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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
And it isn’t just yuppies and small-city tourists who are appalled by street crime and lawlessness in San Fransisco. The mayor herself said:
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London Breed is also bad at her job and is almost universally unliked by residents. She did fine during the pandemic but is otherwise just combative and toothless. Talks a lot and accomplishes little. Has also faced criticism for being in the pocket of those yuppies she apparently ain’t.
And again, to be clear, the point was not that SF does not have issues (it does, specifically in areas like the Tenderloin and it’s no coincidence Breed names it, Bayview, and the other non-tourist areas specifically) it’s that these issues are overblown by the casual observer because they almost certainly never actually observe them outside of driving by a homeless camp or seeing a random homeless person having a mental health crisis outside the Apple store in Union Square.
“Appalled by street crime! Lawlessness in San Francisco!” You both provide an example of what I’m talking about and prove my point here. It isn’t that there aren’t issues. Have you, personally, spent time in Noe Valley or Bay View? Have you walked through the Tenderloin just after sunset? Probably not, right? Most people don’t. Locals who can avoid it know better and tourists either have no reason to or are told not to. But the problems are in these concentrated areas and they heavily affect the actual residents of these areas.
There are bad areas, and they can absolutely suck, but the vast majority of people in SF, especially if you have wealth or you’re sticking to business, tourism, or otherwise affluent areas, will never experience the “lawlessness” of SF. And they are absolutely overblowing the day to day experience of being there for the vast majority. It’s the same as Oakland having a reputation for being dangerous. You can live your entire life as a middle income individual there without becoming a victim or experiencing crime of any kind, but we’re supposed to believe that wealthy people and tourists visit only to have these eye-opening, shocking experiences of a lawless wasteland? Yeah, right.