[dragonwriter]

> Why do the stores in SF attract violent crime compared to, say, a store in another West Coast city?

Population density and economic inequality are probably the big factors.

[fortran77]

Manhattan is much more dense, and even in the 70s and early 80s, when I was there, it wasn't as bad as San Francisco. I live 40 miles south of SF and I refuse to go there.

[naebother]

> I live 40 miles south of SF and I refuse to go there.

Then how do you know it's worse than Manhattan in the 70s/80s?