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Ahem - you are boycotting the place for the sake of a couple of punks on a weekend trip from Eugene, OR ?

There are 750,000 people here, with nearly all of which you would never have a substantial argument. The place has more than its share of eccentrics, but hey, the rest of us aren't chopped liver.

I don't know about federal money, but the dot-com crash was THE source of the current problems, and I doubt the Feds under whoever could have done anything about it, or were feeding the bubble. SJ and the Penninsula are far worse off than SF, BTW, and were always more conservative. Some perspective is due.

I started my boycott when the street bums started taking over. Then the hatred from the your beloved city and the Gayrhonicle during the 92 election towards Christians, Republicans and conservatives was shown 24/7 on tv, in the GayRhonicle and on the streets.

My poor wife talked me into taking her in for a play the day, GW was sworn in. We could not get a cab from the hotel where we had lunch and had to walk down Market street to the theatre. Later we found out that the cabs were told not to be in that area due to the mob protesting GW being sworn in.

Your friends were out in force, and we were lucking to get the theatre. Fortunately afterwards we got a cab back to the hotel where we caught the chartered bus back home. I have not been back since, nor will I. Those thugs and misfits weren't from Eugene, Oregon. They live in SF.

Your worthless mayor and DA will not protect you or visitors so I stay away. When you take back the city, let us know!

Dude you are sure expending a lot of energy defending The City. I think you must be wearing rose colored glasses. While I agree there a some nice residential areas, culturally SF has been turned upside down for some time. Beyond all of the bums and freaks, even in "nice" areas the MANY usurpers, typically under 35 in age, and typically from other areas, have completely taken over. The cult of youth is THE SCENE just about anywhere in The City except for parts of the most outlying residential neighborhoods. When my wife and I moved out (to San Mateo County) we must have left you as the last Republican (at least I assume you might be)... well, I know that's slight exageration but I think you could not deny that SF have moved even further to the Left than ever thought possible even during the 1970s and 80s. Deny it though you may, SF has been seriously damaged by all the vermin who have infested it, be they bums or be they hedonists. It has become the peak of family unfriendly communities within the already family unfriendly overall metro. Just curious; how much time have you spent, with an open mind, in other parts of the US? I must admit when I was younger I used to say I'd never leave the Bay Area but these days there are a number of places out there which I know we could live in just fine where we would have a better house, more land and a much more truly American social environment that is 100s of percent more friendly for a growing family than ANYWHERE in the Bay Area least of all SF!