Comments on: San Francisco: dirty, credulous, overcrowded? http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/10/10/san-francisco-dirty-credulous-overcrowded/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AG http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/10/10/san-francisco-dirty-credulous-overcrowded/comment-page-1/#comment-9143 AG Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:46:45 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=6161#comment-9143 Whenever I hear "dirty" described about San Francisco, it's often by (new) residents or visitors who only see SOMA or downtown/ 'loin (which are dirty) and suggest the entire city is like that. Off the top of my head I can think of Noe Valley, Castro/ upper Market, whole swaths of the Sunset and Richmond, Cow Hollow/ Marina, Dolores, West Portal, etc etc that don't come to mind as dirty or urban. It makes me wonder if any of them have ever been to NYC, Philly or LA (downtown, Melrose, or Hollywood for example) for comparison. All good cities by the way, no criticism intended. Whenever I hear “dirty” described about San Francisco, it’s often by (new) residents or visitors who only see SOMA or downtown/ ‘loin (which are dirty) and suggest the entire city is like that. Off the top of my head I can think of Noe Valley, Castro/ upper Market, whole swaths of the Sunset and Richmond, Cow Hollow/ Marina, Dolores, West Portal, etc etc that don’t come to mind as dirty or urban.

It makes me wonder if any of them have ever been to NYC, Philly or LA (downtown, Melrose, or Hollywood for example) for comparison. All good cities by the way, no criticism intended.

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