I am literally moving BACK from Houston to San Francisco. ( I lived there for a few years in the past) and I really never got over it!! Although you get more for your money in Houston, I really miss SF and I have decided that the pros...still outweigh the cons. So I am arranging to go back now =)
If you come to San Francisco DO NOT! leave ANYTHING! in your vehicle. The window will be smashed and everything stolen. I mean don't leave ANYTHING! not a car charger, bag, coat, shoes, Dead cat, NOTHING!! Every place in San Francisco, from "tourist places", hospitals, City hall, EVERYWHERE has this car break in problem and people have been hurt trying to catch this crooks.
daniel Davis You are speaking the truth my man, I lived there for many years, don’t live there anymore but even if you have some spare change lying around, they will break your window and take it
kansasthunderman1 Not only did I have my car broken into, the whole damn thing was stolen,Found in hunters point, burnt to a crisp, had been used in a crime,Obviously the girl that posted this video has not lived here long enough to experience the heart aches of living in that city, she will eventually
daniel Davis very true. I live across the bridge in Marin county and we still have those problems but not as much. Also there are a ton of homeless here that ruin the city...
Born and raised in the Bay Area. Lived in SoCal during my college years but I came back and as hard it will be to own a home here one day, it is my life’s mission. My time I SoCal and my travels always have me missing the Bay Area. I love living in a progressive area where you can be yourself and where it is so diverse that you never run out of interesting things to run into!
Good points. I'm an SF native. I'm traumatized by all the extremely rapid changes. It's super stressful, I feel like an endangered species. I could make more money to stay but what's the point of staying when most of the natives and folks you grew up with are gone and a lot of transplants make you feel uncomfortable/unwelcome doesn't in your own city. And when owning a home is nearly impossible.
If you all are complaining about SF, imagine if you were a 3rd generation native and have seen the total ugly metamorphosis the area has taken. What was described in the video is mild compared to the drastic and stark changes that have happened since the 60's in SF. Although you may think it is bad now, it is far worse than when this area was less populated and there was a true old school vibe to it. That hippy and old family idealism has regressed to a more material consciousness. Now it is all tech and ridiculously rushed. A lot of wannabe mentality. Without doing the work and having the patience required to achieve that. It's the all me--all right now kind of awareness. Not to be mean, but it was a lot better before all the people came here the last 25 years. WAY WAY better. And that's probably why they all came here. Because it was once a great destination for many. But now it's full and too late to let it be what it once was. Only the landscape and the weather remain. The rest has been sold out. My mom is still alive. 95 and lives in the city. But once she moves on, I will leave this place. It isn't even a shell of what it once was. I'm ashamed to have once called SF my home town.
All the extremely rapid changes are: [1] Turning the city into a concrete jungle and a 24/7/365 parking lot. []2 Corporate welfare and class warfare. [3] Extinction of the middle class who actually know how to keep the place up and running. There's nothing good about this kind of change and hopefully the bottom will fall out of this phony booming economy ASAP. .
The city, peninsula, and Silicon Valley have experienced the most drastic changes over the past 20 years. Up here in the North Bay the pace of change is...manageable. Most of my neighborhood is the same diverse area that it was when we first moved here in '88.
Rikk Kazz I'm always wondering what the solution to this problem is. Every solution has a bad side for someone. But imagine if just a few buildings for big companies like reddit or Twitter were converted into huge apartment complexes. Less of those corporate employees and more space. Those tech companies don't really need to be there.
Damn I am about to go to Seattle from San Fran as a tourist, i've only been in San Fran for 3 days and i'm already searching these types of videos about why people are looking at me the way they do. I'm not dressed right or something. I give off a weird vibe that's not welcome to some people i don't know why
I live in Oakland, my BF lives in SF. I'm a Cali native, but not a bay area one. I was born and raised in the Central Valley (Fresno), lived in Louisiana for about 7 years, and moved back to CA due to family stuff. I've never been a huge fan of Bay Area life, because it's so expensive to live the lifestyle I want, especially after being exposed to much more affordable places that still have many of the amenities she mentioned in the video. You can live any number of much more affordable locations and have access to both the beach and mountains, along with racial and cultural diversity. The bay area is touted for diversity of sorts, but there is very little diversity of thought. I very much agree that it's not as kum-by-yah, hippie, free-love liberal as people think it is. It is hyper liberal but in a way that still caters to the wealthy liberal elite, which is essentially the equal but opposite of conservative elitism; different side of the same coin. For liberals who have wealth, I think the bay area is paradise. They can live in the oakland hills, SF, Marin county, and be very happy and sheltered. But for people who aren't wealthy, you will either need to be okay with the realization that you will likely be a renter the entire time you live here (and renting bare bones, not so great/not so upgraded units in questionable parts of town) due to the insane cost to own a home (in Oakland, the average 2br 1ba home is $650k in moderately janky areas), and you will need to be comfortable with commuting. More affordable places are within reach if you don't mind an even longer commute, but even travelling from oakling to SF (13 miles) takes 1 hour even during COVID times, so living 30+ miles away from where you work (which is common) takes quite a long time. Also prices are high for everything, not just housing. Gas is expensive. Extra curriculars are expensive. Groceries are expensive. There are Safeway stores everywhere and they are the most easily accesible; Safeway is one of the most expensive grocery chains, but people seem to think the prices are good. Stores like Walmart aren't really here in the big cities so those types of savings aren't available. Target is everywhere too, but Target it also on the more expensive side for people looking to save money. All in all, the bay area is great for young people looking for adventure, who aren't looking to settle down anytime soon. But for people looking for settling and building a life and setting up roots, unless you heave wealth, it's probably not going to be a good fit or very feasible. My BF on the other hand LOVES the bay area, and as a long time bachelor before we met, it was great. He lives in a tiny studio across the street from Golden Gate park. But it's VERY SMALL, and in his words, his landlord is a slum lord. His place is less than glamorous. If living like that is someone's plan, you don't have or want children and you don't really care about owning property, then you can make it work probably and be happy. But if you want more, if you desire to own a home, if you want a yard in a quiet safe neighborhood, ehhh... good luck.
Thanks for the video I was born and raised in San Jose. I moved to Texas in 2000. Love it out here I still go back and visit family in the Bay Area but when I go I just go to have fun for a couple of weeks and then I get the heck out of there
Very good video. 41 years old, born and raised in SF, and everything you noted is accurate. You were kind not to mention the crime, drug, and pollution issues.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area all my life I was born and raised here I love living in Alameda County living in San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s was the Best Decade Ever To Live in The Bay Area
Super accurate video about the bay. Born and raised in the bay for 26 years, I was depressed to leave it back in May, but the fact it it isn't a realistic place to live a simple, stress free life. I ended up in Nashville and I miss the access and everything you talked about, but I am definitely stress free.
