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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Your post reads like the barrage of hysteria eminating from certain political corners. For many, the city has been declining long before COVID, and due to severe economic imbalances. This crisis has merely exposed the fundamental socioeconomic divides.
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“Your post reads like” “For many” = I simply don’t say...or mean...any of what you wrote. Please be careful not to lump me in with others because it helps your own position. I can be pro SF business AND pro poverty assistance. I’m here for the long haul.
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Great! Glad to hear u are committed to staying and help address these issues. But ur initial choice of word (collapsing) is inaccurate and aligned with anti-urban propaganda. Homicides in SF are low for a city of its size (24 thru this year). Crime is by no means at 1960s NYC lvl
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Why do you wanna keep such low standards for both SF and NYC? Residents living in those cities just want to have a normal, safe and healthy life!! What more to ask? Can't normal people demand for a safe and clean city? Are these demands political now in 2020?
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