Originally Posted by
Podrick
Its a major US city, theres gonna be a homeless person or two, just dont go to the tenderloin. Its a beautiful city, perfect weather year round, tons of stuff to do. I swear some people see one homeless person and think their life is in danger.
Or just bid avoid it and save some for the rest of us. Just don't be that guy that talks crap about the city in front of the van driver or the SFO based flight attendants.
Many of them know they live in a crappy city. There is no obligation to pretend fantasy is reality. Ask what areas they avoid and maybe they will share the live feed of the poop map to help navigate the layover.
Originally Posted by
m3113n1a1
My favorite most cringey thing is when commuters try to tell people who live in NYC, LAX, or SFO how dangerous and horrible their city/state is because they somehow know better than the actual people who live there from what they've seem on tv or read on some alarmist website.
Engage the locals and ask their opinion. There is a tactful way to approach the topic without openly criticizing their choice(or circumstance) of residence. I heard plenty of criticism about my hometown from outsiders and thought it was unwarranted until living in other areas. Maybe share the positives in other cities and ask what is good about NYC/LAX/OAK/PDX etc... Living in a place can make you blind to reality.