San Francisco now at 35% office vacancy rate, highest ever recorded: data

Re:San Francisco now at 35% office vacancy rate, highest eve... by makingstuffs on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:57AM (#38529339)

I’d have to disagree with you on the stretch of road near Frankfurt HBF.

Sure, it’s a tad dicey in comparison to other streets in Frankfurt but it’s in no way comparable to what I’ve experienced in SF.

From my experience (I visit multiple times a year as my dad lives there) the homeless people and drug addicts in Frankfurt largely keep to themselves and just sit outside the subway together, albeit taking drugs.

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Re:San Francisco now at 35% office vacancy rate, highest eve... by nicbou on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:29AM (#38542973)

It was for me. The main difference was that it was a small stretch of a side street at 11PM versus a whole city block in the middle of the day. SF was bad!

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Re:San Francisco now at 35% office vacancy rate, highest eve... by makingstuffs on Friday December 08, 2023 @04:31AM (#38567030)

That’s fair, everyone’s experience is unique to them I guess. Maybe you had a unlucky encounter. I generally feel pretty safe around the area at any time of day/night. SF on the other hand, I definitely felt a bit like I had to be on guard most of the time.

I’ll never forget the fact that the lady in the Thai restaurant I visited literally locked the door and you had to knock in order to enter. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen. I feel safer wandering the streets of Delhi and Meerut in the early hours than SF at noon.

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