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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- 440,000 people call Oakland home ,but their stores are rapidly closing
We are walking downtown Oakland to witness the city through a camera’s lens
Market street • every store is CLOSED ...
Embarcadero • every store is CLOSED ...
Unión square • every store is CLOSED ...
Tech leaving SF • every tech company LEF...
Pablo Escobar mansion • I investigated an ABAN...
The mission st • San Francisco the Miss...
Hippie hill • Hippie hill San Franci...
Shoplifted stores • the most SHOPLIFTED st...
Leave your comments and opinions !
This is how Rome ended, too. No big collapse, just the slow decline of a civilization that lacked the self-respect to stand up for itself.
I thought it was the Visigoths taking the city of Rome like the marxists have taken cities of California.
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And rotted from the inside out by corrupt incompetent rulers.
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Rome collapsed from over-extending itself in empire-building, foreign slaves supplanted Roman workers at home and the elites sucked the nation's wealth out of the economy and kept it for themselves. Sound familiar? When the Barbarians came to town no one cared.
Know why you don't see a lot of "homeless" encampments and tents? Because without any stores there's nothing to shoplift, no parked cars full of stuff to steal, and no pedestrians to harass and rob.
Mission accomplished Gavin!
Great observation.
So your are saying they have solved the homeless problem. No doubt other cities will follow their lead.
Newsom and Gascon should both be in JAIL.
Why do people insist on blaming homeless for everything! Most of the people committing crimes have homes. You are not a good person
Rich men north of Richmond unaffected.
I live in Oakland. The deterioration started with Barbara Lee and last 3 Mayors has turned it into a cesspool of crime. You dont see criminals because they are robbing the oakland suburbs ruthlessly and un-punished
All DEMOCRATS ...see the pattern of all democrat run cities
The deterioration started when diversity moved in 70 years ago. Why can't we ever have an honest discussion about THAT?
@@scdevonit was okay up until the late 70’s. just take a look at the crowd when Lynyrd Skynyrd played at the Coliseum in 78’.
@@scdevon It's not about the diversity 70 years ago. It's about what they've been doing for the past 20 years.
then start punishing the criminals
The worst part? They move away and vote for the same damned things in the cities and towns unfortunate enough to have them settle there.
Locust.
Thats what happened in the small community I lived in outside of Tacoma, Washington (University Place). All cali transplants in office, voted in by like minded cali transplants. Passed all the same stupid laws they had in cali. All the long time residents were out voted. Now living in S Oregon woods at the end of a 2 mile dirt road that is well posted as private road, keep out.
TRUTH just spreading the same crap as far as they can!
This isn't a political thing... Lol
@@MasterSethernwhat is it if not political? When laws chosen by one political group causes criminals to not be detained for violent crimes this is what happens.
I lived there for 12 years. I used to walk all around where you are walking. Oakland is a shell of itself. I grew up in Detroit on the back end of a massive city crash. You are documenting one in progress. Both San Francisco and Oakland politicians got cocky in not remembering that Detroit was the richest city in the country. Both cities are falling and they will probably take Berkeley with them. Keep up the good work, Metal Leo.
Thank you next video is on the Works!
I used to work at the Bank of America in Chinatwon.
I hear you. I'm a double refugee from Detroit. First time White Flight in '63 to avoid Cooley High. I moved back as a young adult to go to school (WSU) for a couple of degrees, bought several houses west of campus. Got run off again in the early 80s--crack epidemic. Lost my butt on the houses, swapped them for half a cottage up North. Not all black holes are in outer space.
Welcome to California. What's in YOUR wallet.
Meanwhile, Detroit is making a comeback. I was in Detroit and it's a city with new business opening. It's full of events that are reviving the city. Detroit is a proud city whose citizens are proud to live there. I go to Detroit every year for a music festival that brings in thousands of visitors.
No accountability + no consequences = anarchy.
The aim of the Globalist politicians is the destruction of businesses, cities, states, and entire countries. The ultimate aim is depopulation: famine & civil war. Don't believe me? Just watch.
It's not anarchy. The Democrat celebrates and subsidizes everything you see here. An anarchy would allow civilized folks to take their streets back. This is government induced. The opposite of anarchy.
Absolutely 👍!
Got laid off from my downtown Oakland, CA tech job in May, left immediately after packing my car and I am glad that I did! Two weeks before my lay off, my car window was smashed for a $20 power bank. The city looked desolate then but now it’s somehow gotten even worse.
You escaped Oakland!
SF is even worse than Oakland. If I have to go there, I bring a crapload of weapons.
Hopefully you left your voting back in California so you don’t infect the rest of us with California wisdom.
Welcome to socialist communist America! Keep voting liberal, A.K.A. stupid.
@@brucedavidson5400 Don't worry, I am not from California. I am one of many people who moved there for work and left after the work dried up. I ultimately left the country after realizing America's best days are behind it.
Without law and order, there can be no society.
Americans are too proud and/or naive to realize that we never defeated the axis forces during WW II because US leadership adopted the Natsee party's agenda, values, and ideologies sometime between 1921 and 1951. We merely defeated the axis military, not the axis forces. The axis forces captured our leadership with their fascist allure. One may read "Pandemic preparedness and the road to international fascism" by David Bell published in July of 2023.
Actually, you can, but it's called Anarchy. If everyone behaves this is Utopia, otherwise it's Dystopia. Guess which one is more likely...
I can take care of myself and therefore I don’t need the police.
