Sad - I still think that the (shrinking) nice parts of SF are some of the loveliest places on earth. And every time I go out to the Bay area (usually East of SF) I am amazed by the beauty of CA. Easy to understand why our loyal CA Freepers hang on. Really an indictment of leftism - it takes a particular set of skills to F^*&*( up something as wonderful as CA.
To anyone who has never been - ignore the Eeyores on this forum, still well worth visiting for a while yet.
I haven’t been there for many years, but you are right—it is a beautiful place. And, SF has always prided itself for a bit of quirkiness—look up Emperor Norton and of course the hippie takeover of the Haight district in the 60s. But this ‘tolerance’ has allowed it to descend into the absurd. My granddaughter was there for a year at school. Absurd rent for a single room, needles and feces in the streets and aggressive bums nearly everywhere.