https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/drugs-crime-nancy-pelosi-federal-building-18292237.php
https://www.ktvu.com/news/report-workers-at-sf-federal-building-told-to-work-from-home-due-to-crime-concerns
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/some-san-francisco-employees-asked-to-work-from-home-due-to-crime/
It's been said that CA offers a preview of where the rest of the country is headed. If that's the case, then the rest of the country is in big trouble if San Francisco is any indication. As the above news reports document, downtown San Francisco is in such a lawless state that the Feds have told their employees not to come to their offices. We've also seen Nordstrom, Whole Foods, T-Mobile, Saks, and Athropologie announce that they were leaving downtown San Francisco. We've also seen multiple instances of various stores being looted there. I've spent a little time in Port au Prince, and I've never seen anyone there defecate on the public sidewalks.streets nor have I ever seen anyone shooting IV drugs in public. But in San Francisco, we get all of that and more. Just one more example of a city run by those on the left, in a state run bu those on the left, ending up as a shit hole where ordinary citizens are best to steer clear of. Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco, LA, Detroit, and more are all examples of what happens when the left is in charge.
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Just curious: What large city with a diverse population and serious poverty issues have conservatives "fixed" that isn't a "hellhole," as Trump and his acolytes like to refer to the places where poor people live (ie, the home of a diverse population with many poor people)?
Also, do you know why historically so many poor and minority populations left conservative, more-rural areas?
Why is it that none of the cities with a population over 1 million have GOP mayors?
Looking at two comparable cities - Austin, TX (Democrat mayor) and Fort Worth, TX (GOP mayor), the Austin poverty rate is 12% and the Ft Worth poverty rate is is 13%. Is that because the GOP is in control of the city?
History is important. Data is important. Knowledge is important.
Mocking the poor and problems associated with poverty? Not so very important or classy.
I'm going to start out by pointing out the obvious. Dan has not actually dealt with the conditions in San Francisco, or any of the other cities mentioned. He's ignoring the data that virtually all cities with large urban areas are controlled to the DFL and have been subjected to decades of DFL policies.
"Just curious: What large city with a diverse population and serious poverty issues have conservatives "fixed" that isn't a "hellhole," as Trump and his acolytes like to refer to the places where poor people live (ie, the home of a diverse population with many poor people)?"
This is an irreverent question. The fact that large cities have been controlled by the DFL for decades, would indicate that "conservative" policies have not been truly applied to large urban areas in recent history. What the evidence tells us is that liberal policies have not succeeded. But to try to mask the obvious failure of liberal policies by trying to blame the GOP is a smoke screen.
"Also, do you know why historically so many poor and minority populations left conservative, more-rural areas?"
Actually, there are multiple reasons. The research I've seen is that it's at least somewhat by choice. It's also a poor comparison. Many of the rural poor are "materially poor" based on income, yet are largely self sufficient. It's also absurd to compare apples and oranges. But it's a useful smokescreen.
"Why is it that none of the cities with a population over 1 million have GOP mayors?"
I know that it's not because conservative principles have been tried and found wanting in the last 50 years or so. According to you, it's because LBJ convinced blacks to vote DFL by making promises that either haven't been kept, or have been tried and failed. According to you, it's because they've been told that conservative policies will be worse than the failed liberal policies they've voted for.
"Looking at two comparable cities - Austin, TX (Democrat mayor) and Fort Worth, TX (GOP mayor), the Austin poverty rate is 12% and the Ft Worth poverty rate is is 13%. Is that because the GOP is in control of the city?"
Given that a 1% difference in a snapshot is statistically the same, I fail to see how this point is devastating. But excellent job of focusing on two small cities in a red state, while ignoring the cities noted.
"History is important. Data is important. Knowledge is important."
It is a valuable tool. When we look at the history of large, predominantly urban, cities controlled by the DFL, we can look at the "data", we can look at the "history", and we can see the failure.
As an example. The MPLS police department has been found to be corrupt, racist, and all sorts of bad things. Yet MPLS has been a staunchly blue city in a staunchly blue county, in a state where the blue cities far outnumber the red rural areas. If one looks at the "data", the "history", and applies that "knowledge", the only logical conclusion to be drawn is that the DFL is responsible for the failings of the MPD.
"Mocking the poor and problems associated with poverty?"
1. I'm not mocking poor people or the problems associated with poverty.
2. I've spent enough time in Port au Prince to be able to say that the vastly poorer Haitians don't shit in the streets, shoot up in parks and on sidewalks, or randomly loot businesses like we see in San Francisco.
3. Your choice to avoid the obvious and to focus on "the other guys are worse", is telling.
https://www.populationu.com/gen/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-us
https://savoteur.com/poorest-cities-in-america/
https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/122113-red-cities-blue-cities-and-crime
The data and information available tell us that if you live in an large, predominantly urban, DFL run city that it is highly likely to be an unpleasant place.
The fact that you choose to ignore the reality of San Francisco and other cities, to try to blame everyone else is amusing.
One of the most "racist" acts ever in MN was the destruction of the Rondo neighborhood to connect the two down towns with I-94.
During the period this happened, the mayors seat in both cities were either DFL or independent.
The Governor of MN was DFL.
Even though Eisenhower was president, it's absurd to think that the state and city governments had absolutely zero influence regarding the proposed route.
BTW, Redlining and it's associated evils were a product of FDR, who was also a democrat.
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