San Fran: Tourists Shocked By What They See, 'Am I In The Bad Part Of Town?' [View all]
SFG, 'Am I In The Bad Part Of Town? Tourists Shocked By What They See On Streets of San Francisco,' June 15, 2018
It's something many San Franciscans see on a daily basis, outside their homes or offices and during their commutes.
For better or for worse, locals are used to walking by crime scenes, have seen open injection drug use, and have witnessed mental health episodes firsthand. But when a tourist lands at SFO, guidebook in hand, that reality can be shocking.
"Is this normal or am I in a 'bad part of town?' Just walked past numerous homeless off their faces, screaming and running all over the sidewalk near Twitter HQ and then a murder scene. Wife is scared to leave hotel now," wrote an Australian Reddit user Wednesday. That person isn't alone. On Sunday, another tourist from Canada asked the San Francisco Reddit community, "Why is this city so terrifying?"
"I'd been there for probably less than a day, just wandering around the center, and already seen more than enough poverty and suffering to cause me wanting to leave desperately," wrote another visitor from London in 2017. "I saw many people talking to themselves, or to things that weren't there. Even in a Macy's, and there weren't any police officers to help them or do anything about it."...
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'Clean Up San Francisco's Streets, Tourist Industry Pleads,' April 17, '18, San Francisco Chronicle
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Clean-up-San-Francisco-s-streets-tourist-12839281.php
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