The Sunset, The Western Additon and Stonestown come to mind. But for me, the issue is your trash talk about a whole city. Sure there are places to be avoided in SF, but show me a large city where that’s not the case. And you come off with this BS about “oh don’t take your kids there, they might get tainted.” It’s just so beneath the dignity of FR and does nothing for the discourse. There are many cities that I would like to avoid, but San Francisco isn’t one of them. BTW, I guess you haven’t been to either Hunter’s Point or China Basin lately. The new construction in those areas is amazing. As for the Haight (where I was born 72 years ago) and the Castro, they may have lifestyles with which you may have a problem, but they don’t have an inordinately high crime rate. You don’t see violent crime of much consequence (like it’s not Chigago). I have a relative who works for one of the major commercial construction firms in SF. I am told that there is so much building going on that the city has had to relent on its policy of requiring that labor on city projects come from within the city confines because all those people are all already working. And I know it may well be an a problem for you ( I know it is for me) but there are no call lists in the union halls either. So while I don’t like the SF politics, I do like the city itself. And I take exception to the likes of you and your trash talk nonsense!
Well, I have seen with my own eyes people in Frisco walking around or riding their bikes naked—something I have never seen anywhere else in the world—so for that reason alone, I would never bring a kid there. And I wouldn’t want to bring kids anywhere near the “Gay Pride” parade or the Folsom or Dore Alley “street fairs”—check out the Americans for Truth website or do a keyword search on this board if you want more information. I’m not going to post racy pictures.
It's also beneath the dignity of FR to apply opprobrious epithets to those who disagree with you--as you did in your first response to me.
Sorry, Vette and Roadcat, but you fail to convince me. The queers and faggots aren’t just in the Castro—you’ll find them everywhere, even in the surrounding suburbs—they, and the panhandlers, winos, aging hippies known as “street people,” and “smash and grab” car burglars.
I’ve been all over San Francisco—from the Golden Gate to Candlestick Park, and from Fisherman’s Wharf to the Cliff House—and I say that it’s a modern-day Gomorrah.