[mattboardman]

>I don’t mean to discount individual experiences of crime, only to say I really enjoyed our stay and it seems still to be a vivacious place.

Your entire comment is littered with assertions that say you felt safe/fine, but at the same time you note your behavior was fairly cautious.

1. You didn't go out at night.

2. You stayed away from the TL

3. Something you witnessed gave you pause.

Then you also have to consider that you weren't really living there. You worked most of the week and toured the rest of your time.

>I don’t mean to discount individual experiences of crime, only to say I really enjoyed our stay and it seems still to be a vivacious place.

You put the idea that negative experiences are individual and not systemic. As if being a victim of a crime is an "individual experience" and not a pervasive element of the area.

[waldothedog]

You’re somewhat right, I didn’t wander into unfamiliar areas by myself at night, but I don’t do that at home either. I spent a good deal of time out past sundown, just not meandering out of curiosity.

I tried to make it clear that I specifically did walk around/through the tenderloin.

And yes, there was one street—in the week we spent there commuting, going out, visiting w/ friends—that I noted I’d avoid in future.

I didn’t mean to assert that crime in SF is a small set of isolated incidents. My hope was to share my own positive experience but avoid sounding dismissive of the real pains experienced by individuals.