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'Is San Francisco dying?' Americans are googling some strange questions about SF
SF Gate ^ | September 23, 2021 | by Andrew Chamings

Posted on 09/23/2021 1:08:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

San Francisco is an enigma. One of the most walkable cities in America yet filled with streets so steep your legs burn; a hub of zero-emission vehicles and electric bikes crisscrossed with the world's last manually operated cable car system; a leftist haven with more free-market billionaires per capita than any other city on Earth.

This complexity may lead to some nuanced questions about the city, but also sometimes people open their phones and ask: “Is San Francisco a country?”

I found the weirdest questions people have been asking Google about the city, seemingly largely informed by a misunderstanding of maps and a campaign of misinformation from right-wing media.

Here goes. [snip]

Is San Francisco better than Los Angeles?

Yes.

Is San Francisco safe?

It’s possible that this question is being asked by confused Fox News viewers with pleasant memories of the beautiful city, now ingesting primetime host Laura Ingraham’s tirade against San Francisco, framing it as a dystopian town in decline. She recently claimed the city was "ruining itself" by building a bike lane in the city.

Is San Francisco Sodom and Gomorrah?

No. The biblical towns of Sodom and Gomorrah were laid to waste by a very angry God due to their human wickedness through divine retribution. San Francisco is quiet lovely, and doing well.

Is San Francisco bike friendly?

Yes, very. A SmartAsset study found it to be the safest city in the country for cyclists.

Is San Francisco dying?

No.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: andrewchamings; california; chat; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; journalism; lol; marxists; press; sanfrancisco; sanfransicko; shole; whoops
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1 posted on 09/23/2021 1:08:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
'Is San Francisco dying?'

Yes.

2 posted on 09/23/2021 1:10:01 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Is San Francisco better than Los Angeles?

Yes.”

In degree of faggotry, that’s a big glitter yes.


3 posted on 09/23/2021 1:10:19 PM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is San Francisco full of queers and communists?


4 posted on 09/23/2021 1:10:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It just smells like it.


5 posted on 09/23/2021 1:10:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Are San Francisco’s streets covered with human poop?


6 posted on 09/23/2021 1:10:43 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

San Francisco is an AIDS patient with a poor prognosis.


7 posted on 09/23/2021 1:11:59 PM PDT by fwdude (If you don’t think you are in a battle w/ the culture for your children then you are already losing.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“You must be a Fox News viewer! All is well! Repeat, all is well!!”


8 posted on 09/23/2021 1:12:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is San Francisco bike friendly?

Yes, very. A SmartAsset study found it to be the safest city in the country for cyclists.

This has to be sarcasm. Has anyone ever ridden a bike in San Francisco or driven a street where there were numerous bicyclists? Between the hills, parked vehicles, idiot drivers and bicyclists, it *is not* a safe place to ride a bicycle.

9 posted on 09/23/2021 1:13:03 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: EvilCapitalist

I just asked Google, “Can you step anywhere in San Francisco without getting s*** on your shoes?


10 posted on 09/23/2021 1:14:48 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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11 posted on 09/23/2021 1:15:29 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: seowulf

Lol!


12 posted on 09/23/2021 1:15:33 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is San Francisco full of $hit?


13 posted on 09/23/2021 1:15:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Is San Francisco dying?”

Not enough.


14 posted on 09/23/2021 1:15:48 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In SF, you can live free if you know when to end your daily shop lifting. But do it soon since most stores will eventually leave the city looking like Detroit.


15 posted on 09/23/2021 1:16:12 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What should we expect from the SF Gate?

It’s clear they have to pretty much defend their city or look
like turncoats to anyone who followa the paper.

If having young women on your streets shot dead, and the perp
gets off, is your idea of a perfect city, then SF is a very
likable place.

If you like raising your kids in an environment where
same sex people are holding hands with and exhibit PDAs,
then SF is your cup of tea.

If you like “S” on your sidewalks, it’s a great place.

If you like people fleeing your city, it’s a great place.


16 posted on 09/23/2021 1:18:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Biden = Green Light to > China, N. K., Russia, M/E Terrorists, FBI, CDC, MSM, & the Left...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They answered that question in Seattle more than a year ago.

Seattle is Dying | A KOMO News Documentary -

https://m.youtube.com › watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw

KOMO Anchor Eric Johnson takes an in-depth look at the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in “Seattle is D...


17 posted on 09/23/2021 1:18:30 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Navy Patriot

Yep, so are Portland, OR and Seattle


18 posted on 09/23/2021 1:18:40 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolyution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is the US dying?


19 posted on 09/23/2021 1:19:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What is bizarre is that so many people profess to hate it, the municipal leaders are beyond incompetent, it is insanely expensive, earthquake prone in the extreme, vulnerable to tsunami, and suffers pretty much every malady that a city can suffer and yet more and more people want to live there, as proven by the increasing property values, home sales figures, and rents.

Basic economics says that if it was becoming increasingly undesirable, prices for homes and rents would go down. They are still going up, and they are already incredibly high.

Sure the view is beautiful, but while being a ‘gay mecca’, and/or a decidedly leftist enclave might have been a novelty worth paying for (for some) a decade or two ago, there are many places now with similar cultures.

It’s odd.


20 posted on 09/23/2021 1:20:10 PM PDT by Republican in occupied CA (I will not give up on my native State! Here I was born, here I fight and die!!)
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