From K-QED.

San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood is a complicated place.

It's located right in the center of the city, bordered by some of the wealthiest neighborhoods, and yet it stands in stark contrast.

It's the neighborhood tourists are told not to walk through.

It has a reputation for having drug dealing out in the open. Parts can be dirty and the crime rate is high.

Growing up like we always knew like the TL is kind of like a more seedy place.

This is today's question-asker, V V. We spoke with her in 2018. She's lived in the

Bay Area since she was a kid but moved the tenderloin three years ago.

At first, she saw the tenderloin like a lot of people do, but over time, she's come to appreciate its good food and community.

When I first started living here, I definitely did feel less safe walking by myself. I think now that I've been here for a while I

feel comfortable walking at least during the day.

V noticed that while most of San Francisco is getting fancier and more expensive, that isn't the case in her neighborhood.

I mean, sure.

Like you'll see like some shops and stuff that open up and you do see some young people that live here.

But for the most part the tenderloin hasn't developed like the rest of the city.

She's curious...

Why is the tenderloin so resistant to gentrification when the rest of San Francisco isn't.

This is Bay curious, I'm Olivia Allen Price. Today we hit the streets of the

tenderloin with a few long-time residents. We want to know how

is this neighborhood stayed so affordable next to so many neighborhoods that haven't.

This episode first aired in May 2018, but it's a question that is still

relevant today. We do have an update at the end on a few new developments that have happened

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