@@richarddavis2961 Strong words. Are you a one man army Rich? You know foreign invaders are assembling into an army here in the interior with the backing of Benedict Biden? The yt channel "redacted" did a story on how huge towns dedicated to foreign invaders are in construction here in the interior of the US. That is where their hostile army base station will be.
That’s not true… without the whiteman it will be
That’s what peace, love, justice and equity gets you.
And Democrats.
I see what you did there
I thought the same exact thing when I saw it.
Anyplace you see BLM graffiti.....it's all crime ridden
@@edwardarsiaga3569 Austin, TX: "Hold my Bud Light."
In the Cyberpunk films and games of the 90s the police buildings were absolute fortresses with no windows, just security cameras. Looks like we're here now boys.
Oakland had microphones installed to triangulate gunfire sounds too.. (years ago). 👍 oh we are definitely there.
@@seraph6758 thats actually incredibly interesting, thanks for sharing
RoboCop...we need him now more than ever!
Demolition Man predicted the future we are in a bit too well. And so did Max Headroom.
thats what they have here in Australia, they are called riot buildings.
And they would vote the same way all over again. What is the definition of insanity?
The definition of liberalism is insanity and visa versa.
Sadly, voting doesn't work anymore. They thoroughly proved that three years ago.
TV
Being a Democrat
Don’t feel sorry for people who keep voting for the same democrat party over and over again- please just don’t move to our thriving republican communities-
I left Cali in 2011. A couple or a few years ago I saw two mainstream media news reports about the decline of San Francisco - the homelessness, the drug addicts, the needles and poop on the sidewalks. When I was talking to an old friend (who lives in San Jose) on the phone I started telling her about what I had learned. I also criticized Nancy Pelosi for allowing our city to deteriorate so dramatically while amassing great wealth for herself while in public office. My friend shouted "That's absurd." and hung up on me. We have never spoken again.
All people in San Francisco or Oakland care about is the damn weather and ocean. Their lives can crumble around them and the streets can catch on fire yet they will never admit that their city people and politicians are a failure to society.
Some friend.
Sad to say, you can't fix stupid.
I had a similar thing happen with a former friend. Events have borne me out time and time again.
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Sad, very sad!
As the saying goes, it’s easier to fool someone then to tell them they’ve been fooled.
Can you do a tour of the neighborhoods where the politicians who run the city live and juxtapose it with such decrepit ones to compare?
Yeah just like where leatherface pelosi lives.
That's a great idea.
They don't stay out here unless they have too .. most areas are pretty bad all thru Cali
Even the former nice areas are getting emptier and full of homeless weekly while the rich keep moving further up the hill lmao
This has wider implications because if businesses and industries cannot be guaranteed secure properties they will invest in countries that have.
Excellent call!! In fact, post city leaders names, addresses (dox their asses), and everything else about them. Bring their crimes to light.
As a girl I used to take the bus by myself to downtown Oakland where my dad’s law office was and he would take me out to lunch. It was a pretty and safe city in the mid 60s. Went to Fairyland, Lake Merritt, movie theater, library. So sad.
Thank you for sharing!
that was when whites were not the minority LOL!!!!!!!! Ted kennedy changed all that for the worst back in 1965 and the rest is history!
Yo Sis, You lived in the Golden Age of the Bay Area 😢
It was another world then lady as was the rest of America. Never coming back so just enjoy the memories. Thanks to you boomers
There's a solution to all of this, but it involves some harsh treatment of criminals and people abandoning this ridiculous liberal utopia fantasy. We need to start punishing failure again and rewarding success again.
Your videos harken back to real street level journalism. Rare these days.
There is a plethora of on-the-ground soloists who thoroughly document the real situation in so many of these places. With respect, you're just not looking hard enough.
It's not entirely your fault; YT's search algorithm is a nightmare.
@@BigBrotherMateyka I have been finding more these days thats for sure, just gotta sift through.
Well, TH-cam keeps pushing the national networks to the top of the search rankings. We are lucky to find reports like this.
Keep voting democrat. Keep getting this.
Citizen journalism is more trustworthy than MSM, imo. I *"DE-FUNDED"* cable 5 years ago. More real news and entertainment on TH-cam.
The bigger problem is once all of their own stores are closed, they'll come to an area near you to continue the insanity next.
Where I’m from they’ll throw them into prison; yes, shoplifting can be a felony where I’m from and even the misdemeanor variant can land you in county jail for 6 months with a thousand dollar fine, which if not paid is another 3 months in county jail. On your 3rd offense they treat you as a habitual criminal and that turns misdemeanors into felonies; your 3rd time shoplifting can put you in prison for 3 years.
It's already happening. Ask anyone from Alameda.
You know who deserves reparations? Any families who owned stores that were looted and stolen from so much that they were forced to close for good. Those are the people who deserve reparations. 😠
No one "deserves" reparations. Remove that word from your vocabulary.
They are the true Victems....not the thugs who make a living stealing non- stop. People ans Businesses are running away from Crime but in the near future there will be no where to run to.
You know who is doing well in Oakland? Small and locally owned businesses that thrive and the people want the huge corporations out and are openly boycotting them. Know who else is doing very well in Oakland? Apartment buildings because there is a huge demand to live there.
So true !
Hmmm…kinda of hard to imagine any of this would be here today without American Slavery….Read..Learn..know the history of the wealth the US created by that 400+ year institution which was not that long ago but people born after it ended are biased and don’t understand that you don’t come out of that overnight especially in a country that practices bias and racism from leaders in all facets of american institutions, especially the media promoters, and I’m not excusing bad behavior but all weeds have roots…you’ll find the seeds of those roots in the continuing promotion of oppression which ironically breeds progressives seeking progression, we need police but trigger happy KKK cops are amongst them, so be pissed off that the government employs and promotes racist with an agenda, after all wasn’t it the killing of too many innocent black men for minor infractions or innocent that got us here…THINK🫡
I remember watching the RIOTS of 2020. GOOD JOB, OAKLAND! You deserve this!
