British Expats - Moving Back to US - Would you do it now?

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Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 13340736)

San Francisco is still a wonderful city. Violent crime, for example, has been trending downwards for a long time now and is at its lowest level since... the late1950's. I am really struggling to think of many places in the US I would want to live in at the moment in preference to SF. Either right-wing politics or climate rule out most of the country for me.

Someone else was asking why nobody has left since the start of Trump's second term. Anecdotal, of course, but I know several people who've moved back in the last year. Well, to Ireland and France to be precise. I would likely have joined them but for family ties here now. And I am convinced I wouldn't choose to move here at present, given the ongoing political shit show and the likelihood of far more damage being done to the country over the next three years.

Climate is great in northern California to be sure. One look at the homeless situation in San Francisco as well as the general increase in overall crime over the years certainly highlights the decline, I even hear some homeless at night at some Bart stations even outside of the city or at SFO at night. Pictures I see or people I speak to certainly indicate the decline over the years.

As far as daily living affected by politics, I would not choose a place just by which party in power. I am sure all those making good money in tech sector whether living in San Francisco, or insulated off in the suburbs, will be as de-sensitized to the homeless in a place like San Francisco, or the even worse situation in Oakland, whether Trump in power or not.