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For decades many of the less populated sections of western states have used light aircraft with observers onboard to check the speed of cars on highways by using timing marks painted on the roadway. If they detect someone speeding they will radio ahead to ground units, sometimes several miles down the road who will stop the motorist and issue a speeding ticket.
I can vouch that's true. I live in Idaho and about 20yrs ago my buddy and I were driving to Wyoming to buy a 65 Chevy c10. He was driving and kept speeding even when I kept pointing out the signs. He said they just put them up to scare you in to slowing down,.. there's no cops for a hundred miles. So well pull in to Little America to get gas and guess what happened? There was a cop and he wasn't a hundred miles away he was right on our ass lmao.
It wasn't just the western states. Before radar "guns" were common, the VASCAR--visual average speed computer and recorder--sytem was used in lots of places. Years ago (55 limit nationwide) a friend and I got stopped on I70 in Indiana--from the passenger seat I saw the plane paralleling us and told him him to slow down, but it already had a reading on us and we and others got stopped by the patrol cars waiting ahead.
@@WUStLBear82 That's correct. There used to be white lines across the highway as well. They would time you between the lines and a cop stationed ahead would pull you over if you were speeding.
A family friend who is my parents’ age used to live in Iowa? Indiana? when he was younger. He drove a motorcycle and told me he once was pulled over for speeding on those long straight highways through fields BY an actual helicopter… like it told him on the loudspeaker to pull over, and it landed in a field and a cop got out and ticketed him. No idea what decade this would have been! I am sure I heard this story when talking about the “speed enforced by aircraft” signs on the 101 in Nor Cal where I grew up!
As a San Francisco native now an ex pat living in Southern California, your look about gave me a warm and fuzzy San Francisco feeling. Until the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco was the largest city (And wealthiest) not only on the West Coast, but also the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Much of downtown was destroyed in 1906, but many buildings in Union Square were restored to their original appearance and elegance. There’s so much Western American history (Starting with the California Gold Rush) attached to what we simply call “The City.”
"Speed enforced by aircraft," is a real thing. If a law enforcement helicopter, plane or drone spots a vehicle speeding much faster than the flow of traffic or is driving dangerously the aircraft can radio in a description, including the license plate number, to a ground unit nearby who will actually pull the vehicle over and issue the ticket. Also, thanks for mentioning the poverty issue. It is hard to see. There are too many people struggling and too many people here trying to ignore that. Like you, I don't have answers either except to say something really needs to be done. But thanks for sharing your thoughts and first impressions. Looking forward as always to the next episode!
This is something that they mainly used to do many years ago before everyone started driving 80mph on the freeways. I'm a Northern California native, and I know that if you keep up with the surrounding traffic, and don't drive crazy, you'll most likely never get a ticket.
I live across the bay from San Francisco. It's sort of wild to see things I'm so familiar with on your channel. Yes, the water in Lake Shasta is low. The western U.S. has had low rainfall for all but one of the last several years. It really is a problem. "Speed enforced by aircraft" means that the highway patrol may use planes or helicopters to spot speeders from the air. If they see one, they'll use radio to send a highway patrol car to pull the speeder over and give the driver a ticket. The first, smaller bridge you crossed on your way into the Bay Area was the Carquinez Bridge, so-called because it goes across the Carquinez Strait. The bigger bridge you took into San Francisco itself is the Bay Bridge, which goes between Oakland and S.F. The Bay Bridge is actually two bridges: an eastern span (which you went across first) that goes from Oakland to the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and the western span, which goes from the tunnel to S.F. The eastern span is fairly new, having been completed in 2013 after the original eastern span was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. You're right that San Francisco has a problem with poverty on the streets. There are many homeless people living there. There are many causes, including high housing prices, mentally ill people with no resources to help them, a mild climate and relatively tolerant population that attracts the homeless from other parts of the country, drug addiction, a hollowing out of the middle class in the U.S. which has hit S.F. very hard. . . There have been some attempts to mitigate the problem, but so far nothing anyone has tried has made much difference. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your adventures in San Francisco.
@@josephcote6120 Wow I lived there from 1988 to 1997. Small world. The problem is that Union Square is right next to the Tenderloin, and it is a small city. So you have the biggest tourist magnets three blocks away from what is effectively the Bowery or Skid Row or whatever you want to call it. The rest of the city is much nicer than Market Street. We used to call 6th and Market "the Wine Country" due to all the winos. That was 30 years ago. I guess in London terms, it would be as if Kensington Palace was 2 streets down from the worst part of Brixton.
That’s my city!!! 😍 Please visit other neighborhoods other than downtown. I’ve been here for 7 years and I honestly never go down there. Best neighborhoods to visit or check out would be Mission and Dolores Park, Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, Presidio, Hayes Valley, Twin Peaks for the views, Castro, and North Beach! Basically everywhere except downtown. That’s where you’ll see the authenticity of SF shine.
I first saw you with Laurence on Lost in the Pond, talking about chicken fried steak. I went to your channel afterwards and subscribed to your TH-cam. I've really enjoyed your travels through the western United States.
California has been undergoing drought or near drought conditions for the better part of a decade. A lot of famous lakes have lost almost 50% of their water, the dry conditions have resulted in massive forest fires and Southern California's Imperial Valley which was one of the most productive farming area in the nation is really going through hard time.
That bridge you took into San Francisco is the Bay Bridge. The eastern portion is fairly new, designed and built after the 1989 earthquake. A small portion of the upper deck of the eastern section of the bridge had fallen during the earthquake (you can check it out on TH-cam videos). Now, that section was rebuilt and is no longer split-level like the western side.
Most of SF was rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake using stone and brick replacing the destroyed wood structures. My grandfather left San Francisco after the big quake and resettled in Seattle (which is also prone to earthquakes!). SF was founded in late 1700’s by the Spanish making it older than Seattle and Portland which were founded in mid 1800’s.
Even as a small kid, one of my favorite things about visiting San Francisco (where my aunt and uncle lived most of the year until I was in about jr hi) was looking at all stunning, colorful old houses in the neighborhoods as we drove. And next was going the SF Zoo or the Academy of Sciences! Still a good time.
Laughing at the pine cone and thinking of Crocodile Dundee. Awww That’s not a large pine cone… lol. My parents had a giant sugar pine cone as big as your head. I wonder what happened to it. Some places have helicopters over highways to monitor speed but I’ve never come across them.
I'm looking forward to your San Francisco videos, to see what you get up to there. I've been there several times, and I consider SF one of the most beautiful cities in the US. Lots of interesting neighborhoods outside of the central business district where you are, and a lovely setting between the Pacific and SF Bay.
Good pubs to visit Mad Dog In the Fog on the lower Haight,or the Edinburgh Castle on Geary st..Upper Haight has a few noce places and is close to Golden Gate Park.
Welcome to CA! I live in the mountain redwoods in the county just south of SF. It's great to be in a quite, remote place just outside a bustling place like Silicon Valley & SF right between the bay & the beach. Our first few years in the area (over 20 years ago), we went on so many road trips... short up to Napa Valley or north to Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, the Col. River Valley, Portland, and then down the incredible Oregon coast and all the way down the N. CA coast to SF taking the Golden Gate Bridge into the city (sorry you missed that!) and down the coast a few miles before turning inland into the mountains and home. The Central Coast is a nice weekend. We love Big Sur (great beaches, waterfalls, and redwoods tucked away if you now where to look) and that entire drive. There's also Yosemite National Park east of here across the valley to the Sierras. All of these are incredible. You could do an entire series on SF and 2-4 day road trips from SF. I love the west coast from British Columbia down through the Central Coast drive. It's just incredible. BTW, I have a close friend from Ayr who has been in the U.S. since her 20s (and I moved to the same city, now on opposite coasts). I recall acclimating to her wonderful accent and learning some UK English. Now it's internalized and I can still understand a somewhat thick accent (many Americans can't). She is a scream and I was lucky to find a wonderful friend-for-life after life as young women in the city working together before hanging out in a few local pubs. Now we're all grown (she has kids, I have a spouse), aged, and have great stories to recall and always catching up to do when we do see each other. Hope things on the road continue in the best ways possible for you both!
