1. High Taxes
2. Democratic Leadership
3. Unions
4. Bad weather.
1 - 3, sure, but SF has great weather.
As an aside, the economy is actually quite strong in the SF Bay Area. The job/population loss seen in this survey is just because the starting point of the comparison is right before the dot.com bust.
And despite some knee-jerk reactions people may have, it's not some sort of infested slime pit. In many ways it's a nice place to live, albeit maddeningly liberal in others.
I agree. SF doesn’t really fit the bad weather scenario. I guess despite SF’s insanity, it is one of my favorite places to visit. It is a truly unique place and the weather is a nice break from warmer climates.
It is too bad that it is infested with so many weirdos. I remember my first trip to San Francisco as a teenager truly widened my eyes to how screwed up a place it had become. I was sitting on a trolly when a 6’4” something black guy in a pink tutu sat down beside me. Then i saw a guy eating out of trash can behind a diner on Geary St. From our hotel window, i watched male prostitutes pimp themselves out to the highest bidder in a Sherwin Williams parking lot across the street. Truly an eye opening experience for a young man from the Southeast.
Other than the freaky stuff, I loved the place. The wharf, Alcatraz, the Redwoods, Ghiradelli, the Golden Gate Bridge, China Town and the list goes on and on.
San Francisco is no Cleveland or Rochester. Agreed.