I feel stupider for having read this, but I get solace from the idea that fools are giving other fools money. Keeps the fools from bothering me.
Escaping San Francisco
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#72It's really sad that in US you have to ask for donations for your healthcare, this is absurd in a country on this level. I live in EU and I have been to US (and SFO) and I feel like live a more comfortable life here in EU. And I live in the "poorer" Slovakia (compared to west EU). I don't need to think about costs if I get sick or injured (+ I get social support in case I can't work during that time).
How long do you wait for medical stuff? In Poland wait is sometimes >1 year
In Italy it's, for low urgency, ~6months in public hospitals, 3days - 1week in private public-affiliated clinics paying the same as in the hospital (which are the main used solution to not overcrowd hospitals), If you have an high priority you get served by an hospital the same day.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're joking, right? Personal experiences with the other neighborhoods you've mentioned aside, the Haight has been a mecca for drug use and homeless youth for more than fifty years now.
The haight outside of the street itself is fine though.
The haight outside of the street itself is fine though.
Erm, no. At the very least the panhandle is like two blocks over.
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#74Is GoFundMe really a popular way to pay for healthcare costs in the US?
Yes. It's very unfortunate. Millions and millions of people are walking around with treatable problems in the USA. We have a severe public health crisis, but the billionaires have a strangehold on our media and politics.
I'm very curious as to why this is being downvote so heavily. They're not wrong.
Among other reasons, the healthcare situation is one reason I would not consider taking a job in the US.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wouldn't move without visiting first, I found the place incredibly depressing. Dire poverty, brutal injustice, and blatant dysfunction at every corner, in one of the most moneyed cities in the world. A human centipede of grift at city scale. Nice bridge tho.
SF has problems like most major cities but your exaggeration is obviously ridiculous. Have you not traveled to 3rd world countries?
While the comment may be extreme it's somewhat amusing you're comparing SF to third world countries - which speaks to itself I guess.
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#77As someone planning to move to San Francisco from outside the US soon, is living in SF really as bad as all the blogs make it to be? I chose SF mainly because of its proximity to the outdoors (which I value highly) and relative lack of a concrete jungle feeling compared to NYC EDIT: I have visited SF a few times for work before, and found the homelessness and filth to be confined to a few neighborhoods..
I’ll echo what other happy SF residents have said - it’s pretty great if you’re able to put yourself in a good part of town. Look I’ll be honest - your experience in SF is going to correlate with your ability to afford living here (I hate to say it but it’s true). If you’re up for spending $3-$5k/month on an apartment, you can live in a nice area (Hayes Valley, Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, etc.) and life ther…
I'm just gonna leave this there:
https://sfist.com/2019/12/18/man-photographed-pooping-in-an-...
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#78This is the most san francisco thing ever..
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#79As someone planning to move to San Francisco from outside the US soon, is living in SF really as bad as all the blogs make it to be? I chose SF mainly because of its proximity to the outdoors (which I value highly) and relative lack of a concrete jungle feeling compared to NYC EDIT: I have visited SF a few times for work before, and found the homelessness and filth to be confined to a few neighborhoods..
I’ll echo what other happy SF residents have said - it’s pretty great if you’re able to put yourself in a good part of town. Look I’ll be honest - your experience in SF is going to correlate with your ability to afford living here (I hate to say it but it’s true). If you’re up for spending $3-$5k/month on an apartment, you can live in a nice area (Hayes Valley, Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, etc.) and life ther…
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#80The only thing more toxic than the mold in the apartment are the comments here.
Yeah it sounds like Trent could have handled the situation better. It also sounds like he didn't and is now pretty screwed. There's no need to pile on.
In the end I just don't think this post belongs on HN but I guess upvotes don't lie.