I laughed at the pinecone… before you showed it, i was expecting it to be like 9” or 10”, like a sugar pine cone, which I think grows up that far north! 😂 Also, “there’s like a lot of water missing from this lake, it appears” is the story my whole adult life as a Californian. :( Our poor state, it’s no longer a drought so much as long-term aridification. I know you said you were short on time, AND Shasta area is super beautiful… but as someone from the unique county of Mendocino, I think it’s a shame you didn’t drive south down the 101 from Eureka area. You go from the majestic north coast, through the redwoods, and then into wine country, before crossing the Marin headlands and the Golden Gate bridge to reach SF, all with charming or historic rural towns and small cities (getting gradually more populated/developed) along the way. Definitely go south from SF along the 101, Highway 1 (even slower, but it follows the ocean) or a mix of both (sometimes they actually run together, you do get a good bit of central coast towns on the 101)!
Having my 84yr young mom over this weekend💖 I'm planning on showing your Redwwod video and this San Francisco video(this one) that you made on the big screen here at hm and I just know mom's gonna love this.I asked her where she'd like to travel to one day n she said "The Redwoods💞💞💞" Her n Dad(RIP Dalton Ian Brennan MacDonald) had their honeymoon in S.F 50yrs ago(I'm 50) and she's always said how beautiful n nice it was there.I only saw pics of them on a boat that they were on going under the bridge at that time and of course we've all seen a hill or two of "San Fran" in a movie along the yrs.But not ever have I seen all of San Francisco they way you have displayed it in this video!🌟💯 It's beautiful!😍 Omg! So Very pretty just as mom has said it was! So I will definitely be showing mom this video as well as the Redwood video you made tomorrow when mom's here to visit.Ty!🎥📼🌟 n God Bless!
I had went to San Francisco when I was a kid and overall like the area, China town, and visiting Alcatraz. The sour dough, dungeness crab and seafood in general was really good.
For anyone else going that way, do not take hwy 299 from Eureka to Redding to go to San Francisco. It's incredibly winding, takes forever, and hwy 101 south will take you through beautiful areas straight to San Francisco in a lot less time.
Speed enforced by aircraft sign should be followed by some markers on the pavement. Some states even paint pictures of aircraft. It is a way for them to measure how fast you go between markers. If you go too fast they can radio ahead for a unit to pull you over & issue a ticket. It is even more accurate than radar so be careful. Show it all, Shaun. Even the bad stuff. Good video.
"Speed enforced by aircraft". There's are airplanes overhead that either use a speed measuring device (radar) or fixed points along the road (usually painted markers, but may be something else) that they can use to calculate your average speed. If they determine you should be pulled over, they radio down to a police car waiting at the side of the road, who pulls you over. But it's the aircraft who makes the decision.
Well Shaun you picked a hotel right in the tenderloin, and I don't understand why. There are many great places that are reasonably priced and still easy to get around, (SF is only 7x7 miles). So try and get out of that area, go over towards Chinatown, Little Italy, Fishermans Warf, the Marina Greens, Lyon Street Steps which are quite a mini workout with spectacular views to follow. Thanks for taking us along, now get out there and have a good time!
Welcome to the Golden State! I’m from Sacramento and lived in Oregon as well. Love in CA, we certainly do have a lot of poverty here in CA as well as the rest of the US. I hope you enjoy your stay!
I was in San Francisco this past February. Been there many times. This was my first trip post Covid. The city looked great and it just happened to be Chinese New Years. Yes, some of the restaurants near the wharf have closed. Sad that they were closed but many of our old favorites were still there. So we headed out to the Marin Headlands and up to Napa and Sonoma. San Francisco remains one of my favorite cities to visit. We always stay at the Hotel Zoe(formerly the Tuscan Inn) near the wharf. Easy walk to Fisherman’s Wharf, North Beach and Chinatown.
Welcome to California. I'm about 45-60 minutes south of the City, in San Jose. Please be careful and be aware of your surroundings but also enjoy your stay. There's a lot to see and everything costs money. Hope the weather stays nice.
Too bad you didn't come mostly by Pacific Coast Highway, seriously awesome and beautiful, but scary driving. The scenes of coast and Pacific Ocean...there are no words!
I stayed at a retreat in Sonoma County. I drove to Armstrong Redwoods Nature Reserve, Russian River, Bodega Bay and Bodega village and Bodega Head (where Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed, of course), Sonoma Coastal State Park, and for some reason I took a drive through the Kruse Rhododendron State Nature Reserve, and went to one of the wineries for a wine tasting. I missed the Charles M. Schultz Museum. I loved the Peanuts when I was a kid. That coastal highway is a killer though with switchbacks from what I remember and even with pullover lanes.
Hi bro, I've been watching your videos for a while now. I am glad you are in now in my town San Francisco, which is my town. I've always loved San Francisco. I just have three warnings: 1. Don't engage with the homeless people because you don't know which ones are crazy and might hurt you and if they ask you for money, just say you don't have any and just keep walking. Otherwise if you give money to one, others will start hitting you up for money. 2. Find out where the boundaries of the Tenderloin are and stay out. It's one big homeless encampment and open air drug market. So unless you really do want to get stabbed by a mentally unstable homeless person, stay out 3. Leave your car at your hotel and don't leave anytime valuable inside you car no matter where it is. Leave anything valuable in your hotel room There is a lot of smash and grab break ins of cars no matter where in you are in San Francisco but especially the touristy areas. That being said there are a lot of great things to do in San Francisco. 1. Visit Golden Gate Park and visit the museums there. 2. Go to Chinatown. 3. Go to the Mission District and have a burrito or some open face tacos at one of the tacqurias. Awesome Mexican food! 4. Go check out the museums at the Presidio and just walk around the Presido in general. 5. Go to Crissy Field 6. Go to Fort Point, which is under the Golden Gate Bridge. I love San Francisco but the problem is that because of tech, it's a rich person's playground now with a shrinking middle class and a growing poor and homeless class. You have to make over a $1000000 a year to live comfortably by yourself rent is over $4000 per month and to buy a house costs almost $2M. Don't worry about all this though. You are a visitor on vacation from overseas. You are on vacation. You should just concentrate on enjoying yourself and having a good time ad much as you can! Have a great time.
@@pyrovania the thing abt startups is that they're often times broke. Startup VPs aren't just rolling in the dough. If they are rolling in the dough then their company probably isn't going to qualify as a startup for long.
@@pyrovania so yeah formerly a startup. That's the thing abt those companies it's like roulette they either get filthy rich or filthy cause they can't pay the water bill for showers
Not Jeff here. We live down the Peninsula, and we're not fans of cities, so when we go to SF, we are hanging around near the water areas, the ball park, the Embarcadero, the Presidio, Baker Beach, Fort Funston. The farthest inland we go is Golden Gate Park. I have to say that we haven't encountered that famous poop or needles. We also haven't encountered plentiful parking. The first bridge shown is the Carquinez, over the farthest east end of the Bay. The second is the Bay Bridge, from Oakland to SF. And you were lucky to miss the usual traffic. The Britex sign you saw is outside a fabulous fabric store. Costumers and fashionistas just love it. Go up on the second floor and gawk at the collection of buttons, ribbons, laces, trims! We've talked to the owner, and she could definitely use the support. It's a truly SF business. And you showed up on a nice day. Because of the difference between the cold ocean and the hot inland, there's usually a howling wind and fog in May, June and early July. Best weather is in September and October. Hope the rest of your trip went well. For some reason, we always get asked questions by tourists, overwhelmed by the natural beauty. I guess we have invisible signs saying "Ranger".
