San Francisco is Hades
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6/13/2012
I loathe San Franciso. We were relocated here a few years ago and now that the honeymoon's over, I want a divorce!
Sure, it's beautiful, and the surrounding country is breathtaking. But San Francisco itself is one of the filthiest, most unlivable cities in the US, and this is coming from a NYer.
The city is revoltingly dirty. I'm a city girl and I grew up and lived in NYC most of my life, lived in Paris for a short period and have traveled to and spent time in most of the world's major cities. San Francisco is filthy. Human urine and feces fill the sidewalks and the stench walking down some streets is vile. Cigarette butts are scattered all over(especially if you live near one of the ubiquitous Academy of Art "schools"). Food trash and utensils line the gutters.
The homeless have taken over the city. Thanks to the insane do-gooder politics, homeless people, most of whom are disturbed or drug-addicted, have free run of the city and are even given a stipend, thanks to the tax-payers, to enable them to camp out anywhere they please. They're even allowed to own dogs and get free dog food (and by "free", I mean compliments of the tax-payers)! The "homeless" kids in the Haight (as in drug-addled tweakers) actually breed pit-bulls and travel in packs with these inappropriately bred, unpredictable, lethally vicious dogs.
The pan-handling is beyond aggressive. It's basically legalized mugging. If you want to shop in Union Square, you're accosted by an aggressive, disturbed homeless person basically threatening you into giving them cash.
The taxes are ridiculous. The mindless, self-involved politics are making the city a living hell-hole for the very people who pay the most in taxes.
Public transportation is inefficient and unsafe (thanks to the homeless, who are given free access and who pretty much live on the trains and buses, stinking up the train cars, spreading their body lice and other parasites on the seats), cabs are nowhere to be found, and if you are lucky enough to eventually get one, the cab drivers are dishonest and rude and do their best to rip you off.
People are rude as all heck here. They walk three and four abreast down a sidewalk and refuse to move over for anyone walking in the opposite direction. They're mostly in their 20s and 30s and don't have any manners whatsoever.
Bikers are another everyday hazard. They plow through intersections (a woman was killed by a biker last year), ignore traffic regulations, and also don't bother using the bajillion miles of bike lanes they strongarmed the tax-payers into providing for them.
San Francisco is horrible. We are planning our move back to civilization within the next year. Do not move here unless you're a self-involved, mannerless, Godless brat, in which case, this is definitely your home.
Nina | San Francisco, CA