Ira Kùdash Hi there sorry for the delay. SF is absolutely a metropolis. It might not compare in size to some cities but SF is a very busy city. The stress comes from the price of everything. Living there is extremely expensive. But to be honest, the stress I was talking about is from living in the bay, the outer region. Living in the bay means you'll most likely find a job that is not in the city you live in and is 30-45 minutes away. For example for many years I lived in Newark but drove to Mountain View. The 17 mile commute took me 40 minutes most days. Jobs are mostly found in San Jose or SF which have terrible traffic between 2pm and 7pm. So you work 8 hours, drive 30-40 minutes home, exhausted to pay $1700 for a studio. This is just an average case, some people figure things out and make it work or some just inherit things but the bay is a beautiful but expensive place to live which leaves many with financial burdens.
Rick Gonzalez Rick Gonzalez you poor thing. We libtards are taking over your red state in case you hadn’t noticed. Particularly Nashville. Look for us! But we’ll start out slow by turning Tennessee purple first, then on to blue.
I'd like your opinion if possible. I arrived as a tourist and had something happen many times a day. First the stares at me (i'm around the airport area) and one time i got let across the road by a car, i waved to say thank you and he shoo'd me away, which i thought was rude. I had a jacket over my head to keep the sun off me. Today I still did wrong, there's a narrow side walk and a post, the girl walking towards me, i was going to walk round the post and then tuck in, so that the girl can continue on her straight line path, as i start to curve round, she does the same. She replies with a huff noise/laugh noise like WTF did you just do type sigh. I can't describe it well, either way she wasn't happy. Seems Like I'm judged a lot funnily enough for being different.
Just wanted to say thank your for your thoughts. It is really interesting to watch, although I think there are a lot of opinions which go into the opposite direction. Like many others said: it depends on how much money you have. BUT living somewhere is not only about money. It's about the people. The culture. Nature. Spirit. And about the one your spending your living with and for whom you live.
Not exactly a big homeless place... the actual city, San Francisco and oakland is bad off. Hayward and where I JUST moved to has a negative population of homeless
I live on the East Coast of the U.S. rent is also crazy, not SF crazy, but still. In a few months I am planning on moving to Chicago, the rent is cheap compared to Boston, NYC, DC, and Miami. Also you don't need a car compared to Miami where I live. Join me in frigid Chicago guys.
I've communicated to my friends in SF that economists would explain that Rent Control makes overall rental prices higher. No one wants to hear this but you, Lauren, have provided a perfect example of why it's true.
It sucks cause of all the people moving here. Traffic SUCKS ..... too expensive.....and its lost its Bay Area mentality because NOBODY IS FROM HERE anymore......feel like Im a stranger in my own home.....SAN DIEGO HERE I COME !!!!!!!
Interesting. "Melting pot," to me, always meant assimilation into one culture. Not every culture isolating themselves to their own districts and strictly speaking their own languages apart from the rest of the community.
25, 30, 40, and speaking for myself 57 years ago the Melting Pot was more the case than the exception. Perhaps, that was because we had military bases. I kid you not. People in the military are used to being with a multiplicity of people. Now the Melting Pot has evaporated. All but the term. I live in Marin and have friends in the South Bay. They tell me that the Indian community has exploded in towns like theirs - Fremont. American High Tech companies brought labor over on H1B visas and the Indian communities grew. Either out of cultural biases or self-consciousnesses Indians tend not to assimilate. Or not to want to assimilate. It’s a shame really. We were supposed to be a Melting Pot, but recent changes in our society even in Liberal California has it trending differently. .
One time when I was younger kid my family went on a trip and we were driving north from Southern California along Highway 101, with the intent of crossing the Golden Gate Bridge but as we got closer to San Francisco every gas station we stopped at didn't have a restroom available and had Tweakers in the parking lot. We turned around.
hello everybody, I moved to fairfield SF because a job and i bring my small family. In less a month I got another job in Oakland, so now we are looking for a good place to live because the commute, I appreciate your opinions please.
Thank you! I am actually thinking/planning to move to SF area. My son, daughter in law and FIRST grandchild are there. I've been paying 800 a month for a 3 bedroom in Bakersfield. Thus my challenge. Retiring in 5 days
Get out while you can! I was stuck there for four years ended up living in a van, scratch together enough money for five tanks of gas, landed in Northwest Arkansas. it's beautiful and oh yeah now I have a dog run the dog yard , kitchen a bathroom two bedrooms and a garage and a beautiful neighborhood for $975 a month! oh yeah and there's a ton of jobs, and actually call you back when you apply !
i was looking for a apartment that would be less than 1000 per month and everysingle fucking one that i can find is hella nice nothing like cheap as hell or shitty which is what i want because atm, but all of them are hella nice, whats the deal with that?
Not even, do a Zillow search. People are paying 3000+ for studio or 1 bedrooms in the tenderloin. Mind you some of those older buildings have shared bathrooms 😔
I feel like coming from LA, if i get a much higher paying job and still figure out how to live in an apt somewhat similar to LA, wouldn't it be worth the move to SF?
My mom’s job is moving us there soon, I’m super worried. I won’t be in the city but across the bridge and I used to live there when I was younger but I have been in the Midwest for 6 years and I don’t know what to expect. I’ve been trying to research what it’ll be like and I’m sure my family and I will be able to survive because of the job, but the more I find out, the more confused I am. Mixed signals. I don’t have a question really other than “How nervous should I be” lol sorry I’m just ... nervous.
THIS is why you only VISIT the Bay, for like a nightcap weekend. It's just to freaky! (By the way, plane is far cheaper than bus when it comes to coming from Phoenix to San Francisco - Only $47 dollars from Phoenix to San Fran one-way by plane. Bus is like over $100 somewhere. How's that for a once a month excursion to San Fran?
I just want to say that I really liked this video and I appreciate you for doing this! I feel like I really understand it now even though I've never been there, and I've been having such a hard time guessing what it might be like to live there from normal research on google lol, so this really helped me a lot hearing such a well rounded opinion, so thank you Lauren :)
I moved from the bay area in 2013.. living now in a Mayan village, next to a huge lake in Guatemala, $200 a month rent in 600 sq ft apt in a villa, gated, that would cost $4,000 a month in the bay area...I am a digital nomad. Host companies are mostly in the Bay area but also some international, Beer is very expensive here though, 65 cents.. and dental work! my gods $25 bucks... somehow I can afford it though. When I was in the bay area I lived in my class A motorhome, very nice, I parked where ever at night... total living costs in the Bay area, food, gas, repairs, clothes, fine food. $1,100 a month...I loved the bay area, the turds and needles in the street were in limited areas of downtown SF area... and not in the nicer neighborhoods...it is a bit worse now most likely...it is headed south however, a product of the liberal mind set. I am 78 now btw. Unlike General McArthur.. I will not return. :) A friend of mine travels the world, 120 countries so far, months at a time ...he is in Lviv Ukrane now, beer is 49 cents, a decent breakfast $2.. it is a modern clean city full of shinny late model cars. Odessa on the black sea was similar, not quite as nice however, but nice. decent hostel $2. public transport around town 15 cents. Lome Togo africa $6 a month one light bulb type apartment.. and safe all over, virtually no crime. Wifi generally as good or better than the US in most places around the world $20 a month unlimited. My last parking ticket in SF, $500 or so... a year later I had sold all my stuff, and was a plane outa there. What do I miss? only the movies.
