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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I think SF is just kinda jarring because you can walk a half block off of the most vibrant streets right into extreme poverty/drug use. I'm sure there are other places where that is also true, but I've generally found there to be a longer transition between tourist hotspots and ghettos
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I can see it as jarring for people who aren’t used to it, but even this makes it sound like every nice area is bordered by overwhelming poverty and it just isn’t.
The busy areas where most people live and work or visit are fine. The Tenderloin sucks, which is really the only awful place near a hot spot. Mission is on the way up. There are some low income areas that nobody would go to anyway that are also dangerous (which is true of every city). But it’s not unlike anywhere else outside of the fact that there’s just so many more people. Yeah there’s homeless camps and drug use. There are people having mental breakdowns wandering through busy areas. But it’s also been this way forever. The reputation goes beyond reality. It’s been like that with Oakland forever, too.
I think for me, it’s people who get a little snapshot of the Bay Area, whether it’s through the lens of a tourist, a sheltered yuppie, or whatever, and they go on about how that’s what the Bay Area is. As I said, it’s a personal thing, I know nobody here cares, but I care about it.
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Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah but for Pepsi your opinion is just exhausting! I'm sure he could feel the tiredness in his bones just reading it.
And I'm certain that someone almost cared too.
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I actually thought his opinion was worthwhile and wasn’t nearly as dramatic as yours. Maybe you can tell more stories about your pearl-clutching clients who can’t budget a million dollar salary and we’ll see if one is worthwhile. Must mean you have your work cut out for you as their accountant.