Just got back from my first trip to San Francisco in years. It was not that bad!

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Anonymous wrote:We'll be there for two days in April and will report back.

Please do. We have one story of human feces on torso and in hair.
Wanna see if we can get some deep stats on human feces in SFO.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We'll be there for two days in April and will report back.

Please do. We have one story of human feces on torso and in hair.
Wanna see if we can get some deep stats on human feces in SFO.

Actually, looking back at the OP, I want to know how they knew the feces were human. Gonna need an investigation.

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My daughter lives there and we visit frequently. Never had a problem. Just as you would avoid Anacostia...avoid The Tenderloin. Turn off Fox News and get out and explore. Or, stay in your MAGA he'll holes.

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Anonymous wrote:Was this post satire?

+1
My thoughts exactly. A disgusting description of the poop being smeared around all over - but it was a great trip! Really!
No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I do like San Fran.

Haven’t been in many years.

Poop story is GROSS!

+100
That is, indeed, a "dystopian hellscape."

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I just returned home from a long weekend trip SF. Our overall takeaway is that San Francisco is wonderful place, certainly one of the great cities of the world!

We spent Saturday/Sunday walking some 30 miles through the north half of the city, exploring everything from China town to the incredible Golden Gate Park. I am still trying to reconcile the experience we had with the overwhelmingly negative press the city receives in some media circles... Far from being a distopian hellscape, we found a vibrant atmosphere full of some of the kindest strangers we have come across in a very long time.

I will just say that while we had an incredible trip, the homeless problem did not go unnoticed... Specifically the mentally I'll homeless problem. The one really bad incident involved human feces on the sidewalk that was actively being trampled by a huge crowd of people, it was honestly one of the grossest thing I have ever seen in my life... Everyone's shoes had poop on them. Then one woman took off her shirt and proceeded to "body slam" the (now decimated) poop pile, getting poop all over her torso and hair. While the issue of mentally ill homeless people is not unique to San Francisco, I think it is also fair to say that the good people of the city should not have to deal with this. There's no excuse for someone to pull down their pants and poop on a sidewalk that people are walking on. If someone does that they need to be taken off the streets, period. That is simply unacceptable behavior in any civilized society.

With all that being said I would just like to reiterate that we had a wonderful visit!!

Thank you OP we love SF!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going to Portland and Seattle this summer.

Are the homeless people in San Francisco more aggressive than the Portland/Seattle homeless people? That was my anecdotal observation the last time I was in SF, which was many years ago.

I lived in Seattle from 2009-2020. It's depressing what happened to it in such a short time.

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We took our kids to visit Seattle and Portland several years ago - and were so glad they saw it before those great cities were ruined.

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Anonymous wrote:That's good to hear. I've been wanting to take the kids to CA but have avoided it like the plague due to increase in crime, homelessness, drug use, etc. It didn't feel worth it.

I may change course. TY

All.of that is over amplified by the media, especially Fox News. Yes there are problems, but if you stay away from the major problem areas (mostly just the Tenderloin ) it is totally fine, as long as you can handle seeing a few homeless people.

You sure about that? These are not recent articles, but you could hardly claim it's Fox News:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/us/san-francisco-dirtiest-street-london-breed.html
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sf-mayor-theres-more-feces-on-the-sidewalks-than-ive-ever-seen/62590/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xdae/more-people-pooping-in-san-francisco-than-ever-all-time-high-vgtrn

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going to Portland and Seattle this summer.

Are the homeless people in San Francisco more aggressive than the Portland/Seattle homeless people? That was my anecdotal observation the last time I was in SF, which was many years ago.

I lived in Seattle from 2009-2020. It's depressing what happened to it in such a short time.

+1
We took our kids to visit Seattle and Portland several years ago - and were so glad they saw it before those great cities were ruined.

Ruined. Ha.

Have been in both in the last 9 months. Had a great time in both. Some major snowflakes around here!