Right on Phil, enjoy your happy life. I live in Bangkok in the center of everything and my $800 apartment would be $4000 in the US. Great underground and SkyTrain monorail Transportation here.
The reality in SF is...the pros used to outweigh the cons but not presently. The Bay has been declining for decades and its very sad. She speaks about access to anything and that is true. Cost of Living is literally one of the highest in US and the highest in California. If you have a small or medium business, operating costs are high. Tech giants are princes. It's very( even super) congested. The Bay Area Progressive is an entitled jerk and you see the difference between the BAP and a Liberal. Crime is very serious and makes it very dangerous to just live. Very high homeless population.
I told my upper manager these same things about living in Dublin in Ireland and was met with derision. So I quit my job and returned to the Netherlands, which he didn't foresee. From friends I have heard that things are turning worse and worse there too. The average rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is €1900-€2600. And the area around the city centre where most big tech companies are located is not safe. It beats me why people would even want to live and work in such places. Quality of life is important to me and I will move to a place where it is higher not lower. I used to have a dream of moving to Silicon Valley one day but after seeing all these videos and reading all these articles it's effectively dead for me.
yah princes of what? they're the new Vanderbilt and Rockefellers but they produced something. these assholes create and sell an app and they're off to buy a tropical island When the telephone was created so were hundreds and thousands of jobs--think now about how much was lost.
Move to Modesto were it's cheaper. I was born and raised in Hayward. I moved to Modesto. Now I live in Vacaville. 30 mins too san Francisco 30 mins to Sacramento. Love it.
It's not 30 minutes from Vacaville to SF. Even with very little traffic, it would take an hour. If you mean the SF Bay Area, you could probably get to Vallejo in 30 minutes, but not SF proper.
I just moved here and am going to start working this week. I'm still trying to figure out what I should do about finding a place to rent. I would also like to find a tech job. I worked for 2 years at a small software company before moving here. Got any tips?
Bay area is nuts 1989 sold a shack in Boulder Creek and bought a real fine home .86 acre right behind Graceland that was once owned by Vernon Presley in Memphis TN. Never looked back.
I grew up in the bay and left 10 years ago. Am considering moving back for family/community and career reasons. Thanks for your comprehensive review. I really have no idea what it's grown to be over there lately from my own experience.
It's a lot of jobs in the San Francisco Bay area where you can work at 8 Hours A Day Plus overtime for Example if you want to work at Taco Bell you can work 8 hours a day plus overtime the San Francisco Bay Area is Beautiful All Year Round if you want to see the entire Bay Area go to Cal State East Bay that used to be known as Cal State Hayward go to the high point in Cal State Hayward and you can look over the bay on a clear beautiful day and it's breathtaking Especially when the Sun is setting And At Night Also and when you're in San Francisco in the morning at the Right time in the morning when the sun is Rising and there's morning fog in the city if you're at the Right point in the city it's so beautiful that's when you want to take a picture or video
Good video; nice to see this topic covered by someone who actually knows (through experience) what she is actually talking about. Usually these are done by people who, maybe, have visited the city and are from the outside looking in. The cost of buying a house is no longer ridiculous just in San Francisco; it is the entire Bay Area. And you are right; it is now just one big city. I lived in the city from the late 80s until the and of last month (January, 2017). I couldn't take it anymore. The stress of worrying about my living situation (landlord selling the building, etc), hearing horror stories of evictions from people I know, people talking about leaving, people I know who had already left. All of this makes people stressed out. Whenever I would visit my brother in Oregon (at least once a year) I could feel the difference. Slower pace; people who can have a normal job and still buy a house; strangers looking at me and saying Hi. I must point out that San Francisco was quite different when I first moved there. I was finishing college, I worked 2 part time jobs and could afford the rent and have some money left over at the end of the month. No more! Unless you are rich, the cons will come to outweigh the pros of living in the Bay Area.
Yeap, housing has been crazy since early 2000 when I was there, you are right on. Had I still lived there I would never have got my own house. Well good luck to you and family, you r still young you got time. Like your channel a lot, great job, big fan here 👌
Glad to hear you made the right moves for your life goals :) We'll see what happens with us. I searched Zillow for house prices in Hayward and they're not too bad!! We'll see... Thanks so much for watching!
Come to the Upper Peninsula, Michigan; loads of big trees, lakes, rivers, hiking, with extremely low cost of living and low density. The down side is long snowy cold winters and not much cultural diversion. Nowhere is perfect but its what one makes it to be ‘their perfect’.
OMgoooosh! I´m moving in two months. I already know SF is expensive... but I really want to live in the city. I´ll be working in the financial district... So... I can listen you advices, if you have more... share it with me!
My best advice if you want to live in SF is don't get a dog! Haha it makes renting much harder... But seriously maybe I should make a pt 2 to this video :) I hope your move goes smoothly!
I lived in SF for two years. On the surface it's amazing. However, once you live there the luster wears off fast. A developer from Hong Kong purchased my building where I was renting and raised every ones rent to 7500/mo. There have been people living there for over 25 years and don't know what to do.. I got laid off along with 250 other employees and that's when I decided to move out. The juice isn't worth the squeeze there anymore. Everything in this video is 100% correct. You should make one about all the feces, needles and entitled aggressive homeless people also :)
I have heard it's waaaay too expensive and quite crowded. All the pros are available in SoCal for cheaper, but it's hotter and sunnier. So some may not like that. But at least you can possibly afford it as compared to Bay Area where unless you are quite rich you will never own a home.
Formative and captivating video about living in the Bay Area. Love the detail you went into while describing each point and your positive energy. I'm just not sure about your definition of gentrification.
People I've noticed it's always complaining about rent but there's a way around it what I mean by this is live with family like having your sister your cousin as a roommate to help pay the rent sometimes it's a good idea to share a place with a roommate but you want to make sure it's the right person you do not want the wrong roommate each person's different back in the 1990s when I was working at McDonald's my friends and I we had to share A One Bedroom Apartment at the time that's all we could afford the bedroom was only big enough for one bed now she's my wife
The prices you describe for housing are commensurate with what one would pay in other big cities like London or Sydney. Food and services in Scandinavia cost considerably more.
