ABC News on San Francisco: “We are not at Union Square or the Westfield Mall this morning because we have been advised it is simply too dangerous"

[Drop Dead Fred]

Every city has exactly as much crime as its voters are willing to tolerate.

The voters of San Francisco sure are willing to tolerate a very large amount of it.

Check out this report from ABC News:

 

[Synthaholic]

Meanwhile, Mississippi's capital city is months into living on bottled water.

 

[MaryL]

I haven't been in 'frisco since 2005. RIP. Because Democrats. Everything they touch turns to shit.

 

[Synthaholic]

Meanwhile:

 

[Mac1958]

It's an issue that is perfectly reasonable to discuss: Why is this happening in these cities?

Unfortunately, there's a good chance the actual answers aren't as simple as we want to make them, and we've lost the ability to deal with big problems. That would require communication, cooperation, collaboration and innovation. No longer qualities available in America.

 

[Synthaholic]

 

[odanny]

It's an issue that is perfectly reasonable to discuss: Why is this happening in these cities?

Unfortunately, there's a good chance the actual answers aren't as simple as we want to make them, and we've lost the ability to deal with big problems. That would require communication, cooperation, collaboration and innovation. No longer qualities available in America.

America is in crisis and places like San Francisco have priced everyone out of living there, so the homeless population these astronomical prices helped create. Now, the wealthy are fleeing and stores are closing, crime is rampant and many formerly very expensive office buildings sit empty, surrounded by homeless encampments.

The bright red Deep South, AKA as "Trump Country", also has the highest poverty rates and lowest percentage of college educated residents, and anywhere desirable in the U.S. is quickly becoming too expensive to live there, partly to keep out the riff-raff, partly due to demand. It genuinely appears to be an unsustainable path this country is on, especially when a tiny percentage of its citizens control most of its wealth. It's worse in some places, but poverty and hollowed out ghost towns are everywhere in this country.

San Francisco is in trouble, battered by remote work and the homeless crisis

Many cities have struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but none quite as much as San Francisco.

www.yahoo.com

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Meanwhile:

This shit tends to happen during bad weather dumbass act of God and all that, meanwhile in California they have forced brownouts and rolling blackouts. Don't hear anything from you loonies calling out the Governor of that State. Just more of the same partisan bullshit.

 

[Thinker101]

Meanwhile, Mississippi's capital city is months into living on bottled water.

Anything on topic, skippy?

 

[Mac1958]

America is in crisis and places like San Francisco have priced everyone out of living there, so the homeless population these astronomical prices helped create. Now, the wealthy are fleeing and stores are closing, crime is rampant and many formerly very expensive office buildings sit empty, surrounded by homeless encampments.

The bright red Deep South, AKA as "Trump Country", also has the highest poverty rates and lowest percentage of college educated residents, and anywhere desirable in the U.S. is quickly becoming too expensive to live there, partly to keep out the riff-raff, partly due to demand. It genuinely appears to be an unsustainable path this country is on, especially when a tiny percentage of its citizens control most of its wealth. It's worse in some places, but poverty and hollowed out ghost towns are everywhere in this country.

San Francisco is in trouble, battered by remote work and the homeless crisis

Many cities have struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but none quite as much as San Francisco.

www.yahoo.com

Just the tip of the iceberg here, but I've been thinking about whether it's possible that a city can simply become too big. A city becomes large by being dynamic enough to attract money and talent, but then it begins to hollow out from the inside.

Is it governance? That can certainly be part of it. Is it because a city -- a result of the way cities, counties and states are financially structured -- doesn't have enough resources (such as financial flexibility) on its own to manage growth? That could be part of it.

Seems like that's at least worth discussing.

 

[Synthaholic]

This shit tends to happen during bad weather dumbass act of God and all that

During a thunderstorm?!?

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

During a thunderstorm?!?

Severe weather dumb ass.

Mississippi severe weather: The latest information you need to know - Magnolia State Live

As more Mississippi communities brace for more severe storms tonight, others are cleaning up from widespread damage. Thousands remain without power while at least one family is mourning the death of a 67-year-old man. The Jones County Emergency Operations Center reported wind gusts up to 111...

www.magnoliastatelive.com

 

[Synthaholic]

Severe weather dumb ass.

Mississippi severe weather: The latest information you need to know - Magnolia State Live

As more Mississippi communities brace for more severe storms tonight, others are cleaning up from widespread damage. Thousands remain without power while at least one family is mourning the death of a 67-year-old man. The Jones County Emergency Operations Center reported wind gusts up to 111...

www.magnoliastatelive.com

That's Mississippi. We're talking about Texas.

And you call me a dumbass.

 

[Synthaholic]

Every city has exactly as much crime as its voters are willing to tolerate.

The voters of San Francisco sure are willing to tolerate a very large amount of it.

Check out this report from ABC News:

This is not because of crime, it's because of all the empty office buildings that made up the bulk of their business. Now employees are working from home and offices are empty.

But keep flailing and failing!

 

[elektra]

Yes, this is not about crime, the democratic party, or anything close to biden

But... is Kamalia Harris from san fransisco??

The Vice President, Democrat Kamalia Harris is a politician from San Fransisco

Remember the BLM and ANTIFA riots in San Fransisco.

George Floyd riots.

It is the crime, stupid.

 

[odanny]

Just the tip of the iceberg here, but I've been thinking about whether it's possible that a city can simply become too big. A city becomes large by being dynamic enough to attract money and talent, but then it begins to hollow out from the inside.

Is it governance? That can certainly be part of it. Is it because a city -- a result of the way cities, counties and states are financially structured -- doesn't have enough resources (such as financial flexibility) on its own to manage growth? That could be part of it.

Seems like that's at least worth discussing.

Seems to be a positive feedback loop, exorbitant rents means more homeless, more homeless means more crime, more crime causes stores, bars, and restaurants to close shop. It would appear that greed is what starts this cycle of decline.

 

[DudleySmith]

It's an issue that is perfectly reasonable to discuss: Why is this happening in these cities?

Unfortunately, there's a good chance the actual answers aren't as simple as we want to make them, and we've lost the ability to deal with big problems. That would require communication, cooperation, collaboration and innovation. No longer qualities available in America.

Yes. Your assortment of deviants, loons, commies. black and brown racists, sleazy lawyers, criminal syndicates, looters, etc. that make up your Party have turned the U.S. into a banana republic.

 

[DudleySmith]

The bright red Deep South, AKA as "Trump Country", also has the highest poverty rates and lowest percentage of college educated residents, and anywhere desirable in the U.S.

You mean where most blacks and latinos live?

 

[scruffy]

This is not because of crime, it's because of all the empty office buildings that made up the bulk of their business. Now employees are working from home and offices are empty.

But keep flailing and failing!

At a SHOPPING MALL, idiot?

The retailers are working from home? Really, retardo?

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

That's Mississippi. We're talking about Texas.

And you call me a dumbass.

I'll just continue to call you a dumb ass, mkay

Texas town devastated by tornado, 5 dead across South from severe weather

Tornadoes tore through the South, killing at least five people.

abcnews.go.com

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