Is San Francisco becoming a third-world city?

Van Livius
7 min readOct 10, 2019

San Francisco is about to be renamed San Poopisco

If you traveled to San Francisco 25–30 years ago, you would have found a different city, different people, and a different atmosphere. However, things have changed drastically since the 90s; not only the universities in and around it have regressed and lost much of the free thought in particular, but the city itself is undergoing a major crisis and perhaps one of its worst times.

When most people worldwide are asked what they think of San Francisco, unaware of its current situation they usually portray it as a beautiful, prosperous, and modern city, with exquisite culture and refined people, especially if they haven’t set foot in it recently. Ironically most Americans would not dare think otherwise either. However, Ellen L. Zhou, a former mayoral candidate for the November 2019 election was brave enough to call things as they are; she already considers it a third-world place that lost most of its real value and what it once had. The insane prices someone has to pay for everything in San Francisco give the illusion this city is something special and not the overrated mess it truly is. One ride on the BART (bay area rapid transit) and most people can notice San Francisco has a metro system worse than 3rd world countries (Thailand and many other developing…

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Van Livius
Van Livius

Written by Van Livius

Researcher, assistant professor, traveler, a curious mind and WARNING, I’m human; Your support is greatly appreciated!

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