[Overtonwindow]

I started to think that, but actually the last section of the article, is about crime. I think it’s quite weak however, crime is in my humble opinion the very central reason for the decline of downtown San Francisco.

[piperswe]

Why do you say that? May 2022 had 14.9% less crime than May 2021 according to SFPD: https://public.tableau.com/shared/HP3P97STJ?:display_count=n...

Source for that Tableau dash: https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crim...

[_-david-_]

It had 14.9% less reported crime, not necessarily less crime. San Francisco also had a decline in population so dropping crime numbers makes sense.

[xboxnolifes]

Why are we cherry picking a single month? Every other month this year has seen ~25% increase in theft over the previous year.

[hindsightbias]

Since correlation is causation, I blame WFH policies for higher crime.