Five injured overnight in unrelated attacks in San Francisco (No wonder families fleeing)

SF Gate ^ | 9/23/07 | Delfin Vigil, Chronicle Staff Writer

[rogue yam]

Church and Market, on the other hand, I never really thought of as an area for gunplay

Usually no, but at 4-something a.m. sure.

[rogue yam]

The funny thing about that photo is that it’s taken at the entrance to City Hall. In broad daylight.

[rogue yam]

Are people allowed to be on the city streets dressed like that?

Not just on the streets. Look closely. It's the entrance to City Hall.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Where are those numbers from? Why are most of the categories shown with exactly the same numbers?

I lived in Phoenix for 20 years. I still own a house there. Never had a bit of trouble, and I worked in an iffy neighborhood for a lot of that time. My mom lives there today in a mostly Mexican part of town.

Do you have a source for those numbers?

[Lancey Howard]

The funny thing about that photo is that it’s taken at the entrance to City Hall. In broad daylight.

They're obviously employees of the mayor's office.

[Joe Boucher]

40 to 60 percent?
Glad to hear those foreigners have been brought up with the same values proportionately.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The town is nothing but superficially hip. The residents are the most standoffish and judgmental that I've ever encountered.

I used to live there. It is a horrible place to live. Lots of drugs and perverts.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The Tenderloin’s one thing. Church and Market, on the other hand, I never really thought of as an area for gunplay...unless, of course, you count the Coney Island man-tamer.

A friend of mine was a California state senator. His son was shot and murdered during a robbery in S.F. It certainly wasn't in the Tenderloin...

The whole city is a pressure cooker. Most of the homosexuals are emotionally unbalanced and there is a lot of "domestic" violence between them that goes unreported. Couple that with the proliferation of drug abuse, alcoholism, illegals, gangs, prostitution, drag queens using female hormones, and lots of general animosity for the police, anything can happen.

The city is also a Mecca for dopers. That is why property crimes are so high.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

That sounds like a typical day in Milwaukee.

East North Avenue?

[LukeL]

North Avenue, Loctus, Capitol, it doesn't really matter anymore.

I see you are from Oregon, I hope you aren't referring to Milwaukie OR?

[dragnet2]

They are based on the 2005 FBI Crime Statistics. Go there and see for yourself. In addition, Phoenix has not only a higher crime rate than SF, but also has higher crime per capita than LA.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I lived in Milwaukee, WI for a time.

Remember North Avenue and other places quite well...

The longest bridge in the world is the 35th street bridge (a local joke).

[LukeL]

Never heard that one before care to explain?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

35th street bridge goes from Poland to Africa...

[Mr. Jeeves]

That list has Mission, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley, and the Tenderloin over and over again. Not exactly “family” neighborhoods. Same rule applies as in every other city - stay away from majority black neighborhoods and any other block with a housing project on it and your violent crime risk goes down to near zero.

[rogue yam]

It certainly wasn't in the Tenderloin...

I remember that. Potrero Hill. The perp was a crackhead from the same projects up there that produced O.J.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The fruits of liberalism!

[Riverman94610]

Church and Market is where the hood meets the homo.

[Disambiguator]

Same rule applies as in every other city - stay away from majority black neighborhoods and any other block with a housing project on it and your violent crime risk goes down to near zero.

:^)

[andy58-in-nh]

The funny thing about that photo is that it’s taken at the entrance to City Hall. In broad daylight.

Please tell me you're kidding.