San Francisco - Mission - a photo on Flickriver

            Long read. Well, not really, but it's longer than a caption.

I've already mentioned that SF was a disappointment photography-wise simply that I didn't opt to prioritise seeking out vantage points and pretty light over spending time with loved ones, but that's not what this post is about.

This is an image of an "affordable-housing block" nearing completion, sat in the middle of the Mission district, priced at nearly $3k/pm for very small flats. "Affordable", whatever that means in the context of SF. Anyway what this image doesn't show is the sheer deriliction and deprivation at street level just a few levels below. 

We saw huge collections of tents scattered all over the downtown core of the city, collecting in every public realm that they could. Hundreds... thousands? The only other place I've ever been in my entire life that I've seen so many homeless and destitute people concentrated in one area was in Delhi. The sights and sounds of the Bay Area have many delights to enjoy, but this aspect is very hard to ignore.

Having lived in Edinburgh and London I am no stranger to full cities and stretched housing markets, but what I saw in San Francisco was heartbreaking and inexcusable. In one of the richest cities on earth lies this incredible disparity. Americans will, predictably, no doubt debate amongst themselves as to who is to blame, but it is nonetheless a shameful reality that needs sorted.

Taken in: United States / California / San Francisco (show map)

Taken on: November 11, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS R, f/16.0, 30 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS R
Lens:	TS-E24mm f/3.5L II
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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