It is not Hati
Posted on 05/29/2018 9:34:54 AM PDT by Zakeet
If what radical leftists and environmentalists say about conservatives is true - that they don’t care about the environment and that they are polluting the entire world - then it would seem that more conservative areas of the country like Texas and the Midwest would essentially be gigantic trash heaps. On the contrary, following that same logic, areas of the country that are controlled by leftists should be clean as a whistle. Why, then, are tourists currently begging the liberal city of San Francisco to clean up their streets?
It's true - San Francisco is quickly turning into a dump, with people injecting themselves with drugs in broad daylight, tent camps and garbage lining the sidewalks, petty theft running rampant and even human feces scattered across the city.
"The streets are filthy. There's trash everywhere. It's disgusting," argued Joe D'Alessandro, president of S.F. Travel, the city's visitors’ bureau. “I’ve never seen any other city like this - the homelessness, dirty streets, drug use on the streets, smash-and-grabs. How can it be? How can it have gotten to this point?"
It's worth noting that Joe D'Alessandro's job is to essentially promote San Francisco for the purpose of bringing in tourists, so the fact that he is openly speaking about how bad the city has gotten in terms of garbage and homelessness is truly telling.
"We can’t be quiet anymore," D'Alessandro continued. "We've got such a glorious history, such a beautiful setting, and the fact is, we’re letting it all slip away into this quality of life now that is not good for anybody. We've become complacent, and I think we’ve taken this as a kind of new normal, and it's not. It'’s wrong, and we have to do something about it."
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It is not Hati
My mother grew up on 19th Avenue, was a beautiful city, clean and with pride. I was born there and visited 8 times over the last year and can not believe how the liberals have created such a crap hole and then blame everyone else. California is truly one of the most beautiful places on this earth, so sad that it will take no less than 50 years to bring it to a normal living habitat.
Yup they can’t blame Republicans or Trump.
“I thought the shuttering of asylums started well before Reagan.”
It did, Jimmy Carter started it, the left likes to blame Reagan.
Who in their right mind would want to visit this once beautiful city any longer?
It is such a shame too. I fell in love with the city when I first visited in 1971 and once thought I would like to live there. Now I wouldn’t set foot there if you paid me.
San Francisco used to be a beautiful city.
Is it a coincidence that Pelosi’s name is Dallasandro?
Nope. It’s for real. Ick!
I lived in Imperial Beach, CA from 1980-’82, about 5 minutes from Tijuana.
Tijuana is now cleaner than San Fran, LOL!
Progressivism at work.
“I used to love to visit San Francisco. It’s such a beautiful setting and city; I could just ignore the liberals. But I can’t overlook the garbage and crime.”
Liberals, garbage and crime are all of a piece.
I could not agree more. All these homeless could cause an unpleasant spread of WAY too many communicable diseases.
It did, Jimmy Carter started it, the left likes to blame Reagan.
The time frame we are looking for is Reagan's time as governor of California, in the early/mid '60's. Not when he was president.
If you’re going to San Francisco be sure to wear...a hazmat suit.
Seattle, Portland, and LA are in close competition.
My wife and I used to love visiting San Francisco back in the late 80's and early 90's. I can't see us ever doing so again.
“I used to love to visit San Francisco. It’s such a beautiful setting and city; I could just ignore the liberals. But I can’t overlook the garbage and crime.”
Liberals, garbage and crime are all of a piece.
It’s called “untreated sewage.”
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