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Originally Posted by samurai007
Yeah, in my experience, big cities tend to be less friendly and less personal than smaller cities and towns, no matter what country you are in. When I lived in San Francisco, my neighbors looked at me like I was crazy if I said hi to them. Here in small town Chico, my neighbors say hi whenever I see them, and even give me gifts now and then!
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Yea, SF is a weird city...
Which part of the city did you used to live?
Just add to the topic, I personally have negative images about SF.
It's a great place to visit and a fun place as well but I am often stunned when people describe SF as the best city in the US or I love SF so much cos of the diversity and the freedom.
But the truth is, non of these people are native San Franciscans and they only see the good side of SF while ignoring what is really going on in this city.
The City of SF is pushing for racial segregation among school districts as well as racial cleansing in the Bayview/Hunter's Point area by kicking out African Americans.
They promote propositions to build million dollar condos in these ghettos preparing for the future development of the Bayview community because it has the best view and the best whether in this cold city and what they have been doing for all these years was to have those African Americans live there in a toxic waste dump of the former Navy port and wait until it becomes cleaner.
Once those condos are built, they would just go ahead and kick them out so some rich young professionals from all over the US can live there and enjoy the great life in SF.
Anyways, if I were partying around all the time in Broadway, I wouldn't think this way but my research and work have heavily influenced my take of SF.