The Left’s Vision for America, Captured in One City

And the blight, including and especially the moral blight, is going strong to this day:

Some hotels have fallen into such disrepair that even many of the city s homeless are refusing offers to be put up there&.Is it any wonder that tourists and businesses are staying away? Hotel occupancy nationwide has returned to pre-pandemic levels, but not in San Francisco. Hotel owners are walking away from their mortgages. So are office-building owners. They don t foresee an end to the blight or a return to the pre-pandemic normal. [And] public-safety problems are growing worse as the city struggles to recruit and retain police officers.

Paul has explained why progressive jurisdictions can t hire or retain police, not that it s a big mystery. It s hard to get people to work as police when you savage police as bloodthirsty racists.

Still, there s hope&&&&&&.all depending on how you define hope:

Businesses are being replaced by nonprofits that consume rather than contribute tax dollars, including social-service organizations and outfits like the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute, a new think tank that seeks to remedy income hoarding by the rich.

via ringsideatthereckoning.substack.com

We’re going up to the Bay Area for the 4th. Much of the city doesn’t seem that bad, though if you take a wrong turn you can end up in the pits. Some tourist destinations such as Union Square are now no-go. But much of the city seems a beautiful as ever to me. There’s a lot of ruin in a great city.