As some leftists continue to defend their city’s reputation, locals in San Francisco spoke up about the “hellhole” it has become.
“It honestly feels like I’m in a place that’s been in a zombie apocalypse.”
Lax policing has turned once-thriving districts of progressive cities into meccas of homelessness and drug addiction. The crisis has even led San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the board of supervisors to roll out a pilot program to remove individuals who pose a danger to themselves or others.
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Seema Gokhale who lives near the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood expressed, “It really feels post-apocalyptic. Something needs to be done. We have to make this a livable place. I describe it as a hellhole right now. If I wasn’t a homeowner and hadn’t grown up in the area and there wasn’t a strong job market in the area, I would leave.”
“I walk by people regularly and it feels horrible,” she said as drug addicts have “needle tracks all over their arms and legs and toes. I see people with rotting limbs because they’re living on the streets.”
“It honestly feels like I’m in a place that’s been in a zombie apocalypse. It’s like a dystopia. It really feels like a dystopian reality right now where I see boarded-up storefronts. I see people defecating on the streets,” Gokhale detailed.
Her account was similar to reports out of Philadelphia where large swaths of people were seen gathered in displays reminiscent of “The Walking Dead,” reportedly suffering from addiction to Xylazine, known as “tranq,” a sedative that amplifies the effects of other drugs.
“They have open, gaping wounds, they can’t walk, and they tell me, ‘If I go to the hospital, I’m going to get sick. They’re so terrified of the detox,” Sarah Laurel of the nonprofit Savage Sisters said.
Meanwhile, in San Francisco, local business owner Tom Wong decried the condition of the city and told Fox News Digital, “It went from a family-friendly city to just rampant robbery, theft, assault. It is lawlessness out there and there’s a lot of homelessness.”
“The mindset is changing for the Asian community there. They’re probably realizing that the leftist [policies] are not working and it’s eroding away family values,” he added.
Of course, there were some who suggested the negative reports on the City by the Bay were “media hype” with resident Arjun Sodhani suggesting, “San Francisco has really improved over the years in terms of safety, violent crimes, and standard of living.”
He admitted he can’t say “that there’s not a problem. There is a big problem. And that it might be one of those unresolved problems that’s been going on for a long, long time.”