Reap what they sow
Vote blue no matter who hey? Lol
Bottom line if you've got Dominion voting systems and 'fortifying' you don't care about people actually voting for you.
They were warned but they voted democrats into office anyway. Suicide.
They sure do fuck em
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When the police station is boarded up, you know not to open a businesses in that city. That is just insane.
Ironic isn't it?
@@TheCornerZoo
Ya, the police can’t even protect themselves!
Because they're not allowed to.@@jbdragon3295
Well hard to run a station with no money to support it. Thats the true meaning of defunding the police.
Glad to see the murals are still up. Oakland has it's priorities in order.
Diversity 😊
Inclusion
Equity
D.I.E. RIP 🪦
ALL THESE NAUCEATING MURALS OF AFROS PLAYING THE ROLL OF VICTIMS, WHEN IN REALITY THATRACE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL IN EEUU.
There you can see who has that city turned into a septic tank.
All city in the shit, looting everywhere and some murals about afroculture impeccable.
The murals of the race that is performing all the looting in that city are intact.
People might watch your videos and say thankfully it's not happening here (where they are), but sadly this is happening more and more all over the US. It's just a matter of time till it hits home for all of us (I'm in NYC). Thanks for doing what you do, and for opening more eyes to the reality and gravity of the situation.
Angelenos looked at NYC and said, *"HEY, WE WANT OUT SHARE OF THAT!"* And faster than dem voters could say *"FLASH MOBS"* we gots ourselves a big fat piece of the action. Keep electing chaos people. Adios civilization. R.I.P. ⚰🪦
We just left NYC 3 weeks ago now , on july 31 st .
AND I know l, like you that , that shit is happening every where !
Before long , NYC will be destroyed !
It’s already destroyed .
My husband had an opportunity in oklahoma with a friend helping him to get out of NYC .
Check the prices of rents in oklahoma .
You can get a 1 bedroom or 2bedrooms in a clean brand new building , with pool and gym , for 800 to 900 hundreds dollars a month .
Only $ 350 deposit !
And laundry AC , dishwasher ect ….
Some residences that are pet friendly , even have a place where you can bath your dog .
It’s unbeleivable the difference with NY where everything is way over priced and dirty no matter what .
Cost of living diminish by more than 50% .
There are many jobs available .
AND people are really chill and nice .
I can not beleive how many people still think NYC is the place to be 😦
Good Luck with that 😑
In democrat run cities.
All a planned demolition they will be back to by your home and everything you owe for pennies on the dollar they use black lives matter and the pride movement as there cover we all know that tho it’s obvious
voting republican is very important
The US is quickly becoming a third world country. Very sad and I’m frightened for the future😢😢😢😮😮😮
No just democrat ran areas. Where I live it still looks like the 1950s
Move out to a rual area if you can. I use to own a house in Minneapolis. Close to George Floyd Square. I got out a long time ago.
Lolol, already is a third word country 🤦🏽♂️
Not even close bud.
With the FITCH'S downgrade in the US ECONOMY, it won't take much longer
I grew up in Oakland. I moved here in 1973. I was a Paramedic in that city from 1992 until 2015. The decline of that city has been literally insane. I will never go back. Perfect example of defund the police and liberal ideology.
The aim of the Globalist politicians is the destruction of businesses, cities, states, and entire countries. The ultimate aim is depopulation: famine & civil war. Don't believe me? Just watch.
I grew up in the Bay Area - Newark CA when it was a tiny town with one stop sign. I left the Bay Area in 1985 moved way up Northern California to a quiet and peaceful town of 200+ people. Never knew a soul there moved int9 a home sight unseen and took my chances with my children and I am so happy I did that move. The Bay Area is now become a bad and dangerous place to live as is the stat is becoming worse as the years pass. I am now retired Nurse and Paralegal and now will make my way to new place “state” to live on my homestead without electricity, phones nor internet…but good food, great family and a life of safe and love for all my family and friends. God bless I pray your living elsewhere and are safe. 🌞🙏🏼🌺
It’s nothing to do with defunding the police. We give too much credit to that whole thing. Has to do with what the Bible says, that in the last days people will go from bad to worse. That’s it‼️
I’m glad I got out of Oakland back in 2019. Bought a 4 bed, 2 bath house in Sacramento and the mortgage is way cheaper than the bay’s rent.
It's a shame.i live in Marin and I have to be very careful on who I rent to. And we all know what I'm saying.
Poster "We cannot stay silent" says it all.
Good job Oakland, you got what you wanted.
The community caused this. They allowed and tolerated actions that led to this point!
They voted Democrat. Nuff said.
This is so disturbing and such a tragedy to these neighborhoods. This is what happens when robberies go unabated. Progressive policies and politicians helped cause this.
california is oozing pro-capitalist policies. big tech are the richest corporations in the world. progressive where???
Politicians in these cities have lost their minds. But guess who voted them in? Will the citizens ever wake up? I guess it requires admitting their own stupidity. That's a tough nut to crack... apparently.
@@Peter7966 I agree with you completely.
All done intentionally. Now Govmnt can get bigger and give more "help"
No, progressive politics didn't "help" cause this... they CAUSED this. I sincerely hope they enjoy the squalor.
