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Originally Posted by unkl300d
Actually since you mention billboards you ought to see the ones on Market St. and Castro St.
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Those gay "nuns" you mention are probably the ones called "the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" I am pretty sure. They have been around about 25 years or so... Is this them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_Perpetual_Indulgence Some people hate their guts because they make fun of Catholic icons and practices
Where do you live in the City?
The realtor warned me, back in 1990, NOT to buy my place, which was on Corbett Avenue (which runs right into Market & Castro) if gay neighborhoods upset me, but I really liked the view of the Bay, so I bought it anyway
Gays everywhere, up there, some of them good neighbors, others total jerks.
Same as anyplace.
Market/Castro is ground zero for it, you are correct about THAT. I thought that stupid giant gay flag everyday there is lame, but SFW? Who cares?
I walked by there every single day for years, without trouble. My biggest problem was whether the 37 Corbett bus was running on time or not. If not, I would just walk up the hill the rest of the way.
Lousy place to be trying to find parking for a nice newish 560SEC though.
I never bothered shopping in the gay district, except if I went to the Walgreens to drop off film, or buy sunscreen, it was a not far walk from home.
Went to Stonestown, West Portal, Cole Valley to buy most stuff. Even walked to most of those places, I was in REAL good shape then.
It's VERY true: the Gay, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders (the LBGT crew, as they say) have totally politically hijacked the City politics, but it is fairly benign, you ask me.
If what you see upsets you, just avoid it or don't watch it. Seeing the Folsom Street Bondage Discipline fair was ok, the first time, after that WGAS about nude gay guys in spiked dog collars getting spanked? I didn't and my wife didn't either...
There are some REALLY rough areas, Western Addition, Excelsior, Sunnydale, Tenderloin, Bayview, Potrero Hill, that I only went to when I had to.
Still in all, San Francisco is a pretty cool place to live, when the weather is nice, the dog crap is swept up, the homeless aren't panhandling, and MUNI is running on time
Maybe I will run into you on the Diesel Drive next month and we can talk a bout it a little bit.