*Months after putting the Bay Area on blast over safety concerns, Keith Lee is revealing more about his reasons for cutting his controversial visit there short.
Alluding to Lee’s recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, KRON4 detailed the celebrity food chef’s issues with the Bay Area. To hear him tell it, the Bay’s issues with drug use and crime appear to go hand in hand as part of its culture as plenty of cities deal with it in their way.
“In the Bay, there was a sense of almost pride some people were taking in it,” Lee told Sharpe.
After spending a few days in the Bay Area, the celebrity food critic suddenly announced he was leaving. In his eyes, the departure stemmed from unsafe street conditions as well as disappointing food and an allergic reaction. What he saw at the time was people living in tents and burned cars.
“The people of the Bay are just focused on surviving.” Lee shared.
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“They just lost an In-N-Out. The very first In-N-Out to ever close. A lot of that is attested to the crime; a lot of that is attested to the overpopulated drug use that’s out there. … They have started, in my opinion, indoctrinated it into the culture.” – Keith Lee pic.twitter.com/2Ylw9j3BJq
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When he announced his trip to the Bay Area, Lee mentioned seeing Bay Area residents say he might get “bipped,” a local slang term for breaking into a car. Dropping a bit of advice, Lee relayed the advice he heard from natives. Do not leave items in his car.
As he is known to do, Lee’s visits to American cities include a visit to the local eatery. In this case, the location was San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, an area known for its public drug use.
Taking it all in, Lee described the area as “Skid Row on steroids.”
“It’s burnt cars, burnt trailers, things that almost look inhuman,” the Detroit native said while expressing how worried he is that someone would come to a restaurant he recommended ‘and something bad would happen to him.
As a result, Lee started reporting on the conditions he saw.
“I was okay with people from the Bay being mad at me for saying it. Somebody had to say it,” he said.
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