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31 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined 2h \ parent \ on: How safe do you feel in America? AskSN
There are definitely some Democrat-run cities that are trending in the Argentinian direction (as you described it, I had no idea it was like that), but I've felt perfectly safe almost everywhere I've ever been in America and I've been to every part of the country. Until very recently I mostly lived in low income areas, too.
Even in the most dangerous cities, the crime is usually (historically) isolated to very small areas that are very easy to avoid.
There are definitely some Democrat-run cities that are trending in the Argentinian direction
Could you name some?
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LA, DC, SF, Seattle, Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, NYC, Milwaukee... The list of exceptions would probably be shorter, if we're just talking about major metro areas.
Not enforcing property crimes has become a common practice in many cities and property owners have to put up with lots of theft and trespassing.
The odds of getting your property back has always been very low.
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I was thinking of metro areas, so Oakland would fall under SF.
My understanding is that theft below something like $500 was basically not being enforced anymore as a matter of policy.
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Fair.
My understanding is that theft below something like $500 was basically not being enforced anymore as a matter of policy.
True. I visited SF in 2020 and recently. It has improved dramatically. I still think their policies are nuts but they hopefully already hit bottom.
Oakland is still a hell hole. It wasn't always this bad.
I don't cheer for the fall of these places as some do. That's poisonous thinking to me.
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I was in San Francisco back during the Bush years and loved it. When I went back more than a decade later, it was definitely a lot sketchier and dirtier. Berkley was still beautiful, though, although I've heard that it went way downhill.
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That squares with my experience. It makes me sad to think of Berkley declining.
I doubt I'd ever have chosen to live there, or been able to afford it, but I've never found a city as appealing.
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I'm not sure there's much left to learn, but we'll see.
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