I had to move out of the East Bay in order to care for my Mom before she died. There's no way to move back once you've moved out. My former apartment more than doubled in price after I left (a friend checked for me). One thing that really helped me when I lived there was being a member of community gardens. It feels empowering to be growing some of your food in the face of prices for organic food. Also it's fun to garden with other people, and it cuts the stress of living in a fast-paced city. To access community gardens in S.F., contact Park and Rec who are in charge of community gardens there. In the East Bay, go to the garden that interests you on a weekend, when gardeners are more likely to be around, and ask to be put on the waiting list. I hope this is helpful.
I’m a video editor and my partner is in Bio Pharma and we are moving to SF in a few weeks. We never thought we would move to SF. It seems like an impossible mountain to climb however, it’s happening....kicking and screaming....it’s happening. What I’m the most nervous about is making good friends that over time, can become family away from where we are from (Canada) and where we currently live now, DC. I’m super thankful that I know what it’s like to live in an inflated cost environment (DC AND Toronto) where costs won’t be such a shock but I’m wondering if you could give a gal some pointers on how to meet like minded people in SF. Thanks for your videos. Loved your walking tour and will be watching the rest over the next few days.
it really sounds like you should consider moving to humboldt! its roughly 200-300 miles north of sf and there's a lot more nature, and the forests and beaches are all close together so there's plenty of easy access. there isn't much diversity though
You have no idea how many times I've thought this myself!!! Looks like my forest + beach heaven. I went as a kid, so my husband and I are planning to go there for a few days soon so I can get to know it more now as an adult.
I totally agree with the Cons. I was explaining to my mom, like how I'm constantly around people. Which is Good for some parts of your day, But I don't have recuperate time or something.
San Francisco! I only miss the city I once knew. She's gone now and I find her unrecognizable. I left in Novermebr 2014 after living there for 25 years. My friends who are still there tell me they would like to leave, but feel stuck because they actually have affordable rents. That's what you get when you live in only one place for 30 years! I visited SF once since I left, in Jan 2017 and it was awful ... a bizillionaire's shithole! I am so happy I knew her when she was livable and forgiving. I moved to SF from NYC in 1989. I was 27 and literally arrived with nothing. Back then, SF was easy and an enjoyable place to live and play in, and a great place to make friends. In the early 1990s, 3 of us lived in a huge flat on Folsom Street for $300 each/month. We all worked part time, had scooters, did art stuff and lived off burritos, which at El Cumbre were about $2.50. Unlike NYC, in SF I found that I could actaully breath and live my life becasue I could afford to live, and pretty well at that! That's all gone now and while I soemtimes get nostalgic, I know I will never return. I have no regrets. It's good I'm gone and that I got to experience her when she really was the best, best place on earth to live!
Hey Lauren, Subscribed with notifications, I appreciate hearing you speak about this. Basically word for word I agree with you. I am attempting to move from San francisco, living in an SRO the room size is 100 square feet and I pay 1380.00 per month.... I only make 5000 per month, I can't wait for the moment I'm able to leave. Thanks for this video.
I am waiting for Dublin Ireland to turn into Europe's premier public toilet, if that hasn't already happened since I left. I can't believe San Francisco has turned into such a terrible place to live and that I have only recently found out. If it wasn't for TH-cam videos I would never have known how bad living there has become.
This video exemplifies the standard Bay Area Transplant experience. Move to the Bay Area for the novelty of it (resident tourist), get tired of the cost of living in the Bay Area (housing, transportation, entertainment) and the amount of time you need to put in at work to live in the Bay Area (they'll pay you well but they demand all of your time for that big pay check), long for a better life (housing, personal freedom, work life balance) and move out to the next hip place to live (Austin, Portland, Boise, San Diego, New Orleans, Minneapolis).
Good video. I'm born and raised in the East Bay Area. I've since left and live in The South now. My entire family lives in The Bay still. Love my home, but its too much.
What I'm hearing from this video is making me want to move to San Francisco even more SF have some of my most favorite things can't wait ^_^ and I subed cool chanel!!!!!
San Francisco will have a worker shortage crisis. It has already started. Not everyone is making big bucks in the tech field so trying to live and work in the Bay Area will be impossible due to the high costs of living. You can forget about workers commuting from outlaying areas. It takes up too much of their time. The only solution is for these tech companies is to provide free or greatly subsidized housing and food closer to work. The lack of service workers will also make tech workers not want to move to San Francisco. The silicon valley is screwed.
Giiiirl I live in this small city named Porterville in the middle of the bay and l.a honestly you can get a really nice house approx 2,000 sq ft. for about approx $240,000..well anywhere in the Tulare County area. There's many places to hike too. The sequoia national forest is our backyard and it is a great quite area for family.
I am literally moving BACK from Houston to San Francisco. ( I lived there for a few years in the past) and I really never got over it!! Although you get more for your money in Houston, I really miss SF and I have decided that the pros...still outweigh the cons. So I am arranging to go back now =)
If you come to San Francisco DO NOT! leave ANYTHING! in your vehicle. The window will be smashed and everything stolen. I mean don't leave ANYTHING! not a car charger, bag, coat, shoes, Dead cat, NOTHING!! Every place in San Francisco, from "tourist places", hospitals, City hall, EVERYWHERE has this car break in problem and people have been hurt trying to catch this crooks.
daniel Davis You are speaking the truth my man, I lived there for many years, don’t live there anymore but even if you have some spare change lying around, they will break your window and take it
Exactly!! it's not a "crime" they get the same as a ticket and are released to break into more cars
Yeah and if you call the SFPD, they treat a car break in like a 2.5 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. In other words, it's no fricken big deal.
kansasthunderman1 Not only did I have my car broken into, the whole damn thing was stolen,Found in hunters point, burnt to a crisp, had been used in a crime,Obviously the girl that posted this video has not lived here long enough to experience the heart aches of living in that city, she will eventually
daniel Davis very true. I live across the bridge in Marin county and we still have those problems but not as much. Also there are a ton of homeless here that ruin the city...
Born and raised in the Bay Area. Lived in SoCal during my college years but I came back and as hard it will be to own a home here one day, it is my life’s mission. My time I SoCal and my travels always have me missing the Bay Area. I love living in a progressive area where you can be yourself and where it is so diverse that you never run out of interesting things to run into!
Good points.
