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Are you denying the homeless problem? That's sure what it sounds like.
Not at all, but you appear to be desperate for this to be THE defining aspect of San Francisco, but its not. If it were then the SF definitely would place so highly in the ranking below:
US News & World Report evaluated the 125 largest Metro Areas looking at all sorts of factors:
The Top 20
1. Austin, Texas
2. Denver, Colorado
3. Colorado Springs, Colorado
4. Fayetteville, Arkansas
5. Des Moines, Iowa
6. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 7. San Francisco, California
8. Portland, Oregon
9. Seattle, Washington
10. Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina
11. Huntsville, Alabama
12. Madison, Wisconsin
13. Grand Rapids, Michigan
14. San Jose, California
15. Nashville, Tennessee
16. Asheville, North Carolina
17. Boise, Idaho
18. Sarasota, Florida
19. Washington, D.C.
20. Charlotte, North Carolina
You do know that those rankings aren’t some official document really, right? I highly doubt the visible presence of homeless individuals or petty criminal drifters was even considered as a factor.
The flaw is already in the concept anyway, livability, quality of life etc. means different things to different people. In fact if you asked the individuals who made that ranking what their perfect livable environment looks like, I would probably not want to live in what they envision.
You do know that those rankings aren’t some official document really, right? I highly doubt the visible presence of homeless individuals or petty criminal drifters was even considered as a factor.
The flaw is already in the concept anyway, livability, quality of life etc. means different things to different people. In fact if you asked the individuals who made that ranking what their perfect livable environment looks like, I would probably not want to live in what they envision.
Well apparently more people envision themselves in the San Francisco Metro Area than any other major metro according to the US News Ranking.
Quote:
Originally Posted by US News
Desirability Index 15.0 percent
The Desirability Index represents how strongly Americans are interested in living in a given metropolitan area. To determine this, U.S. News conducted an online survey (also used in the 2018 Best Places to Live methodology) to poll people across the country about a randomized subset of the metropolitan areas being analyzed. Metro areas were then scored according to the percentage of the total votes they received in the survey.
Desirability Rating/Metro Area/#Overall Rank
10.0 San Francisco#7
9.6 San Diego#36
9.1 Seattle#9
9.0 New York#90
8.8 Denver#2
8.7 Los Angeles#107
8.2 Phoenix#26
7.1 Washington DC#19
6.9 Dallas#21
6.9 Miami#113
6.8 Atlanta#57
6.8 Chicago#104
6.7 Boston#27
6.6 Tampa#56
6.5 Houston#30
6.5 Minneapolis#6
6.2 Philadelphia#102
6.1 Cleveland#85
6.0 Baltimore#100
5.9 St Louis#81
So, all the videos and photos I've seen, are fake?
That's meaningless to me, but pics and vids you view online from two timezones away dont supercede my daily experience. Nope.
SF has issues like every major city but it could be worse, we dont have 700 murders a year and the population isnt shrinking, so I guess we should all be grateful.
You're pretending there isn't a serious problem, 18Montclair, and that can't be healthy.
Haha its let's talk about how healthy it is to obssess over a negaive news story that you want so bad to be true because your envious of the city the story targets.
I'll bow out, for now. Arguing about this is silly, and pointless. I've seen pics firsthand, by friends and family who have been in San Francisco. I have eyes, and have seen photos, from their cameras and phones. They tell a story different than the one you're trying to spin. Ciao.
I'll bow out, for now. Arguing about this is silly, and pointless. I've seen pics firsthand, by friends and family who have been in San Francisco. I have eyes, and have seen photos, from their cameras and phones. They tell a story different than the one you're trying to spin. Ciao.
Again, you are a bit too eager for the narrative of a city totally awash in homeless+poop to be true, and the defining characteristic of SF.
Just admit it.
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