Yeah, couldn’t pass up the comment. As I recall, SSF was blue collar when I lived in SJ. Regardless, someone there still mistook a cat for a mountain lion...
I'm not saying there are no nuts in SSF, plenty of them. The divide happening in America is evident here as well, between normal and abnormal people. But not crazy like SF. SSF is transitioning from blue collar to tech, a lot of new tech business parks popped up over last 20 years fueling higher property increases and gentrification.
I welcomed a cousin last week who flew in from Philly for a convention in SF. Homeless drug addicts all around his hotel (Hilton Union Square), a view from his hotel room looking down at homeless tents on the sidewalks below. He did not want to walk the streets outside. I told him the suburbs are safe, and took him to South SF in my neighborhood for dinner. Safe to walk the streets at night, fancy restaurants, shops and no homeless at all. He flew out yesterday; last night someone was shot and killed a couple blocks from his hotel. SF is getting worse under the current liberal mayor.