When I ran the 2013 San Francisco Marathon it was bad then.
Coming out of Golden Gate Park we got on Haight St.
A good for nothing bum was shouting obscenities at a female runner close to me as she went by.
I have seen other aggressive deranged panhandlers other places.
I lived there a time in the late 80’s.
I won’t go back. It’s truly a beautiful place and a shame what the left did to the city.
I used to go to the Bay Area frequently on business; it was always a pleasure flying into SFO Airport and taking the BART to downtown, seeing the hills, the blue sky, water and amazing natural setting. Last time was about 3-4 years ago and I won’t return unless I have to. Got out of BART at one of the business district main stations; the entire station stank of urine and there were bums everywhere inside it. I had to cross an interior tunnel to get to the other side to exit and there must have been 50 bums sitting upright against the wall, threatening, panhandling, with their feet stuck out in front of them so it was easy to trip. I couldn’t wait to get out of the place because of that and the pervasive stench.