This is sad, but the reality is the homicide rate in San Francisco isn't that bad, in fact it's been steadily declining for 30 years and doesn't sit in the top 50 in the united states.
Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
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Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#552I find it shocking that anyone still chooses to live in this broken city. I left >4 years ago and am never coming back. It's unfixable. Let's move the tech industry somewhere that isn't rotten to the core.
The tech industry is mainly South Bay (you know, Silicon Valley.) Any tech being in SF is a last-decade phenomenon, possibly a zero-interest-rate one. Since SF has some of the worst governance in the country, maybe it won't last that long. There's always East Bay.
Please no, I like the square footage I get for my rent. Keep all the startups on the bourgie side of the bridge and tunnel.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#553This is sad. Scary too - That area is ok crime wise so seems like a freak accident. Or possibly an argument gone wrong.
Lot of people here railing on homeless people - police don’t have any suspects.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#554This is sad, but the reality is the homicide rate in San Francisco isn't that bad, in fact it's been steadily declining for 30 years and doesn't sit in the top 50 in the united states.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#555Can we take a minute to re-direct this conversation away from just the politics of SF?
I want to draw attention to Bob Lee, a well-respected technologist and prototype hacker, always curious and sharing lots of interesting technical developments. He was a great role model for how Engineers should be respected in an executive capacity as he advanced his career from 'Software' to 'Product'. His efforts contributed to technology used by millions. What happened to him is tragic and wrong; he deserved better. Thank you, I'll miss you 'crazybob'.
Please share your stories featuring Bob Lee, who I'm sure would like to be remembered for his contributions rather than as a victim of this unfortunate awful event.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#556People in big cities get mugged, sometimes violently. This happened in Republican led cities when I was young. It happens in Democratic led cities now. It happens in London. It happens in Moscow. You can have policy differences with the government of San Francisco, but please don't capitalize on this tragic death to advance them. It's exploitive and disrespectful to Bob Lee's family. I know I'm whistling in the wind,…
Do you comment something similar on school shooting threads too?
What about this? What about that? Tiresome.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#557This is sad, but the reality is the homicide rate in San Francisco isn't that bad, in fact it's been steadily declining for 30 years and doesn't sit in the top 50 in the united states.
I see as #29 on this list (when sorted by Q4 2022 per capita rate): https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-homicide-rate/94070
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#558I find it shocking that anyone still chooses to live in this broken city. I left >4 years ago and am never coming back. It's unfixable. Let's move the tech industry somewhere that isn't rotten to the core.
Honest question, what if the tech industry is a root cause?
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#559I've never been to SF. Never met Bob and have barely any personal experience with crime at all. And I'm fairly high on the bleeding heart liberal scale but my opinion looking at the crime stats for the US (and other western countries) is that you get the society that you are willing to pay for. When teachers, social workers, doctors, police, justice systems and prisons cannot teach, help, cure, protect, judge, punish…
Agreed that we're not using our tax dollars effectively to help people in SF. But SF (and CA in general) have some of the highest tax burdens per citizen in the entire nation -- very similar to many European nations. We should emphasize that taxes provide more than enough money to make a functional city, but some combination of internal corruption or mismanagement is preventing those dollars from effectively helping those in need.
Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
#560Sad to hear about this, was it just a random attack?