Big cities are dying. This should shock you.

[vvanders]

Some very much so and others definitely not... the retired RN that just moved had her car keyed with F Trump because she had a Trump bumper sticker on her car... she is 68 and said supporting the President gives license to damage her car... where as she never thought much of Obama but never in a million years would she vandalize anyone for having a Obama/Biden sticker.

She was just back to tie up some lose ends and said she has already made new friends and only wished she could have moved sooner...

The SF news tonight was doing a story about MAGA hats... overwhelming people in San Francisco said anyone wearing that hat is asking for trouble or too stupid to know better... all said with a straight face. The irony is we proport to be open to diversity and tolerance but some of the most closed minded intolerant people I have every met live in the Bay Area... go figure? People wearing the hat are getting put in the hospital...

The only person I have ever seen wearing a MAGA hat here was 82 when he passed away... people would make comments but my retired military friend was very hard of hearing and those making comments would give up...

If you want some perspective on that, some people don't have tolerance for intolerance. Between mocking the disabled, bragging about assaulting women and encouraging hate groups("very fine people on both sides") that's why you see such a visceral reaction on the left.

I won't condone it but the first step to bridging the gap comes from understanding where both halves come from. Sadly it seems like most stuff these days are just people shouting past each other.

 

[goeduck]

Each and every work day I spend about 20 minutes picking up overnight trash... fast food wrappers, coffee cups, liquor bottles... sometime condoms, underwear/clothes, etc... I have opened the back door to people naked having sex... to people defecating which happens often... washing down the entrances with disinfectant is a regular chore... never a need in my first 10 years...

There are no shelters for single men... the county mental hospital can hold a person for 72 hours...

I found a good litmus test of a person's character is litter... we have abundant outside trash cans... yet the trash seldom ever makes it into the can... one night camp leaves behind all manor of trash...

If you really want to get specific focus on public restrooms that are used for showers/bathing... to the point water running out the door or people coming into the lobby and taking a dump or urinating on the chairs...

A lot of my friends are law enforcement and they can't wait to get out of Dodge when pension time comes...

Yet, with all the problems population continues to grow in proportion to jobs.

WOW! You said it all right there. Wow!

 

[lilranch2001]

I do not recall off hand, I would need to do a little research
Its been over a year ago and it was a one hit wonder for me.

I like finding hole in the walls when I travel

 

[Industrial Toys]

Friends ran an Esso Gas station twenty years ago already. They told me, over and over, what Pigs the general public seem to be. Not even talking about the homeless.

 

[ultrarunner]

I can take the shouting but the trend here is to get physical... like someone being hospitalized with a partially severed hand for wearing a MAGA hat yesterday.

Sometimes, just the display of the American flag will offend someone...

Often thought back to my days in school... we had teachers that had no control of their classes... craziest thing ever... often first year teachers.

Then we had a 75 year old English teacher of small stature... same kids but different teacher...

So one of the new teachers asks the class why behavior is never an issue in Mrs. Johnson class and one of the kids says matter of fact that Mrs. Johnson doesn't allow it...

Kind of says it all right there... much of what we have is because it is allowed, tolerated and even celebrated...

If someone were to ask me to describe my ideal place it would start as a community where people pick up after themselves and live and let live... if you want green hair go for it... use my neighborhood as a public dump or toilet and we are going to have problems.

 

[lilranch2001]

Go to most public restrooms, if it has not been cleaned in the last hour or two, it probably is a stye

 

[ultrarunner]

I do not recall off hand, I would need to do a little research
Its been over a year ago and it was a one hit wonder for me.

I like finding hole in the walls when I travel

I pretty much know every corner of the East Bay... areas that were once golden have lost some of their shine... areas that were latterly the dumps with abandoned homes are rebuilding...

Once an area hits rock bottom the only movement if there is movement is up which brings about the protests of Gentrification...

 

[Industrial Toys]

We had some teachers that we literally drove crazy and they had to go away. Others, we were terrified of. And some, just had the perfect balance.

 

[lilranch2001]

As I recall, it is just east of Richmond

 

[ultrarunner]

East of Richmond covers a lot of territory... some very industrial and some not.

Richmond is known for the refineries...