one week in SF (I'm usually in UK/Europe). things I noticed:

- pretty much everything is consistently 1.5x the size of the european equivalent
- likelihood of sparking random conversations with strangers here is much higher, and they're usually pretty fun
- seltzer water and kombucha instead of beer is super based
- much harder to get healthy ingredients, 90% of stuff has too much sugar - even when you don't expect it, e.g. bread. 
- still surprised mexican food hasn't become a worldwide hit, #1 thing I do when I visit SF is get (multiple) burritos from my fav. Mission taquerias
- streets are *much* cleaner than when I last visited in 2022. can actually use BART without background anxiety of getting hassled. last time I got chased by a crazy dude with a sharp pointy stick whilst walking through soma area. In 2016, I was caught in the cross fire of one fella throwing a rusty knife across the street at another. nothing crazy like that this time.

Has SF gotten safer/cleaner over the past few years?

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I’d disqualify anyone in SF from answering. I went to high school in Baltimore city, spent a lot of time in Philly, DC, and Austin- I feel like my threshold for safe/clean fairly balanced. When I went to SF recently I couldn’t believe how bad it was- everyone I asked that lived there believed it was normal.

I think it’s a coastal cultural difference as well. Anyone in Philly will tell you Ktown/K+A is fucked- the Cali folks tend to have a harder time making moral judgements on the behavior.

this is how i felt when i visited in 2022 (lived in Philly/NYC)