In all seriousness was it drug use and homelessness or something else?
definitely homeless everywhere was a big part. plus ugly rundown buildings, poor maintenance of public and private buildings and lands, non-functional/poorly functioning public transit, traffic and at the same time everything was super expensive.
like how the eff can everything cost a million dollars but there's no money to pick up trash, clean a bathroom or staff a bart/amtrak office? it's inexplicable.
just seemed like really shitty places to live.