I'm an SF native. I'm traumatized by all the extremely rapid changes. It's super stressful, I feel like an endangered species. I could make more money to stay but what's the point of staying when most of the natives and folks you grew up with are gone and a lot of transplants make you feel uncomfortable/unwelcome doesn't in your own city. And when owning a home is nearly impossible.
I feel you on this :( Not because I'm an SF native but because I have friends who are and they've said similar things. Best of luck with everything
If you all are complaining about SF, imagine if you were a 3rd generation native and have seen the total ugly metamorphosis the area has taken. What was described in the video is mild compared to the drastic and stark changes that have happened since the 60's in SF. Although you may think it is bad now, it is far worse than when this area was less populated and there was a true old school vibe to it. That hippy and old family idealism has regressed to a more material consciousness. Now it is all tech and ridiculously rushed. A lot of wannabe mentality. Without doing the work and having the patience required to achieve that. It's the all me--all right now kind of awareness.
Not to be mean, but it was a lot better before all the people came here the last 25 years. WAY WAY better. And that's probably why they all came here. Because it was once a great destination for many. But now it's full and too late to let it be what it once was. Only the landscape and the weather remain. The rest has been sold out.
My mom is still alive. 95 and lives in the city. But once she moves on, I will leave this place. It isn't even a shell of what it once was. I'm ashamed to have once called SF my home town.
All the extremely rapid changes are:
[1] Turning the city into a concrete jungle and a 24/7/365 parking lot.
[]2 Corporate welfare and class warfare.
[3] Extinction of the middle class who actually know how to keep the place up and running.
There's nothing good about this kind of change and hopefully the bottom will fall out of this phony booming economy ASAP. .
The city, peninsula, and Silicon Valley have experienced the most drastic changes over the past 20 years. Up here in the North Bay the pace of change is...manageable. Most of my neighborhood is the same diverse area that it was when we first moved here in '88.
Rikk Kazz I'm always wondering what the solution to this problem is. Every solution has a bad side for someone. But imagine if just a few buildings for big companies like reddit or Twitter were converted into huge apartment complexes. Less of those corporate employees and more space. Those tech companies don't really need to be there.
I live in Seattle and every point you made describes what life is like here too.
Seattle is a shit hole also ? oh no. I thought Seattle was a beautiful city. :(
Damn I am about to go to Seattle from San Fran as a tourist, i've only been in San Fran for 3 days and i'm already searching these types of videos about why people are looking at me the way they do. I'm not dressed right or something. I give off a weird vibe that's not welcome to some people i don't know why
I was thinking about moving to Seattle from Bay Area but I just found out that Seattle is as expense as Bay Area lol 😔
@@zaid6142 It's not, it's waay cheaper still.
Also known as _Californication._
I live in Oakland, my BF lives in SF. I'm a Cali native, but not a bay area one. I was born and raised in the Central Valley (Fresno), lived in Louisiana for about 7 years, and moved back to CA due to family stuff. I've never been a huge fan of Bay Area life, because it's so expensive to live the lifestyle I want, especially after being exposed to much more affordable places that still have many of the amenities she mentioned in the video. You can live any number of much more affordable locations and have access to both the beach and mountains, along with racial and cultural diversity. The bay area is touted for diversity of sorts, but there is very little diversity of thought. I very much agree that it's not as kum-by-yah, hippie, free-love liberal as people think it is. It is hyper liberal but in a way that still caters to the wealthy liberal elite, which is essentially the equal but opposite of conservative elitism; different side of the same coin. For liberals who have wealth, I think the bay area is paradise. They can live in the oakland hills, SF, Marin county, and be very happy and sheltered. But for people who aren't wealthy, you will either need to be okay with the realization that you will likely be a renter the entire time you live here (and renting bare bones, not so great/not so upgraded units in questionable parts of town) due to the insane cost to own a home (in Oakland, the average 2br 1ba home is $650k in moderately janky areas), and you will need to be comfortable with commuting. More affordable places are within reach if you don't mind an even longer commute, but even travelling from oakling to SF (13 miles) takes 1 hour even during COVID times, so living 30+ miles away from where you work (which is common) takes quite a long time. Also prices are high for everything, not just housing. Gas is expensive. Extra curriculars are expensive. Groceries are expensive. There are Safeway stores everywhere and they are the most easily accesible; Safeway is one of the most expensive grocery chains, but people seem to think the prices are good. Stores like Walmart aren't really here in the big cities so those types of savings aren't available. Target is everywhere too, but Target it also on the more expensive side for people looking to save money. All in all, the bay area is great for young people looking for adventure, who aren't looking to settle down anytime soon. But for people looking for settling and building a life and setting up roots, unless you heave wealth, it's probably not going to be a good fit or very feasible. My BF on the other hand LOVES the bay area, and as a long time bachelor before we met, it was great. He lives in a tiny studio across the street from Golden Gate park. But it's VERY SMALL, and in his words, his landlord is a slum lord. His place is less than glamorous. If living like that is someone's plan, you don't have or want children and you don't really care about owning property, then you can make it work probably and be happy. But if you want more, if you desire to own a home, if you want a yard in a quiet safe neighborhood, ehhh... good luck.
Thanks for the video I was born and raised in San Jose. I moved to Texas in 2000. Love it out here I still go back and visit family in the Bay Area but when I go I just go to have fun for a couple of weeks and then I get the heck out of there
I wonder what this woman would say about SF now, four years later.
Ah. San Fransisco. Nothing quite like the smell of fresh human feces on the sidewalk to go with your morning coffee.
I left my heart in San Francisco... and took a shit there too
She’s in Hayward not San Francisco
the fighting liberal of course it is.
@the fighting liberal Doesn't surprise me
She loves her 3rd world Mexican neighbors. Really she does. 😂😂😂
Very good video. 41 years old, born and raised in SF, and everything you noted is accurate. You were kind not to mention the crime, drug, and pollution issues.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area all my life I was born and raised here I love living in Alameda County living in San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s was the Best Decade Ever To Live in The Bay Area
Super accurate video about the bay. Born and raised in the bay for 26 years, I was depressed to leave it back in May, but the fact it it isn't a realistic place to live a simple, stress free life. I ended up in Nashville and I miss the access and everything you talked about, but I am definitely stress free.
Ira Kùdash Hi there sorry for the delay. SF is absolutely a metropolis. It might not compare in size to some cities but SF is a very busy city. The stress comes from the price of everything. Living there is extremely expensive. But to be honest, the stress I was talking about is from living in the bay, the outer region. Living in the bay means you'll most likely find a job that is not in the city you live in and is 30-45 minutes away. For example for many years I lived in Newark but drove to Mountain View. The 17 mile commute took me 40 minutes most days. Jobs are mostly found in San Jose or SF which have terrible traffic between 2pm and 7pm. So you work 8 hours, drive 30-40 minutes home, exhausted to pay $1700 for a studio. This is just an average case, some people figure things out and make it work or some just inherit things but the bay is a beautiful but expensive place to live which leaves many with financial burdens.
