Overheard in the Castro just now.

(Context: Small group of tourists having breakfast at a sidewalk cafe on a sunny warm day with a bustling street of locals, tourists, and a sidewalk art show.)

"I wasn't expecting this. San Francisco is nothing like Fox News says it is."

@racebannon (don’t stroll into the Tenderloin after dark)
@dragonsidedd @racebannon heard this when we visited from Australia in 2013

@bgrinter @racebannon I lived in Adelaide for a year. Also spent time in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney.

Even in the seediest places I could find, never felt remotely in danger of physical attack by a human. Maybe move the wallet to the front pocket, that’s all.

(Spiders & snakes, different story)