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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!

I've lived in the US since 1986, mainly in SF, but for a few years in Sacramento, San Bruno, Belmont and San Carlos.

The people who have "taken over" in my experience are mainly very conservative Asians, like me.

Yes, I'm a republican. I think SF is at least 25% Republican in registration.

The main problem for families in SF is that the houses and lots are very small, the lots being laid out back in the 1880's-1890's, and built out with small row houses from 1920-1940 mostly. So its hard to find a large house with a yard, and if such a thing existed it would be very expensive. So this is not a matter of politics.