marlinspike
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A lad i know was in California recently and was genuinely scared of his safety in some of the cities he visited. San francisco or parts of it were sketchy.
We had a fantastic holiday in SF 30 years ago. There were some dodgy urban bits but the centre was very nice. I was saddened to hear about the state of it now - lots of homeless on the streets, huge numbers of drug addicts and beggars in the tourist areas, and people openly defecating and selling sex.
I understand there has already been an exodus of the wealthy from New York and as it's the high earners who pay most of the tax you have to wonder what the future holds for these US cities when they have to cut budgets to the bone.