This is NOTHING like “Hashbury” in San Francisco.
Hunter S. Thompson labeled the district “Hashbury” in The New York Times Magazine, and the activities in the area were reported almost daily. The Haight-Ashbury district was sought out by hippies to constitute a community based upon counterculture ideals, drugs, and music.
The Capital Hill Oppression Park (CHOP) is the antithesis of what “Hashbury” was in the 1960’s. No ideals, and not inclined to be mellow in the least.
Haight-Ashbury was quickly overrun by homeless, thieves, hoodlums, psychos, derelicts, and drug addicts. Overdoses were common, as were rapes. The "Summer of Love" in San Francisco has largely been mythologized in popular culture. The reality was far different.