I'm a Bay Area Developer, and have done a numerous amount of deals in Oakland. Not anymore. Went there 2 months ago after 2 years, it literally looks like an Afghanistan War Zone! 💯
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Maybe you should blame the same people for both things.
@@mrx0088 I do! Democrats!
But ‘black lives matter’ 🤦🏻♂️ the grift of the decade
Afghanistan is probably in better shape than Oakland.
My niece and her boyfriend took a trip to California recently this summer and cut the vacation early and left. The homeless encampments and other BS they witnessed was enough for them. Good luck to California and all your woke politicians and people.
Hello Metal Leo, praying for your safety in Oakland. Don’t bother calling the Help it will take a while.🙏😮🙏😮
Noted !after seeing the police precinct closed, you’ll be lucky if you get a busy signal
@@LeoMetalTravelerOAKLAND IS GHETTO BRO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE
@@LeoMetalTraveler
Have you checked out Lincoln university.
Is it still there?
I used to live in Oakland back in the early 2000's. Someone was breaking into our basement, took 20 minutes, even back then, for 911 to pick up.
Sad to say, no one is coming to save you or your loved ones. You must prepare for your own self-defense, on the street, in your home, in your vehicle….
Thank you for your ‘tours’ of the Bay Area Leo. I live very close by to S.F. and Oakland. I refuse to go look for myself in fear for my life. The local news is covering this up for the most part and candy coating the failures of the collapse by those in charge….so sad😢
Thank you for your support I will be uploading more videos!
the news and yourubers like these make cities look way worse than they actually are. I live in East Oakland and travel all over Oakland, including downtown, and don't feel afraid for my life like every youtuber and news channel makes it seem like
@@JailbreakTips My mother had loved visiting the San Francisco area. Today, I would not even contemplate visiting California for any reason unless it was to fly in and out on a trip. California has soiled its image to the world which is what happens when marxists take charge.
@@JailbreakTips
This is the worst kind of “propaganda for clicks”. Oakland has some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the country. Downtown’s are drying up not just because of crime, but this is the culmination of many factors including prices of real estate along with the shift towards online retail, working from home and so on. All of this is planned by the way for the elite to cash in. It’s another form “capitalism”. Isn’t that the true religion of the US anyway?🙄
You might want to consider moving, urban decay and crime spreads outwards as their original prey drys up.
Yo I live in Oakland, these politicians ruined all of CA and other major cities. Thanks for showing the world how it really looks.
BE SPACIFIC!!!!!THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO JOE BIDEN/AND GOV. NEWSOM! DAM IT! AND ALL THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS NOW LOOK AT THEM ALL!!!!!!THEY DONT CARE!!!!!CALIFORNIA WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😠😠
These politicians, all Democrats, right? Yet you people keep electing them. You get what you always vote for.
The voters are woke.
I AM A CONSERVITIVE REPUBLICAN!!!!!YOU SO* BEEN VOTEN IN CALIF. LONGER THEN YOU HAVE EVEN BEEN AROUND!!!!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@charlesjohnson9879
@@charlesjohnson9879 That's not necessarily true. Not everybody votes the same way.
America is closing everywhere, not just Oakland.
Imagine that when a private business can’t protect its own property from theft. Truthfully it’s all planned to fail so it can be sold.
Wondering who is buying it, China?
Vanguard, Blackrock??@@ambermyers7463
@@ambermyers7463black rock, vanguard, etc.
to who ..why
Black rock and China are in business together. The American elite have sold out to our biggest competition for promises of riches. Every one of these woke policies both weaken us and at the same time give China the edge on a global scale.
Why have we allowed this to be done to our country? Is this peace, justice, and equity as the graffiti on the buildings say? I think not! Shame on us all for allowing this to happen.
Policies designed to drive out entrepreneurs and provide an excuse for BIGGER Govmnt
to fill the gaps.
This is the result of voting for democrats for decades. They destroy everything they touch.
@reasonablespeculation3893 they want to destroy the city to rebuild as 15-minute cities and control our movement. They're already doing this in Europe.
Shame on us all? I had nothing to do with it. Lay the blame where you absolutely know it should be laid.
@@muhdiversity7409100%
Defunding the police has its consequences.
An incredibly stupid move and supported by leftist politicians
This was the lock down policy along with the drug use and crime.
And not holding them accountable has consequences also.
Not holding police accountable has its consequences as well.
@@thegreatattila Blaming the police when criminals bring doom upon themselves is a problem too.
Whoever is the mayor, governor is responsible for this. "Equity" is ruining this country. Get rid of the prosecutors and judges, who let these criminals go over and over and over again, and get rid of your governor and right down the line to the mayor and start all over!
These are the types of stories that news broadcasters used to cover. I used to watch shows like sixty minutes and dateline as well as local news broadcasters. They covered human interest stories such as these.
Those unfortunately are the days of the past. Now we must rely on independent journalists on the internet like yourself.
That is why people are watching shows like yours instead of the local news.
Unfortunately, all of our news has been bought up by large corporations who do nothing but create propaganda for the government.
Thanks for covering this topic. I had no idea how bad it had gotten out in california.
Thank you for your support ,I will be posting more videos from the neighbor cities
Not just California.its every Blue city. I'm watching from England. I planned a visit for my retirement to USA, Australia and China. Thankful to these independent reports I saved my life and money. I'm going to the still safe Eastern Europe. No migrants and law with safe cities ,history and affordable clean food. Bless Hungary Poland and Ukraine
Texas has lots of guns. Yall try this in texas....... 😂 go in pain not peace.
@@robertfarrow5853 You might want to stay out of Ukraine. Hungary & Poland are fine.