In California, the CHP (California Highway Patrol) has fixed wing aircraft* they will fly overhead, and time vehicles between markings on the ground (white + markings on the shoulder) and use that time to determine if someone is going too fast. If they determine someone has violated the speed, they will then communicate with ground patrol to provide a description, and/or guide them to the right vehicle, to stop and give the citation to. It's not all the time, but if you see an airplane looping along the direction of the freeway repeatedly, the CHP is using aircraft to patrol a section of the freeway. This is more common over suburban and rural stretches of freeways, and highways. * On occasion, it may also be via helicopter, but usually fixed wing aircraft.
It's unfortunate that you weren't able to be there 20-30 years ago. The city has drastically gone downhill. I recommend staying in the "touristy" areas, like Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, etc., since i'm sure they'll keep those areas nice for visitors. Also the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts. If you could get across the bay (Golden Gate Bridge side), Sausalito is a nice hoity-toity artists enclave. Also be sure to get some wonderful sourdough baguettes from Boudin bakery. You'll probably never find better. 👍 Probably avoid downtown after dark.
Ofcourse I am LOVING this video San Francisco is my favorite City!! I haven't been able to go there in awhile since I moved up north to Chico. . The drought has taken a toll on our lakes and sadly our homeless population has increased but the state is working on building "mini" houses to help shelter them but sadly so far it is only a drop in the bucket at this time. Did you ever cross the Golden Gate? Looks like you took the Bay Bridge into the city. Thank you Shaun I was suprised to my name listed on your supporter's credits. FUN! 😀❤
Redding, Ca. Where I currently live, to the San Francisco Bay Area ( Richmond / San Pablo are my birthplace and old stomping grounds ) I hope you enjoyed the trip.
Several years back highway patrol in some cities used something called VASCAR. It was basically a time/ distance calculator that was/is extremely inaccurate but did not use a detectable radar. When a speed law was broken the pilot would notify a cruiser that was staked out in a speed trap. They would pull you over and issue the ticket. Now I think there's a drone that snaps a picture of your plates and you get a ticket in the mail. I think Florida Highway Patrol does this.
I've lived in the Bay Area my whole life, 55 years. SF is a high/low city in the extreme. Extreme wealth and extreme poverty, not a lot of in between anymore. The tech world takeover displaced the middle income makers like me. A friend of mine is a social worker who works for a nonprofit that connects homeless people to services that are available. Several times a month, Greyhound buses arrive in SF and LA carrying homeless people who for whatever reason are not able to care for themselves. Unmedicated, untreated, and ill people magically find themselves with a one-way ticket out of Houston or Dallas or NYC or Philadelphia all the way to SF or LA. Abandoning sick people to the streets is a national problem but we seem to be the only state responsible for fixing it.
@@charlenelundquist3512 I'm sorry, is it the job of one state to find a solution to a national issue? I understand it's great political theater for Republican politicians to get on TV and pontificate about the homeless problem in CA, but when your solution is to bus your own mentally ill and otherwise struggling citizens to another state, the only thing you've done is pass the buck. There is no bigger failure than that.
Hi Shaun. I fou d your channel todsy on TH-cam. I watched this pne about San Francisco. First off on Interstate 5, they fly planes and Helicopters over it and see how fast you're driving. Second you went iver the San Pablo bay area which is the north east part of the bay area. Then you wdnt over the Bay Bridge. I love the view of San Francisco from there. For the homeless situation it started with the economy crash of 2008, people lost homes and jobs. Then in the late 2010's (before pandemic) rents and hoses shot up throughout the Bay Area with San Francisco going through the roof. It became a perfect storm for peoe who were making good money but rent/ home ownership were not obtainable by working people. I heard that as of this month July 2023 there are between 30 to 40 thousand homeless in San Francisco. Lastly at Lake Shasta, do to the rains thst hit California Shasta is at 106 fett higher then when you saw it. It is almost at full capacity.
Yeah they do it with airplanes here sometimes they put a few cars on the road and a plane in the air they paint white lines on the berm of the road 1 mile apart when you cross the first line the start a stop watch and turn it off when you cross the other one and say the speed limit is 60 if it takes you less then one minute they got you for speeding they can put in one pilot and 3 or 4 others in there with stop watches and go to work they bust you they radio down and tell them who to stop , so when you see a white line about a foot thick running from the edge of the road back to the edge of the berm check your speed tell after you pass the next paint line
Just north of union square is the tenderloin. Speaking as a SF native, be careful there. Also, the Castro is a great place to grab a stiff drink (The Edge, The Mix, and Midnight Sun are worth drinking at)
Oh sorry to hear you didn't know about the homeless problem in San Francisco. San Francisco has a massive homeless population because it is very accommodating to homeless. People go to San Francisco to be homeless. You are allowed to pitch a tent on the sidewalk and live there. Some of the homeless are quite gorgeous as well. Young men covered in expensive tattoos panhandling for coins. Some homeless people can make quite a bit of money everyday begging for quarters. You would definitely be surprised. After about 2 decades of this the people of SF have finally got sick of this and recalled their District Attorney.
@@annfrost3323 have you been to San Francisco? A lot of young people in their 20s move there to be homeless hippies. They hang out in the parks all day and just play their guitar and beg for quarters. There are plenty of modern day hippies who don't want to work and would rather lay on the beach every day. Not all homeless are ugly ok?
@@ovh992 thanks for the laugh. "Plenty of people who do not want to work and want to spend their life at the beach".😝😝 Are you high? Do you hear yourself? Are you one of them? At least it was VERY FUNNY😄😄 Thanks for the laugh. P.S. I have been to SF several times over the years. I have been in half of the states in U.S. I have been in Europe. Many trips to different countries. I have been in some countries in Latin America. Have you ? Doubtful if you have been sitting at the beach.
@@annfrost3323 no. Are you high? How many times do homeless people ask u for a job? Is it that hard to find a job in California? No actually it is not. Why is it that you never see homeless Asian people or Latinos or indians? Homeless is more of a cultural crisis or a mental health crisis more than it is an economic crisis. It is easy being homeless in California. You get free healthcare from doctors who come to you at the beach. Some Barbers give free haircuts to the homeless. Free food all day long at soup kitchens in the Mission. Free methadone at drug rehab facilities.
There's a whisky shop near Union Square. Always a stop when we are in town. We love the mosaic stairways and Lands End. North Beach has excellent American-Italian food. Frankly, the best part of SF is driving the Golden Gate bridge and hiking the Marin Headlands to get views of the city.
I visited San Francisco a couple or three years back. I'm a country boy, so it was interesting (to say the least) to walk around the city. As far as I know, I was the only one wearing a kilt. I got photographed three times that I know of. It happens a lot.
CA has a law where people cannot be arrested for shoplifting unless they steal over $900.oo worth of stuff. Stores are moving out of the state because they can’t afford people just walking in and out, taking what they want.
Walgreen's is a pharmacy with groceries. Even though many supermarkets have pharmacies within them, as do Target and Walmart, Walgreen's isn't a supermarket.
Shaun there is much to see and eat! SF is known for fresh seafood, Chinese food, . Try riding the old Trolley's it's a blast!, But if u hired a car you must drive the hilly streets for the experience! After you stop laughing 😅 try to find Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world,. Fisherman's Warf for fresh Seafood etc mainly relax and enjoy yourselves, but keep an eye out for Crime!... Actually I informed you of this a few weeks back, it's unfortunate... Just stay away from politics, it will ruin your Trip. God bless , safe travels
I haven't been home (Lakeview Forever!) for awhile. Shaun, or anyone Downtown or Wharf area, are the buskers and jewelry tables back in business. My last visit was a year or so ago and I was really looking forward to that bit of home, which they don't have here in Sacramento. Shaun, when you're standing on a street corner look down and you'll see something that I think is unique to my City. The street names are pressed into the sidewalk concrete. I found I really miss that too. Hope your trip is the b.est
While you are in San Francisco you need to go visit Pier 39 and see the Aquarium of the Bay. It is a small aquarium showing what fish are in the San Francisco Bay and Pacific ocean.
