This is sad and depressing to read. I was out in SF last week for a tech conference. A great time to escape the cold Chicago winter for arguably good SF weather all year round. Unfortunately, politics and poor city management has made this city much harder to live in. I would hop off the BART at Powell station and smell the strong stench of human excretion, or tents right outside the 16th Mission St station entrance. I feel bad for the homeless, but I don’t think the city is doing a good job is helping their situation either. I love SF for all the opportunities it brings, but hate the fact that it isn’t well distributed to all its residents, both the rich and the poor. SF highlights what’s good (and bad) about America’s current situation imo.