Go back to your shithole libtard. Stay out of the red states
Gaby Salinas amen sister! I came to Northwest Arkansas I couldn't be happier
Gaby Salinas don't vote democrat in Tennessee and create another liberal shit hole
Rick Gonzalez Rick Gonzalez you poor thing. We libtards are taking over your red state in case you hadn’t noticed. Particularly Nashville. Look for us! But we’ll start out slow by turning Tennessee purple first, then on to blue.
I'd like your opinion if possible. I arrived as a tourist and had something happen many times a day. First the stares at me (i'm around the airport area) and one time i got let across the road by a car, i waved to say thank you and he shoo'd me away, which i thought was rude. I had a jacket over my head to keep the sun off me. Today I still did wrong, there's a narrow side walk and a post, the girl walking towards me, i was going to walk round the post and then tuck in, so that the girl can continue on her straight line path, as i start to curve round, she does the same. She replies with a huff noise/laugh noise like WTF did you just do type sigh. I can't describe it well, either way she wasn't happy. Seems Like I'm judged a lot funnily enough for being different.
Thank you for making my mind up of NOT moving to SF.
weatherlicious ur smart unless your a techie u might end up homeless
Me neither
Good. We can't have more people here. Not enough housing.
Theres not enough housing, dont listen to this basic bitch
San Francisco is the greatest city in the world!
Just wanted to say thank your for your thoughts. It is really interesting to watch, although I think there are a lot of opinions which go into the opposite direction. Like many others said: it depends on how much money you have. BUT living somewhere is not only about money. It's about the people. The culture. Nature. Spirit. And about the one your spending your living with and for whom you live.
You captured what I've been thinking, too. I've lived her for 4 years and couldn't agree more. Thanks for sharing.
Is the homelessness crisis not a con for you?
19Lillith she probably another gentrifier so she don’t care
19Lillith She's a liberal. Dont take her seriously.
She lives in hayward.
Not exactly a big homeless place... the actual city, San Francisco and oakland is bad off. Hayward and where I JUST moved to has a negative population of homeless
you'd think the 300 plus shit's on the ground would be a factor. lol
PROS: Nothing.
CONS: High prices, homeless, heroin addicts everywhere, people taking shits all over the sidewalk.
stupid libtards eat shits, look at san francisco, they love it because they love eating shit!
Fucking clueless liberals ruin everything! Idealistic whiny cucks😂😂
I live on the East Coast of the U.S. rent is also crazy, not SF crazy, but still. In a few months I am planning on moving to Chicago, the rent is cheap compared to Boston, NYC, DC, and Miami. Also you don't need a car compared to Miami where I live. Join me in frigid Chicago guys.
I've communicated to my friends in SF that economists would explain that Rent Control makes overall rental prices higher. No one wants to hear this but you, Lauren, have provided a perfect example of why it's true.
How does rent control make prices higher
I've lived in the Bay Area for 50 years and she really hit the nail on the head!
I’ve lived in the Bay Area all my life. You did a really good job describing it.
It sucks cause of all the people moving here. Traffic SUCKS ..... too expensive.....and its lost its Bay Area mentality because NOBODY IS FROM HERE anymore......feel like Im a stranger in my own home.....SAN DIEGO HERE I COME !!!!!!!
San Diego is an "Agenda 21" city (with more high density housing) and it's going to be just like the Bay Area.
I live in SD...its expensive
So i keep noticing more and more people from SF are moving to SD! It’s the new tech center
Interesting. "Melting pot," to me, always meant assimilation into one culture. Not every culture isolating themselves to their own districts and strictly speaking their own languages apart from the rest of the community.
the melting pot has melted
Yeah. Dont tell the anti intellectuals in nor cal that. They think bc a city has mexican gangs its diverse.
Diversity is our strength...NOT.
25, 30, 40, and speaking for myself 57 years ago the Melting Pot was more the case than the exception. Perhaps, that was because we had military bases. I kid you not. People in the military are used to being with a multiplicity of people.
Now the Melting Pot has evaporated. All but the term.
I live in Marin and have friends in the South Bay. They tell me that the Indian community has exploded in towns like theirs - Fremont. American High Tech companies brought labor over on H1B visas and the Indian communities grew.
Either out of cultural biases or self-consciousnesses Indians tend not to assimilate. Or not to want to assimilate.
It’s a shame really. We were supposed to be a Melting Pot, but recent changes in our society even in Liberal California has it trending differently. .
I love the climate and the beauty and diversity.
One time when I was younger kid my family went on a trip and we were driving north from Southern California along Highway 101, with the intent of crossing the Golden Gate Bridge but as we got closer to San Francisco every gas station we stopped at didn't have a restroom available and had Tweakers in the parking lot. We turned around.
hello everybody, I moved to fairfield SF because a job and i bring my small family. In less a month I got another job in Oakland, so now we are looking for a good place to live because the commute, I appreciate your opinions please.
Do they have CDL truck driver thier and what is thier weekly salary?
Visiting SF this weekend. Thanks for all your videos on food especially. Appreciate your honesty in this pros and con video.
So glad the videos have helped you! Have a great weekend :)
Vallie Taylor dangerous place
very good video... Thanks heaps for this. :D
Thank you! I am actually thinking/planning to move to SF area. My son, daughter in law and FIRST grandchild are there. I've been paying 800 a month for a 3 bedroom in Bakersfield. Thus my challenge. Retiring in 5 days
Is it a beach you're visiting or the coast? Big difference.
I really enjoyed your video. I am trying to learn more about the Bay Area and this is helping me come to a decision about potentially moving there.
Get out while you can! I was stuck there for four years ended up living in a van, scratch together enough money for five tanks of gas, landed in Northwest Arkansas. it's beautiful and oh yeah now I have a dog run the dog yard , kitchen a bathroom two bedrooms and a garage and a beautiful neighborhood for $975 a month! oh yeah and there's a ton of jobs, and actually call you back when you apply !
MMM HHH Man I CANT wait to LEAVE this place sucks!!
blessings and luck I am contemplating a move to missouri of which I'm from but it shure aint as pretty
MMM HHH Yeah but now you're in arkansas.
There's a reason why the cost of living is so low...because that place sucks ass.
MMM HHH .l..the only downside is it is ARKANSAS,
i was looking for a apartment that would be less than 1000 per month and everysingle fucking one that i can find is hella nice nothing like cheap as hell or shitty which is what i want because atm, but all of them are hella nice, whats the deal with that?
What do you think of the suburbs in San Francisco? Is it cheaper?
