70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by hndirect » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:26 AM UTC

70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined
sfgate.com

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by ztratar » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:43 AM UTC

As a former resident, I'd be curious how the 30% who haven't had a decline in quality of life... live?

How are they avoiding all of the change?

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by SCUSKU » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:48 AM UTC

ztratar wrote: post #2

As a former resident, I'd be curious how the 30% who haven't had a decline in quality of life... live? How are they avoiding all of the change?

Money

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by ToJans » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:49 AM UTC

SCUSKU wrote: post #3

ztratar wrote: post #2

As a former resident, I'd be curious how the 30% who haven't had a decline in quality of life... live? How are they avoiding all of the change?

Money

... and/or Stockholm syndrome?

Addendum/update:

Also, this context seems to share a lot of similarities with the rise and fall of the now abandoned ghost towns that emerged during gold mining, or am I the only one making this association?

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:50 AM UTC

ztratar wrote: post #2

As a former resident, I'd be curious how the 30% who haven't had a decline in quality of life... live? How are they avoiding all of the change?

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Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by adjkant » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:51 AM UTC

Dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27724699

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by yumraj » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:54 AM UTC

ztratar wrote: post #2

As a former resident, I'd be curious how the 30% who haven't had a decline in quality of life... live? How are they avoiding all of the change?

Probably the homeless folks.

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by rongenre » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:55 AM UTC

Most of my gen-x friends from mid-2010's SF have moved to the East Bay. I much prefer going to Berkeley or Oakland to crossing the bridge.

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by arcticbull » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:59 AM UTC

I suspect that may have something to do with that there pandemic everyone’s so excited about.

Now don’t get me wrong the city is epically mismanaged and has a lot of its own problems, but the amount of chart crime going on right now (X is up YYY% since last year!) is pretty unforgivable.

Re: 70% of respondents say quality of life in San Francisco has declined

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Post by bluefirebrand » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 4:59 AM UTC

ztratar wrote: post #2

As a former resident, I'd be curious how the 30% who haven't had a decline in quality of life... live? How are they avoiding all of the change?

People with enough money are able to insulate themselves from society's problems pretty thoroughly