From 1983 to 1997, I went to a software conference in SF and loved the city. I went back two years ago and couldn’t believe what I saw. People passed out in doorways, human feces on the sidewalk, used needles in the gutters. I will never go back to SF.
This is truly sad to see such a great city crumble and rot. However, you people in SF put these people in office and gave them the power to make SF a cesspool. Likewise, you have the power to remove them, but you don’t. That makes it really hard to feel sorry for you.
I recently heard that a president of a national medical group went to SF to plan for one of their upcoming member conferences. He left with the comment not coming. not now, not ever. Conference had 10K attendees usually.
I lived in the east bay and worked in SF from 79 to 90. Left when the state began looking for more money from its imprisoned. I had business there to tend to and made yearly visits till 98, each time noting there was a definite slide down. Went back in 16. Could not believe how far it had gone down the chute. Closest we get now to SF is on I 5 heading north or south.
Sad
I went in the 1970s with my family and remember it quite well, it was amazing the widing streeet up the hill, and now it’s like downtown Calcutta. Why don’t Republicans use this to their advantage? Put out before and after ads “This is San Fran before, this is San Fran after todays democrats took it over”
Something has to be done about that damn party because we absolutely are going to find ourselves again one election away from them turning the rest of the country into this nightmare.