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Originally Posted by you&me
Whether you want to call it "irrational fear", or that "perception outweighs reality", the truth is that there are real, severe consequences to inaction and telling people they're overreacting - or "irrational" - doesn't actually achieve anything.
This isn't some mom-and-pop yoga shop closing up because there are a few bums loitering around and making their customers uncomfortable; we're talking entire, formerly high-end shopping malls closing, and hotels simply walking away from their financing - billions of dollars worth of decisions being made based on this perception.
You're right - there are consequences to perception, no matter how far off base some feel they are. San Francisco is witnessing the result of "it's not that bad" and it could take decades to recover from.
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Stop with your stats and figures based information of people no longer spending time in the core of SF or businesses closing en masse. It doesn't take into consideration they are all just scared tourists like yourself, so it doesn't count.