@@edwardarsiaga3569 Hey no offense man, but Austin has been taken over. That's Texas. Heck, that's where Alex Jones is based. It's not about guns if you can get people to lay there's down psychologigally
I’m sure the community who voted for this over the years will come together and find a solution and not just move next door to you and do it all over again where you live. Make them stay there until you clean up your room
The community that did moved out a long time ago. Obviously all democrats. A big combination of teachers, local politicians, lots of out of state college students, gang members, drug dealers and even state employees. The only people that stayed are the zombies you see walking around. Can't move out if you have no money. I know of a gang member that made over $200,000 stealing. In one night. I also know of several hard working individuals who lost everything and committed suicide. This is by design. Win the war before it even begins - The Art of War.
You mean they are doing exactly what the illegal immigrants are doing.
Defund the police and policies of crime is the ass end of a joke as you see. THIS IS THE FALL OUT OF THE LIBERAL BS!
Unless you plan on evicting 90% of the black people, it's over for this city. Nothing will ever bring back the whites as long as blacks live there.
Move next door and steal it all over again is all communism has ever done. Communism produces nothing, it just bankrupts a country and when nothing is left they move somewhere that has something to steal.
Thank you for your courage with these boots on the ground videos!
Always! More videos soon!!!
Let's close every store in Portland and San Francisco also! Love it😊
Oakland has long had a sketchy reputation, so images of it today aren't as pathetic or disgusting as images of the major city across the bay are. Other cities like Detroit or Baltimore & nations like Venezuela or Argentina, etc, (assuming elections aren't too rigged) never change their political stripes. No reason to believe the Bay Area, Calif, etc, will be any different. So everyone is in for one l-o-oong decline. BTW, all those "no justice, no peace"-type walls throughout Oakland are quite fitting. Virtue signalling is very fun.
F SOCIALISIM!!!!!!!!!!!ITS THE LITTLE SISTER OF COMMUNISIUM !!!!!!ALL THE PLACES YOU SAID NEVER WORKED!PEOPLE WERE EATING OUT OF TRASH CANS IN VENESUALA JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO. AMERICA PLEASE WAKE UP.?!.🥴🥴🙃🙃😥😥😥😥😢😢😓😓😞😞😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
I used to live in Oakland downtown and I was lovin it.
It wasn't that bad.
Oakland downtown was quite safe years ago.
"Virtue signalling is very fun", but will the police get a busy signal, if they call the police? Or a social worker with pink hair?
Sounds peaceful enough
Elections has consequences. Keep voting democrat. Keep getting this.
More to come in terms of these sorts of retail closures, especially within blue states, given their law enforcement reductions. Otherwise, this is setting the stage for the eventual death of brick & mortar retailers. Thanks to CV19, we’re gradually being socially reconditioned to order everything online now, under the guise of safety, convenience as well as modernity; whether it’s groceries, takeout food, clothing, transportation, etc. All while small mom & pop shops continue to vanish like dinosaurs.
This is true in itself, but for Oakland, it's the crime that drives people away. The City Center which was once a retail hub of food and shopping is all but vacant now given the crime and lawlessness. Nobody wants to live there as well, so just another deterrent for stores to be open in this crime-riddled city.
@@robingroth-hill7806 yes, this is why I included law enforcement reductions within blue states like California in my first comment, which is also contributing to this problem in the East Bay Area. I once lived in Oakland and well aware of the crime there; although it’s been intensified post Covid along with all of the supply chain issues and storefront shutdowns. People think this stuff just happens. It’s all been engineered.
Yep.
It turns out that if you trash every store in downtown often enough, they eventually go away and don't come back. Seriously, old oakland was starting to really comeback before the pandemic, and chinatown was in good shape. Now, its a whole different story. The people I really feel sorry for are all those people in west oakland who had been there for years, and were about to make a killing on their houses. I met a woman who ran a day care down there, her house had quadrupled in price, because she and her husband had toughed it out. I hope she sold before the pandemic.
And then they CRY we have no grocery stores OR pharmacys..and on & on. we All know its theft & violent crime but REFUSE to admit its there kids doing this
The “”plandemic.”
I still can't believe I have people telling me that "it's not as bad as they say". I often ask what they mean by that, and basically they claim there isn't rampant crime. I reply with maybe in your area you walked through isn't bad because it's already been gutted, the criminals are moving out to the suburbs after they destroy downtown.
@@mikemiller659"their kids" not "there. C'mon, man. 🙄
PLANdemic
Market LEO: Thanks for another walk thru time; your commentary makes the agony less painful to see a once beautiful and proud city disappear like San Francisco. Keep the tours coming O.K. Thanks.
I lived all my life in L.A. and even worked near the infamous skid row in downtown L.A. Your video reminded me how unsafe I felt when i visited San Francisco and stopped by Oakland.
I came to Los Angeles in 2009. Lived in Redondo Beach for 5 years, then downtown L.A. for 5 years. Finally go out in Sept 2020.. glad I did. Place was going to hell.
Living near parts of San Bernardino it got pretty trashy
Guess I could thank a Mexican for his meth and heroin and Blues.
When law and order breaks down chaos ensues; criminals and thugs rule and civilized society comes to an end,
@@Gloria-ro4vn When a dispensary is holding up the block, it's kind of a tell.
Lots of social justice signs, but no one actually doing any work to improve the community.
Can we?
It’s all about looking virtuous, not actually doing anything that is.
@joxer96 We tried and got a threatening 'mind your business' every single time. Frustrating.
NO JUSTICE FOR AMERICANS IN CA.! VOTE RIGHT!FOR GODS SAKE.
