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0 pointsSwizec2y ago0 comments

The argument I made to all my friends in this debate (but not publicly) was along the lines of “tech exec found dead at 2:30am near his home in an upscale neighborhood with zero night-time activity … that doesn’t sound random”

My guess was drug deal gone wrong. But tech deal gone wrong makes sense too, I guess.

edit: my drug guess was before the person was named, not implying anything, just know drugs are a popular hobby in SF

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pclmulqdq2y ago

It could still have been a drug deal - some companies have a guy who is the "hookup."

The problem with the discourse was that everyone forgot that people basically never get randomly murdered. There's almost always a reason for a murder - number 1 is domestic disputes, number 2 is gang-related, and the list goes on, but almost nobody gets murdered randomly. Assaults and thefts are a different story, and SF's problem with those crimes got conflated with a murder (which is a rare crime in SF).

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peter4222y ago

It’s an upscale building but I wouldn’t call it an upscale neighborhood, especially at night. It’s only a couple blocks from the bay bridge overpass and the overpass attracted some non-upscale activity.

At the same time though I’ve spent many late nights in the area and never had any negative encounters.

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