stupendoustrace

This is just my perspective, but it's gotten extremely bad. I was frequently traveling to SF 10-15 years ago, and crime and homelessness felt on par with the average American city. I enjoyed the area so much that 5 years ago I decided to move to SF proper, and lived in a few different neighborhoods in the city.

In the approximately 3 years I lived there I saw a dramatic decline in the safety and cleanliness of the city. It's a shame because SF has the potential to be a beautiful place to live, offering a lot of unique benefits. There are few cities you can live in that have the proximity to nature offered by SF, with the variability you find in the landscape of Wine Country as well.

Now, I avoid even traveling there. While it's anecdotal, I had too many close calls to bad situations where I or my wife was followed, harassed, assaulted, etc. I have too many friends and colleagues who have also been assaulted or robbed. I really hope SF is able to enact policies that make sense, because the trend has only worsened.

I had number two happen on an interview recently and I am incredibly happy the interviewer didn't hold it against me. I forgot an otherwise simple word/term, but the pressure of the interview just made my mind go completely blank. I think everyone has a tendency sometimes to forget what it's like to be on the other side, and will hammer on small mistakes, or not consider all the factors.