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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 07:12 PM Original message |
San Francisco fights over its character |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sorry, but I don't get how wanting to clean things up is bad? |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. what 'bullshit'? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. The day Wal-Mart threatens to come into the city of SF proper, |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. they have and are trying... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. There aren't any Wal-Marts in SF. n/t |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. if you think they have not tried you are not paying attention |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Because Starbucks isn't destroying the fabric of space/time like Wal-Mart. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Someone had to say it, |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Not true. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. That's simply untrue. And as I work on community issues |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I agree it is bullshit, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Lucky for you there are NO seedy parts of L.A. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. atleast the LAPD does their job from time to time |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yeah, I remember when the LAPD asphyxiated that kid at a Dead show in the late 80s |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. i've been one of those kids |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Was this an episode of COPS that you saw on TV? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. As someone who's spent considerable time in downtown SF... |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 05:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
64. SF has some problems |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Explain public filth? |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
62. I'll call bullshit, too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Why are you talking about cleaning up the homeless as if |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Where does it say that you cannot clean up the city and help the homeless? |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, clean it up, prettify it, and sweep the human detritus onto the |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. But, why should they all come to San Francisco? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. What is the Conservative equivalent of San Francisco? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. John Gunther said this about reactionary cities |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-09-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I've only been in Tulsa briefly, but I'd say it's a clear contender. |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Dallas has its arty, funky, liberal areas too |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. It's because most proper urban cities are turning blue. |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Conservative Bastion? |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I can't think of any big city where conservatives run rampant. |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 05:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Salt Lake City? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Indianapolis or Cincinatti |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the "Summer of Love." |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. six up is still the cry... |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. A huge population drains its homeless into San Francisco. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 03:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You will find homeless in Central Contra Costa. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. But the homeless are not allowed to intrude on the money. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I had a service job in Marin for years. You're right, it has become too expensive for most of those |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Actually, you could sit in front of the Nordstrom's in WC without getting arrested |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's a ridiculous assertion. I lived in Marin for years, there certainly were homeless there. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. But not in Mill Valley, Fairfax, Tiburon or Ross. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. There are no homeless in Fairfax??? |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. In Marin I've only ever seen homeless in San Rafael. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. There are for sure homeless people in Fairfax. And you're right, things have changed here. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Marin is one good brush fire from extinction anyway.... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. All the same, I'd move back if I could afford it. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. Noble in theory, but |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. Who's the mayor and why |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You have no idea... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. You don't know who the mayor of San Francisco is? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I looked it up.. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. There is no reason not to clean up the city. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I think there is a real disconnect |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. What. The. Fuck. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. How do they "do their part"?? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. By not telling people NOT to clean up the city. nt |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. i want to cleanse SF |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Didn't that already happen in 2002, onward? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. As a San Franciscan from 1992-2001, before reading anyone else's comments, |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
47. SF is a tough city. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. Planting trees? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. But, but, but I thought Care Not Cash was gonna end the homeless problem |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-11-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Haight is dangerous, especially at night. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. They've being trying to gentrify |
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E.R. Strooley (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I agree. |
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