San Francisco, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down

Re:San Francisco, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by potatolicious on Monday July 08, 2013 @03:36PM (#6008737)

He's referring to high crime rates. Parts of Oakland does have extremely high crime rates, much higher than even SF's notably elevated violent crime rates.

Many Oaklanders would point out that not all of the city suffers from extreme violent crime, but it would also seem that the areas convenient to a SF commute generally tend to be worse, and the good areas aren't that cheap.

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Re:San Francisco, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by CamperBob2 on Monday July 08, 2013 @04:30PM (#6009077)

It's not just the violent crime rate, either -- it's that the police, as a matter of policy, don't give a crap about anything that doesn't involve blood in the street. If you call the police after your home or car are burglarized, they will basically tell you to stop wasting their time.

If you're not a thug, all evidence (or at least many anecdotes) suggests that Oakland doesn't want you.

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Re:San Francisco, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by ceol on Monday July 08, 2013 @06:35PM (#6009809)

I would assume it's the violent crime rate that causes the police to shrug off lesser crimes. I doubt the police do it because they only want gang members in the city — which seems like an extremely silly thing to think.

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Re:San Francisco, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by GFischer on Monday July 08, 2013 @03:59PM (#6008901)

Thanks for all the replies. It was an honest question - I'm not a native English speaker and I get occasionally confused by slang.

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