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Open defecation is also practiced in San Francisco. I have seen is occurring in front of my apartments and on the street. You can find human feces on almost any

by spikels 14y ago

Open defecation is also practiced in San Francisco. I have seen is occurring in front of my apartments and on the street. You can find human feces on almost any walk through SOMA, the Tenderloin or Civic Center area if you know what to look for (expert tip: dogs don't look for hiding places to poo). We have decided this is not a problem.

veidr 14y ago
Others of us have decided not to live in San Francisco (or India). I'm not being entirely flippant; I'm originally from the Bay Area, and the filth is a significant part of the reason I live in Tokyo now. Regularly encountering human feces is one of several things I don't miss.
- Aloisius 14y ago
  I'm also from the Bay Area and have lived in SF proper for about 15 years. I don't think I've ever encountered human feces. Were you a sewage worker?
  - spikels 14y ago
    I wish I was a SF sewage worker I'd be retired with a nice pension by now ;) Aloisius you just needed to walk around more in the downtown area - I walk everywhere. Next time you are here take a look around the NW corner of Mission and 8th in the nooks and crannies of the PG&E building. I'm betting you will find something if it has not just rained. This stuff is just not well documented but this guy has a blog about his street in SOMA (somewhere just of 6th near Mission) that captures some of the flavor of the place: http://www.olddirtyalley.net/ http://www.olddirtyalley.net/ Why is this stuff just invisible to so many people here?
dudujdjd 14y ago
>>We have decided this is not a problem I have never seen this on a street of NYC. Never, not even once. I'm sure it happens but it most be rare. I've lived here for 25 years. It must be really bad in San Francisco for this to be common. Kind of makes me want to no live there. All I can think about that city is that it is a CRAPPY city.
jquery 14y ago
Indeed. For example, our Muni and Bart escalators are toilets at night for homeless people, to the point where they literally seize up from so much human waste. And our government acts like this is normal and there's nothing to be done.
- spikels 14y ago
  Everyone just ignores this for some reason. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down...

by spikels 14y ago

veidr 14y ago

Others of us have decided not to live in San Francisco (or India). I'm not being entirely flippant; I'm originally from the Bay Area, and the filth is a significant part of the reason I live in Tokyo now. Regularly encountering human feces is one of several things I don't miss.

Aloisius 14y ago
I'm also from the Bay Area and have lived in SF proper for about 15 years. I don't think I've ever encountered human feces. Were you a sewage worker?
- spikels 14y ago
  I wish I was a SF sewage worker I'd be retired with a nice pension by now ;) Aloisius you just needed to walk around more in the downtown area - I walk everywhere. Next time you are here take a look around the NW corner of Mission and 8th in the nooks and crannies of the PG&E building. I'm betting you will find something if it has not just rained. This stuff is just not well documented but this guy has a blog about his street in SOMA (somewhere just of 6th near Mission) that captures some of the flavor of the place: http://www.olddirtyalley.net/ http://www.olddirtyalley.net/ Why is this stuff just invisible to so many people here?

dudujdjd 14y ago

>>We have decided this is not a problem I have never seen this on a street of NYC. Never, not even once. I'm sure it happens but it most be rare. I've lived here for 25 years. It must be really bad in San Francisco for this to be common. Kind of makes me want to no live there. All I can think about that city is that it is a CRAPPY city.

jquery 14y ago

Indeed. For example, our Muni and Bart escalators are toilets at night for homeless people, to the point where they literally seize up from so much human waste. And our government acts like this is normal and there's nothing to be done.

spikels 14y ago
Everyone just ignores this for some reason. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down...