[ecshafer]

They mention in this the rebuttal "Other cities in the US are just as bad. Why are you picking on SF?" which matches my experience. The west coast cities are much much worse with regards to random violence than any of the cities in east coast or midwest I've been to in the last 5 years. Detroit, Chicago, Philly, NYC, Baltimore, sure they have violence and homeless people. But they feel much safer and back to normal than SF or Portland.

[jamroom]

I don't know how accurate this list is, but it sure seems like most of the high crime cities in the US are NOT in the west:

https://www.safehome.org/resources/crime-statistics-by-state...

[javanissen]

This article cites an LA Times article as justification that “New York is one of the most violent cities in America,” but that cited LA Times article states that NYC is safer than the next six most populous cities and that the situation is far worse in other cities - and therefore, by their own logic, NYC isn’t one of the most violent cities in America. I wouldn’t put too much stock in it.

[causi]

The common explanation I've heard is that on the east coast the poverty and violence is more condensed into ghetto areas whereas on the west coast the misery is spread around by having poor areas interleaved with rich ones. You might consider that more fair, but it also makes it much less predictable. Personally I like being able to choose to stay way the hell away from it.