When I travel, and tell people I’m from SF, I’ve gotten the questions “Isn’t it dangerous?” “Isn’t it dirty?” “Is it as bad as I see on TV?” and no it’s not particularly dangerous or dirty, and when Fox News shows “San Francisco” It’s always the worst street in the Tenderloin, and characterizing it as the entire city.
I’ve been to Republican leaning suburbs with equally as many homeless people, even though they are much less dense and less populated than SF.
Not to mention that the same people who express shock and horror at the poverty on those streets are often the same ones whose actions and politics created that situation.
When I travel, and tell people I’m from SF, I’ve gotten the questions “Isn’t it dangerous?” “Isn’t it dirty?” “Is it as bad as I see on TV?” and no it’s not particularly dangerous or dirty, and when Fox News shows “San Francisco” It’s always the worst street in the Tenderloin, and characterizing it as the entire city.
I’ve been to Republican leaning suburbs with equally as many homeless people, even though they are much less dense and less populated than SF.
There are people that live in Oregon that think Portland burned down in 2020.
Not to mention that the same people who express shock and horror at the poverty on those streets are often the same ones whose actions and politics created that situation.