Because people would rather stay in a defeatist or learned helplessness attitude than look at the root of the problem. That is, until they get mugged walking to work or have their car broken in to.
>That is, until they get mugged walking to work or have their car broken in to.
Some people will still be blind even after something like that.
Is there a fundamental truth you know that is being denied? I commute to Market St weekly and my own experience is that the city is emptier and less vibrant but not unsafe for workers going on about their daily lives. Poop and homelessness are plenty, sure, but that's sort of always been the case and not a new phenomenon. Am I now participating in denialism by sharing my own experience? How does your experience in SF look like?
This has not always been the case, it is a new phenomenon. It was not like this is the 90s or early 2000s
because they've bought property in SF
correct.
Because, in certain peoples' minds, anything that makes San Francisco look bad means that "Trumpists"/"alt right"/"Rethuglicans" have won. The attitude is infinitely more widespread on Reddit and Twitter, of course, but it's here too.