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Quote: JCW09

Meanwhile CVS & Walgreens close stores in SF.
Target reduces hours to curb theft.
Yet somehow one wanderer thinks his "experience" represents the crime reality in SF.
Love that "Frisco" reference as well. A true sign of someone really in touch with San Francisco.
Picked that up talking to the locals did ya?

Some people like to drive to the roughest parts of town. South Chicago, East St. Louis. They drive around some blocks in their car. Then they brag how they "survived" the area and it "did not look as tough as you hear about." They think being there all of a short time they know the place.

SF is a collapsed society. It is not functioning properly. National retailers closing because of uncontrollable shoplifting should be a smack in the face wake up call of this. SF now resembles Brazil, slums right outside prosperity. In Brazil the slums are more permanent. In SF the slums are the homeless camps on the streets.

No matter how "beautiful" it is good people will leave this kind of place.

Quote: AZDuffman

No matter how "beautiful" it is good people will leave this kind of place.

...and less tourists, who bring in outside money, will show up.

If the people of San Francisco aren't doing anything about it, I see no reason to fret over it. They can still vote, right?

Quote: AZDuffman

f this. SF now resembles Brazil, slums right outside prosperity.

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I just saw last week one of the world travelers that I follow on YouTube visited Rio. To get up into the slums he had to have a bodyguard who was approved by the drug cartels to protect him. It's the Wild West there, the drug cartels run the slums and they openly carry machine guns. The cops dare not go in there or they'll die. If you're a tourist you know none of this is happening just a short distance from where you are. The cops would never go in there anyway because they're absolutely corrupt and are paid by the cartels to stay away.

Quote: RonC

...and less tourists, who bring in outside money, will show up.

I laugh at conservatives too afraid to visit a city
I saw Dead and Company at the Chase center couple years ago
Concert over around midnight
Tough to catch uber
So me and my buddy made the long walk from the Chase center to his place in the Mission district
True story
We were fine.
Don't be such a scardy cat

Quote: terapined

There isn't a city I would not visit
Why deprive yourself

I'd advise you to avoid Camden, NJ.

Quote: missedhervee

I'd advise you to avoid Camden, NJ.

Why
When I went to Drexel
PA 21, NJ 18
We simply hopped on the subway to Camden to stock up

Quote: terapined

Why
When I went to Drexel
PA 21, NJ 18
We simply hopped on the subway to Camden to stock up

What did you buy, crack?

BTW, there is no subway from Philly to Camden, you mean you took a subway to the light rail station and took light rail across the Ben Franklin bridge to Camden; been on it many times.

Camden has's been described as the most dangerous city in America.

What's weird is that I used to live in a town close by, Haddonfield, that was almost a picture post card for the well-heeled life in America.

The stark juxtaposition of squalor and wealth only a few miles apart boggled my mind; oh well, such is America, such is the way of the world.

Quote: terapined

We simply hopped on the subway to Camden to stock up

Quote: missedhervee

BTW, there is no subway from Philly to Camden

You can't make this $hit up!

Quote: JCW09

You can't make this $hit up!

Not only does Camden, NJ not have any subway (underground electric railroad), Camden doesn't even have any:



New Jersey "Subway" restaurant locations

I think he does make up most of the crap he posts.