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That message struck a chord with other young people in the city of 12.6 million people, at a time when many in China complain of burnout from an overly-competitive job market.

"Everything that he continues to complain of has been litigated in state and federal court, and every court has rejected his arguments," they wrote earlier this month.

That’s just one measure of how bad the epidemic is in the low-income neighborhood where homelessness is rampant, drugs are sold and consumed in the open, 83 people died of overdoses in 2023, and merchants complain of gang threats and thefts by addicts.

But homeowners complain of an uphill battle to arrange repairs, which they claim are often inadequate and create even more problems.

These factors are compounded by the enticing pull of recruitment efforts by other cities, including the promise of governmental partnership — especially appealing to Golden State businesspeople who complain of treatment as diverse as apathy and outright animosity from local officials.