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I did live there. I lived in SoMA for several years. I walked to my office everyday. I left in 2016, right before shit started getting really bad. I used to think it was a decent city, now I hate San Francisco. I would never move back. It was what it was.



Well then you don't live here anymore and evidently you never will. In which case, why should anyone who does live here ever take instruction from you, who does not, on how to live our lives?


Because they’re not doing a good job clearly.


So your recommendation is that the job (of governing the city) shouldn't be done at all by anyone?


Sometimes doing nothing at all is better than doing a deliberately shitty job.


Do you likewise recommend doing nothing for where you live now as well?


Where I live now has implemented sensible policies that make life pleasant, so I’m fine with the status quo here.


If someone else who doesn't live where you do and wouldn't have to face the consequences prescribed tough medicine with serious side effects for your city, and those side effects could even prove fatal, would you subject yourself and your city to their ministrations? What do you say, Doc?


If you’re choosing to live in such a city, it is likely because you have some vested interest you are trying to protect, and thus makes you a biased opinion. NIMBYism.


You chose to live in YOUR city. By your logic, you also have some vested interest to protect. Evidently, thus makes your opinion biased as well. It's NIMBYism all around!




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