So what's really going on in San Francisco?

[kimbutgar]

1. I just read an awful Vanity Fair article about how California is doomed and SF is the worst

Life long citizen of San Francisco. The city has gone though many ups and downs in my lifetime. I remember downtown market street being kind of crummy, then it got better and the pandemic hurt it again. There is crime and one has to be vigilant the biggest crime victims are those walking around with their noses buried in their cell phones and they experience assaults and robberies. We do have a drug problem is certain parts of the city but most of the regular neighborhoods are ok. I remember as a kid Haight Ashbury was kind of rough in the 60’s and a lot of druggies on the streets as well.

That said, I think the pandemic did a lot damage to all states and major cities not just SF.