San Francisco is SCARY - travel with caution🇺🇸🇺🇸
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2023
- Not what it used to be. I am an outsider and I visited this city in the past a few times. Now it has changed quite a bit. Not what it used to be. I hope policies and things change so this city can turn itself around.
they turned a world class city into a giant rat hole, hurts my soul to see this.
Just exactly who is "they"?
the people that just sat on their butts and watched their wonderful city turn to crap to coward to stand tall and stop the madness to proud to admit that trump was right@@woolymittens
The same problem is in every medium-to-large city in America. You would have to be a fool to think otherwise.
More like a cesspool with all the poop on the streets.
@@howled0 decline of america. it's a cancer and see which political party is responsible for much of it. however, both sides are to blame as the game runs deep.
I was born and raised in SF in the 60's and 70's, it was not like this. So sad to see it this way.
A beautiful city with little crime and lots of wealth and the 3rd highest per capita GDP in the world? Not sure what's sad about that.
@@neutrino78x How long have you worked on Pelosi's staff?
@@KB-ke3fi NO YOU DIDNT!!!!! LOL
How mucr more rarely did u see homeless back in the days? Just curious
@@mq-r3apz291I was raised in San Francisco and I worked so hard to feed the Homeless people at Saint Anthony's. I was even rewarded by the San Francisco Governor. In 1994 We only had about 4,000 Homeless people living there. Then most of the middle class people got kicked out and bought out by more greedy rich people and the homeless people skyrocketed.
I have first hand knowledge of San Francisco, having lived there for 25 years. I've witnessed the decline before my very eyes so there is no denying the truths found in this video. With crime of all sorts largely ignored by the city leaders, it's increased. Enough said.
"I've witnessed the decline before my very eyes so there is no denying the truths found in this video."
I've lived in the Bay Area since I was 5, and I'm 45 now, so I've lived her longer, and SF is as strong as ever.
California has the highest GDP of any state.
@@neutrino78x Don't forget the largest homeless population and the most debt and unfunded liabilities of any other state.
I've live in SF for 5 years in the 1980's, 40 years ago, and have recently been back in the past 5 years visiting my kids. I found SF's dicey areas had been gentrified, buildings and houses are well kept and painted, and the streets cleaned. People take pride of their neighborhoods and you can't get a house for less than $1 million for a reason. The tenderloin District and south of Market areas had always been that way. Yes, crime is on the increase but so are in other cities in the US, like where I live now in the midwest.
@@neutrino78x Not any more. It's going broke. Quit lying.
@@kauaiboy5o My city in a red state, most of the crime we have are committed by people coming from California and other blue states. SF is going in the toilet. This has never happened in it's entire history. You must work for Pelosi or be a realtor there.
What the hell have they done to this beautiful and chill city?!
It breaks my heart watching these scenes.
What socialists always do. What they always do.
They voted Democrat. That’s what happened.
They lived off other people's money for too long. They created a linguisticly isolated balkanized body politic with a global bent. Too much drugs, magical thinking, and sophist gynococracy🤣
@metalonmetal5291
SF, LA, San Diego, Portland, Seatle
@@mikeg3439China is socialist, there’s nothing like this there. The streets are safe and there is no homeless or drug addicts
I guess the days of Karl Malden and Michael Douglas jumping hills in their sedan and chasing bad guys doesn't stack up to the challenges of San Fran of today.
Dirty Harry would have to ditch his wheel gun for an automatic Glock with extended magazine.
Use to watch streets of San Francisco years ago brilliant 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
The area that this videographer is taking you thru is the area where the movie 'The Maltese Falcon' was to have taken place. At least that was
where the author Dashiell Hammett based his story. It really hasn't changed architecturally all that much, just the people who reside there, as you
can see
Raymond Burr in a wheelchair kept the city clean and safe
The same for a green Mustang and black Charger.
This is what happens to society when liberal policies are permitted, society in this city permits this so it (drug use, vagrancy, homelessness, camping on the public street or sidewalks) occurs and spreads. One needs to be accountable for their habits and actions. Defunding the police and decriminalizing drug use and non violent crimes, and failing to hold criminals accountable for their crimes got them here. Permitting and allowing this activity only enables this and supports it. Without consequences where is the deterrent. Unfortunately this is common in far to many Liberal Democrat governed areas, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, just to name a few. That is why people that can afford to leave, do so, hopefully they learn from their mistakes change their voting habits. I believe in helping people that have fallen on hard times, however enabling that vagrant druggie lifestyle and criminal behavior is totally out of the question. No one should be allowed to camp out on a public sidewalk or street. People do not feel safe. Change my mind..
, it's laying the groundwork for the inevitable, " Soylent Green " future , ,😮
I just gotta know does it hurt to be that dumb? Liberal policies my a**. CA has leadership from both parties in case you weren't aware.
"This is what happens to society when liberal policies are permitted"
How come the Tenderloin was like that from 1930 to 1964 when they had Republican mayors?
The tenderloin is 0.47% of SF.
