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No, don’t be ridiculous. The obvious solution is to move to another state and continue to vote for the same policies that made you leave in the first place.

Waiting for someone to inevitably proclaim "I walk through the Tenderloin every day and have never felt unsafe," eh?

I've walked through the downtown of most major cities in the US, day and night, and the only one I've ever genuinely felt unsafe in is SF.

Being "street smart" and constantly aware of your surroundings/situation will get you through most cities just fine but there is something utterly unpredictable about the street scene in SF that makes this strategy unworkable. It's basically one step above total Mad Max Anarchy.

He merely completed the article's published title...

How embarrassing.

> Step 1 to fixing your problems is to admitting they exist, and that they're your fault.

The (situational) irony.

> How embarrassing.

Or was it brilliant?

Comically so