A San Francisco Journalist Wanted to Debunk Horror Stories About Her City; Then She Was Sidetracked by the Truth

Rick Moran : May 15, 2023
PJ Media

"What it really feels like living in San Francisco is that you're lying to yourself. Oh, I live in San Francisco. It's so nice. When you walk by the junkies you're like, They don't exist. They don't exist. You're lying to yourself." -Blick Security Guard in San Francisco

[PJMedia.com] A left-wing San Francisco journalist (is there any other kind of journalist in that crumbling city?) set out to debunk all the horrible right-wing talking points about her beloved metropolis. (Screengrab image)

Elizabeth Weil wrote the article for one of the East Coast's most prestigious publications—New York Magazine. But instead of debunking what the rest of the country was saying about San Francisco, Weil ended up confirming most of the nasty, shocking, pitiful, gross, maddening things outside observers were saying about her city.

In fact, she felt compelled to pen an apology to the residents of San Francisco.

"I'm sorry. I know. There's always some story in the east-coast press about how our city is dying. San Franciscans hate—HATE—these pieces. You're a stooge and a traitor for writing one. When I set out reporting, I wanted to write a debunking-the-doom piece myself. Yet to live in San Francisco right now, to watch its streets, is to realize that no one will catch you if you fall. In the first three months of 2023, 200 San Franciscans OD'ed, up 41 percent from last year. 'It's like a wasteland,' the guard said when I asked how San Francisco looked to him."

Weil writes of the "doom loop" that is a post-pandemic phenomenon that San Francisco may be the poster child for.

The doom-loopy vision laid out for downtown SF was not pretty: Workers don't return, offices remain empty, restaurants shutter, transit agencies go bankrupt, tax bases plummet, public services disappear... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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