From K-QED. 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 of a more seedy place.

This is today's question-asker, V.

She's lived in the Bay Area since she was a kid,

but moved to 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 has this

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

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