I'm sure I could find 0.47% of Oklahoma City that has a bunch of homeless. Does that condemn the Republican Party or cities run by Republicans, no it does not.
@@neutrino78x Yep I hear you, however that is ancient history, you probably weren't even alive back then. That was post Dust Bowl, however California still grew, (fact) businesses and people flocked to the state. The problem was never as severe as it is today, drugs and criminal offences had REAL consequences.
Pelosi's district is a dumpster fire. Her nephew Newsome was Mayor (recently) and now Governor, how is all that working out for you? People and businesses are fleeing you're Liberal Utopia with the highest tax burden and draconian government regulations in the country. Proving that today more than ever elections have dire consequences. Keep whining I Love the liberal tears..
The Federal Ninth Circuit Court disagrees with you. Change their minds.
I always wanted to visit SF as a younger person. I have heard and seen how degraded it has become! I moved to Thailand some 37 years ago and have never regretted it ! Safer for sure!
I always wanted to go to SF too but now I won't go near the place !!
You are not missing anything, be happy you saved your money and just maybe your life.
" moved to Thailand some 37 years ago and have never regretted it ! Safer for sure!"
lmao not remotely, that's considered a high risk drug importation country. Ask the TSA and their equivalent in other G7 countries.
That's the opposite of the USA.
In the USA, most of the country is safe, but there are certain areas that are slightly less safe.
Whereas in Thailand, most is dangerous, and certain areas areas are safe.
@@topazdreamer311
" Dear lord decline is heartbreaking. Becoming a ghost town😢"
There has been no decline of that nature. SF is a beautiful and safe city. The tenderloin is 0.47% of the land area of SF.
btw the tenderloin has been like for DECADES. Since probably the 1800s. Certainly it was like that from 1930-1964 when the Republicans were in charge of SF.
@@dankelly5150 Don't believe the hype. the hype of SF demise is just that...HYPE
If you like your insurance....errr, i mean if you like the way your city looks like now, you can keep voting for the same politicians.
Which is always fear of the lesser of the two evils.
"i mean if you like the way your city looks like now, "
We do. The tenderloin is only 0.47% of San Francisco. You have to go out of your way to find it. If you land in SFO and get off BART at Powell Street Station, you don't immediately find homeless people. They're in certain areas.
And there's really no dangerous areas in SF. If you're afraid of homeless people you're easily scared. Hope you didn't serve in the Armed Forces, as I did.
@@neutrino78x thats another thing about these internet bloggers or what ever their called . . .reporters for lack of a better word ,. they always try and sensationalize their page story a bit to get clics which makes them more money .
@@peterbetts858
" they always try and sensationalize their page story a bit to get clics which makes them more money ."
Yup. Those of us who live in the area know that SF is a beautiful city.
These guys can't explain why people keep coming here from all over the world.
I lived in SF for almost 10 years. This isn’t even the worst of SF. You would not even want to drive through the bad parts. It’s been bad for a while but has gotten unbearable.
I was there yesterday at Disney museum. We decided to cruise around and ended up in some spots i was like wtf! Keep in mind I'm from Bakersfield, so I'm used to BS.
who did you vote for in the last election?
@@meta4282 I always vote republican. We have since moved to Florida.
Which is the worst neighborhood?
Can you say which are the bad parts to stay away from?
When I was a kid in the 50"s 60"s San Francisco was like Paris.Polished, people on the streets wore their Sunday best clothing all week. Streets were clean.It was like San Francisco knew it was having company come to call,and it put on its best face to impress.Not so much any more.I never go there any longer.To depressing.
And frankly it was racist as hell during what you might call San Francisco's glory days....
It is shocking to me how empty and filthy the streets are. I lived and worked there for seven years before fleeing in 2020. This is a direct reflection of the leadership. Newsom, Harris, Gascon, Chesa Boudin and of course Breed. They have all been a large part and responsible for the absolute decay over the past 15 years. It is horrendous. I am supposed to go there in two weeks on my husbands business trip and I am questioning if it is a good idea.
If you’re in the Presidio you’ll have fun. Downtown isn’t safe at night any more. Columbus Street is fine and I think Chinatown is okay too. Stay away from Market Street and especially south of Market at night. Definitely expensive but there are still some good areas.
@southbaysteelers staying down on edge of Chinatown/Embarcadero, south of market used to be safe when Palimino was still open. Friends who still work there say to avoid going any further west of FiDi
difi,Jerry Brown,Nancy Pelosi, Barbara lee,Robert Bonta, Barbara Boxer et..all need to be in your list.
And just think, Gavin Newsom is planning to run for President... And there are still a lot of Americans who are ignorant enough to vote for him... America has already been destroyed by the Biden administration... But it could get so much worse.
Dolores Park in 4k ... See the real dirt about sf ca...
The new Detroit thanks to elected city officials and homeless advocates
The " UAW UNION" Killed Detroit and Flint
More like the new Buffalo, NY. And Canadian cities like Toronto aren’t far behind with the same problems.
More like Vancouver.
@@tx189 I heard that was bad too. How about Seattle?
