San Francisco turned ghost town?: Dave Chappelle ‘what the f happened to this place ?!’

@Salvy @tinman

 

And they still wonder how he completely changed the most dangerous country in latin america to one of the current safest.... Before he started throwing criminals in jail he started by removing all the corrupt politicians from office, these mother f*ckers would only show up to congress once a week to collect their checks and talk $hit.... That's basically all they did, collect money from the tax payers and talk $hit on Bukele thinking they could convince an entire country that Bukele was a dictator and that he would destroy the already crime riddled country. All these politicians he removed remind me a lot of the current democrats and many republicans... They are worthless, all they are doing is getting rich off of our backs and creating the must stupid policies and laws this country has ever seen. It does not affect them because they don't live in any of the places they set their policies and laws at.

 

Nayib Bukele is my favourite person with Palestinian roots.

 

Haha, you guys can have El Salvador. Good luck with that.

Have walked about 8 miles in the gorgeous city of SF over the last few days. Streets full of kids and families and of course dogs in hilarious H'ween costumes. Long chats with my neighbors on sidewalks. Castro St. re-opened their famous Halloween party last night for the first time in years. Maybe that's what's scaring some of the narrative-driven conservative talking heads.

 

this week, the head of the respective Treasury department of the world's two largest economies will hold high-level meetings/talks

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in San Francisco, ranked the 3rd best US city to visit; in the same poll taken by the US News and World Report, Austin is ranked 17th. NYC is #1, followed by Honolulu.

insofar as international tourists, the ranking is as followsL

1. NYC
2. Miami
3. LA
4. Orlando
5. San Francisco

 

so far this year, over 22.5 millions tourists have visited San Fancisco, rapidly approaching the pre-pandemic high of ~~ 23 million

 

The UN has done a study ranking the 100 BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD, based on livability, lovability and prosperity.

1. London, UK
2. Paris, France
3. New York, USA
4. Tokyo, Japan
5. Singapore, Singapore
6. Dubai, UAE
7. San Francisco, USA
8. Barcelona, Spain
9. Amsterdam, Netherlands
10. Seoul, South Korea

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Austin is ranked 41, Houston 66

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but it's the 3rd best city in the country to visit.

 

"not enough foot traffic" has been problematic for restaurants thr out the US and globally.

These famous Austin restaurants all closed. What comes next remains unclear


Despite all the growth, These 17 Houston restaurant closures marked the saddest shutters ​

 

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these are homeless camps in Houston, not sure if this was where JR Richard has slept during his dark days

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City leaders address homelessness as camp in southwest Austin

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Cabernet > poop

 

With organized retail crime increasing, Texas forms task force to combat it

John McCord, the Texas Retail Association Executive Director, said that the task force is being implemented to get ahead of the curve before it reaches those levels.

"In 2021, retailers lost about $94.5 billion in product,” he said. “…[R]etailers say that these incidents are getting increasingly violent. So while stopping the incidents or stopping the resale of items,
is incredibly important. It’s also important that we get ahead of it before the theft actually takes place."

The Task Force consists of a combination of representatives from retailers – Amazon, eBay, H-E-B, and several others – along with several law enforcement and state agencies.​

 

this I the difference between TX and CA