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by redroyal 1078 days ago
It is super dangerous. The homeless and cracked up mentally ill patients who buy from the open air drug markets are highly aggressive and totally unpredictable. I was on a crowded bus at 2pm by Powell and a homeless man broke a 40oz bottle of beer over the back of my head by surprise. Nobody not even the bus driver did anything. Claimed I was following him. 6ft guy

My laptop was stolen at a coffee shop while I was typing on it, guy went running. Apple MB and cloud locked but they stole it all the same.

They stole my bike even though it was cheap. My friend was robbed at gunpoint for his laptop. I personally saw a stabbing in the Tenderloin. A man was shot pont blank sitting in a car behind our house. It’s dangerous AF

Noisebridge was fun until it shut down. Half of the stores downtown are boarded up now. Walgreens left because of theft they couldn’t do anything about bc of liberal policies. The whole mall is boarded up. It’s a long long list of exited stores and companies. Much of the real estate both commercial and residential sits empty because the landlords refuse to reduce the rent since they won’t be able to raise it later bc of liberal policies.

The meetups were good before covid that was the one perk. But moving to SF was one of the worst mistakes of my life. Again, run away screaming