John Hamasaki told SFGATE he did not think the tweet would go as viral as it did and his primary intent was to 'push back' on negative depictions of San Francisco.
"Would getting your car window broken and some stuff stolen leave you 'scarred forever'?"."Is this what the suburbs do to you? Shelter you from basic city life experiences so that when they happen you are broken to the core?" He continued his take in a thread, writing:"I’ve had my window broken 2x when I was living paycheck to paycheck. It sucked financially, but it had zero impact on my sense of public safety.
"I grew up in San Diego and never had to worry about regular break-ins or other petty crime except in the very worst of areas,"Hamasaki told SFGATE that he did not think the tweet would go as viral as it did , and that his primary intent was to"push back" on negative depictions of the city that hurt tourism. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.San Francisco suffers higher rates of car break-ins than other major cities.
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