A few months before I moved from SF the windows of every single cars were broken on my street and two streets over one night by criminals looking for anything to steal. This is the reality of living in SF and this is just soft crime, the violence is also out of control in some areas at night. Police and politicians do nothing to stop this.
Why don't they take action?
The SaleSForcE tower was built on the backs of my people that's why everyone is bent over like this ..from VANCOUVER TO KENSINGTON where the pandemic originally started at
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@@andrewb8235 From what I have observed, liberals are some of the most hypocritical, selfish people you'll ever meet. They only truly care about virtue signaling, that is being perceived to be morally virtuous by other liberals. The actual reality of a situation is substantially less important to them, if at all. For example, in a separate comment thread, a 20 year SF resident wrote "unlike elsewhere, we relentless care about the homeless in San Francisco," implying that other more conservative places don't. Really? Letting people wallow in their own misery on the streets until they overdose isn't caring. They are happy to virtue signal (and vote that way) all day long, and so long as it doesn't immediately inconvenience their lives, they will absolutely ignore the reality around them, because they don't really care.
The city officials and residents should be horribly embarrassed
NO, they are not. they are working on new ways to make this worse.
Another reason for homelessness. When we left San Francisco in 1990, we were living in a 1 bedroom Apartment on Geary Street that was about $1200 a month.(Hereford Apts) Our problem was they were raising the rent. We had a new baby and the rent was more than we could afford. We ended up going to the transbay terminal to get on a greyhound bus to West Tennesseee. Our first home their was a 2 bedroom brick home for $125 a month. We have been there ever since. I always missed San Francisco but after seeing here what it has become, I am glad we left. The police here would never allow the homeless problem to become what it is in San Francisco
I suspect the insàne cost of putting a roof over one's head in this state is the main reason for homelessness.
My sister left during Covid so the work culture changed a lot and not for the better. She was paying $1300 for a front room in a painted lady style mission district area home converted into a four bedroom all roommates paying that much each. This was supposedly a really really “good deal.”
Where would the police in TN put the homeless people? If TN has an anwer we are all ears? TN is consistently in the top 10 for violent crime.
@@rayannaandrade6337 crazy, no beautiful scenery in world is worth it
@@olevet75 beautiful scenery? If you like walking the street and playing a game called dog or human??💩
All my friends have left this city!
You absolutely right about voting and choosing the Right leader!!
It is very important today!!! ✌️
Used to live there back in 2013-2015, however as soon as the rent rate went up to about 2400 a month(over 1800 was my limit), I left!! Then don’t even get me started on how horrible it is to witness cars being smashed by thieves stealing then riding away with it!!! It’s terrible& NOT a good place!
I’ve lived in San Francisco since 1997. This issue has been ignored or addressed by “band-aid” solutions for decades. City leaders have kicked the can down the road so many times that it’s becoming insurmountable.
The city’s idea of “housing” has been cheap, low security shelters where many people are crammed onto a communal space on cots. People are afraid to sleep for fear of being attacked or having their last meager possessions stolen. Any programs for helping people off drugs are way too small and underfunded to make a dent in the current fentanyl crises. Moving what we call “encampments” (what the unhoused think of as their communities) only results in those communities relocated themselves and starting again, sometimes right back in the same place they were moved from.
If there were basic, private housing units (I’m talking like a hospital room with a mini fridge and microwave) in a building with medical, mental health and social services support, many more people could be legally* and humanely moved off the streets, treated, trained, hired and moved into other housing. (*See another commenter’s explanation of the court ruling about how unhoused people can and can’t be moved.) But we’ve gone decades without these types of facilities being built, while all the NIMBYs complain about all the people living on the streets and somehow expecting things to improve, even as they oppose any real solution.
The politicians who get elected here are often connected to each other in some way (current mayor London Breed was Kamala Harris’ babysitter when Harris was DA here; Harris dated then Mayor Willie Brown before she became DA, etc). It’s the same tired gene pool of people who only want to build luxury condo towers that sit half empty so they can curry favor with $$$$$ and get their careers funded.
For all the people smashing “lefty” San Francisco and citing its “tolerant” policies as the cause for this ugly situation, it’s actually a succession of ambitious, greedy corporate DEM kiss-ups in the city’s top positions that has caused it. They’ve kept businesses and the donor classes happy while watching the poor get poorer, and look at them now - they’re governors, vice presidents, etc. This behavior is straight out of the mainstream political playbook used by centrist democrats and everyone on the right - nothing “lefty” about it. It’s greed, money and power for them and fuck the rest of us.
But in general, it certainly can't be said that SF's social, cultural, political forces are too conservative, too rightwing
It has to do with the radical Left commies.
Would you say the same if it isn’t righty Republicans too.
Newsome is Pelosi’s nephew. Schiff is married to a Pelosi family member. It is a modern version of mafioso control of a region.
Sorry, you're in denial, but it's lefty policies exactly as seen in other lefty cities across the country.