Not even, do a Zillow search. People are paying 3000+ for studio or 1 bedrooms in the tenderloin. Mind you some of those older buildings have shared bathrooms 😔
Great video! I am a construction worker from Alabama and I’ve been in concord for two months. I love it
You 'love' Concord? Wow.
I feel like coming from LA, if i get a much higher paying job and still figure out how to live in an apt somewhat similar to LA, wouldn't it be worth the move to SF?
also, get a hairpin or scrunchie - or whatever u call those things so you don't have to keep touching your hair every second
My mom’s job is moving us there soon, I’m super worried. I won’t be in the city but across the bridge and I used to live there when I was younger but I have been in the Midwest for 6 years and I don’t know what to expect. I’ve been trying to research what it’ll be like and I’m sure my family and I will be able to survive because of the job, but the more I find out, the more confused I am. Mixed signals. I don’t have a question really other than “How nervous should I be” lol sorry I’m just ... nervous.
THIS is why you only VISIT the Bay, for like a nightcap weekend. It's just to freaky! (By the way, plane is far cheaper than bus when it comes to coming from Phoenix to San Francisco - Only $47 dollars from Phoenix to San Fran one-way by plane. Bus is like over $100 somewhere. How's that for a once a month excursion to San Fran?
I just want to say that I really liked this video and I appreciate you for doing this! I feel like I really understand it now even though I've never been there, and I've been having such a hard time guessing what it might be like to live there from normal research on google lol, so this really helped me a lot hearing such a well rounded opinion, so thank you Lauren :)
I moved from the bay area in 2013.. living now in a Mayan village, next to a huge lake in Guatemala, $200 a month rent in 600 sq ft apt in a villa, gated, that would cost $4,000 a month in the bay area...I am a digital nomad. Host companies are mostly in the Bay area but also some international, Beer is very expensive here though, 65 cents.. and dental work! my gods $25 bucks... somehow I can afford it though. When I was in the bay area I lived in my class A motorhome, very nice, I parked where ever at night... total living costs in the Bay area, food, gas, repairs, clothes, fine food. $1,100 a month...I loved the bay area, the turds and needles in the street were in limited areas of downtown SF area... and not in the nicer neighborhoods...it is a bit worse now most likely...it is headed south however, a product of the liberal mind set. I am 78 now btw. Unlike General McArthur.. I will not return. :)
A friend of mine travels the world, 120 countries so far, months at a time ...he is in Lviv Ukrane now, beer is 49 cents, a decent breakfast $2.. it is a modern clean city full of shinny late model cars. Odessa on the black sea was similar, not quite as nice however, but nice. decent hostel $2. public transport around town 15 cents. Lome Togo africa $6 a month one light bulb type apartment.. and safe all over, virtually no crime. Wifi generally as good or better than the US in most places around the world $20 a month unlimited.
My last parking ticket in SF, $500 or so... a year later I had sold all my stuff, and was a plane outa there.
What do I miss? only the movies.
damn phil you're blowin up all the spots!
Right on Phil, enjoy your happy life. I live in Bangkok in the center of everything and my $800 apartment would be $4000 in the US. Great underground and SkyTrain monorail Transportation here.
So you left gentrified San Francisco to gentrify other countries? Cool!
I really like the background music you use in this video, especially at 6:02. What's the name of the song?
Thanks! It's called BirdBrainz by Otis McDonald! I love all his stuff in the TH-cam Audio Library :)
IF YOU WANT A CHEAP PLACE TO LIVE MOVE TO MODESTO OR STOCKTON IS CHEAPER THERE.
The reality in SF is...the pros used to outweigh the cons but not presently. The Bay has been declining for decades and its very sad. She speaks about access to anything and that is true. Cost of Living is literally one of the highest in US and the highest in California. If you have a small or medium business, operating costs are high. Tech giants are princes. It's very( even super) congested. The Bay Area Progressive is an entitled jerk and you see the difference between the BAP and a Liberal. Crime is very serious and makes it very dangerous to just live. Very high homeless population.
I told my upper manager these same things about living in Dublin in Ireland and was met with derision. So I quit my job and returned to the Netherlands, which he didn't foresee.
From friends I have heard that things are turning worse and worse there too. The average rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is €1900-€2600. And the area around the city centre where most big tech companies are located is not safe.
It beats me why people would even want to live and work in such places. Quality of life is important to me and I will move to a place where it is higher not lower. I used to have a dream of moving to Silicon Valley one day but after seeing all these videos and reading all these articles it's effectively dead for me.
yah princes of what? they're the new Vanderbilt and Rockefellers but they produced something. these assholes create and sell an app and they're off to buy a tropical island When the telephone was created so were hundreds and thousands of jobs--think now about how much was lost.
22,000 homeless currently 😕
Move to Modesto were it's cheaper. I was born and raised in Hayward. I moved to Modesto. Now I live in Vacaville. 30 mins too san Francisco 30 mins to Sacramento. Love it.
It's not 30 minutes from Vacaville to SF. Even with very little traffic, it would take an hour. If you mean the SF Bay Area, you could probably get to Vallejo in 30 minutes, but not SF proper.
Love this video! Feel as if I had a conversation with a friend after watching this!
I just moved here and am going to start working this week. I'm still trying to figure out what I should do about finding a place to rent. I would also like to find a tech job. I worked for 2 years at a small software company before moving here. Got any tips?
Bay area is nuts 1989 sold a shack in Boulder Creek and bought a real fine home .86 acre right behind Graceland that was once owned by Vernon Presley in Memphis TN. Never looked back.
Hi Lauren. I want to move to San Francisco and work in communications. Can you help?
I grew up in the bay and left 10 years ago. Am considering moving back for family/community and career reasons. Thanks for your comprehensive review. I really have no idea what it's grown to be over there lately from my own experience.
It's a lot of jobs in the San Francisco Bay area where you can work at 8 Hours A Day Plus overtime for Example if you want to work at Taco Bell you can work 8 hours a day plus overtime the San Francisco Bay Area is Beautiful All Year Round if you want to see the entire Bay Area go to Cal State East Bay that used to be known as Cal State Hayward go to the high point in Cal State Hayward and you can look over the bay on a clear beautiful day and it's breathtaking Especially when the Sun is setting And At Night Also and when you're in San Francisco in the morning at the Right time in the morning when the sun is Rising and there's morning fog in the city if you're at the Right point in the city it's so beautiful that's when you want to take a picture or video
Do people still pop on the sidewalks?
