San Francisco's Pain Worsens as Workers, Visitors, and Shoppers Leave
A vibe I noticed in California that I see here in NY as well - but not in the Midwest or down south - is the overt disrespect to the mainstream working &#x2F; family people &#x2F; anyone who can take care of themselves.<p>I am sure it starts from a empathetic place but leads to bad policy (eg: not prosecuting crimes  out of empathy or to correct historical ethnic wrongdoing etc.) The problem is that these policies cause a real decline in the quality of life for everyone. Then folks who can afford to leave, leave - which happens to be the people who work, pay for everything for everyone and keep the place going. Their departure kicks off a spiral that keeps going until those stuck behind had enough.<p>An example of that turnaround is the Giuliani&#x2F; Bloomberg years in NYC - folks who ran on platforms of reducing crime and actually making life better for those who keep the place going.<p>From that limited perspective, I am going to be &quot;short&quot; San Francisco until the rhetoric changes.