What is the worst thing about where you live?

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Netyaroze said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

Drugdealers everywhere, the occasional gunshot in the middle of the night, several prostitutes per block once it's past 10 pm, vomit on the sidewalk, human shit on the sidewalk, angry bums that scream at me for not giving them money, bums wanking off to porno mags under their blankets at about noon, witnessing break-ins that I have to report while I'm trying to walk home from work, listening to drunken fistfights outside my window when the bars let out at 2:00 am, same solar system as darthdevidem01

So were do you live ? Just want to know so I know which place never to visit. Shitting on streets, wanking of in public, witnessing regular break-ins. I would definetly leave that place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenderloin,_San_Francisco

It's like this in any downtown city I've been to, but San Francisco happens to be the homeless capital of America.

It's not only the worst ghetto in San Francisco, but it's really small and somehow right between many of the great tourist attractions.  I can walk to at least a dozen free museums and art galleries, Chinatown, Japantown, Union Square, or the Moscone Center (home to the Game Developer's Conference and Apple's press events).  I'm in the middle of the city so it's easy to get around, and the rent is cheap.  Just a single bus or half hour walk can get me to the Wharf for our world famous crabs and clam chowder, the Mission for our world famous burritos, the Castro for our world famous gay bars, Haight-Ashbury for our world famous hippie burnouts, the Golden Gate Bridge, or Golden Gate Park (which is bigger than Central Park booyah).

Anyway, I feel a lot safer since I moved here from Oakland, which just got promoted from the 3rd most dangerous city in America to the 5th!  When I was there somebody actually did a drive-by on my neighbor and killed him, and I was on a block that was all small families with kids.  By day they'd all play in the street, and at nigh they'd all hide inside from the gangs.  Here it's more wacky colorful bums and prostitutes than actual danger.  If I see a shadowy figure in the middle of the night, it's okay, because there are several prostitutes, bums, drunk locals, and drunk tourists all over the place.  If I saw a shadowy figure in the middle of the night in my old neighborhood in Oakland, I'd probably run.