> I don't know if you meant it this way but you sound so classist with this garbage. Afraid of the non-techies coming in and being 'vile' and trashing things? You only want to share space with wealthy, upper class people, as if they're the only ones who know how to respect public space?
I grew up in a 3rd world country poorer than the poorest person you can find here. Most of my life I was poor until I started making easy money in tech once I got some experience, so everything I know from my US experience has been either inner city public transit or walking. I do know that the more money I got, the cleaner and more comfortable my environment became. I don't blame you for making some ridiculous statement like that, high compensation tends to do that to people especially people who have never faced actual adversity or difficulties so they have to pretend things are OK and rosy out of guilt.
So let's be clear. If you live west of the 101, you're in a good area. Things are definitely fine in Sunset, Richmond, Portola, etc. I spend a lot of time in Mission, Soma, Bayview for work and social activities. It is not clean and nice in these areas. Graffiti, trash, people passed out in the street, etc. Common sights there.
If you're in tech in SF and clearing 300-400k plus, you're not going to deal with this. If you're in these not-so-nice areas you're going to be in a nice apartment with modern security systems paying 3-4k a month or more. You probably have a nice view of the SF skyline or water, and spend time in parks wearing at worst a store brand like Patagonia while snapping pictures of your $4000 dog. You probably use Uber and Lyft, which let's be honest, are mostly used by upper middle class persons and up.
> Are Uber and Lyft not also GA? Are their cars also trashed? Seems strange that you picked on public transit as if the "unwashed masses" can't also order an Uber.
Uber and lyft have a person driving the car. There are obviously instances of people ruining these cars, but in Cruise and Waymo there isn't a driver. It cost me 40 bucks to go from Soma to Sunset one time. These services are for people with disposable income. There are people who can barely afford public transit. They aren't using Uber of Lyft. Be real dude lol. Have you ever taken public transit outside of Pacific Heights or out of necessity?
Anyway, the sad reality is that people destroy property for no reason, and most of the occurrences I've personally experienced of this have been in areas where people are not present and/or entry fee is cheap/free. The desks in my American schooling and university would always be vandalized and ruined.. why etch shit onto the desks it makes it hard to write. People rip out keys from the public library computers. I take the bus sometimes. Why are the seats ripped intentionally and shit scribbled into the window and the hand rails?