“better place”. Where are you implying?
This is such a lame argument and only feeds whoever is seeking validation that they live in right place
This is a medium size Canadian city. I leave my packages outside overnight without issue.
Also, I live in Las Vegas now and I also don't know anyone who had their car broken into or packages stolen. I left my Steam Deck outside for 48 hours since it was delivered early and hidden poorly, but I wasn't looking and didn't even notice it. But since none of the polls - the Chronicle or the Standard's - mention vehicle prowling, we have even less data on that. Why even bring it up? Nobody was expecting Rumble in the Bronx (great movie in spite of the whole movie being made up of stereotypes).
I live in SF, but I absolutely understand why many people think other places are better for them.
Flint Michigan is really really bad. Their water is poisonous.
Similarly, crime is a thing that hurts ppl, in this case theft in SF.
How are we gonna sit around and pretend that some cities are not better than others?
But sometimes this is like comparing a little league team to an MLB team: For example, you can say NYC is better than SF.
For every axis that SF is better on, NYC is 10x better on 10 others. Like you could argue the foggy weather is better because there's no snow... but then: food, transportation, global importance, crime (even when you account for violent crime specifically), long-term prospects...
SF can't even keep a Target open past 8.
At the start of the year I moved to SF from NYC, so I'm not validating anything by the way.
Not a lot of difference.
Were you aware that the Tenderloin is, ya know, what it is, before you got an apartment there? It's been well known as the seediest part of the city for a century or more.