SF has problems to say the least but it isn't by any stretch the worst city in the US. That said, I know a lot of tourists end up in the tenderloin since it's the only semi-reasonable place to get a hotel (costwise) and that area is extra fucked.
SF has lots of different neighborhoods and can be an amazing place. It's definitely no longer a tier 1 city which is a shame but only people that haven't actually travelled the country would say LA and SF are the two worst cities in the country.
Since I know the inbreds will pop a capillary at this statement, I was born and raised in Texas. I've been to 35 of the 50 states. Have lived in Texas, California, and New York. Anyone saying California is the worst has either never been there or never been to Missouri.
Yes. Born in Gary, Raised in Hobart, worked as a teen in Merrillville, Band Camp at Valpo U. I will always call it Southlake Mall. That was my area in the 70/80s. I remember when Glen Park was the monied families and Hammond was a solid blue collar neighborhood pre-Rust Belt.
Split my childhood and teen active years between Hobart and Gary hospital. Invariably once a year my lack of thinking ahead would put me in the hospital for something.
Gary was bad then, it's even worse now. Honestly, the are plenty of places in Merrillville, Hobart, and Hammond that are a dicey enough I would no longer walk those areas. Valpo is still solid and Hebron there is nothing really to walk to.
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u/AnotherScoutTrooper Jul 11 '23
Second worst after San Fran