SF residents buy boulders, place them on sidewalk to thwart homeless tents

Participate in local government for needle swap programs and safe facilities then.

ST is weirdly mega feudal

Been here ten years, and cycling to work is a nightmare. Between every shop owner spraying down the sidewalk with a chemical bath into the street. Then pigeons bathe in it and take flight when you pass. Ensuring you get wet. There are public restrooms everywhere. It's just nonsense to have to deal with. Almost all the banks have studded areas outside to prevent camping. It's been referred to as "celebration of bum culture."

Interesting that sloped window sills are considered hostile. They're important for preventing rot and water damage, regardless of size and type of building, but in modern construction too expensive. There was a good article from an historical architect I read some years ago lamenting how architects no longer consider small details like that anymore, even for projects where such expense wouldn't be an obstacle.

I was visiting and walking through a Boston neighborhood earlier this year and noticed a very old brownstone (or whatever the Boston equivalent is) that had recently been remodeled on the ground floor. There were two windows, one original and one newly built. The original had a sloped window sill of 4-5 inches but the new sill, the same width, was level. Even with aluminum window casings I imagine the new window will eventually begin to leak sooner or later.