You crossed two bridges. The first between Vallejo and Crockett was The Carquinez Bridge over the straits, the second was the Bay Bridge between Oakland and SF. Welcome to my neck of the woods.
Hope you come through the central coast and see us here in San Luis Obispo. Definitely stop by McCarthy's Irish Pub to put down a few pints and drinks. And get yourself a beef tritip sandwich at Firestone and pizza at woodstocks. When you get to San Diego get some Mexican food at El Cotixan.
Wow, Shasta is really low. Speed enforced by aircraft means a small plane flies along the highway and clocks how fast you're going. Then they radio down to police along the ground and they'll give you a ticket if you're speeding.
Check out Mr. Ballen's videos about Mt. Shasta... it will make you think twice. I would like to see a video series where you visit each state park. Also, not sure if you've been to visit Monterey/Moss Landing/Pacific Grove in California? It is absolutely beautiful there and they have whale watching tours year round..
There are really only two bridges that enter the City of San Francisco itself: The Golden Gate Bridge, which connects SF with its northern suburbs, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which crosses San Francisco Bay towards the East and connects San Francisco with Oakland and the eastern suburbs like Berkeley, etc.
Shaun, the thing about the speed being monitored by aircraft used to be called "A bear in the air". lol. I don't think it's used very much these days. I haven't seen them for years! I got caught by one in Iowa many years ago. After the state trooper pulled me over, I asked "How'd you clock me?". He just said, "Bear in the air." then smiled. lol. That was back in 1988.
I admit it...I laughed when you pulled up the Giant pinecone. To me, that's just the average everyday pinecone. I've seen some massive, 10 inch pinecones that would make that one look like a baby cone.
Definitely go to a cafe or two in San Fran, if you haven't already. Other locals have mentioned the good places to go in SF. But certainly San Francisco Golden Gate Park is one of my favorites. Many things to see there.
Here in California they actually have several planes that are owned and operated by the California Highway Patrol. They will set up certain days and times of day to work with the on the ground patrol agents. If you see a small bi-winged plane flying lower than usual and along the same basic route as the highway, chances are you are in the middle of a speed trap. The plane monitors the flow of traffic and their speed, they spot those cars that are going excessively faster than the rest of the flow and they radio down to the patrol cars that are parked along the highway, usually on a small hill or at a large curve in the road or on a turn out or side street, any place where it would be hard to spot by a car traveling on the road. Those patrol cars then chase you down and promptly write you a ticket! It is basically guaranteed that if you get trapped and pulled over, you are going to get a ticket....there is no getting out of that one. They like to set up traps on holidays or at the end of the month. Just the fact though that they have certain areas marked as monitored, it cuts way back on the amount of speeding violations.
I was waiting to see if you took the route through Bodega and Petaluma on your way to SF. You missed a sweet opportunity to visit the famous house from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."
If you think Lake Shasta looks dry, you should see Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The 2 decade long drought has dropped those gigantic lakes by hundreds of feet. Lake Mead is losing around 8-10 inches of water per day. These two lakes supply water to most of the Southwest plus parts of Mexico, and the situation is becoming dire.
I am fixing to go to San Francisco next month, for the first time. I was glad to see your video and thought I'll get your unbiased opinion instead of the all the negative things I've heard about over the last few years. You were kind by not saying much, but between your silence and lack of footage from the area, it would appear that this city might live up its bad reputation. I'll try to remain optimistic, but I won't get my hopes up.
@@shaunvlog If you come back, get a convertible sports car. This time, you went down mostly inland from Seattle. Next time, consider going around the Washington Peninsula and Olympic National Park, then down the coast on Hwy 101 and Hwy 1. The coastal drive is gorgeous. You can take Pacific Coast Highway all the way down to Southern California. It is one of our favorite drives and we've done either the whole thing or sections of it every year.
The freeway signs where it said San Francisco, Redwood st, Tennessee st & magazine st were in my hometown of Vallejo. Was just visiting yesterday. I suggest visiting seafood city an Asian Market & the heart of Filipino culture & food in the area.
If you see a white Mark that goes all the way across the road and then you see another one distance away the plane measures your speed from one line to the next and then usually there's patrol officer at the end somewhere who will give you that speeding ticket I've seen it in California and Florida another places it's usually places that are kind of out there in the middle of nowhere or stuff like that you'll never see those in the city
San Francisco is unfortunately going through hard times but it's still a beautiful city!! I live in Contra Costa 45 min from San Francisco. John Muir's house and orchard is in my city Martinez.
Speed enforced by aircraft - There are lines painted across the highway at known distances, and an aerial observer can time how long it takes you to cross from one line to another, thus determining you speed. If you're speeding, a highway patrol cruiser can be alerted. This system has been in use since the 1950s, but, unless they've switched to drones, it's too expensive for anything but truly reckless driving. For ordinary enforcement, radar is much more common.
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For decades many of the less populated sections of western states have used light aircraft with observers onboard to check the speed of cars on highways by using timing marks painted on the roadway. If they detect someone speeding they will radio ahead to ground units, sometimes several miles down the road who will stop the motorist and issue a speeding ticket.
I can vouch that's true. I live in Idaho and about 20yrs ago my buddy and I were driving to Wyoming to buy a 65 Chevy c10. He was driving and kept speeding even when I kept pointing out the signs. He said they just put them up to scare you in to slowing down,.. there's no cops for a hundred miles. So well pull in to Little America to get gas and guess what happened? There was a cop and he wasn't a hundred miles away he was right on our ass lmao.
@@jeffmk951 People like you might ignore them but I don't. I respect the rules and laws we should live by.
It wasn't just the western states. Before radar "guns" were common, the VASCAR--visual average speed computer and recorder--sytem was used in lots of places. Years ago (55 limit nationwide) a friend and I got stopped on I70 in Indiana--from the passenger seat I saw the plane paralleling us and told him him to slow down, but it already had a reading on us and we and others got stopped by the patrol cars waiting ahead.
@@WUStLBear82 That's correct. There used to be white lines across the highway as well. They would time you between the lines and a cop stationed ahead would pull you over if you were speeding.
A family friend who is my parents’ age used to live in Iowa? Indiana? when he was younger. He drove a motorcycle and told me he once was pulled over for speeding on those long straight highways through fields BY an actual helicopter… like it told him on the loudspeaker to pull over, and it landed in a field and a cop got out and ticketed him. No idea what decade this would have been! I am sure I heard this story when talking about the “speed enforced by aircraft” signs on the 101 in Nor Cal where I grew up!
As a San Francisco native now an ex pat living in Southern California, your look about gave me a warm and fuzzy San Francisco feeling. Until the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco was the largest city (And wealthiest) not only on the West Coast, but also the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Much of downtown was destroyed in 1906, but many buildings in Union Square were restored to their original appearance and elegance. There’s so much Western American history (Starting with the California Gold Rush) attached to what we simply call “The City.”
"Speed enforced by aircraft," is a real thing. If a law enforcement helicopter, plane or drone spots a vehicle speeding much faster than the flow of traffic or is driving dangerously the aircraft can radio in a description, including the license plate number, to a ground unit nearby who will actually pull the vehicle over and issue the ticket.
Also, thanks for mentioning the poverty issue. It is hard to see. There are too many people struggling and too many people here trying to ignore that. Like you, I don't have answers either except to say something really needs to be done. But thanks for sharing your thoughts and first impressions. Looking forward as always to the next episode!
They can actually clock your speed too using the mile markers or some shit.
ahhh i've never seen the speed helicopters before, but it does make sense
@@shaunvlog We actually have the helicopter traffic control in New Jersey as well.
This is something that they mainly used to do many years ago before everyone started driving 80mph on the freeways. I'm a Northern California native, and I know that if you keep up with the surrounding traffic, and don't drive crazy, you'll most likely never get a ticket.
They have that in Virginia. It for sure has wierded out some people I know coming from out of state.
I live across the bay from San Francisco. It's sort of wild to see things I'm so familiar with on your channel.
