But the biggest reason many people come to San Francisco is for the cheap and abundant drugs and the lax law enforcement. “I didn’t want that straight life,” said a thirty-two-year-old homeless man from Alabama. “I was after the candy—getting high, easy money, freedom, ladies, getting high some more.”20 “Some of these small towns, you stick out straightaway and they come for you. Someone makes a call and the cops get on your tail. You could be just walking down the road like anyone else, no cart, nothing, and they pick you up.”21 Said another, “Some of the things allowed to happen in San
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