That makes me sad. I lived in San Dog from 1994-1997. It was a beautiful city then.
It describes what you saw from the bigger picture point of view. You both came to the conclusion "we are done for."
Vote in an all democrat govt and end up with death and destruction, while they steal all the money. It’s everywhere that democrats rule. But of course the pig headed zombies that vote democrat will never learn.
The worst was when leaving the beach being held up by police cordons and fire trucks…the police actually shied showed up!
Regards,
San Diego was nice 35+ years ago. For everyone else who is not wealthy, who are not able to financially isolate themselves, that place went to hell long ago.
One of their biggest suburbs, El Cajon, is now called, “Little Baghdad”.
I’m on the opposite side of the country, in a rather small sleepy city in eastern NC, population around 30,000.
But I see a lot of the same here. A wooded area adjacent to a WalMart has been turned into an encampment for lowlifes.
Abandoned shopping carts, trash, mattresses, litter the roadway beside the encampment.
It’s not the town I grew up in anymore.
I’m on the opposite side of the country, in a rather small sleepy city in eastern NC, population around 30,000.
But I see a lot of the same here. A wooded area adjacent to a WalMart has been turned into an encampment for lowlifes.
Abandoned shopping carts, trash, mattresses, litter the roadway beside the encampment.
It’s not the town I grew up in anymore.
What you're seeing is primarily the result of closing restaurants and other conveniences we used to enjoy due to the Covid lockdowns.
All these young people lost their jobs and were handed cash to cope with the situation and turned to drugs for whatever reason, don't care.
Now these druggies are a waste of skin that contribute nothing to society while they slowly fade away towards their inevitable early deaths. I've seen them all over this county. They keep attempting to set up shop permanently in the “suburbs”, but we keep moving them along and repairing the damage they leave behind.
Downtown is a joke nowadays. Homeless drug addicts that just gave up on life in general. They refuse any help that will get them off the streets.
Round them up and toss them into the ocean for all I care. They're nothing more than a burden to society at this point and the sooner they kill themselves via OD, the better, IMO.
What were once cities are now Urban Reservations for those who will not or can not function in society.
Sounds like you took a wrong turn at Albuquerque, and wound up in San Francisco.........................
I left San Diego in 1977. It was dying even then.
With 7M illegals entering into the country by the time O’Biden finishes his first (and hopefully last) term, things may get a lot worse before they get better.
You go weekly? And all of what you described happened while you were gone a week?
No, what you see is SD has devolved into LA South, and that didn't happen suddenly. The only difference is there are pockets of SD that are still livable but the barbarians are at the gate.
Kalifornia is finished, and I know a lot of California Freepers are having extended cognitive dissonance about that, but it's a fact.
My experience was much like yours. Bums and druggies everywhere. Even worse, I spent a day at Oceanside Beach, which was my favorite spot to hang out at when off duty. There were broken down vans all down the strip with people living in filth. The stink was terrible and you could tell these people haven't had a proper shower (with soap) in about a year.
Some experiences were good however. I went to Oldtown (just outside Oldtown) for some excellent authentic Mexican food. Also took a tour on the Midway (one of the sponsors of the golf tournament) and ended up spending the entire day there.
But otherwise, this area has gone really downhill.
General Dynamics shut down in 1992 and we were forced to move because of my job, along with about 16,000 other people affected by the shutdown. We now live in Arizona but always, like you, made many nostalgia runs to San Diego.
Last year we saw the same decay you described. it was shockingly depressing to see the decline. It has all been given up to the druggies. It was so bad, even at the Embarcadero, we did not want to leave the car unoccupied to watch the harbor Christmas parade of lights as we had done for 30 or so years.
It is beyond a shame, it is a crime what the politicians have done there. Yet, you know, they got voted in by the people that live there. I guess you can fool most of the people most of the time.
You should see what drug use has done to Portland and SF.
San Diego is nothing compared to those cities.
Coming to the rest of America sooner than you expect.
We used to drive from Tucson to San Diego every summer for vacation. In the mid sixties, it was quite a beautiful place.
What else can one expect from democrat politics?
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