[megatherium]

Twenty years ago, the AIDS epidemic was gathering force in SF, forcing gay men to fight for their lives and change their behaviors after a decade of wild excess.

In 1978, the Mayor and an openly gay city supervisor were assassinated by a supervisor who had resigned in protest of the passage of a gay-rights bill; the result was three days of gays rioting in the street.

In the mid to late 1960s, SF was a mecca for psychedelic drug users, who lived in degraded conditions on the street, developing diseases not seen in developing countries for generations.

So is SF really so bad these days?

[ClaireSolt]

You missed the beat generaton of the '50's.