Road trip and San francisco

We have reached San Francisco via Alaska Airlines. The flight was smooth and we had the whole of back seats to ourselves. Coming back to San Fran this time doesn't create alot of excitment for me, i think. Just the same old place i have seen. However, the previous week that was spent here, i only managed to walk around union square. Well, this time, i stayed at Holiday Inn.
The whole story goes like this, we were supposed to stay at YMCA, but the whole place look very run down and we cant stand staying overnight there. In the end, we have to pay an extra of 35 USD per person for a night and the cancellation fee. Haiz, a waste of so much money. But the holiday inn was very comfortable and i guess it was very worth it.
Talk about the whole area in San Fran, it was very scary. Kinda of remind me of those days i spent in europe, specifically rome. There were plenty of weird looking and high on drugs Blacks everywhere. They were talking to themselves, begging for food and money. Luckily, those Blacks did not disturb us other than just occassionally beg money from us.
Now, i start to appreciate the saftey and high standard of living in UW! or at least near Silver cloud Inn in Univsersity District.