Yes, the water in Lake Shasta is low. The western U.S. has had low rainfall for all but one of the last several years. It really is a problem.
"Speed enforced by aircraft" means that the highway patrol may use planes or helicopters to spot speeders from the air. If they see one, they'll use radio to send a highway patrol car to pull the speeder over and give the driver a ticket.
The first, smaller bridge you crossed on your way into the Bay Area was the Carquinez Bridge, so-called because it goes across the Carquinez Strait. The bigger bridge you took into San Francisco itself is the Bay Bridge, which goes between Oakland and S.F. The Bay Bridge is actually two bridges: an eastern span (which you went across first) that goes from Oakland to the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island, and the western span, which goes from the tunnel to S.F. The eastern span is fairly new, having been completed in 2013 after the original eastern span was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
You're right that San Francisco has a problem with poverty on the streets. There are many homeless people living there. There are many causes, including high housing prices, mentally ill people with no resources to help them, a mild climate and relatively tolerant population that attracts the homeless from other parts of the country, drug addiction, a hollowing out of the middle class in the U.S. which has hit S.F. very hard. . . There have been some attempts to mitigate the problem, but so far nothing anyone has tried has made much difference.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your adventures in San Francisco.
I lived in SF from 1987 to 1998 (South City since 1998) and same experience. Driven the bridges thousands of times, walked almost all those places.
@@josephcote6120 Wow I lived there from 1988 to 1997. Small world. The problem is that Union Square is right next to the Tenderloin, and it is a small city. So you have the biggest tourist magnets three blocks away from what is effectively the Bowery or Skid Row or whatever you want to call it. The rest of the city is much nicer than Market Street. We used to call 6th and Market "the Wine Country" due to all the winos. That was 30 years ago.
I guess in London terms, it would be as if Kensington Palace was 2 streets down from the worst part of Brixton.
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That’s my city!!! 😍
Please visit other neighborhoods other than downtown. I’ve been here for 7 years and I honestly never go down there. Best neighborhoods to visit or check out would be Mission and Dolores Park, Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, Presidio, Hayes Valley, Twin Peaks for the views, Castro, and North Beach! Basically everywhere except downtown. That’s where you’ll see the authenticity of SF shine.
I first saw you with Laurence on Lost in the Pond, talking about chicken fried steak. I went to your channel afterwards and subscribed to your TH-cam.
I've really enjoyed your travels through the western United States.
California has been undergoing drought or near drought conditions for the better part of a decade. A lot of famous lakes have lost almost 50% of their water, the dry conditions have resulted in massive forest fires and Southern California's Imperial Valley which was one of the most productive farming area in the nation is really going through hard time.
Would have to disagree, farming all over the northern part.
That bridge you took into San Francisco is the Bay Bridge. The eastern portion is fairly new, designed and built after the 1989 earthquake. A small portion of the upper deck of the eastern section of the bridge had fallen during the earthquake (you can check it out on TH-cam videos). Now, that section was rebuilt and is no longer split-level like the western side.
Most of SF was rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake using stone and brick replacing the destroyed wood structures. My grandfather left San Francisco after the big quake and resettled in Seattle (which is also prone to earthquakes!). SF was founded in late 1700’s by the Spanish making it older than Seattle and Portland which were founded in mid 1800’s.
My 2 favorite things to do in San Francisco when I was a kid were going and having lunch in Chinatown and seeing all the street performers on pier 39.
I hope he goes to Chinatown and eats some good Chinese food. San Francisco has some of the best Chinese food in the country.
Even as a small kid, one of my favorite things about visiting San Francisco (where my aunt and uncle lived most of the year until I was in about jr hi) was looking at all stunning, colorful old houses in the neighborhoods as we drove. And next was going the SF Zoo or the Academy of Sciences! Still a good time.
You said, "There are these massive, massive penguins here." Then you went and picked up a pinecone and I was sorely disappointed.
Haha! Yes, I thought I heard him say "penguins" also. I thought, "What?" Then, he picked up a pinecone, and I was....ooohhh.
That is what I heard too!
I heard the word penguin too and I was wondering what he was talking about. Yes, seeing him then hold up a pinecone had me chuckling.
Laughing at the pine cone and thinking of Crocodile Dundee. Awww That’s not a large pine cone… lol.
My parents had a giant sugar pine cone as big as your head. I wonder what happened to it.
Some places have helicopters over highways to monitor speed but I’ve never come across them.
There is some species of pine in the mountains outside of Los Angeles that has really enormous cones, like a foot long.
Check out Coulter pine cones. They can be up to 15 inches and 10 pounds. They're insane
I'm looking forward to your San Francisco videos, to see what you get up to there. I've been there several times, and I consider SF one of the most beautiful cities in the US. Lots of interesting neighborhoods outside of the central business district where you are, and a lovely setting between the Pacific and SF Bay.
Good pubs to visit Mad Dog In the Fog on the lower Haight,or the Edinburgh Castle on Geary st..Upper Haight has a few noce places and is close to Golden Gate Park.
is the ZamZam room still there?
@@pyrovania Aye up the top of Haight.
@@DoogSmith Do they still insist you are dressed properly before giving you a martini?
That guy was the Soup Nazi of bartenders. Loved that place.
Welcome to CA! I live in the mountain redwoods in the county just south of SF. It's great to be in a quite, remote place just outside a bustling place like Silicon Valley & SF right between the bay & the beach. Our first few years in the area (over 20 years ago), we went on so many road trips... short up to Napa Valley or north to Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, the Col. River Valley, Portland, and then down the incredible Oregon coast and all the way down the N. CA coast to SF taking the Golden Gate Bridge into the city (sorry you missed that!) and down the coast a few miles before turning inland into the mountains and home. The Central Coast is a nice weekend. We love Big Sur (great beaches, waterfalls, and redwoods tucked away if you now where to look) and that entire drive. There's also Yosemite National Park east of here across the valley to the Sierras. All of these are incredible. You could do an entire series on SF and 2-4 day road trips from SF. I love the west coast from British Columbia down through the Central Coast drive. It's just incredible.
BTW, I have a close friend from Ayr who has been in the U.S. since her 20s (and I moved to the same city, now on opposite coasts). I recall acclimating to her wonderful accent and learning some UK English. Now it's internalized and I can still understand a somewhat thick accent (many Americans can't). She is a scream and I was lucky to find a wonderful friend-for-life after life as young women in the city working together before hanging out in a few local pubs. Now we're all grown (she has kids, I have a spouse), aged, and have great stories to recall and always catching up to do when we do see each other.
Hope things on the road continue in the best ways possible for you both!
I laughed at the pinecone… before you showed it, i was expecting it to be like 9” or 10”, like a sugar pine cone, which I think grows up that far north! 😂
Also, “there’s like a lot of water missing from this lake, it appears” is the story my whole adult life as a Californian. :( Our poor state, it’s no longer a drought so much as long-term aridification.
I know you said you were short on time, AND Shasta area is super beautiful… but as someone from the unique county of Mendocino, I think it’s a shame you didn’t drive south down the 101 from Eureka area. You go from the majestic north coast, through the redwoods, and then into wine country, before crossing the Marin headlands and the Golden Gate bridge to reach SF, all with charming or historic rural towns and small cities (getting gradually more populated/developed) along the way. Definitely go south from SF along the 101, Highway 1 (even slower, but it follows the ocean) or a mix of both (sometimes they actually run together, you do get a good bit of central coast towns on the 101)!
Having my 84yr young mom over this weekend💖 I'm planning on showing your Redwwod video and this San Francisco video(this one) that you made on the big screen here at hm and I just know mom's gonna love this.I asked her where she'd like to travel to one day n she said "The Redwoods💞💞💞"
Her n Dad(RIP Dalton Ian Brennan MacDonald) had their honeymoon in S.F 50yrs ago(I'm 50) and she's always said how beautiful n nice it was there.I only saw pics of them on a boat that they were on going under the bridge at that time and of course we've all seen a hill or two of "San Fran" in a movie along the yrs.But not ever have I seen all of San Francisco they way you have displayed it in this video!🌟💯 It's beautiful!😍
Omg! So Very pretty just as mom has said it was! So I will definitely be showing mom this video as well as the Redwood video you made tomorrow when mom's here to visit.Ty!🎥📼🌟 n God Bless!
