SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again"

Post by luckydude » Thu, Nov 23, 2017, 6:43 PM UTC

tfmatt wrote: post #17

nodesocket wrote: post #6

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These are all my personal opinions. There is lack of law and consequences for bad behavior. It comes from leaders that are afraid of extreme liberal backlash and outrage. Unfortunately, I'd even say there is a disdain for police officers in SF. That has to be an incredibly hard and frustrating job. I've been in SF for over 5 years, but enough is enough and I moving out next month for Nashville, Tennessee. Downtown SF…

Can you expanded on why Nashville? I have heard this exact same scenario 3 times in the last month on HN. Super curious, thanks.

I'm not ready to move there, only visited it once to give a paper at a product line conference.

I have to say it was _way_ better than I expected. The music scene is just insane, every bar has a stage with decent people playing. All the time. Crazy fun.

And I'm a hockey fan - the Nashville fans are off the charts. I've thought about going back there just to watch a game :)

I'm pretty entrenched where I am but I'd consider living there.

Post by m0llusk » Fri, Nov 24, 2017, 11:19 PM UTC

hacker314159 wrote: post #34

I imagine if the police actually did something about public drug use, theft, and mentally ill assailants, there would be a backlash against the perception of a fascist police state.

The situation is far more complex than that. Back in the 30s through the 50s the police would aggressively crack down on undesirables. Sweeping Blacks and Homosexuals off the streets became politically problematic. Now judges routinely throw out cases involving so called quality of life crimes. Furthermore, politics and budget constraints have resulted in San Francisco having very little jail space available. So, police, strong mayor or no, have limited options and try to avoid wasting effort only to have offenders concentrated around police stations and hospitals where they are released.

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