Comments on: San Francisco: America’s homegrown anarchic totalitarianism

By: » Progressive Socialists Are In The House: Who Are They and What Do They Want? NoisyRoom.net: The Progressive Hunter

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:18:22 +0000

[...] Transformation of San Francisco [...]

By: MicheleMG

MicheleMG — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:14:06 +0000

I’m a fifth generation San Franciscan who also grew up in the City. My experiences as the child of young parents who spent many weekend days on Hippie hill, have made me the more conservative person I am today. Like one of my many friends who also grew up in ’70s San Francisco said: “We’re probably the first generation more conservative than our parents’ generation.”
Born in 1964, I saw and felt the city and the culture change from my early childhood to the end of the decade. I felt the innocence fading. All the changes were unsettling to my sister and me. We went from having doting parents to having parents who acted like children. My dad changed from a crew cut and tie wearing guy who loved to spend time with us, into a long-haired guy in torn jeans and a Fu-manchu mustache; my mom went from stay-at-home mom in a flip hair-do and Mary Tyler Moore Capris to partying in mini skirts and braless.
And all of my parents’ friends seemed to be loosing it, too. No longer were they “hung up” on what their parents’ generation expected of them. They freed themselves to experience whatever they wanted – nudity, drugs, hippie dancing… it was all overwhelming from my view as a child.
Fortunately, I had my grandparents – working class people in the Sunset District who lived, unlike my parents, stable lives. My best memories are of weekends at their house, playing in Stern Grove, roller skating on the hilly streets, going to playland at the Beach and the zoo.
Sadly, my muni maintenance supervisor Grandpa and my housewife Grandma would never be able to raise three kids in the city today. It’s no longer affordable for a family with one working parent.
But then it’s no longer the city of my mother’s childhood. Or the one I got just a glimpse of before it changed.

By: The Great Lie of Partisan Tolerance « Beagle Scout

The Great Lie of Partisan Tolerance « Beagle Scout — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:49:41 +0000

[...] have the example of San Francisco, where law abiding, productive citizens are oppressed by the official bureaucracy while the same [...]

By: The Council Has Spoken!

The Council Has Spoken! — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:40:24 +0000

[...] Death: Keeping the Northwest 253 Numbers Down” for which I voted. Second place honors went to Bookworm Room’s “San Francisco: America’s homegrown anarchic [...]

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:10:44 +0000

Watcher’s Council Winners…

Here are teh winners from the latest voting by the Watcher’s Council! Council Submissions First place with 3 2/3 points! American Digest – Lowballing Death: Keeping the Northwest 253 Numbers Down Second place with 2 2/3 points Bookworm……

By: Bookworm Room » The paradoxical effect of my “liberal” education

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:35:58 +0000

[...] book. His first suggestion was that I write a nonfiction book, perhaps an expansion of my “San Francisco in decline” post. I vetoed the idea, explaining that I’m too much of an intellectual dilettante [...]

By: Watcher of Weasels » Watcher’s Council Winners! The Tribe Has Spoken

Watcher of Weasels » Watcher’s Council Winners! The Tribe Has Spoken — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:57:02 +0000

[...] Second place with 2 2/3 points – Bookworm Room – San Francisco: America’s homegrown anarchic totalitarianism [...]

By: Watcher of Weasels » Watcher’s Council Nominations – On To The Next Decade!

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:07:06 +0000

[...] Bookworm Room- San Francisco: America’s homegrown anarchic totalitarianism [...]

By: spiff580

spiff580 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:42:06 +0000

@Sactosteve: I just recently started working downtown again and it is far dirtier than I remeber it being 5+ years ago. K-Street Mall and Westfield Mall (Sp?) are both rundown, dirtier and infested with thugs and bums. I think lightrail has only made it worse. What I find ironic is the city keeps trying to “revitalize” downtown with new construction, etc., but wont do anything about the crime, thugs and bums that make it miserable for law abiding citizens. Espicially, when you consider alternative shopping/entertainment options like Galleria and Ardern Malls are only minutes away. Really sad.

BTW; thanks for serving in Sac PD; I know that is a thankless job at times. My family appreciates what you guys do.

Sean

By: sactosteve

sactosteve — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:41:13 +0000

I am glad that others see the city for the cesspool it is, and how it got that way. I refuse to go to SF due to the conditions and the politics. I’ll spend my money elsewhere. Grew up in the bay area, when I was small the neighorhood kids would take the bus from Oakland to Candelstick for Giants games. Our parents let us and we felt safe. No more.
Live in Sacramento now, and agree with Spiff580 about the decline of this city. I dont like to go downtown due to the bums on the street. The homeless advocates in this town scare the city mothers so much that they will not do anything about the bums . We are headed down the same road as SF.
I as a cop in Sacto and had a regular drunk who would disappear for a month or so everyother month. I asked him where he went and he said SF. He would take the bus to SF where the city would give him a voucher for a room and money for food. He would stay there until it ran out, come back to Sacto, get drunk and go to the detox facility and live there for a month or two. Our tax dollars at work!
Sacramento has gotten so bad that our Gov (his office) actually got a restraining order against a downtown mental because she came to his office so many times causing problems. CHP regularly arrested her for coming on the capitol grounds. Its a shame were headed down the same road as SF