Thank you Christina and all the best to your mom - so I have three more vídeo from San Francisco coming up and i think she’ll like them too 😊
@@shaunvlog Thank You!
Cool!🌟💯
I had went to San Francisco when I was a kid and overall like the area, China town, and visiting Alcatraz. The sour dough, dungeness crab and seafood in general was really good.
Sour dough bread
For anyone else going that way, do not take hwy 299 from Eureka to Redding to go to San Francisco. It's incredibly winding, takes forever, and hwy 101 south will take you through beautiful areas straight to San Francisco in a lot less time.
Yeah, he passed up Sonoma coast state beaches, Bodega Bay/Head, Spud Point Crab!
@@Podus81 I love the crab sandwiches at spuds. Also he missed ft Ross and ft Bragg.
@@Podus81 YUP! Bodega Bay and Petaluma!
Speed enforced by aircraft sign should be followed by some markers on the pavement. Some states even paint pictures of aircraft. It is a way for them to measure how fast you go between markers. If you go too fast they can radio ahead for a unit to pull you over & issue a ticket. It is even more accurate than radar so be careful. Show it all, Shaun. Even the bad stuff. Good video.
"Speed enforced by aircraft". There's are airplanes overhead that either use a speed measuring device (radar) or fixed points along the road (usually painted markers, but may be something else) that they can use to calculate your average speed. If they determine you should be pulled over, they radio down to a police car waiting at the side of the road, who pulls you over. But it's the aircraft who makes the decision.
Well Shaun you picked a hotel right in the tenderloin, and I don't understand why. There are many great places that are reasonably priced and still easy to get around, (SF is only 7x7 miles). So try and get out of that area, go over towards Chinatown, Little Italy, Fishermans Warf, the Marina Greens, Lyon Street Steps which are quite a mini workout with spectacular views to follow. Thanks for taking us along, now get out there and have a good time!
Welcome to the Golden State! I’m from Sacramento and lived in Oregon as well. Love in CA, we certainly do have a lot of poverty here in CA as well as the rest of the US. I hope you enjoy your stay!
I was in San Francisco this past February. Been there many times. This was my first trip post Covid. The city looked great and it just happened to be Chinese New Years. Yes, some of the restaurants near the wharf have closed. Sad that they were closed but many of our old favorites were still there. So we headed out to the Marin Headlands and up to Napa and Sonoma. San Francisco remains one of my favorite cities to visit. We always stay at the Hotel Zoe(formerly the Tuscan Inn) near the wharf. Easy walk to Fisherman’s Wharf, North Beach and Chinatown.
"Google is in control" you have no idea how true that statement is.
Yeah...the irony.
Thanks!
thank you very much :)
Welcome to California.
I'm about 45-60 minutes south of the City, in San Jose.
Please be careful and be aware of your surroundings but also enjoy your stay. There's a lot to see and everything costs money. Hope the weather stays nice.
Come on down to San Jose (one hour south). I’ll show you around. On the way, you can see Stanford University and Apple’s ”Spaceship One” headquarters.
Too bad you didn't come mostly by Pacific Coast Highway, seriously awesome and beautiful, but scary driving. The scenes of coast and Pacific Ocean...there are no words!
Yeah, Sonoma Coast State Beaches is awesome.
I stayed at a retreat in Sonoma County. I drove to Armstrong Redwoods Nature Reserve, Russian River, Bodega Bay and Bodega village and Bodega Head (where Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed, of course), Sonoma Coastal State Park, and for some reason I took a drive through the Kruse Rhododendron State Nature Reserve, and went to one of the wineries for a wine tasting. I missed the Charles M. Schultz Museum. I loved the Peanuts when I was a kid. That coastal highway is a killer though with switchbacks from what I remember and even with pullover lanes.
@@lissavanhouten6628 Did you get a crab sandwich from spud point in bodega bay?
I hope when you leave SF you drive down the coast to Half Moon Bay and then down to Santa Cruz and Monterey!!!
Hi bro, I've been watching your videos for a while now. I am glad you are in now in my town San Francisco, which is my town. I've always loved San Francisco. I just have three warnings: 1. Don't engage with the homeless people because you don't know which ones are crazy and might hurt you and if they ask you for money, just say you don't have any and just keep walking. Otherwise if you give money to one, others will start hitting you up for money. 2. Find out where the boundaries of the Tenderloin are and stay out. It's one big homeless encampment and open air drug market. So unless you really do want to get stabbed by a mentally unstable homeless person, stay out
3. Leave your car at your hotel and don't leave anytime valuable inside you car no matter where it is. Leave anything valuable in your hotel room
There is a lot of smash and grab break ins of cars no matter where in you are in San Francisco but especially the touristy areas.
That being said there are a lot of great things to do in San Francisco. 1. Visit Golden Gate Park and visit the museums there. 2. Go to Chinatown. 3. Go to the Mission District and have a burrito or some open face tacos at one of the tacqurias. Awesome Mexican food!
4. Go check out the museums at the Presidio and just walk around the Presido in general. 5. Go to Crissy Field 6. Go to Fort Point, which is under the Golden Gate Bridge.
I love San Francisco but the problem is that because of tech, it's a rich person's playground now with a shrinking middle class and a growing poor and homeless class. You have to make over a $1000000 a year to live comfortably by yourself rent is over $4000 per month and to buy a house costs almost $2M.
Don't worry about all this though. You are a visitor on vacation from overseas. You are on vacation. You should just concentrate on enjoying yourself and having a good time ad much as you can! Have a great time.
You know it's bad when tech startup vice presidents bitch about the rent. I personally have seen that.
@@pyrovania the thing abt startups is that they're often times broke. Startup VPs aren't just rolling in the dough. If they are rolling in the dough then their company probably isn't going to qualify as a startup for long.
@@Evan-pr3bf These were people making 200K a year or more. Biotech, mid-sized.
@@Evan-pr3bf OK it was a small company that recently went public. Which only amplifies my point.
@@pyrovania so yeah formerly a startup. That's the thing abt those companies it's like roulette they either get filthy rich or filthy cause they can't pay the water bill for showers
Not Jeff here. We live down the Peninsula, and we're not fans of cities, so when we go to SF, we are hanging around near the water areas, the ball park, the Embarcadero, the Presidio, Baker Beach, Fort Funston. The farthest inland we go is Golden Gate Park. I have to say that we haven't encountered that famous poop or needles. We also haven't encountered plentiful parking.
The first bridge shown is the Carquinez, over the farthest east end of the Bay. The second is the Bay Bridge, from Oakland to SF. And you were lucky to miss the usual traffic.
The Britex sign you saw is outside a fabulous fabric store. Costumers and fashionistas just love it. Go up on the second floor and gawk at the collection of buttons, ribbons, laces, trims! We've talked to the owner, and she could definitely use the support. It's a truly SF business.
And you showed up on a nice day. Because of the difference between the cold ocean and the hot inland, there's usually a howling wind and fog in May, June and early July. Best weather is in September and October.
Hope the rest of your trip went well. For some reason, we always get asked questions by tourists, overwhelmed by the natural beauty. I guess we have invisible signs saying "Ranger".
In California, the CHP (California Highway Patrol) has fixed wing aircraft* they will fly overhead, and time vehicles between markings on the ground (white + markings on the shoulder) and use that time to determine if someone is going too fast. If they determine someone has violated the speed, they will then communicate with ground patrol to provide a description, and/or guide them to the right vehicle, to stop and give the citation to. It's not all the time, but if you see an airplane looping along the direction of the freeway repeatedly, the CHP is using aircraft to patrol a section of the freeway. This is more common over suburban and rural stretches of freeways, and highways.