Typical communism
Not just Oakland , society as a rule is crumbling....
And it will continue as long as we allow it. We must realize this is OUR fault - for letting it happen. Can't point the finger elsewhere anymore.
I am in Tucson and people - very wealthy people or developers - are pouring BILLIONS into this town. New buildings going up everywhere. Not sure of the intention.
I live in Europe. I see this and I‘m so so sorry for everyone left behind. It’s devastating to watch this. At what point did it become acceptable? The crime? The apathy? The homelessness? The drugs? The high taxes? When was it? I fear it could happen everywhere if this isn’t answered. I don’t pray, but my thoughts are with you all who aren’t a part of the problem.
They used “racism” to dismantle our culture, values, law enforcement. The left wanted to collapse America to recreate a socialist utopia that will never happen.
All it takes for the remaining residents is to stop voting for Democrats and start voting Republicans. Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles have been Democrat strongholds for 50+ years. There has not been one real Republican to run any of these three cities since the 1950's or 1960's.
id say the 90's
Thank you for noting that we aren’t all part of the problem. Most comments say, ‘this is what you voted for.’ As if every single person voted for these sacks of crap. Many of us in CA never get what we voted for because we’re outnumbered by idiots who insist on repeatedly voting for the swamp creatures. They alone are to blame for these disasters, yet they never learn the lesson the rest of us learned before we hit double digits.
Well the irony is that those on the left kept screaming about "this is how it's done in Europe" the whole time.
You are a brave man for taking that walk.
He is carrying metal.
@@Klaus293... Yeah they went across the bridge to San Fran.
Don't get me wrong... the degenerate government policies allowed San Fran to collapse... but if their wasn't a giant nest of black criminals right across the bay... it wouldn't be nearly as bad as it is now.
@@Klaus293yeah they are robbing any remaining businesses in the near by suburbs until those are gutted.
A lot of towns will not allow this bull shit. The lead will fly.
In 1973, I worked on the 5th floor of Capwell’s at 20th and Broadway. At lunch I would go across the street to the corner sandwich shop (where the folks knew me by name) or window shop along the myriad of retail stores that lined the road. This avenue is now completely unrecognizable. Gone. All, all gone.
Wow , thank you very much for sharing!
This is what half of the population wants for all of America.
That’s what , “ peace love justice and equality “ gets you.
Use to commute down through those same streets back in the day. I think I’ve even been a patron at some of those closed business. Wow! Unbelievable! Stay safe and thanks for the showing.
Thank you for sharing!
Stay safe man, I hope you don't live there because it really is dangerous. Walnut Creek and even Alameda are like a night and day comparison to this and SF
Great looking city, lot of potential...if you are in the spray painting business
I am so lucky I escaped this. Thank you for showing the world what I have been telling everyone since I left.
Thank you! for sharing
I escaped last December, and it wasn't even because of the crime, and businesses were still open. I left because the people went cuckoo for the cooties.
@@Qrayonyes they thought that they were virtuous for being afraid
@@Qrayon: Yeah, did you see the couple walking down an empty street of this ghost town masked up to the eyeballs?
@ccirish4519 just remember to not vote for what you escape from.
Stay safe. This is pure devastation on so many levels. People lost their businesses and had to let their workers go . How do people live nearby and get their goods and essential services.❤
THEY DON'T.🤔
Hi I lived time ago in San Fran Oakland Berkely I left USA can you explain a bit more why it is like this all market street and downtown plaza closed it cannot be only because of the homeless situations ?????
They go to San Leandro and mess it up over there
Even more important is the lost of jobs.
Good show main 🥊
Are renters there desperate andvso good deals flow or are people with houses to rent for a good price non-existent? 🤔
I am glad I live in the mountains in East Tennessee. There is no way this city is safe to live in. One word: sad!
They're coming for you after they ruin the states closest to them
Crime is everywhere. And it will even find itself in the mountains because there’s nowhere to hide. It’s biblical.
@@missbell1634 True, but not on this level.
It’s so beautiful, what progress California is making, vote BLUE Cali.
Outstanding boots on the ground reporting,........Thank You....Watching this from Maryland.
I'm watching from Maryland too.
Me too I’m watching from Maryland
I'm not watching from Baltimore, MD
This is really sad. I’m originally from Chicago and the decline of our beautiful cities is so disturbing.
You can thank "progressive leadership "
The decline of your cities is in direct proportion to the rise of the black population. It's over.
Thank Democrats and their Leftist regressive policies. All big cities are practically Democrat runned and Stupid people will keep voting for these morons, you got what you voted for
Trump 2024.
Only the cities with Democrats in power, cities with Red governments are doing just fine.
Know that the decline is both intentional & planned. Globalists are smiling.
I lived in Piedmont for years. I shopped in Oakland and enjoyed many wonderful restaurants. Never did I feel unsafe. Jack London Square was a fun place, took many visitors there. We bailed from California in 2012 for Tennessee and never looked back. It’s bittersweet seeing these videos. None of this had to happen. California committed suicide.
Just don't vote Democrat and ruin traditional America. If you want to vote for the crazy left policies that destroyed CA, well, Vote Blue No Matter Who is the goose stepper's mantra. Move back to CA if that's the case.
Hard to feel anything but rich in Piedmont
@TheCornerZoo Same. I'm from Oakland Hills, Redwood road. I just saw a video of an attempted car jacking on redwood, and that's crazy to me because we hardly got any riff raffle in the hills. We left at the end of 2012 for Montana. But nothing compares to my life back in Oakland/Berkeley. And there's no going back to the way it was.
