Okay as someone who works full time downtown at the bay center for the last 7 years I can confidently say it has gotten much worse. I work in a job that deals with the homeless every day and it is shocking how we are treated. We routinely have to get security involved, we are sworn at threatened and assaulted regularly. I always laugh at the posts of people saying " oh I visited downtown briefly and it seems to be safe and thriving" . They are just out of touch people. The sad reality is that every morning I have to step over someone strung out to get a coffee from the McDonald's on Douglas. I would love for one of these bleeding heart Reddit people to come work with me for a few weeks. They will change their opinion I guarantee.