* On occasion, it may also be via helicopter, but usually fixed wing aircraft.
You need to go to Pier 39 and The Palace of Fine Arts.
"The coldest Winter I ever spent, was a Summer I lived in San Francisco", Mark Twain
It's unfortunate that you weren't able to be there 20-30 years ago. The city has drastically gone downhill.
I recommend staying in the "touristy" areas, like Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, etc., since i'm sure they'll keep those areas nice for visitors. Also the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts. If you could get across the bay (Golden Gate Bridge side), Sausalito is a nice hoity-toity artists enclave. Also be sure to get some wonderful sourdough baguettes from Boudin bakery. You'll probably never find better. 👍
Probably avoid downtown after dark.
Golden Gate park has a bison herd and and Asian Art museum.
Ofcourse I am LOVING this video San Francisco is my favorite City!! I haven't been able to go there in awhile since I moved up north to Chico. . The drought has taken a toll on our lakes and sadly our homeless population has increased but the state is working on building "mini" houses to help shelter them but sadly so far it is only a drop in the bucket at this time. Did you ever cross the Golden Gate? Looks like you took the Bay Bridge into the city. Thank you Shaun I was suprised to my name listed on your supporter's credits. FUN! 😀❤
Redding, Ca. Where I currently live, to the San Francisco Bay Area ( Richmond / San Pablo are my birthplace and old stomping grounds ) I hope you enjoyed the trip.
Several years back highway patrol in some cities used something called VASCAR. It was basically a time/ distance calculator that was/is extremely inaccurate but did not use a detectable radar. When a speed law was broken the pilot would notify a cruiser that was staked out in a speed trap. They would pull you over and issue the ticket. Now I think there's a drone that snaps a picture of your plates and you get a ticket in the mail. I think Florida Highway Patrol does this.
That was the new Bay Bridge and the older bay bridge. That fog rolling in was the Golden Gate.
You are correct about the dry lake. We are in a drought....again.
I've lived in the Bay Area my whole life, 55 years. SF is a high/low city in the extreme. Extreme wealth and extreme poverty, not a lot of in between anymore. The tech world takeover displaced the middle income makers like me. A friend of mine is a social worker who works for a nonprofit that connects homeless people to services that are available. Several times a month, Greyhound buses arrive in SF and LA carrying homeless people who for whatever reason are not able to care for themselves. Unmedicated, untreated, and ill people magically find themselves with a one-way ticket out of Houston or Dallas or NYC or Philadelphia all the way to SF or LA. Abandoning sick people to the streets is a national problem but we seem to be the only state responsible for fixing it.
They send them to California because Californians are too live and let live to send them back.
The problem is CA is NOT been fixing the homeless problem.
@@charlenelundquist3512 I'm sorry, is it the job of one state to find a solution to a national issue? I understand it's great political theater for Republican politicians to get on TV and pontificate about the homeless problem in CA, but when your solution is to bus your own mentally ill and otherwise struggling citizens to another state, the only thing you've done is pass the buck. There is no bigger failure than that.
Hi Shaun. I fou d your channel todsy on TH-cam. I watched this pne about San Francisco. First off on Interstate 5, they fly planes and Helicopters over it and see how fast you're driving. Second you went iver the San Pablo bay area which is the north east part of the bay area. Then you wdnt over the Bay Bridge. I love the view of San Francisco from there. For the homeless situation it started with the economy crash of 2008, people lost homes and jobs. Then in the late 2010's (before pandemic) rents and hoses shot up throughout the Bay Area with San Francisco going through the roof. It became a perfect storm for peoe who were making good money but rent/ home ownership were not obtainable by working people. I heard that as of this month July 2023 there are between 30 to 40 thousand homeless in San Francisco.
Lastly at Lake Shasta, do to the rains thst hit California Shasta is at 106 fett higher then when you saw it. It is almost at full capacity.
Yeah they do it with airplanes here sometimes they put a few cars on the road and a plane in the air they paint white lines on the berm of the road 1 mile apart when you cross the first line the start a stop watch and turn it off when you cross the other one and say the speed limit is 60 if it takes you less then one minute they got you for speeding they can put in one pilot and 3 or 4 others in there with stop watches and go to work they bust you they radio down and tell them who to stop , so when you see a white line about a foot thick running from the edge of the road back to the edge of the berm check your speed tell after you pass the next paint line
Just north of union square is the tenderloin. Speaking as a SF native, be careful there. Also, the Castro is a great place to grab a stiff drink (The Edge, The Mix, and Midnight Sun are worth drinking at)
How can you be a native and not know where the Tenderloin is relative to Union Square? It is southwest of Union Square, not north.
I'm glad you guys are enjoying America so much ❤️ , ☮️🙃
Heading to SF this fall. It will be my first time in California. Can’t wait.
Oh sorry to hear you didn't know about the homeless problem in San Francisco. San Francisco has a massive homeless population because it is very accommodating to homeless. People go to San Francisco to be homeless. You are allowed to pitch a tent on the sidewalk and live there. Some of the homeless are quite gorgeous as well. Young men covered in expensive tattoos panhandling for coins. Some homeless people can make quite a bit of money everyday begging for quarters. You would definitely be surprised. After about 2 decades of this the people of SF have finally got sick of this and recalled their District Attorney.
Some of the homeless are gorgeous??? ?
What?
You mean all are repugnant.
@@annfrost3323 have you been to San Francisco? A lot of young people in their 20s move there to be homeless hippies. They hang out in the parks all day and just play their guitar and beg for quarters. There are plenty of modern day hippies who don't want to work and would rather lay on the beach every day. Not all homeless are ugly ok?
@@ovh992 thanks for the laugh. "Plenty of people who do not want to work and want to spend their life at the beach".😝😝
Are you high?
Do you hear yourself?
Are you one of them?
At least it was VERY FUNNY😄😄
Thanks for the laugh.
P.S. I have been to SF several times over the years. I have been in half of the states in U.S.
I have been in Europe. Many trips to different countries.
I have been in some countries in Latin America.
Have you ? Doubtful if you have been sitting at the beach.
@@annfrost3323 no. Are you high? How many times do homeless people ask u for a job? Is it that hard to find a job in California? No actually it is not. Why is it that you never see homeless Asian people or Latinos or indians? Homeless is more of a cultural crisis or a mental health crisis more than it is an economic crisis. It is easy being homeless in California. You get free healthcare from doctors who come to you at the beach. Some Barbers give free haircuts to the homeless. Free food all day long at soup kitchens in the Mission. Free methadone at drug rehab facilities.
There's a whisky shop near Union Square. Always a stop when we are in town. We love the mosaic stairways and Lands End. North Beach has excellent American-Italian food. Frankly, the best part of SF is driving the Golden Gate bridge and hiking the Marin Headlands to get views of the city.
I visited San Francisco a couple or three years back. I'm a country boy, so it was interesting (to say the least) to walk around the city. As far as I know, I was the only one wearing a kilt. I got photographed three times that I know of. It happens a lot.
So nice seeing Teka in your videos!
I have never seen Lake Shasta that low. Scary! Also, helicopters and light aircraft have been used to pace vehicles to determine if they are speeding.
Massive pinecones! haha, that's so funny. He hasn't seen the Sugar Pine pinecones. Those are babies.
CA has a law where people cannot be arrested for shoplifting unless they steal over $900.oo worth of stuff. Stores are moving out of the state because they can’t afford people just walking in and out, taking what they want.
Bingo. California doesn't suck, but the Governor does and so do the people that vote swine of his type into office.
Or they hire private security to stop shoplfters at the doors.
I went to Shasta Lake as a child and I can tell you, all that dry you see was wet when I was a kid.
Walgreen's is a pharmacy with groceries. Even though many supermarkets have pharmacies within them, as do Target and Walmart, Walgreen's isn't a supermarket.
San Francisco is a really fun city. Enjoy!
Love skiing on Lake Shasta. I'm from the Bay Area and I LOVE San Francisco!!!!!
