San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is bordered by some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, yet it has a bad reputation. Tourists are told to avoid the area. You can often see drug dealing out in the open, and garbage on the streets. Today's question asker, Vy Nguyen, lives in the neighborhood and wants to know how the Tenderloin has stayed the same in a city where most low-incomes areas have gentrified.Additional Reading:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/11665527/why-hasnt-the-tenderloin-gentrified-like-the-rest-of-san-francisco">Why Hasn't the Tenderloin Gentrified Like the Rest of San Francisco?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://beyondchron.org/a-tenderloin-breakthrough-in-2020/">By Randy Shaw: After a Tough 2019, Tenderloin Will Move Forward</a></li>
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