Anyone been to San Francisco lately? The "traveler" population is out of control.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How stupid are you to actually give money to these people?? Grow a backbone and walk on by!

Why is giving money to someone who appears to be in need stupid? Especially someone with innocent dogs in tow. Why so rude to the OP? I think it is clear that they were not aware that this was a problem in the northwest.

your change does not make change. giving directly to the homeless doesnt do anything to actually solve homelessness.

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Were you in the part of the Haight near Golden Gate Park? That's where you get a lot of that. Also in Berkeley.

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Most people would be "homeless" if they tried to live in SF. That's why most people live in modest, "unhip," suburbs, or in "flyover" country, where it's affordable.

SF is for venture capitalists, tech bros making six figures, wealthy eldergays, asians and academics. If you don't fit into any of those buckets, you should leave. There is no place for you in SF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people would be "homeless" if they tried to live in SF. That's why most people live in modest, "unhip," suburbs, or in "flyover" country, where it's affordable.

SF is for venture capitalists, tech bros making six figures, wealthy eldergays, asians and academics. If you don't fit into any of those buckets, you should leave. There is no place for you in SF.

That makes me so sad. It used to be a lovely place for anyone a little lost, little quirky, trying to find their way. The change started with the first tech bubble and never stopped. It breaks my heart, but I'm glad I left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people would be "homeless" if they tried to live in SF. That's why most people live in modest, "unhip," suburbs, or in "flyover" country, where it's affordable.

SF is for venture capitalists, tech bros making six figures, wealthy eldergays, asians and academics. If you don't fit into any of those buckets, you should leave. There is no place for you in SF.

That makes me so sad. It used to be a lovely place for anyone a little lost, little quirky, trying to find their way. The change started with the first tech bubble and never stopped. It breaks my heart, but I'm glad I left.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How stupid are you to actually give money to these people?? Grow a backbone and walk on by!

Why is giving money to someone who appears to be in need stupid? Especially someone with innocent dogs in tow. Why so rude to the OP? I think it is clear that they were not aware that this was a problem in the northwest.

If they are really hungry, then they could just eat the dogs. Very common in certain Asian countries you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people would be "homeless" if they tried to live in SF. That's why most people live in modest, "unhip," suburbs, or in "flyover" country, where it's affordable.

SF is for venture capitalists, tech bros making six figures, wealthy eldergays, asians and academics. If you don't fit into any of those buckets, you should leave. There is no place for you in SF.

Oh, there is plenty of place for all kinds of thugs there.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t blame tech culture. Maybe they will help gentrify the filthy neighborhoods. It’s mind boggling why there are places like bayview and hunters point in such an expensive city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travelers are gypsies. We're these people gypsies? Or were they just middle class white homeless kids?

I thought the word gypsies was out and Roma was in? When we were in SF a few years ago we didn't have the exact same experience but, it was definately more homeless and really dirty around Berekley.

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I'm as bleeding heart liberal as they come, and I never hand money directly to anyone. When I travel, I donate to a reputable organization ahead of time.

Many of the homeless-- the families who you don't see because the kids are in school and the adults are job hunting or working, for example-- aren't helped by street handouts. The mentally ill or addicted are also not helped by being handed cash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travelers are gypsies. We're these people gypsies? Or were they just middle class white homeless kids?

I thought the word gypsies was out and Roma was in? When we were in SF a few years ago we didn't have the exact same experience but, it was definately more homeless and really dirty around Berekley.

Roma is an actual ethnic group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm as bleeding heart liberal as they come, and I never hand money directly to anyone. When I travel, I donate to a reputable organization ahead of time.

Many of the homeless-- the families who you don't see because the kids are in school and the adults are job hunting or working, for example-- aren't helped by street handouts. The mentally ill or addicted are also not helped by being handed cash.

+1

In DC, I make a monthly donation to SOME, a homeless support group I have personal experience with and that I know does good work with the money it gets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How stupid are you to actually give money to these people?? Grow a backbone and walk on by!

Why is giving money to someone who appears to be in need stupid? Especially someone with innocent dogs in tow. Why so rude to the OP? I think it is clear that they were not aware that this was a problem in the northwest.

Not that poster (who is a jerk, obviously), but it's generally a really bad idea to give homeless people money. They just spend it to feed their drug habits, and you don't want to support that. Instead, duck into the Walgreens or whatever and buy some dog food and packaged people food.