[ironmagma]

When I first moved to the Bay Area, San Francisco was described by one person to me as "quite conservative actually." At the time, that seemed unlikely. However after a while, I can now see why this is the case.

[yencabulator]

Rich people tend toward whatever helps them get richer. Whether they agree with the ideology or not.

See also: Why US presidents present as happily married and religious, no matter what the reality is.

[PaulHoule]

If you had much empathy for the downtrodden you couldn't stand to live at the epicenter of the homelessness crisis.

[kcplate]

I am not 100% sure that your implication really tracks with conservative behaviors. I would say it would be more likely that non-empathetic conservatives would work pretty relentlessly to relocate homeless out of their communities rather than just ignore and co-exist with it.

I am not saying they would solve it, but they would make it some other community's problem.

[PaulHoule]

I think it selects for people who don't care. Or maybe it is a warning that it could happen to you if you don't suck up to your brat boss.

[kcplate]

> I think it selects for people who don't care

Ok, but that is a different thing than a specific political lean. I know quite a few folks who claim to care about the homeless, but those claims don’t ever translate to action. That leads me to suspect that what they actually care about is people believing they care about the homeless.

[queenkjuul]

What do you expect those individuals to do about a nationwide systemic failure? Genuinely. Like what would they have to do to convince you they care?

[kcplate]

They could just do something. One small thing…even locally. I don’t buy into this “the problem is too big” so all I am going to do is point it out.