San Francisco: A Town Without Kiddies?

I buy almost everything except food and clothing from online auctions. Most people aren't aware of the almost unbelievable deals that they can get from online auction sites.


The site that has the best deals is ( HTTP://bit.ly/justsaved ) and I checked with the Better Business Bureau and was told that it is
all legit.


How they can sell gift cards, laptops, cameras, and all kinds of goodies that we all want for 50-90% off, I don't know. I do know that I bought my son an iPad there for less than $100 and my husband a $250 Loews gift cards for $48. Why would I even think about shopping anyplace else?

You just said that the emperor has no clothes--then again, he probably lives in San Francisco.

Pat, lol I agree. San Francisco cultural corruption is running people out. It's not exactly family friendly.

Gay people adopt kid's all the time, I don't think that has anything to do with it. They also for the most part have seccessful carears, and lots of money. I think the issue is the cost.

How do you know if the population of San Francisco is happy?

Actually, San Francisco is only 15% gay, not much more than Atlanta, Seattle, Boston, and Minneapolis, all of which are pushing 13%.

Characterizing San Francisco as mostly gay is a foolish statement. The overwhelming majority of San Franciscans, myself included, are straight.

This is for joseedpolrdf is an idiot. The idiotic remarks like his make these comment boards a joke.

That is either ignorant, or a lie. I tend to think you are a liar joseedpolridf@aol.com, and an anti-Semite. You are just full of hate. The vast majority of pedophiles are white men. Being gay is equally spread across the whole of society. Being born gay is like being born straight.

but Leslie.. ur kids are getting a better education!

Schools have been so politicized, it is true. Perhaps some new faces recently elected will stem the tide on the School Board, and we can concentrate more on the schools themselves. I encourage you to remember that a few parents can make a huge difference in the daily lives of a school community, and ten more involved can make a dramatic impact in the goings on at that school...we most need to show our children that we care about them, and their teachers and administrators, instead of blaming them for 100% of the education anguish. If we realize that schools are ALL of OUR responsibility, then we don't have to go around looking for the best school; we can make our neighborhood school the "best school."

Hateful and bigoted comment nuzzy. Id rather have kids growing up there than in some asbackwards Republican/ hater community!

It's better for kids to grow up in a liberal and tolerant community which embraces different kinds of people living different kinds of lives. Much better than some uber-conservative backwards-thinking community with a "my way or the highway" mentality.

It's easy to see why SF, however beautiful, is losing it's children when they become school age. Just read the previous comments with the attitude that the rest of the country is "backword's". Hubris of the ignorant has no bounds.

I was born and raised in SF, and while it is a very tolerant and gay friendly city, homosexuality is not shoved down anyone's throat. Children are exposed to it more on television then in the streets. People who don't live here have warped ideas of what goes on. I moved away because as a mother of 2 children it was not affordable. I paid more for daycare than I did for rent. The schools are not that bad compared to some other counties.

I am not surprised at the response you getting. In 1969 I was in the Haight. A few years ago when I was there the ghetto turned into a worse ghetto. As far as schools California schools are bad enough without the SF atmosphere. Since I believe in old fashion moral values I would never let a child of mine live or be schooled in SF county. LIke the race card those who fear reality will play the BIGGOT CARD. Let them, it changes nothing.

The problem is that everyone wants to live here, so the cost of housing goes up. Lots are small, and many people want a large lot so they can have a pool and a yard where kids can run around and play. We are a city where half the City is apartments, where everyone shares one back yard. We have lots of parks with playground equipment and tennis and basketball courts, but people still like to raise their kids in the burbs, where it is sunny in the summer. We get lots of fog in the summer in our burbs on the West side, and the weather isn't very good in the winter. People have more alternatives now than they used to have. Since the housing crash, people who can afford to buy, can afford to buy outside SF, because our housing market didn't lose much. You can go from a 25 x 100 foot lot to a 50 x 150 foot lot and afford the payments. Lots of people live in SF, and work in the East Bay across the Bay Bridge, or down the Peninsula, even as far as San Jose, Silicon Valley, 50 miles away. You can get there by train if you want, and there are stops along the way.

San Francisco is a beautiful, civil place to live. There are lots of things for everyone to do. Children who were not raised here, can't wait to move here as soon as they are old enough to make that choice.