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Do you live in the bay? Portions of SF have always been sketchy, but I am enjoying this "liberal dystopia" quite well. 15 years in and no one in my family has

Do you live in the bay? Portions of SF have always been sketchy, but I am enjoying this "liberal dystopia" quite well. 15 years in and no one in my family has been a victim to any crime.

newfriend 3y ago
I'll have you know, my ivory tower is devoid of any riffraff!
soulofmischief 3y ago
I currently live in Sacramento. It's undeniable that the bay has gotten much worse even if it was "already bad" decades ago. I actually had a nice week in the bay two weeks ago, but I was in a rental in a nice neighborhood. And don't get me wrong; I've walked through SoMa at night even recently and while it was pretty sketchy I didn't feel unsafe. That doesn't mean I couldn't have gotten mugged.
x-complexity 3y ago
> > > Since I moved here, I have sen people break into cars (numerous times), fill suitcases with products from Target and Walgreens and leave without paying, casually smoke meth in a crowded bus, empty their bladder and bowels in the middle of the sidewalk, etc. all of this brazenly and in broad daylight. > 15 years in and no one in my family has been a victim to any crime. The reason provided above is as anecdotal as the one provided by GGP, and cannot be solely used to build any arguments/conclusions from. There's also an axiomatic conflict between this & GP: The general neighborhoods that glerk and random314 live in may not be the same neighborhoods, resulting in the conflicting self-reports written above. It is possible that random314 lives in one of the nicer neighborhoods that glerk mentions offhandedly, and unless shown otherwise, has not been to FiDi or SOMA: > > > I think a lot of people live in their nice neighborhood bubble and have never stepped foot in FiDi or SOMA.
- random314 3y ago
  I live in south bay, the original silicon valley. The bay area is home to 7M+ population, it isn't just tenderloin.
bentt 3y ago
Boiling frog Just went to SF for the first time in 5 years. So much worse. Wasn’t great in 18, but back then I walked across Golden Gate Park alone during the day and it was beautiful. I cannot imagine now. Market st is hell.
- estebank 3y ago
  GGP is more visited than ever, and a lovely hang out place with people playing the piano outdoors, tons of families and food trucks on the weekends.

Do you live in the bay? Portions of SF have always been sketchy, but I am enjoying this "liberal dystopia" quite well. 15 years in and no one in my family has been a victim to any crime.

newfriend 3y ago

I'll have you know, my ivory tower is devoid of any riffraff!

soulofmischief 3y ago

I currently live in Sacramento. It's undeniable that the bay has gotten much worse even if it was "already bad" decades ago. I actually had a nice week in the bay two weeks ago, but I was in a rental in a nice neighborhood. And don't get me wrong; I've walked through SoMa at night even recently and while it was pretty sketchy I didn't feel unsafe. That doesn't mean I couldn't have gotten mugged.

x-complexity 3y ago

> > > Since I moved here, I have sen people break into cars (numerous times), fill suitcases with products from Target and Walgreens and leave without paying, casually smoke meth in a crowded bus, empty their bladder and bowels in the middle of the sidewalk, etc. all of this brazenly and in broad daylight. > 15 years in and no one in my family has been a victim to any crime. The reason provided above is as anecdotal as the one provided by GGP, and cannot be solely used to build any arguments/conclusions from. There's also an axiomatic conflict between this & GP: The general neighborhoods that glerk and random314 live in may not be the same neighborhoods, resulting in the conflicting self-reports written above. It is possible that random314 lives in one of the nicer neighborhoods that glerk mentions offhandedly, and unless shown otherwise, has not been to FiDi or SOMA: > > > I think a lot of people live in their nice neighborhood bubble and have never stepped foot in FiDi or SOMA.

random314 3y ago
I live in south bay, the original silicon valley. The bay area is home to 7M+ population, it isn't just tenderloin.

bentt 3y ago

Boiling frog Just went to SF for the first time in 5 years. So much worse. Wasn’t great in 18, but back then I walked across Golden Gate Park alone during the day and it was beautiful. I cannot imagine now. Market st is hell.

estebank 3y ago
GGP is more visited than ever, and a lovely hang out place with people playing the piano outdoors, tons of families and food trucks on the weekends.