I mean, yes and no.
Patty Hearst's kidnapping, the Zodiac killer, the murder of Mayor Moscone and Harvey Milk...
Things were so crazy-bad in the 70s, that one morning, driving into SF from Ukiah, having just listened to the news on the radio, I asked the toll-taker at the Golden Gate Bridge if he shouldn't be charging people to get out.
That's just shy of 50 years ago.
The city runs in cycles, probably more than any city I've ever known.
It's always been expensive. When I was paying $135 a month for a one bedroom in Ukiah, a studio in SF was going for $600. Adjusted for inflation, that's $3,300.
Bill Lee did an interview with a Swedish journalist about American radio back in 1984. At that time, he said you needed "at least $50,000 a year" to live in SF comfortably.