I’ve been seeing a lot of the “X city is collapsing!” on Twitter lately. I live in Chicago, much of my extended family is in SF. Haven’t seen this level of fear from any of my fellow city inhabitants. So where is this from? Address? I’m genuinely curious.
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it just seems like a Twitter echo chamber - from a lot of folks currently in their suburban or rural hideout, reassuring themselves they fled for a good reason.
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anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of urban history knows that cities have gone through incredibly traumatic crises, and still rebounded (firebombing of Japanese cities in WW2? The Spanish Flu in the US?). So what’s different this time? Remote working spurring enhanced mobility?
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or is this the doldrums of Bay Area tech CEOs convinced the world is unraveling, but pleased they have that newly minted New Zealand passport? We’re all in this together! Let’s act like it!
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Sean what are you talking about? How did you get all that from my tweet? I live across the street from that Walgreens. I love SF (my family, friends, job, and non-profit). I’m not fleeing, don’t have property overseas, don’t believe SF is dead. I just want change.
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“SF is collapsing on itself.” Come on.
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I honestly don’t know where your anger and vitriol against me came from. Clearly you want me to be an archetype, someone who I’m not. Why? That sentence is a statement. It’s a call to action. To solve problems you must first recognize them and call them out.
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He’s tweeting from Chicago & seems to be projecting a lot, so I wouldn’t sweat it. That said, it would be nice if we didn’t have a DA hell bent on dismantling the justice system from the inside out, which combined with Prop 47 has removed all consequences for such crimes.
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yes yes yes. thank you.
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Hey Kyle I live across from Walgreens at Van Ness & Eddy & CVS at VanNess &Turk. I completely endorse what you said. Relaxation of misdemeanor rules means no one can be questioned for theft<$1000. Have seen robbings many times. If this is not a breakdown of urban life, what is?
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how about the system that perpetuates an environment where people have to steal to survive because their 40 hour job barely covers the ever-skyrocketing rent, let alone food or medicine? quit blaming individuals for the failures of the system to even afford them an opportunity.
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