I lived in SF on Nob Hill in 1987-1988. I walked each day to work through the Tenderloin. One could pretty much walk freely through SF at all hours in those days. I didn’t return until a visit in 2008. I was staying at the Hilton and made the mistake of turning left into the Tenderloin. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw.
One of the problems…amongst many…is that many San Franciscans thought SF was the center of the universe. There was an intense snobbism amongst the residents of SF, and they arrogantly thought that nothing bad could ever befall their city.
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Welcome to the new third world city. Sadly destroyed by policy administration politicians
You are right.
The public streets are the new mental facilities, it is financially impossible to care for so many derelicts. Unfortunately, the good weather permits a life for these homeless people at the price of destroying neighborhoods and businesses.
@@xx-vw9ep unfortunately, it has been out of control
more of them are addicts than mentally ill . and its not just nice weather , its global warming .
SF of today has been decades in the making...Thanks Mayors Breed, Newsome, Brown, Feinstein. It took years to get here and it's mostly thanks to your decisions.
Plus idiot Mayor Willi Brown. Frank Jordan was the last decent mayor from the early 90's. Robert at 68. Left Ca. in '97
I like the ending. It’s always cold in San Francisco. I’ve been living in the city since 1989. Sad to see the devastation. So many lives lost. Business is taking a major hit and office buildings empty. I do not want to leave because I love the city, but I have no choice but to leave because the quality of life here has suffered greatly.
so you have culpability, look your city, you let this shit happened, shame on you
It depends of where in SF do u live, i'm in Nob Hill and it's okay
@@danielr3661 not further downhill than Bush st, then where a nightmare begins
I visited sf in the late 70s, early 80s. This is a ghost town now compared to then. So sad to see such a beautiful, vibrant, bustling city turned to this. So sad.
all began with jack shelley becoming mayor, plus the malign influences of Herb Caen (3rd rate gossiper who thought of himself as the gen'l manager of SF) & all-around dirtbag Bill Graham
All Newsom voters. The SEIU will vote them all as absentee voters. The fix is in.
I lived there from 1993-2000 and even back then, the Tenderloin district was a Hell-hole - very isolated and didn't effect me. Every city has a hopeless part, like Philly's Kensington district. This is old news and not a reason to avoid SF. The reason to avoid SF is the passing of prop47, which virtually legalized crime below $950 and resulted in the many downtown stores closing (downtown, meaning along Market St. - NOT Tenderloin). They say if you drive a rental car in SF, you're guaranteed to have a smash & grab. I'll see if that's true in August. Too bad I can't CCW from out of state.
Prop 47 is a State proposition voted on by Californians...may not have been the best idea, but you can't blame SF for that!
I worked in the tenderloin around 2007, and from this video it kinda looks the same. It was difficult leaving my car parked for the 1hr I had to visit a client…i always found some sort of something’s in the windshields or someone sitting on my hood when I returned to my car 😢 How’s the other areas of SF? I moved out in 2015 and not sure how much it’s changed…I’m sad to hear about all the break ins and robberies…
Keep voting democrat, Monkeypoxcisco. #BribenBackBetter.
@@akadayana It is bad in other areas as well. Of course there are still some great areas to visit there, but how long will that last? You can see the boarded up businesses along once thriving streets. I recently stopped in to eat at a deli there and couldn't believe just how dirty the city was and felt. It was heartbreaking to me as I LOVE SF.
@@CrippledButFree THere's no way the central valley voted "yes" on this, so what's left (pun intended)? - the liberal coastal areas with high population, e.g. SF & LA.
I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 35 years of my life and this is absolutely "heart-wrenching" :(- I pray that San Francisco will return to the state it once was :)- $AD!!!
Prayers are not going to help are they.
Keep voting democratic and this will continue prayers won't help😂
Keep voting Democrat and prayers won’t work.
Keep voting democrat, Monkeypoxcisco. #BribenBackBetter.
If you lived in the Bay Are for 35 years you would know the tenderloin is 0.47% of the land area of SF.
All of this has been allowed to happen. Most people who live there will continue to vote for the same people over and over again.
Nobody voted for this. It's just a false illusion of choice. It was planned out by the higher ups. Wake up! Our system is rigged don't you get it?
The norm should be 4 years, and you're out if there is no improvement or it's the same old same old. New leadership is the best message for change.
SF One of my fav city in US ! I hope You're getting better soon! Used to ran this city allot ! I'm study there have a wonderful experienced during my stay:) . I jog all the way from GG Park , Embaracadero , China Town , Marin Headland etc . Love From Indonesia ! left my heart there ❤🇮🇩
That's what I remember when my husband and I first traveled there in 1977 . Beautiful but still too many cars even then.
selective amnesia🤔
From Where?
@@jeffreyzimler7978 From Everett, Wash. A delayed honeymoon, I had just arrived from the Philippines.
too many cars are not a problem in the least (they a are a sure sign of economic health) - more roads and freeways are the answer-first-re-build the Embarcadero freeway, vastly expand the Central Freeway-vastly expand parking, tear down the nesting areas of 2 legged vermin
I used to be proud of my beautiful city where I grew up, now it just breaks my heart!!💔🥺😢
The Tenderloin was always a scary place to walk, even 50 years ago. In the 60s, I had a job south of Market, near the Chronicle building. That's where this kind of thing -- people living on the streets, passed out drunk in doorways -- happened. Gentrification moved most of that out of south of Market and it seems to have flowed into the Tenderloin. "The rent's too damn high!"
