'My life flashed before my eyes': Expat recalls why she left San Francisco for the Lion City

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She once thought of San Francisco as the “best city in the world”. But after a string of incidents that threatened her safety and well-being, she decided to fly halfway around the world and settle in sunny Singapore instead. Heather, aka @unicornheatt, shared in a...

She once thought of San Francisco as the “best city in the world”. But after a string of incidents that threatened her safety and well-being, she decided to fly halfway around the world and settle in sunny Singapore instead.

According to Heather, the city has been on the decline since the introduction of Proposition 47 in 2014. It is a law that reclassified stealing from a felony to a misdemeanour. “[I was] so shocked… I couldn’t say anything. There were people around me, [but] no one said anything. It just kind of shook me to the core,” she recounted.Why I left San Francisco...and moved to Singapore Still love san francisco and left my heart there 🤍but i think san francisco in 2023 is just too dangerous and not worth the risk.

 

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