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0 sats \ 18 replies \ @oliverweiss 19h \ parent \ on: How safe do you feel in America? AskSN
Could you name some?
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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JUST IN - Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner, who is now cooperating with the authorities.
Read more: https://www.disclose.tv/id/6mnyku3526/
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I'm not sure there's much left to learn, but we'll see.
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Just to clarify: This is happening exclusively in the Democrat-run cities? Are Republican-run cities oases of safety then? And how is it in Boston area (I am traveling there soon)?
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What major cities have been historically run by Republicans? I'm not aware of any.
I'm not familiar with Boston, in that I have few personal acquaintances there and have never been there myself. I don't associate Boston with being particularly troubled, just from what I've read and listened to.
As I said in my initial comment, I think pretty much everywhere in America is reasonably safe. You just have to avoid small sections of certain cities. I'm sure you'll be fine on your visit.
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I think pretty much everywhere in America is reasonably safe. You just have to avoid small sections of certain cities.
I think that except for Japan and South Korea (that feel incredibly safe) this part applies to pretty much every place in every developed country.
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That’s been my experience too. It’s also been my experience in the Caribbean and Central America.
The vast majority of humans just aren’t inclined towards violence.
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If that’s the case, the Democrat party should be dissolved and the politicians imprisoned. This is like watching a Soviet coup from a hundred years ago live. It’s scary to be honest.
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They're being investigated right now. The problem is that there's no neutral way to do this and not have it look like it's just Republicans weaponizing the legal system.
Once people become locked into their tribes, they lose the ability to believe criticism from the outside.
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All the cities are run by Democrats
I can't think of a single city run by Republicans
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I’m specifically referring to the major cities that have been exclusively run by Democrats for decades.
Some cities occasionally elect non-Democrats and that puts some pressure on the local Democrats politicians.
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