Yes it has always been that way there. However, this is not just in the Tenderloin area now. You can see broken down RV's on Van Ness and Lombard now. Many boarded up shops, etc. Yes there are still nice places in SF but it is nowhere near what it was like just 5-10 years ago.
The tenderloin will always be a very derelict area. But it's definitely worlds safer than it used to be when it earned that name. These videos over exaggerate things. This is exactly the same as it's been for the last 20-30 years. Just covid closed a lot of businesses, who haven't opened back up. Or became online businesses instead. Same as any other place
Yeah I was thinking the same. He's walking around the tenderloin. of course it's gonna look like that! It's like walking around LA Skidrow.
How old are you? 80?90?
Why are you scared of mentally ill homeless people and drug addicts? Pathetic, grow a pair.
I have family in San Francisco and have been visiting that city nearly every year for 30 years. I was there in April and was the first time I had seen it since the pandemic and I couldn't wait to get out. Such bad vibes in that place, I don't think I want to go back for awhile.
You are weak
Cmon man, it's great city with progressive left thinking policies. Exactly what the residents voted for and keep voting for.
Someone look after this beautiful city😊
Too late
@@bethcramer1232 it wouldent if someone had done something about it when did people stop giving a dam
@@bethcramer1232 quitter .
aw"the streets of San Fransisco" was one of my earliest memories it's hard to believe that all of those thousands of days since have now passed by. I can still vaguely feel it.oh Karl malden.if you could see the world today my friend!
Oh wow, this is actually way better than I had imagined. I pictured crackheads shooting up stores, fires burning on every block, busted up police cars abandoned.
Its like what detroit suffered😢
It is the new Detroit.
The media won’t say so however…
@@faheemabbas3965 😔
@@faheemabbas3965 i been hearing about it in the media for years ??!!!???
We were just there June 2023. It was dead, but beautiful. We didn’t go to the bad parts. There are bad areas to every place you visit. It’s not just in San Francisco
Rents are too high,so the sidewalks are the only other choice if you stay in S.F.
And he's not showing the worst blocks with the dealers (they don't want to be shown and they let it be known). But they're not doing anything wrong though, right? So they have nothing to worry about, obv.
Edit: The SF Chronicle has an article about how the ones from the Sirian Valley in Honduras look at San Francisco as a great boon for them and their families, in some twisted sense of logic. People get sick and die, they prosper = wow, this is great! They build houses there with the money they get here from dealing to the depressed homeless and PTSD vets. It is said about 1,000 people from Honduras operate a majority of the SF drug sales in SF. So maybe 2,000 people operate all of it at most (?). And SFPD doesn't crack down on it because the dealers are easily replaced. But lock them up and make them work hard labor for their stay, and lock up the rest as they pop up, as well. Build the biggest prison in the world, and put fentanyl in their food, too.
My uncle lived there in the eighties and loved it. I worked in the city for a week in the late nineties on a traveling project. I ate some Rice-a-roni (which was a treat) and "got lost on BART in San Fransisco". But this is BART, I mean HEART breaking!
I was down at Civic Center last week on Wednesday. OMG. What a toilet. To think City Hall is just right across the plaza and the whole area is one Big Mad Max movie is just unbelievable. All Well I blame my fellow citizens who keep voting for the same nonsense. Thanks for never giving someone use a chance at trying to fix things. Well at least we got a new DA so maybe just maybe we have a chance.
What's the problem? SF got EXACTLY what they voted for.
Visited family and friends in SF one or twice a year for decades. It's really sad how it's gotten so bad.
Yes I lived in SF CA a long time and it was always clean and beautiful lots of fine eating places and Walgreens were nice see I don't steal I wish SF would return the way it use to be.
San Francisco has always been "gritty", especially the Tenderloin area. It just has gotten worse over the past 20 years. When I worked in the Bay Area, I used to go to San Francisco frequently. I moved to the Sacramento area 20 years ago , which is now becoming a mini version of the Bay Area with all the crime, homelessness, and high cost of living.
I moved out of the State a year ago and now enjoy a rural community with a low crime rate.
It will follow you..
@@williamkinkade2538 Nope. Not anytime soon. The state I live in has open carry and i live in a small rural town, that is very conservative. The winters are too cold for the homeless, there are no homeless resources or agencies.
The homeless are everywhere.
Don't look like a thriving city to me more like one that's on its last legs I'm to move n marry a girl there shortly I'm starting to think the best thing would be to move her away from there to somewhere a bit safer
Was it sketchy only in and around Tenderloin? Did you feel unsafe in other parts of the town?
