[nickcarraway]

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[martin_fierro]

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[peeps36]

This must be some kind of joke. I watched a cop show filmed in the Tenderloin District and the area was full of drug addicted bums. I think the show was called San Fransisco Blue. The district is a crime ridden dump that is infested with prostitutes, drunks, drug addicts and other forms of human scum. What is historic about a filthy place where bums are free to piss all over the place?

[Mr. Jeeves]

Very clever move by the Left. Developers are clamoring to tear down most of those ratty old buildings and replace them - by declaring the neighborhood "historic" they can't be touched, and the pathologies that keep the cash flowing to Leftist pressure groups will remain undisturbed.

San Francisco real estate values have held up relatively well so far - this might be a good exit point for the wise.

[count-your-change]

Ah yezzz, since it's now going to be ( lowering my voice in respect) “A Historic Area”, it must be preserved in all its pristine filth. Should it start to deteriorate into improvement more homeless bums and criminals will be brought in to restore it and preserve it for future degenerations.

[Albion Wilde]

Things haven't been going too well in the Haight, either:

Love and Hate Linger In Ex-Hippie District

From Hippies to Yuppies

[Clemenza]

The last flophouse on the Bowery closed about four years ago. When I was a child, it was a mixture of punks and winos. Now it is lined with bars and clubs, with restaurant equipment stores on the southern stretch.