San Francisco's downtown area is more contaminated with drug needles, garbage, and feces than some of the world's poorest slums
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San Francisco is one of the most exciting, dynamic, and richest cities in the world.
But it's far from being the cleanest.
In February, the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit spent three days surveying 153 blocks of downtown San Francisco to see what they would find. Their search turned up drug needles, garbage, and feces in concentrations comparable to some of the world's poorest slums.
On a recent commute to Business Insider's office in San Francisco, I took a detour through the Tenderloin neighborhood, where NBC conducted its survey, to see how the claim held up.
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I thought this city was a liberal utopia?
The DNC should have their convention there without ordering a clean up or a crackdown on the homeless. Just show the real city in all its "glory".
I've visited San Fran many times and was always impressed by how clean it was. It's a shame that Nancy Pelosi doesn't care about the city she represents and calls "home". Oh, wait ... her main home is in SF's Pacific Heights ...
Yea I was there about 20 years ago and it was great.... It took them a long time to destroy Detroit too.
I had relatives who lived in the SF suburbs, and on one of my visits around 30 years ago we followed a detailed walking tour that the NYT recommended. We saw all of the city's districts and thoroughly enjoyed it. There's no amount of money that could entice me to go there now.
Plus other predominantly Democrat-controlled cities like Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Philly (among others).
Here is a list of the 10 cities with the HIGHEST POVERTY RATE IN THE COUNTRY. Guess what they ALL have in common...
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn’t elected
a Republican mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)… since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)… since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)…. since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)… since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)… since 1952;
Newark, NJ (10th)… since 1907.
Man, it sure doesn't sound like Democrats are evenly distributing their wealth in those cities!
Sadly, you are correct to assert these cities have not been managed very well and they desperately need some tough love but I think after what happened in Michigan in which the republicans in charge actively and intentionally poisoned their poorest residents, your suggestion may not go over well.
I probably would have suggested that they not take that inherited pile of shit and put it in the water pipes.
Intentionally trying to slowly kill your constituents is probably not a good political agenda or platform.
I live in MI PJ and I know for a fact that is bullshit the systems lead pipe problems have been festering from decades of neglect.
experts say that claims from Clinton and Sanders that focus on Snyder alone oversimplify matters -- and give a partisan spin to what is more fairly characterized as a broad failure of governance at all levels. Such one-sided accounts gloss over the responsibility borne by local Flint officials who supported the decision, by an EPA that failed to press harder for changes as the problem worsened, and by officials of both parties who contributed to the longstanding fiscal problems at both the state and city level.
AND NEVER MIND WHY THE CITY NEEDED AN EMERGENCY MANAGER IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!! RIGHT?
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So local officials who ignored the problem for decades are blameless?
Wow.
Ummmm.......did I say that, NO. Let me see if I can clarify for you.
Let me know if you still do not understand.
There are quite a number of Americans that have drank something but it ain't me.
4.1.8 PJ replied to 96WS6 @4.1.7 13 minutes ago
Your response is unfortunate but on par with the republican denials ( Removed for context )You may want to think about moving elsewhere because your tax dollars will be paying for the mental and physical health conditions these people contracted under republican rule.
This republican tactic to blame those previously in charge when they have every opportunity to apply new policies and correct any decisions made previously. I'm not surprised to see this is the new republican strategy....deny, deny, deny and point at others even when they are in charge.
You should run for office. You've got the talking points down perfectly.
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Read and understood your statement just fine, thanks.
Are Democrats now going to blame the GOP for something that took DECADES of neglect under Democrats to manifest?
SMMFH
Read all of my posts please. If you're too lazy to read all my opinions on this thread then don't engage me. I'm not going to give a summary of my past comments every time before I post a new comment.
I have. Hence my comments.
is there something about that YOU don't understand?
If you don't like my comments, nothing is stopping you from ignoring them.
OK everyone calm yourselves down and try to keep to the discussion and not each other or they use of hyperbole.
I am calm, Perrie. I AM sticking to the subject.
I didn't engage in anything like suggesting the poster was too lazy to read or unable to understand until they first attacked me.
I don't think intentionally poisoning it's own constituents can be described any other way than trying to murder them. That's not hyperbole, it's science.
People will die due to the actions or lack thereof of the republicans that took over.
But I will disengage since this is not going anywhere. You can lead a horse to water (I recommend not in MI though) but you can't make them drink it.
I apologize Texan. I shouldn't have called you lazy. I could have expressed it differently.
I will disengage. We are at an impasse.
Well I got a violation so you should be happy about that.
I am not happy about it at all. I don't care about silly violations.
Why would I be happy about it???
I can actually agree with that, some very bad decisions were made that toppled a system that was already a house of cards.
I give you credit for at least admitting all of these cities have been managed poorly, I just can't understand why you would continue to vote for them.
Whether you believe me or not, I'm not a democrat 96 - I'm an independent and I've voted republican as well as democratic depending on the issue and the political environment at the time.
I'm glad to hear that. It is the only responsible way to vote!
On the road to Venezuela...
One city at a time.
Little wonder the non city dwellers want to become a separate state form what is now California, not being represented well by their elected politicians and having to put up with being identified with the shit dwellers from the cities.
At one time, San Francisco was a Madam, now it shares whorehood with Los Angeles. Wish it was the other way around but that would have been unnatural for any community dominated by extremists.
...So their solution to this is jail time for plastic straws. You can't even make this shit up.
The reality is that most of the city is clean, vibrant and a major tourist attraction. But, just like in any home, the kitchen may be clean but if you look in the garbage you're going to find garbage. Yes, there are parts of the city where the majority of homeless live and there are fewer clean up crews because they aren't the main arteries of the city, but they certainly don't represent the vast majority of the city. In contrast I've seen plenty of rural towns where the whole place from the business district to the best of their residential properties are falling apart, chipped paint, homeless, vacant and dying. I'll take a few blocks trash over a dead or dying community any day.