Boston handles open drug scenes more effectively than San Francisco despite similar progressive governance, with media coverage framing them as drug problems rather than housing problems and with political acceptance of restrictions, suggesting that California has adopted an outlier ideological position not shared even by other progressive cities

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Speaker

Michael Shellenberger

Evidence Quote

“when you go to Boston... they had a little open drug scene... they talked about it as an open-air drug scene they were much more open about it and they were much more comfortable imposing restrictions”

Source

Michael Shellenberger - Why Progressives Ruin Cities— Fieldstead and Company
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:32:04 PM

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