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Too much shit on the street, for starters, not to mention it's definitely more dangerous to walk, especially at night. Lived there for 15+ years. I had to move, the rent was not justifiable, and it was clear the problems were getting worse. shrugs

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Where did you live? People always talk about shit on the streets, but I only really see it as an issue in like downtown(SOMA,Tenderloin,etc) and tourist areas. I've lived in the residential areas (usually within a block of a major street with shops and restaurants) for 6+ years and it has never been an issue.

And the areas I've lived in definitely have massively more "SF culture" than downtown.

SOMA, and I'd say Mission, parts of Castro also had similar issues. Of course there are still unaffected areas, but it's hard to dismiss so many affected ones.

I thought the SF Tourist industry was taking a stab at turning things around like about 2 years ago. Were they not able to put a dent in things?

I guess not. For a while the tourist areas were relatively clean, but it seems it was just displacing the problems to the other areas. I'm not sure tbh, but once the lockdown started, there were days downtown looked straight out of the Walking Dead.

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