SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again"

Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by ericmcer on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:35PM (#15759782)

Regarding the quote in the title: Don't leave $8,000 dollars worth of stuff in your car? I enjoy Oakland and SF because you do have to keep your wits about you. If I left my backpack in my car and someone smashed my window to grab it I would blame myself.

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by ggg9990 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:49PM (#15760487)

There are plenty of places in the US where I can comfortably leave $8,000 of camera equipment in my van. SF isn't one of them.

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by dragontamer on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:31PM (#15760849)

But how many of those places are big cities?

I would never stuff $8000 of equipment unattended in Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, New York City, or San Francisco.

Hell, I rarely drive in cities for that reason alone. Some cars get broken into for no reason (probably guys looking for valuables). My preference is to park outside the city (any city) in a safer area, and then take the subway in.

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by ggg9990 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:42PM (#15760935)

New York is the only one I'd feel comfortable in of the ones you've listed. Others are Seattle, Austin.

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by moonka on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:49PM (#15761002)

>Seattle

I'd rethink that. We're blessed with relatively low violet crime numbers, but property crime is pretty high. We take it as a given that our car will be broken into every once in awhile living here.

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by bradknowles on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:01PM (#15762255)

Austin is full. Go away.

;)

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by jackcnreturns on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:34PM (#15762348)

"I like walking around Baltimore because I like the potential of being violently mugged, because you do have to keep your wits about you. If I walked around with a backpack and got mugged I would blame myself."

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by yladiz on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:09PM (#15761128)

You enjoy SF/Oakland because you have to worry about your things being stolen?

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Re:SF tourists: "I will never step foot in San Francisco again" by tinus_hn on Thursday November 23, 2017 @07:57AM (#15764712)

Extra annoying because insurance isn’t going to pay if you’re that careless.

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