I visited SF this year January as a tourist. Pretty much all of downtown SF is full of crazy people, they are shouting lot, walking weirdly. There is homeless people and druggies everywhere, at any time of day. I took the Bart from SFO to the city and felt so unsafe. Only weird people on the train. I don't know how other young people do it, but I don't have the money to travel in taxis all day, or stay at nice big hotels in the luxury neighborhoods.... Especially since SF is so crazy expensive, even for budget options. I struggled to find a cappuccino for under 7 dollars. I struggled to find a warm lunch for under 10 dollars. It was not a pleasant stay.
same, I lived in nyc for 2 decades, left for EU in mid 2019 and just now returned since then for 1st time to Cali,US to experience a SHOCK
My work brought me to the Bayview this Friday... People are struggling to do the best they can in an expensive city.
Don’t forget to have a bulletproof
the residents are typically trash people-what else do you expect
Planning of bringing my family to visit San Fran this December. Seems like its not a great idea for now?
It's fine, just stay out of the Tenderloin where this was filmed. Tourism is back up in SF and we're forecast to have over 20 million visitors this year. You'll find lots of recent SF travel vlogs on TH-cam where people enjoyed their trip
Thanks for the video! Cant lie that is generic urban decay.... I did not find that scary as much as I did sad... Maybe just me though,,,, but thanks for the first hand account!
Main cause for homelessness is addictions, and its very sad but homeless ppl are in every big cities of the world and there will always be homeless ppl as long as there will be human beings, its sad but its the truth. Oh and the only real scary part of this video was when you started to walk a lot faster and you were right i believe you were targeted at this moment, you were right to get away as fast as you could.
I honestly think what happened in 2020 on a national level has been happening in California even prior.
I was planning to move to the Bay Area to setup my software startup, but now after seeing all these videos I’m having second thoughts. As an entrepreneur is is still worth to move to the Bay Area? Other tech hubs just don’t have the ecosystem setup to make startups succeed like Silicone Valley.
The great majority of the population in Bay Area lives and works in smaller cities which are not as insane as SF. SF isn't even the largest city in the Bay Area, it just gets all the news attention. Definitely avoid SF, Oakland, which were never big software places anyway compared to the South Bay. I don't know if that's still true about the ecosystem for startups, and whether that's really worth the high taxes, cost of living, and degrading quality of life.
@@johng4093 thanks for the info!
Dude it's 2023, people work from home. You can run your company from your spare bedroom in Ohio and hire talent from all over the world.
Why would you start a business there . What in the world
Thank you for your informative video about san francisco! I'm going to visit the city for the first time soon. Would you mind sharing what areas are in this video so I can try to avoid it?
You should avoid Tenderloin area. There may be some other areas to avoid if you google it, but around the piers and around the coast is decent. Please do not leave anything in your car. Bring jackets because it gets chilly!
It's not just SF, but also, LA, Sacramento, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Billings, Boise, Denver, and on and on.
Compared to Philly or LA , that isn't as bad !
I have been to LA only once and it was a long time ago. I will go there someday and check it out.
Kensington in Philadelphia is way worse than this💯
Every Democrat run city is like this. Chicago, NY, Atlanta, LA, etc, etc. All the same.
Not every city.
And some Republican cities and states too.
most Republican led states have the highest crime rates and poorest economies
Oh shut up already. Red Mississippi towns barely have running water and in door plumbing.
Thanks for your video, it breaks my heart. Your gutsy wearing a neon shirt!
Tragic. Hope that things get better.
God bless.
Most liberal democrats don't believe in God, so he left them.
Homelessness is like a cancer. If you don't treat it it just keeps spreading until it ultimately kills you.
The first two and a half minutes are lovely production... But even 5 years ago, San Francisco was nothing like that.. and not a wise place to bring the family past dark.
lmao there is very little crime in SF. Little to no risk of being there after dark. I have personally walked the streets of SF late at night many, many times, since I live in the Bay Area. Of course, I have balls. Apparently you don't.
@@neutrino78x When did your cousin Pelosi let you out of your tent?
I went to san fran in 8th grade i loved it kept telling everone who would listen just that how i was going to live there 10 years later i went back n it was like a diffrent city really sucked as a 14 year old dummy we felt "pretty" safe to walk around at night as a 24 year old we were back at the hotel by 10 and happy to have made it in one piece. Ill personally never go back.
I think of a place that looks like a third world country with homes smashed on top of each other, where only the criminals are allowed to arm themselves, and the streets are decorated with human feces, At least that's what it was like when I was there.
Me too.
true, AMerica has turned into a total crap country but thinks it is morally superior and righteous than other countries. it is really not true. the worst hypocrite country.
Yeah... Welcome to Democrat run America..
Back in 1990s, tenderloin was a red light district of Frisco
I bet you also want to bring back the 1990 San Francisco 49’ers as well with Joe Montana and Jerry Rice lol 😂
I live in San Francisco in the 90s, I was a struggling comedian and moved in with my best friend to help raise his 3 daughters… we felt safe back then
I've lived in San Francisco since 1995 and it is heartbreaking. When I lived in Souther California, I considered myself liberal, now I'm much more moderate. What's frustrating is when voting, there are no moderate candidates, let alone conservative ones. I fear that it will be many years, before a moderate candidate is elected.
