“For many who live here it’s difficult to reconcile San Francisco’s liberal politics with the misery that surrounds them.”
I just got back from a week in SF.
It’s not difficult at all to reconcile those things. The first is the cause of the second.
CA is a one party.state. There is no incentive to change things or to improve the quality of life.
As long as Californians continue to vote Democrat, things will remain the same.
Seems pretty straightforward to me. If you don’t want to live in a sh*thole, stop turning the place you live into a sh*thole. Seriously, did conservatives come in and dump their trash and feces on the streets? No. The wonderful residents of SF are the ones trashing SF and then complaining about “...the dichotomy of...” etc. etc. Get it through your thick, indoctrinated skulls libtards: no-one is responsible for your misery except you!