"California did not commit suicide" the politicians did this.
I went to Frank C. Havens Elementary. Remember Fenton's? Blums in S.F. --- those were the days!
Looks like downtown Portland too. All boarded up.
It's now very clear where all that, "Peace, Justice, and Love" leads to.
I’m sure the voters are very proud of their social agenda. But they also probably moved by now.
ITS THE SUMMER OF LOVE ❤
When you see the "main" street basically empty during the day, you are done. Imagine being there at night when the criminals own the streets.
Night? The criminals own the streets there 24/7. The police are hiding inside their boarded up building.
I stayed in Double Rock where Candlestick used to be. 15 bus took us to mission and Geneva. You could get on the bart there. A few minutes later i was there in Oakland. This is a big change. Good move by the Raders and the A's.
Geneva Twin Towers
@@lemontadams3029 and Sunnydale. Lil Viz
The crossing signals sounds like a coo coo clock.
Very fitting for the city that has gone completely crazy.
A truly sobering post. Thanks for the tour Leo.
More to come!
I've read recently about the issues of getting in touch with emergency help nowadays in Oakland area. Just very depressing to see and hear that you can't even rely on 911 to get in touch for help when needed. Just like that one guy in an interview about this, that he doesn't even bother trying to dial 911 when something goes wrong. But that's what happens when you "defund" the very defense needed for the public. I hate to say it, but you get what you voted for.
DO WE WANT THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO BE LIKE THIS?😠😠😠😠i AGREE WITH YOU AND I AM MAD AS HELL ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY HOME CALIFORNIA! ESPECIALY THE DEMOCRAT VOTERS WHO ALWAYS BLAME TRUMP! HOW'S THAT WORKING FOR YOU OAKLAND/SANFRANSICO/SAN DIEGO'S GETTING BAD TOO NOW. FJB/F NEWSOM!
I don’t hate to say it. It needs to be shouted from the hilltops and until people listen! I’m a third generation San Franciscan and this makes me sick. My great grandfather came from the famine and persecution in Ireland and settled in San Francisco and this is what he toiled for! He was so brave to leave and this is how we pay back all the heroes or war and hard working immigrants!
You just need to have a paramedic trained firefighter as your partner and make your house into a fortress full of guns.
SO, DREAM KNIGHT OF GOD WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU????!!! 🎼🎼LITTLE DARLIN, HERE COMES THE RAIN, LITTLE DARLIN, ITS BEEN A LONG COLD LONLEY WINTER,🎵🎵LITTLE DARLIN ....DODODODODO.😔@@NotALot-xm6gz
AND YOU ARE WHERE?🥹😔🥺☺
This is coming to everyone’s neighborhood soon if we don’t get rid of the politicians responsible
It's so sad I see what happened to the Bay area. I grew up in Bay area. I used to work in Oakland. Oakland had a lot of industry. It makes me sad. To see what these politicians did .
The people and the voters are to blame. The politicians are just a reflection of them. I don't say this to be mean, but as a cautionary tale. People don't associate their voting habits and values with consequences.
At the end of the video i was about to joke “oh it seems so
peaceful in Oakland” and then that guy started yelling 😂
Police Department is ready for Zombie Apocalypse!
🧟♂️🧟🧟♀️😁
Praying for the people in Oakland and San Francisco! The new law is coming out to make it illegal to stop the shoplifters. God helps us all!
yes your prayers help so much! thanks for not doing anything at all, and feeling smug about it while you pray for those poor people that caused it all to happen. then you can feel self righteous about your actions that did nothing at all, and leave it to unicorns to fix instead. i'll PRAY you wake up and smell the coffee, but i highly doubt it..... :/
You can’t be serious
And then the corpos come in and start buying up all that property. Watch.
@@kantraxoikol6914you’re probably black and want a handout!
How in the heck can they make a law a damn law to make it illegal fo Stop someone who is stealing?!? Wth are they trying to accomplish with this insanity???
So good to see their policies working. I'm not going to shop in ANY big city stores. I'll continue to avoid them as they are plagued with a pox.
Looks like Chase Bank has been chased away.
I would turn one of those vacant spaces into a plywood store.
Do it
And a concrete store (bring your own hammers)
hope everyone's doing well through the depression of the twenties and the recessions and hyperinflation & pandemics
All planned. The aim of the Globalist politicians is the destruction of businesses, cities, states, and entire countries. The ultimate aim is depopulation: famine & civil war. Don't believe me? Just watch.
I was relieved that you were able to complete your video journey without getting mugged or attacked strolling along Broadway in broad daylight!
Since you're in the EB, what I have noticed since the lockdown is a lot of businesses gone in the Berkeley downtown, they lost all 3 theaters, then if you drive from one end of San Pablo Ave from Oakland to El Cerrito, there's so many dead CRE. What I am also seeing is how these once high foot traffic areas are changed to apartments, so even if the economy recovers, the buildings where the shops & eateries were are now housing. San Pablo Ave is a long road and much of the mom & pop stores & restaurants are gone. There's no economic recovery and you can definitely say this is more than a recession, it's a Great Depression. The EB is doing worse than SF.
Yep I grew up in Berkeley they killed it
Yes cover Berkeley also and it's so similar situation
They've been talking a lot about doom loop, or death spiral of Democrat cities. If you look at it from a business owner who is looking to rent CRE, you are seeing many red flags like poor foot traffic, hostile business environment, history of violence/riots/looting, government regulations, taxes, it's a No Go. They will just setup shop in a better place like Florida or Texas. That's the people who are leaving Democrat states, the business people who create jobs. CA is a state just for the poor welfare, and they have nothing to do but loot, riot, tag buildings, and kill people. They can only get away with this because the criminals have their people running the government. No cash bail, no jail time, early release, hello?