"When I lived in Souther California, I considered myself liberal, now I'm much more moderate. "
That's what changed, not SF.
I doubt you are moderate.
Let me guess, according to you, all gay people are pedos, correct? That's not moderate. That's Q-Anon/maga.
The youth continues to go further left here. Places like Berkley are churning them out in record numbers. Just look at SF State now SMH. SF has always been associated with liberals, but there has always been a balance. Until the voters wake up, things will only get worse there.
The politicians are catering to the needs of the people. The people of California want this
@@Kimster182
"The people of California want this"
We want very little crime and the highest GDP in the nation, yes I agree.
1000 to share a one bedroom apartment is worth to me than 1000 to get a mortgage on a three bedroom house in Trumpville because then I would have to live in Trumpville, and I don't want to live there.
I want to live with people who know that the Earth is roughly a sphere, it is roughly 3.5 billion years old, a fetus is not a person, and covid is a real thing that really kills people.
It’s rigged ! This will never change ✊🏿✊🏿the demorats own it
This is what happens when you let government run your life get out, get a job, run your own life get rid of the government
Even though SF has its downs, i personally think that it’s a beautiful city and it’s area for public transport is so convient, and SF has so much cool places you can visit such as chinatown and japan town! And there is a lot of malls you can find, so if you are a type of person to love shopping, SF is a great place for that, and the restaurants and cuisines there are spot on! Especially their chinatown chinese festival! It’s always loud but it’s enjoyable! For me the only scary part is, when it is night time some streets is empty but if you go to a hillside at night and take a look at downtowns buildings it’s a beautiful and a amazing view! Let me know your opinions!
Great video.I bet a person could not walk the streets at night.Your right about the politics.Something needs to change.
What about the nice area's shut down because of shoplifters?
the looters will then complain of a "loot desert"
It's a disgrace to the people who built that city
I‘m from Germany. My parents went to San Francisco in the late 90s before they had kids. I know the pictures and always had such a great picture of it in my mind. This is horrible
I visited my family friends with my friend in 2002 when I was 14 and they let us roam the streets alone, even in the evening. Maybe not the smartest thing to do but we didn't feel in danger at all and we didn't see any of this.
I’ve lived in the SF Bay Area since I moved here in 1983. We used to go to the city more often than now. It’s definitely declined but there are areas that you can safely have fun at, even at night, and there are places to stay away from, especially at night. There’s been a massive increase in homeless living in tents, shooting up in daylight, drug deals going down and nobody does anything, car windows smashed, closed businesses, deserted downtown, etc. Just gotta know where to stay away from. It’s a pity. You get what you voted for. SF voters will continue to vote for morons because they’ve got a (D) after their name. And our governor doesn’t do squat…all talk.
Keep voting democrat, Monkeypoxcisco. #BribenBackBetter.
Where do you suggest is the safest place in San Francisco for hotels? I’m feeling anxious about it now
My grandparents, my parents and myself lived in San Francisco, Daly City, Colma. I used to look forward to going to Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Park, The Aquarium, Legion of Honor, (play land when I was a kid), miss those places but have no plans to visit because of the current unsafe situation.
These problem aren't unique to America. Homelessness can be found in every country. In America, we have politicians who send billions of dollars to help other countries with security, poverty and violent crime meanwhile millions of Americans are suffering.
What the hell! I booked flights today, expensive ones at that! I love it when I went 6 years ago do you think maybe I should just stay one night recover from jet lag and move on? Maybe Yosemite or Monterey as I haven’t booked hotels yet?
It is up to you. You definitely need to be vigilant with your rental car as they target rental cars out there. You should research good spots to visit sf and go from there
@@weekendwanderin6953 cheers. We will not be renting a car until after leaving San Francisco so at least that is one less worry.
So sad. You are very brave walking them streets
If you let an affirmative action recipient manage anything, don’t get your hopes up or set high expectations.
Yeah, like Clarence Thomas is living proof.
You're walking around in Tenderloin... that area has always been sketchy.
9:46 - $40 to park in the Tenderloin? Wow, wonder what a parking garage charges in the Fisherman's Wharf......also what shocked me the most was not seeing any broken car windows. I'm sure it's way different after dark. Stay safe out there. Given that Ironman t-shirt you would have no problem outrunning anyone who threatened you.
What's even worst than seeing this inhumanity is, THE SMELL, THE SMELLS ARE NAUSEATING, MAKING IT HARD TO EVEN BREATH, VOMIT! AND I CAN'T BEGIN TO EXPLAIN HOW IT REALLY IS IN SAN FRANCISCO WALKING ABOUT AS THIS MAN IS. SAD, 😢
That scary area is the Tenderloin which everyone already knows is the worst part of the city and that tourists should stay away from but TH-cam vloggers love to sensationalize... Visit SF as the city is expected to have over 20 million tourists this year and just avoid the Tenderloin
BOOM You Got That RIGHT . tHIS THE THING THAT PEOPLE FORGET ,that vloggers are trying to make entertaining videos , not factual news reports , no matter how twisted they have to go sometimes . and this guy sayed he had never been to san fran , i believe . its all about the clics $ .
