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Comment by socalgal2

16 days ago

> From a pure performance standard across economy and quality of life, its pretty clear that Democratic policies always end up as net positive,

All one has to do is point at San Francisco as this us provably false. Dems have been in charge their for decades and it's arguably not working.

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archagon  16 days ago

Which part is not working? Do you live here? I’ve been living in the Mission since 2023 and despite some problems, the city, overall, works… pretty well. Really.

“Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image. Problems with homelessness and open-air drug use have been widely broadcast, but many visitors this week said they found the city surprisingly pleasant.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/san-francisco-super-bo...

Incidentally, reading some books on the history of SF illuminates that homelessness/poverty and drug use have plagued the city for almost a century, across all manner of governments. There is no easy solution here.

  • socalgal2  13 days ago

    Maybe compare 2023 mission to 2008 mission. It's not even close, and 2008 it was already considered a bad part of the city.

    • archagon  13 days ago

      Are you saying that the Mission today is not only a "bad part of the city," but much, much worse than 2008? That's insane. The Mission is vibrant and hip. We have street parties every few weeks with live music and hundreds of people showing up. New restaurants are opening all the time. Dolores Park is a delight. When was the last time you visited?

      There was a slump during Covid, but we're definitely on the upswing.

ActorNightly  15 days ago

I can cherry pick a worse republican run city easily, despite you picking pretty much the worst example of Democratic run city, that despite its problem is also is home to many tech companies with a strong economy.

I dunno why you guys even try to argue against Dems at this point tbh. Even if I am wrong on that point, there are a thousand others that demonstrably show that Republican policies and politicians, especially during this administration, are many times worse.