It doesn't matter what happens in space when San Francisco is paying people close to 100 grand a year to pick up shit after humans who shit on the sidewalks in front of shops, libraries, museums... Humans are devolving at an alarming pace. San Francisco has literally become one of the most barbaric, non-functioning shithole societies of modern history.
My wife joined me last January for a few days down there while on a road trip. One of our favorite cities. So much culture and things to do.
for me, 3 weeks ago, and there were literally piles of human feces on the sidewalk and, um, substance-using people on the street corners. I did not take BART this trip, so I cannot speak to the veracity of drug-using sanctuary zones in the subway tunnels.
The homeless population there is out of control. Los Angeles isn't too far behind. It's also bad in Portland, but not nearly as bad as SF or LA.
I’m as big of a fan of the City of SF as a anyone. That place has quickly gone downhill. But still..... Go Giants!
California man steps in front of machete to save woman at Starbucks: report By Nicole Darrah | Fox News Blaine Hodge reportedly stepped in front of a man with a machete on Sunday to help a woman in Bakersfield, California, from being attacked. (GoFundMe) A California man is being credited for heroism after he reportedly jumped in front of a woman who was allegedly being attacked by a machete-wielding man. Blaine Hodge, 27, was at a Starbucks in Bakersfield on Sunday when a woman ran into the store, convinced someone was trying to kill her, KGET-TV reported. "She was panicked. She was saying 'help me' and then at one point she said, 'This guy's going to kill me,'" Hodge's friend, Joe Harris, told the news station. Harris said a man walked into the store while "holding something in his hand." That's when Hodge stepped in. "Everyone else was running away and he was the first person to run straight to the action," Harris told KGET. "He was like: 'I'm going to stop this guy, regardless if I get stabbed or not. I can't let this woman die.'" Hodge was reportedly stabbed "many times" during the encounter, and required nearly 200 stitches. The woman also suffered injuries in the attack, and remains in critical condition, KBAK reported. A GoFundMe page created for Hodge said he may lose use of his right hand, and that he has upward of six weeks of recovery. Hodge's girlfriend, Tori Toney, told the station that she wasn't surprised by her boyfriend's actions and that she "believe that he took a machete to the hands for someone else." "He would do it again. He could lose an arm and he would still do it again. And that's just Blaine," she said. The man who allegedly had the machete was identified as 31-year-old Robert Daniel Rivas. He was reportedly charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
I was there last weekend to see Cecile McLorin Salvant in concert and had an amazing time. The art, the food, the nightlife is unparalleled. That being said, there are parts of town that are completely overrun by transients and I would never walk down certain streets for fear for my safety. The city has amazing components and devastation and depression as they don't turn away the homeless as other cities do. I wish they would be better at getting mental and physical assistance to those transients but that's a gigantic chore. I don't know if its really possible.
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A month ago, my son and his girlfriend walked a few miles through San Francisco's downtown. He said people lay outside sleeping. I wonder whether this is a summer phenomenon and decreases in the cold...which "insulates" the colder Portland and Seattle from it.
You can say that about almost any city where you are ballin' it up in luxury. I mean, SF isn't bad, it certainly isn't close to being one of the best cities on the west coast. I am probably going back right before christmas, wanna get some fun city christmas vibes in and the hotels were cheap.
I was only there three times but I enjoyed each visit and I've frequented nearly all of the city. Fisherman's wharf was nice and I really loved Sausilito.
As far as major cities/areas along the west coast (cities only close to the Pacific Ocean), in order. Vancouver Portland San Diego Orange County LA San Francisco Seattle San Jose
Curious why are you so hung up on what happens in San Francisco? Like somebody asked, when was the last time you was there?
