I Was Robbed in San Francisco While the Cameras Rolled
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#2> The police officer said he was glad to have the license plate number but that robbery is so low-profile in the courts right now that even if they did catch him, without video proof, the thieves would be let go within a day or so.
Even with video proof, there's a good chance that Chesa would drop all charges anyway.
Related topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27216343
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#3Yes, that seems to be how it is in SF.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arss9V3A1VA
Is it possible that, despite good intentions, the policies being implemented there actually have very harmful effects?
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#4My CA home, in Sunnyvale, is about 40 miles south of SF. I never go up to SF anymore, and I won't take meetings there. People who visit from out of town ask to go up to the city, and I won't take them. My life and personal safety is more important.
I admire Jefferson (the man whose camera was stolen) for being so gracious about it. But he shouldn't blame himself.
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#6I'm sure it's skewed because of the Internet, but between Twitter and Hacker News it sounds like San Francisco is basically Somalia now.
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#7I do not think that the current crime situation in San Francisco appeared by some fluke or an accident. Specific policies were put in place by the progressive government officials and progressive people in San Francisco voted for these policies. I think is a cautionary tale for the rest of the country on what happens when progressive utopia gets voted in.
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#8Yes, that seems to be how it is in SF. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arss9V3A1VA Is it possible that, despite good intentions, the policies being implemented there actually have very harmful effects?
Yeah, I think that hits the nail on the head.
The nimby problem, on the other hand, shows how selfish intentions can also lead to very harmful effects.
Spent 5 years there and am not envious of anyone living in the Bay at all.
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#9In 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.
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#10Yes, that seems to be how it is in SF. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arss9V3A1VA Is it possible that, despite good intentions, the policies being implemented there actually have very harmful effects?
These harmful effects are intended. That is the strategy.
Its important to understand why. Your life depends on it.