Even in San Francisco you have Sec 8 we called them the Projects…These were mid to high rise Cairo style apartment complex’s which were as you describe above Alex drug infested gang banger areas…
1. Candlestick point – Hunters point
2. McClaren Park
3. South of Market (these are the ones OJ Simpson was raised in)
but its all subsidy housing from some source and the exact same environment… Go 5 blocks over and the house’s start at a million bucks.
JLH