Funny you should say that. Can you share any thoughts on why with us?
I visited my Dad for years there and just never felt like I fit in. The gov'ment, as we should all know, was very corrupt at times. Rent controls ran me off and all the anti-business stuff. I just never found folks that were independent, build a business folks like me, but always thought I just must not have met them.
Best,
Dave
Well, it starts with attitude, here's an example: Live Channel 10 news cops had chased down this guy, had him hog tied on the sidewalk and shot him in the head... live on the news execution... "He was on PCP" ??? He was hogtied face down on the sidewalk, so what, if you wanted that pretext underwhich to shoot him you should have done it before hog tying him. Nobody cared, word never spread beyond SD. Another one. I'm sitting at an intersection on Pt Loma. They're running some 10k or marathon so there's a cop in the middle of the intersection. No runners at the time, nothing. Old lay pulls up in Caddy wants to make a left cop says no. Old lady points to the second house says "that's my house right there" "I don't care drive!" he SCREAMS at her "But" and at this point the cop pulls his gun on the lady, points it at her and yells "Get the f- moving!". Now this was with a small-moderate crowd of people watching since it was a good vantage point, nobody cared except a few who laughed. I ran across the street from the store (happened to have already closed) across Harbor Blvd (a busy 4 lane) back for the marina where I live and I get blind side tackled by a cop who puts a gun to my head and starts telling his rookie partner, "See, that's how you snag the enemy" and then took me to jail for robbing the store across the street sans evidence of me having anything besides about $20 on me and no signs of any entry at the store. Luckily I was released the moment they started to process me in "I can't take him...". Everybody is always looking out just for themselves, I think # 3 in the nation for theft, #2 IIRC was Vegas and the other was in CA as well. The work ethic is horrible. If it weren't for Mexicans, nothing would get done.
Then there is the prize under Pt Loma.... The US Pacific Fleet Nuclear Stockpile... Back in the late 80s I was standing in the street in Ocean Beach talking to my friend by his truck, early evening, and something underground exploded. Now people say "Earthquake" (though there was no official story ever given even though windows were broken, alarms set off...) but I've been through enough Earthquakes and explosions to know the difference. This one cracked off will one major bang and rippled out for a second or so. This was an explosion. Nobody says a word. The homeless the tweakers the gangbangers, nobody cares about anything but "me today".
I never got anything but bad vibes from that town, and even a couple months ago when I was there, same thing. I mentioned it to a long time friend and native OBtian that the place was evil and she's "you're right, it is". A lot of it revolves around crystal meth, and it's been around SD longer than most of the US. Down in OB is where back in the day most of the tweek would get cooked, down in the "war zone" between the beach and Cable and Narragansett and Voltaire. The bikers would roll in, load up and haul it around the country. Now there's so much demand they make it everywhere.
I've never lived anyplace else like it. Another thing, you can walk down the street in Manhattan and you will see more people per capita smiling than in SD.
