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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why the uptick of homeless in SF?[/quote]

I think the problem is that SF is too quick to let people who are mentally ill in a hostile way stay on the street.

I think New York, Boston and Chicago have better strategies for getting hostile homeless people off the streets.

I rarely run into a poorly behaved homeless person in most cities, but I always run into them in San Francisco.

Letting people who are mentally ill in that way fester on the street is an abdication of responsibility.[/quote]

This is all kind of true, SF does tolerate it more than other cities BUT as PP mentioned, the problem largely stems from other states bussing their homeless population here! How wrong is that? This has been happening for many years. They sell homeless/mentally ill/addicted people the CA dream that things will be better out here and it's not true. I wish we had a greater capacity to deal with homelessness but it's a tough problem to solve.

All that being said, anyone who is scared to come to the Bay Area, just stay away. There are areas to avoid but even the tenderloin has fancy restaurants, you just need to be aware of your surroundings. You are in a city and need to be street smart, but the likelihood of you being mugged or stepping in human shit is very, very small. It really seems like some of you posters have never been to a city before. [/quote]

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