Thank you for your encouraging comments.
It’s so sad seeing endless thick steel bars in front of closed businesses and homes. Must have been amazing when all of those places were open.
Lack of work too. My former company has jobs in the city and the work trucks keep getting broke into.
Some jobs has canceled due to more businesses moving out. Too many empty buildings.
San Francisco stores are closing forever away from the city. It is sad for the city. It’s a ghost town.
You get a new mayor. The first words out of her mouth are "we are going to intervene."
Bravo! One of the more gutsy walks through the entirety of the Tenderloin I used to cruise there in my college days but it looked nothing like it does now. You are right next time wear a sweater!
I kicked it in san fran in the 90s. Also Vancouver and Seattle. I am so glad i went before all of this nutty deliberate planned destruction
SF NEEDS A NEW MAYOR, # RECALL LONDON #
Won't help as long as the same braindead and virtue signaling voters remain.
My advice to ppl going to San Fran is bring 7 pairs of shoes.
Why
we’re planning to visit san francisco next year,is this a safe place to visit ?
Just be careful with your rental car if you are going to park in downtown. I am not from there but others may comment and help you out. I wouldn’t recommend tenderloin area
As for car safety I didn't personally witness cars being broken in _but_ we were advised not to park on the street side at all. Park at the hotel or in a parking garage. Fwiw if you're just going around downtown + tourist spots, it's more practical to walk & take public transit or Uber/Lyft or bike/scooter share. (We rented a car because we were also going to Santa Clara, didn't use it during our stay in SF.)
Ok so he just showed the tenderloin which is literally the nastiest part of the city in terms of drug addicts. I’m born and raised in San Francisco, still living here for 29 years, and the Marina and north beach (little Italy) are still beautiful and a great time! You just gotta know where to go and not to go.
So you are making excuses for failed policies then. Sorry but you still could have walked Market St. and had a good time just a few years ago. Burying your head in the sand does not make these issues just go away. They will continue to get worse unless you, as a person who lives there, speak up about the issues. I have worked there, commuted through there, and was born there, and I can sit here today and say, what SF has turned into is SAD and is upsetting.
@@byronsmith3152 oh ya it’s definitely worse. I do speak up and I’ve had to physically defend an elder from a crack head physically attacking him. But I still love my city and I know where to go for a good time and where not to go.
@@theroadahead415 Well coming from some one who also loves SF, please do your best to make changes. I do not live there so I do not get a vote there.
@@theroadahead415Ok soon knowing where to go in the city won't be enough.
@@theroadahead415 we are going to visit SF in October to watch the warriors game. Any advice on which area to go to enjoy our vacation and which area to avoid?
Visited this city (and loved it) several times in the past. Hard to believe this is what has happened to it.
Ditto! It’s awful what’s happened to that once great and unique city. ☹️
I stayed at the Warf Inn back the nineties. There were people living in the bushes underneath our hotel room.
Every city looks like this when you go walk around in it’s worst neighborhood. Doesn’t mean it isn’t safe overall
Breaks my heart to see the city I grew up in look like a hellhole - so sad. My old neighborhood is unrecognizable - used to be so family oriented and now it looks like a drug den.
The TL?! 😂😂😂😂 It's always been a trap bro don't lie
@@Pugetwitch No, not the TL, I said MY old neighborhood, and I don't lie.
I'm a San Francisco native, born and raised in the 1960s. Got married, moved away in 1982. It is so sad to see what has happened to downtown. My youth in SF was filled with good memories (Woolworth, Emporium, The Metreon, etc.). With these videos being posted about San Francisco being full of homeless people, it should be noted that not all of the City is like this. I would like to see videos of the current state in Golden Gate Park, Clement Street in the Richmond with lots of restaurants, Ocean Beach, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf. Is the situation same in those places? Local government needs to step up their game, get help for the homeless, clean up the streets, make downtown SF a thriving, prosperous and bustling community again!
😂😂😂 keep wishing friend
as someone who is there everyday most of the reg neighborhoods are doing just fine and most of this hardly exists. i often go to north beach, russian hill, nob hill, china town, richmond, noe valley, hayes valley, upper fillmore, pac heights, presidio, castro, haight etc. all are very similar to how theyve always been, in fact potrero hill and dog patch have improved for the better and the entire mission bay neighborhood around chase center has developed and is nice and new
@@zanderjepsen3671 This video of the Tenderloin could have been taken anytime since I moved here in '99. I've also been up to the city recently, more tents, but I blame the removal of all the monthly hotels, gentrification and lack of building. Could also through the Google/Meta/Apple buses in there too.
0:23! I’ve stayed at that hostel before! Called HI SF USA!! They are amazing!! Truly friendly & cordial place for travellers! Then Union Square Monument is a beautiful spot to chill too!!