alt Hacker News> From a pure performance standard across economy and quality of life, its pretty clear that Democratic policies always end up as net positive,
All one has to do is point at San Francisco as this us provably false. Dems have been in charge their for decades and it's arguably not working.
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Which part is not working? Do you live here? I’ve been living in the Mission since 2023 and despite some problems, the city, overall, works… pretty well. Really.
“Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image. Problems with homelessness and open-air drug use have been widely broadcast, but many visitors this week said they found the city surprisingly pleasant.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/san-francisco-super-bo...
Incidentally, reading some books on the history of SF illuminates that homelessness/poverty and drug use have plagued the city for almost a century, across all manner of governments. There is no easy solution here.
It’s not working so hard people pay millions just to live there.
I can cherry pick a worse republican run city easily, despite you picking pretty much the worst example of Democratic run city, that despite its problem is also is home to many tech companies with a strong economy.
I dunno why you guys even try to argue against Dems at this point tbh. Even if I am wrong on that point, there are a thousand others that demonstrably show that Republican policies and politicians, especially during this administration, are many times worse.