I Was Robbed in San Francisco While the Cameras Rolled
In early 2020, before lockdown, I visited San Francisco as a tourist with my wife. We took a wrong turn at a book store and wound up on a street covered in feces. The next street was fine. Then on the next, we watched a homeless woman shoot up on the street. Then a supercar pulled into a garage.I'm not the best traveled, I'll admit, so I can't compare SF to foreign cities. I'm a simple hillbilly from the Southeast, but I lived in NY for a time and I've visited most of the big cities in the US.This was my third time in SF. Every time I've visited, since 2016 or so, I've collected another story like this.The homeless are way more aggressive than they are in Chicago or Texan cities. The feces. The crime.Now people are moving away. The author is in denial. San Francisco has nice weather and beautiful hills, but it is a really expensive shithole. A really, really expensive shithole.Now look at the leadership in the city, and ask yourself, who is responsible for this?I'm so glad I chose to live in Texas, but at this point I'd move to the Detroit area before San Francisco. At least the rent is good there.In any case, the census data shows I'm not alone. I just hope the Californians moving to Texas don't vote for the same laws that made San Francisco such a hole.Also, I've always refused to move to Silicon Valley, despite working in tech. I don't regret it.