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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OH the stories I could tell!  I just moved from SF!  Good riddance! I will give myself away with these stories, but I don't care.

once when picking up my daughter's birth certificate at the social security administration in the middle of downtown (city hall) I was filling out paper work and a crazy lady came up behind me and knocked me to the ground.  A police officer came over to see if I was ok.  The lady then did it to several other people.  then sat down in the waiting area.  And I was thinking "what planet am I on that this is ok and this lady is not escorted out of here at the very least?!"

Once I took my kids to Golden Gate Park.  We were walking to Koret playground.  This guy whacked out on drugs was crawling around and making strange movements.  I told my kids to stay close to me as we fearfully walked by him.  This is very normal there.  And then of course I have to give my children the frequent reminder to "stay on the path (and not run through the bushes) so you don't step on poop."

Once my husband and I were out on a date night and we walked past a guy taking a dump in the middle of the sidewalk.  very romantic night.

We lived in Pac Heights and then in Hayes Valley.  Druggies are everywhere.  I felt unsafe all the time and was constantly worried about my kids.  It was insanely expensive.  It has the worst school system.

We lived in manhattan before and never saw anything like what we saw in SF and also never felt unsafe like we did in SF.

I would say if you stick to certain areas then you will be fine.[b]  However, I remember not too long ago a mother was walking her son to school on Octavia St. in Cow Hollow and druggie assaulted the young boy. [/b] I was always very aware when we lived there.

Sonoma and Napa on the other hand are beautiful and there are many family friendly places to visit![/quote]

I used to live in Alexandria (Del Ray) and was walking my kids in the double stroller when we came upon a crime scene - a boy had been stabbed by a man who lived in a nearby halfway house.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/04/20/8-year-old-boy-fatally-stabbed-in-alexandria/8c207c45-65e0-42b8-9d89-a7fc0aa56cb7/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c3e076b55f8a

Bad things happen. More bad things happen where there are more people - ie: cities. San Francisco is not the crazy hellhole some of you are describing. Don't go to certain areas and be alert. [/quote]

no you are wrong.  I used to live in Old Town Alexandria too (which is when I found this board).  Sure, there is crime everywhere!  SF is different.  There are druggies and homeless people everywhere and the city is very dirty in many places.  There are lots of tents.  It is tolerated there.   We have been to the playgrounds in central park many times and we don't find human poop and needles all over the place.  This is very common in SF.  [/quote]

+1 why are people trying to bury this? It doesn't do SF any good.[/quote]

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