I’m from SF myself – but please don’t automatically think I hate all of the people who have visited SF and had an unpleasant/horrible time, even though I don’t fall into the category of hating SF myself… (I don’t LOVE IT LOVE IT OMG THE BEST CITY EVER either.)

I agree with the article and the negative posters on a lot of points about issues this city has that could be vastly improved (but aren’t being taken care of) and often provide frustration for anyone who lives or comes here. (cleanliness, treatment of the homeless problem, etc…) What I don’t agree with is the massive generalizations about the people here. We don’t all think the same, act the same, and care about the same stuff in the same ways. Which is true of almost anywhere. There are snobs here, there are rich people with agendas here, there are those who are concentrated on health and environment purely because its good for their social stature to be interested in those things… HOWEVER there are also a ton of genuine, kind, and active-towards-change people here, and not all of them are the “hippies” living on the street or piled like dogs into victorians in the Haight.

So no, SF is not the best city in the world. It needs a lot of improvement. There are plenty of misconceptions that certain people and travel/tourist agendas push that I believe should not be believed. However – not all the people are snobs, not all the people are hypocrites or hipsters, not all the nice people are gay. And residents/visitors seeing the good things that this city has to offer, despite of/along with the crap it throws at us, does not make people automatically blind or fake. Its just that every single thing in any place or situation in the world is multifaceted.

I encourage people who see issues around them to do research and support/join others to try and educate and work towards the change they see potentially healing these problems – instead of fleeing the scene and writing about how much they hate the problems and how much the area sucks.