“Im from the bay area and think it is one of the most beautiful places, or it used to be. Theres just too many people there now.”
Yes and many of those “too many” like to live and defecate on the streets, all while being vigorously protected by their local government.
When I was growing up it wasn’t like that. It did start getting crazy in the sixties but it took awhile to get to where they are now. The massive immigration from third world contributed to it a lot.