
Seems to be working out for them... http://www.businessinsider.com/no-murders-in-new-york-2012-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/no-murders-in-new-york-2012-1...
rayiner 14y ago
Bloomberg didn't implement rent control. Stop and frisk is a huge boon for making cities safer. Every major city does it.
- epoxyhockey 14y ago
  Stop and frisk is a huge boon for making cities safer. Every major city does it. Can you to cite a source for both of those claims? AFAIK, NYC is the only city that does stop and frisk, and it has been proven to be a program to 1) be heavily skewed towards frisking minorities, and 2) resulting in a 1.9% "success rate" in finding a weapon after having frisked the entire African American population once over in NYC (source: http://occupydesign.org/uncategorized/stop-frisk-infographic/ http://occupydesign.org/uncategorized/stop-frisk-infographic... ) It's also unconstitutional, but as long as you aren't the one being frisked, it's no problem, right?
  - rayiner 14y ago
    Other cities don't call it stop and frisk, but they do it nonetheless. This editorial gives some numbers: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-07-09/news/32606335_1_frisks-murder-rate-nypd http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-07-09/news/32606335_1_f.... This article also gives some numbers: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2012/07/17/stop-and-frisk-by-the-numbers http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2012/07/17/stop.... 5.4% of stops between 2004 and 2009 resulted in arrests. That's actually a really high number, contrary to the characterization of the article. That's tens of thousands of instances of actual wrongdoing being caught. Stop and frisk does skew towards stopping minorities. That is not in and of itself necessarily problematic. Race, socioeconomic status, and crime are deeply correlated in the big cities. The unfortunate fact is that most crime in New York, Chicago, and LA are committed by blacks and hispanics, and in fact usually both the victims and the perpetrators are minorities. See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/nypd-report-details-crime_n_1862771.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/nypd-report-details.... Stop and frisk is not unconstitutional. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_v._Ohio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_v._Ohio. Playing armchair Supreme Court Justice when it comes to the 4th amendment is fraught with peril, for the simple reason that the founders explicitly left it open to judicial interpretation by using the wiggle word "unreasonable."
    - tptacek 14y ago
      Frisks are enabled by Terry for the exclusive purpose of detecting weapons that would endanger officers, and are confined to explorations of the outer layers of clothing (ie, to places where weapons can easily be both detected and accessed suddenly by an assailant). But NYC is accused of going far past the Terry authorization; the NYPD has been sued for demanding that people turn out their pockets, and for arresting people for drug possession. If you read the general orders for a large police department (I've read Chicago's, but not NYC's), they're clear on this point: you can't reach into someone's pockets without having either consent or an arrest. Consider that "Stop & Frisk" may be marketed as a systematic application of Terry v Ohio, but might instead be emblematic of something broader. (It's also worth remembering that NYPD statistics are controversial; look up "CompStat". I read some Chicago police blogs and get the sense that NYPD's statistic accountability is basically loathed outside of NYC --- which doesn't make the Chicago police right!)
- bitcartel 14y ago
  Has stop and frisk helped Oakland? The city is ranked 4th most dangerous in the US. Maybe tighter gun control makes cities safer? It's supposed to be rare for a SF resident to successfully obtain a concealed carry permit, and a local ordinance requiring weapons at home to be locked up was upheld just a few days ago. (http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/federal-judge-upholds-san-francisco-gun-laws/nTHjM/ http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/federal-judge-uphold...) Not sure how many people know this, but in 1993 there was a mass shooting at 101 California street, resulting in tougher gun laws. (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/10-YEARS-AFTER-101-California-massacre-victims-2567142.php http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/10-YEARS-AFTER-101-Califo...)
- tptacek 14y ago
  Having a police force larger than many standing armies is a huge boon for making cities safer. Stop and frisk probably doesn't have much to do with it.
  - mc32 14y ago
    I don't know about that. Russia and Singapore have roughly the same number of police (~750) per 100,000 inh. One is way safer than the other. (The US is middling with 233 per 100k.) Also, as a city, Caracas comes to mind. A city with heavy police presence but intolerable crime statistics.