Shaun there is much to see and eat! SF is known for fresh seafood, Chinese food, . Try riding the old Trolley's it's a blast!, But if u hired a car you must drive the hilly streets for the experience! After you stop laughing 😅 try to find Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world,. Fisherman's Warf for fresh Seafood etc mainly relax and enjoy yourselves, but keep an eye out for Crime!... Actually I informed you of this a few weeks back, it's unfortunate... Just stay away from politics, it will ruin your Trip.
God bless , safe travels
Welcome to San Francisco; my home for many, many years. Prepare for very strange weather.
micro climates!
@@emhutch25 you know it!
I haven't been home (Lakeview Forever!) for awhile. Shaun, or anyone Downtown or Wharf area, are the buskers and jewelry tables back in business. My last visit was a year or so ago and I was really looking forward to that bit of home, which they don't have here in Sacramento. Shaun, when you're standing on a street corner look down and you'll see something that I think is unique to my City. The street names are pressed into the sidewalk concrete. I found I really miss that too. Hope your trip is the b.est
Welcome to Northern California, I was just down in SF the other day. Always an adventure. Subscribed.
How are you at Shasta Lake and you don't show Mt Shasta? It's the big ass double peaked (likely snow capped) mountain right along I-5 there
Speed by air craft are posted many places but I have not run across it in my 50 years it’s manly a scholig
While you are in San Francisco you need to go visit Pier 39 and see the Aquarium of the Bay. It is a small aquarium showing what fish are in the San Francisco Bay and Pacific ocean.
You crossed two bridges. The first between Vallejo and Crockett was The Carquinez Bridge over the straits, the second was the Bay Bridge between Oakland and SF. Welcome to my neck of the woods.
A lassie a kent for than 20 yrs ,and is still a really close pal..She lives up at the famous Haight/Ashbury.
Try the Edinburgh Castle Pub on Geary.
Hope you come through the central coast and see us here in San Luis Obispo. Definitely stop by McCarthy's Irish Pub to put down a few pints and drinks. And get yourself a beef tritip sandwich at Firestone and pizza at woodstocks. When you get to San Diego get some Mexican food at El Cotixan.
All of California is dry and you’re right that lake is seriously low.
I remember as a kid seeing a similar sign on a trip south to DC in the ‘70s.
Mark Twain once said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
You need to go to Burney Falls!! Fishing is incredible up there! Have a blast!
If you can afford it, there's helicopter tours over San Francisco Bay that I heard are seriously cool.
Wow, Shasta is really low.
Speed enforced by aircraft means a small plane flies along the highway and clocks how fast you're going. Then they radio down to police along the ground and they'll give you a ticket if you're speeding.
The biggest contributing factor to homelessness right now is drugs and housing market being unobtainable for some families.
Just an FYI from a mechanic. Driving your car after the light comes on can and will damage your electric fuel pump in the tank making it fail sooner.
I lived in SF at Sunset Beach. Hope you hit Haight Ashbury.
Check out Mr. Ballen's videos about Mt. Shasta... it will make you think twice. I would like to see a video series where you visit each state park. Also, not sure if you've been to visit Monterey/Moss Landing/Pacific Grove in California? It is absolutely beautiful there and they have whale watching tours year round..
There are really only two bridges that enter the City of San Francisco itself: The Golden Gate Bridge, which connects SF with its northern suburbs, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which crosses San Francisco Bay towards the East and connects San Francisco with Oakland and the eastern suburbs like Berkeley, etc.
Shaun, the thing about the speed being monitored by aircraft used to be called "A bear in the air". lol. I don't think it's used very much these days. I haven't seen them for years! I got caught by one in Iowa many years ago. After the state trooper pulled me over, I asked "How'd you clock me?". He just said, "Bear in the air." then smiled. lol. That was back in 1988.
At Shasta Lake you are 100 miles away from the ocean. That's why it's dry. BTW 1 year after you videoed this, Shasta Lake was full.
Yep hot and dry the way I love it. Love the City too.
I admit it...I laughed when you pulled up the Giant pinecone. To me, that's just the average everyday pinecone. I've seen some massive, 10 inch pinecones that would make that one look like a baby cone.
Shaun, please tell me you didn't get to SoCal via I5. 101 or Highway1 are so much better.
Definitely go to a cafe or two in San Fran, if you haven't already. Other locals have mentioned the good places to go in SF. But certainly San Francisco Golden Gate Park is one of my favorites. Many things to see there.
Here in California they actually have several planes that are owned and operated by the California Highway Patrol. They will set up certain days and times of day to work with the on the ground patrol agents. If you see a small bi-winged plane flying lower than usual and along the same basic route as the highway, chances are you are in the middle of a speed trap. The plane monitors the flow of traffic and their speed, they spot those cars that are going excessively faster than the rest of the flow and they radio down to the patrol cars that are parked along the highway, usually on a small hill or at a large curve in the road or on a turn out or side street, any place where it would be hard to spot by a car traveling on the road. Those patrol cars then chase you down and promptly write you a ticket! It is basically guaranteed that if you get trapped and pulled over, you are going to get a ticket....there is no getting out of that one. They like to set up traps on holidays or at the end of the month. Just the fact though that they have certain areas marked as monitored, it cuts way back on the amount of speeding violations.
I was waiting to see if you took the route through Bodega and Petaluma on your way to SF. You missed a sweet opportunity to visit the famous house from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."
glad u talked about the homelessness. huge problem in california and doesnt seem to get better. 😕
If you think Lake Shasta looks dry, you should see Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The 2 decade long drought has dropped those gigantic lakes by hundreds of feet. Lake Mead is losing around 8-10 inches of water per day. These two lakes supply water to most of the Southwest plus parts of Mexico, and the situation is becoming dire.
I live in Redding. I'm sorry you came thru here.
I am fixing to go to San Francisco next month, for the first time. I was glad to see your video and thought I'll get your unbiased opinion instead of the all the negative things I've heard about over the last few years. You were kind by not saying much, but between your silence and lack of footage from the area, it would appear that this city might live up its bad reputation. I'll try to remain optimistic, but I won't get my hopes up.
By the way, that stretch of road from Grant's Pass to Crescent City is one of my favorites. Worth doing in a sports car rather than a Jeep though .. 😉
i'll need to come back in a sports car
@@shaunvlog If you come back, get a convertible sports car. This time, you went down mostly inland from Seattle. Next time, consider going around the Washington Peninsula and Olympic National Park, then down the coast on Hwy 101 and Hwy 1. The coastal drive is gorgeous. You can take Pacific Coast Highway all the way down to Southern California. It is one of our favorite drives and we've done either the whole thing or sections of it every year.
@@shaunvlog Or a Tesla? Did you at least see Mt. Shasta from a distance? It is my favorite mountain in the entire state.
The freeway signs where it said San Francisco, Redwood st, Tennessee st & magazine st were in my hometown of Vallejo. Was just visiting yesterday. I suggest visiting seafood city an Asian Market & the heart of Filipino culture & food in the area.
If you see a white Mark that goes all the way across the road and then you see another one distance away the plane measures your speed from one line to the next and then usually there's patrol officer at the end somewhere who will give you that speeding ticket I've seen it in California and Florida another places it's usually places that are kind of out there in the middle of nowhere or stuff like that you'll never see those in the city
San Francisco is unfortunately going through hard times but it's still a beautiful city!! I live in Contra Costa 45 min from San Francisco. John Muir's house and orchard is in my city Martinez.
I'm kinda surprised you never found a redwood cone. They're humongous. I've seen some of them as big as a rugby ball.
Pine Cones! Ha - I thought he said Penguins.
Speed enforced by aircraft - There are lines painted across the highway at known distances, and an aerial observer can time how long it takes you to cross from one line to another, thus determining you speed. If you're speeding, a highway patrol cruiser can be alerted. This system has been in use since the 1950s, but, unless they've switched to drones, it's too expensive for anything but truly reckless driving. For ordinary enforcement, radar is much more common.