EVERY STATE CAME OUT OF D"THE LOCK DOWN" EXCEPT FOR THE BLUE STATES. WAKE UP CALIFORNIA!
Interesting. Now it sounds like we are getting to the heart of a much bigger problem that we fail to see and understand?
They could give me property over there and I still wouldn't live there. All the prices in taxes of everything over there is just ridiculously outrageous
I walked 6 or so blocks from my hotel to jack London square in the nineties. About halfway there I realized it was a really dumb idea. So many eyeballs on me I was sure I would get mugged. I shudder to think about doing that today. But I did see a location shoot for Nash Bridges 😊
I recognize the picture on your avatar! I bet that not many do.
Man o man, I lived there 26 years and left in 94. I don't recognize it now bro. Seeing no thugs hangin around it's a sure sign their damage has left it's mark. It's sad to see the remaining businesses trying to operate while boarded up. Fact is the entire state is in collapse until the criminal Gov leaders are taken out. Oakland, CA is also the city with the highest rate of homelessness on a list of top 20. It's a good place to be FROM.
We cannot continue to allow this to occur. Vigilante justice.
Do not support anyone advocating violence, self defense is fine, but you need to see the larger picture. Cui Bono... who benefits when property prices drop?
@@equilibrium9272 cause and effect. It is what it is
1. Violence has solved more disagreements throughout history than any other form of discussion. 2. Property developers will swoop in, purchase the land, demolish and redevelop. They make fortunes! @@equilibrium9272
Seeing this looking like a modern day ghost town. Thanks for the videos. Pretty sad
Thanks for watching!
It’s been that way for yrs since I lived there in 1993 it was a ghost town just a little worse than back then!
Such a sad thing to see in a city that thrived in the years before Obimbo & OBiden were in office and Gavin had complete rule. Thankfully I do not live in a metropolis or large city like the Big Apple... only a rural area in Central NY. Be well & be safe my friend.
City was fine with Obama started falling apart when trump left office
@@bladebrown8261 Open your eyes and see the truth why don't you, because you are incorrect on many accounts. The ones that were hit with high crimes are mostly Blue city/states. *Some* Red state cities were attacked with hostility and riots, out of retaliation, *BECAUSE* Trump was POTUS via ANTIFA, BLM, and misc Social Justice Warrior groups.
So are you saying that all those "peaceful" protests weren't mostly in Blue localities? It would not be tolerated in Red states.
Crime doesn't hurt the stores it only hurts the residents! Good job Newsom!!!
$%^#$ yes it DOES damned well hurt businesses too! Then the business shuts down and you don't have a store to loot anymore. Then you cry "food desert". boo-farking-hoo! You robbed yourselves!
He's a Globalist puppet who does what he's told.
I love it when people tell me "it's not as bad as they say". Clearly it is! Otherwise businesses wouldn't be abandoning these cities.
its 'not as bad' its worse
Business aren't just abandoning the cities. They are abandon the business all together. Rent, Utilities, Products, Security, and Shoplifting is on the raise everywhere. Not even worth moving your business to some where else. It's happening everywhere, just not as fast as other places.
Downtown Oakland is truly dead, I truly agree with your assessment. Recently, downtown Oakland, CA for 2 weeks and left this pass Sunday. California congress needs to get rid of law citizens can steal $999.00 without penalty, this is what is driving businesses to close their doors, if it do not change it will be a ghost town. 😢
What is being done is INTENTIONAL. The aim of the Globalist politicians is the destruction of businesses, cities, states, and entire countries. The ultimate aim is depopulation: famine & civil war. Don't believe me? Just watch.
I believe you’re referring to Proposition 47, the ballot initiative that was passed by voters here in California. It would need be repealed by the electorate.
Thanks foe posting these videos. You are doing an excellent job.
Thank you for your support I will post more videos
thank you so much for bringing us right there to see for ourselves first hand ! great video
Thank you for your support! Next video will be shocking take care!
I’ve been living in Oakland for 30 yrs. I loved it! The deterioration started at the lockdowns and no punishment for crime! Not in the 70s
you mean when they forced us inside with a mask on?
Deterioration started once California gamed their elections to assure DEM super majorities in both Houses of the state government, along with all the Executive positions. Redistricting along political lines, ballot harvesting, almost unrestricted entry of refugees into the state who vote 90% DEM when they are added to voter lists, minimal voter ID, you name at and they've done it. This is how you destroy a state, but they couldn't have done it without the complicity of the msm. California is turning into a ----hole.
You were brave to take that walk in downtown Oakland without your air horn!
In defiance of what the city is recommending for protection, I went on without the air horn ,instead, I got my best running sneakers money can buy 😁
Sneakers can't out run a bullet. Please be safe and thank you for posting. New Jersey@@LeoMetalTraveler
Real journalism. Great job!
Thank you for your support ,new video should be out in a few days!
Nice can't wait too. See NYC like that.
It reminds me of the hood back in the early 1980s. For miles all the windows would be boarded up for preveious businesses. Only residentials were active and anyone who needed to go grocery shopping would have to drive to another area of town, wasting more time and money. Now entire cities are becoming the hoods, from city limites to city limites.
Plenty of Marxist graffiti everywhere
Man, thanks for sharing. Sad. I'm from that area in California and it is Nothing like I remember. Got family out there but we don't talk much so curious how bad it hit them.
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