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With US cities struggling, San Francisco has actually become a shining model of recovery
The Hill ^ | 04/11/2024 | JON E. BORTZ AND ALEX BASTIAN

Posted on 04/11/2024 7:41:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A man with a needle in his arm. Streets littered with trash. Constant retail theft. Cars with broken windows from smash-and-grab auto burglaries.

These are some of the images that have been used recently to describe San Francisco. But even if that narrative may have been accurate a year ago, it is now contrary to what we generally see in San Francisco today.

In the San Francisco of spring 2024, you instead find commuters grabbing coffees and heading in to their offices; tourists admiring the streets comprised of unique Edwardian and Victorian architecture; friends enjoying the fresh fish at outdoor restaurants; and families playing in the beautiful parks. There is less crime and greater presence of police and city ambassadors. There are more drug arrests.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: california; cities; gaslighting; liars; lol; model; recovery; sandfrancisco
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Jon and Alex are gaslighting morons
1 posted on 04/11/2024 7:41:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Are there any actual residents that will testify to this?


2 posted on 04/11/2024 7:43:30 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I smell propaganda, or maybe it’s just poop...


3 posted on 04/11/2024 7:48:31 AM PDT by null and void (There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is this a Bee story? 🤣🤣🤣🤣


4 posted on 04/11/2024 7:49:57 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As the election nears, propaganda from sites like this will intensify. The lies will state that the economy is prospering , the migrants are a positive force and that there really is no crime problem. The Biden cabal will release phony statistics to support the lies. The problem is that too many voters are too stupid not to recognize the lies or know the truth.


5 posted on 04/11/2024 7:50:15 AM PDT by allendale
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Until its office vacancy rate drops well below one-third, I doubt there is any real recovery on the horizon for this city. Even if its residents are willing to walk down the streets covered with s___t.


6 posted on 04/11/2024 7:50:23 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Recovery? If you call 💩💉 lying all over the street, legal shoplifting, and homelessness,recovery…then yeah!!


7 posted on 04/11/2024 7:50:42 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The solution...elect more democrats. It works every time it’s tried.


8 posted on 04/11/2024 7:52:07 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ve watched recent walking tours of Powell St. and Union Square businesses. There are entire blocks of boarded up stores. SF is becoming a ghost town. My last visit to the town was three years ago, it was hard to find a parking spot NOT littered with broken car glass.


9 posted on 04/11/2024 7:52:42 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Hill investigated the Babylon Bee and came to the realization that if they published satire they would get more readers.


10 posted on 04/11/2024 7:53:30 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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“With US cities struggling, San Francisco has actually become a shining model of recovery”

More like a smelling model of leftism. Much like the BS in this article.


11 posted on 04/11/2024 7:55:00 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jon and Alex — That stuff you’re smoking is causing hallucinations! Put down the bong!


12 posted on 04/11/2024 7:55:31 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: Psalm 130)
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To: allendale

“The lies will state that the economy is prospering , the migrants are a positive force and that there really is no crime problem.”

Agreed

Once again, you are spot-on.
The gas-lighting and spin will be endless.


13 posted on 04/11/2024 7:55:43 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How much money did JON E. BORTZ AND ALEX BASTIAN get paid by the San Francisco Tourist Bureau to copy and paste this Press Release from the SF Tourist Bureau????????


14 posted on 04/11/2024 7:58:03 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Jon E. Bortz is chairman and CEO of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Alex Bastian is president and CEO of the Hotel Council of San Francisco.

They are trying to drum up business so go easy on them. However, the Hill presents this as as "news". If you read the article (ha ha) this blurb is at the bottom of the article so take it for what it's worth.

15 posted on 04/11/2024 7:59:21 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Another bit - what else could these two say, in there best Chip Diller screech, other than “All is Well!”

Jon E. Bortz is chairman and CEO of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Alex Bastian is president and CEO of the Hotel Council of San Francisco


16 posted on 04/11/2024 7:59:58 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: Lockbox
Is this a Bee story?

Close. It's The Hill.

Both known for lying or joking about real life, except that The bee has a lot more credibility.
17 posted on 04/11/2024 8:01:49 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This article is such horse S!

All you have to do is type in san francisco store closures on Youtube and you see whats really going on.


18 posted on 04/11/2024 8:03:40 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: griswold3
Are there any actual residents that will testify to this?

Twenty-five year FReeper, 40-year resident of S.F. here.

It's mostly lies.

San Francisco has come up a small way from the trough of two years ago, but ALL of the pathologies remain and are still extreme.

Rampant drug use and overdose deaths, people lying around unconscious, filth, graffiti, auto burglary everywhere, retail and restaurant spaces empty, downtown dead, retail decimated by theft, etc.

San Francisco is nowhere near as nice, friendly, decent, vibrant, clean, orderly, or fun as it was 20 years ago.

19 posted on 04/11/2024 8:04:54 AM PDT by Tom in SFCA
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe they’re getting ready for The GodKingEmperor Xi’s next visit.


20 posted on 04/11/2024 8:05:27 AM PDT by sphinx
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