I used to live in millbrae ended up moving to Hayward. You can find houses in Hayward for 300 to 500
Good video; nice to see this topic covered by someone who actually knows (through experience) what she is actually talking about. Usually these are done by people who, maybe, have visited the city and are from the outside looking in. The cost of buying a house is no longer ridiculous just in San Francisco; it is the entire Bay Area. And you are right; it is now just one big city. I lived in the city from the late 80s until the and of last month (January, 2017). I couldn't take it anymore. The stress of worrying about my living situation (landlord selling the building, etc), hearing horror stories of evictions from people I know, people talking about leaving, people I know who had already left. All of this makes people stressed out. Whenever I would visit my brother in Oregon (at least once a year) I could feel the difference. Slower pace; people who can have a normal job and still buy a house; strangers looking at me and saying Hi. I must point out that San Francisco was quite different when I first moved there. I was finishing college, I worked 2 part time jobs and could afford the rent and have some money left over at the end of the month. No more! Unless you are rich, the cons will come to outweigh the pros of living in the Bay Area.
Yeap, housing has been crazy since early 2000 when I was there, you are right on. Had I still lived there I would never have got my own house. Well good luck to you and family, you r still young you got time. Like your channel a lot, great job, big fan here 👌
Glad to hear you made the right moves for your life goals :) We'll see what happens with us. I searched Zillow for house prices in Hayward and they're not too bad!! We'll see... Thanks so much for watching!
You don't want to move to Montana. It's cold and it's windy and it snows a lot. Although, when it is fine, there is no place finer.
Your hair looks so pretty today.
Aww thank you :)
Agreed. It’s lovely.
that's what she's all about
Hayward would be my dream vacation.
Come to the Upper Peninsula, Michigan; loads of big trees, lakes, rivers, hiking, with extremely low cost of living and low density.
The down side is long snowy cold winters and not much cultural diversion.
Nowhere is perfect but its what one makes it to be ‘their perfect’.
Do they have a Nigerian restaurant there Lauren? If yes, I'm moving there
They dont- most are ethiopian and the african spices are mostly in oakland(getting gentrified out though).
OMgoooosh! I´m moving in two months. I already know SF is expensive... but I really want to live in the city. I´ll be working in the financial district... So... I can listen you advices, if you have more... share it with me!
My best advice if you want to live in SF is don't get a dog! Haha it makes renting much harder... But seriously maybe I should make a pt 2 to this video :) I hope your move goes smoothly!
Lauren Without Fear yes ! Do it!!!!
I did not like it when I left the Bay Area for "some place cheaper". It wasn't worth it, and I moved back.
I really love this. You seem so down-to-earth
Have you ever been to crown memorial beach in Alameda or the San Leandro Marina?
I’m moving to Japantown on Friday.
I lived in SF for two years. On the surface it's amazing. However, once you live there the luster wears off fast. A developer from Hong Kong purchased my building where I was renting and raised every ones rent to 7500/mo. There have been people living there for over 25 years and don't know what to do.. I got laid off along with 250 other employees and that's when I decided to move out. The juice isn't worth the squeeze there anymore. Everything in this video is 100% correct. You should make one about all the feces, needles and entitled aggressive homeless people also :)
The homeless people are not entitled Bc most of them have been there way before you-you privileged transplant fuck
I have heard it's waaaay too expensive and quite crowded. All the pros are available in SoCal for cheaper, but it's hotter and sunnier. So some may not like that. But at least you can possibly afford it as compared to Bay Area where unless you are quite rich you will never own a home.
That 700k 1 bed/1bath house in SF is probably now 1.2m 😂😭
Thank you soooo much for this video. You have no idea how much you’ve helped us. Just subscribed.
Formative and captivating video about living in the Bay Area. Love the detail you went into while describing each point and your positive energy. I'm just not sure about your definition of gentrification.
People I've noticed it's always complaining about rent but there's a way around it what I mean by this is live with family like having your sister your cousin as a roommate to help pay the rent sometimes it's a good idea to share a place with a roommate but you want to make sure it's the right person you do not want the wrong roommate each person's different back in the 1990s when I was working at McDonald's my friends and I we had to share A One Bedroom Apartment at the time that's all we could afford the bedroom was only big enough for one bed now she's my wife
The prices you describe for housing are commensurate with what one would pay in other big cities like London or Sydney. Food and services in Scandinavia cost considerably more.
Thank you sweetie for that idea ! Learned alot
regarding your comment in 13:56 you might consider Los Feliz neighborhood. very much what you're looking for.
I got used to that every morning at 5 five o'clock I woke up the lire of a fire engine when I lived nearby.
Another thing about SF if there is a huge problem with Heroin. More so than in other cities.
I had to move out of the East Bay in order to care for my Mom before she died. There's no way to move back once you've moved out. My former apartment more than doubled in price after I left (a friend checked for me). One thing that really helped me when I lived there was being a member of community gardens. It feels empowering to be growing some of your food in the face of prices for organic food. Also it's fun to garden with other people, and it cuts the stress of living in a fast-paced city. To access community gardens in S.F., contact Park and Rec who are in charge of community gardens there. In the East Bay, go to the garden that interests you on a weekend, when gardeners are more likely to be around, and ask to be put on the waiting list. I hope this is helpful.
I’m a video editor and my partner is in Bio Pharma and we are moving to SF in a few weeks. We never thought we would move to SF. It seems like an impossible mountain to climb however, it’s happening....kicking and screaming....it’s happening. What I’m the most nervous about is making good friends that over time, can become family away from where we are from (Canada) and where we currently live now, DC. I’m super thankful that I know what it’s like to live in an inflated cost environment (DC AND Toronto) where costs won’t be such a shock but I’m wondering if you could give a gal some pointers on how to meet like minded people in SF. Thanks for your videos. Loved your walking tour and will be watching the rest over the next few days.
I'm just curious, where did you move from to come to the Bay? And why did you decide to leave that place?
The South Bay Area (San Jose Area) is nothing like SF. We have tree lined streets, clean sidewalks, tons of jobs
it really sounds like you should consider moving to humboldt! its roughly 200-300 miles north of sf and there's a lot more nature, and the forests and beaches are all close together so there's plenty of easy access. there isn't much diversity though
You have no idea how many times I've thought this myself!!! Looks like my forest + beach heaven. I went as a kid, so my husband and I are planning to go there for a few days soon so I can get to know it more now as an adult.
I paid $76 for BREAKFAST at an Asian fusion place. Two entrees, OJ and water for the two of us...but the fried french toast was outstanding!
I totally agree with the Cons. I was explaining to my mom, like how I'm constantly around people. Which is Good for some parts of your day, But I don't have recuperate time or something.
San Francisco! I only miss the city I once knew. She's gone now and I find her unrecognizable. I left in Novermebr 2014 after living there for 25 years. My friends who are still there tell me they would like to leave, but feel stuck because they actually have affordable rents. That's what you get when you live in only one place for 30 years! I visited SF once since I left, in Jan 2017 and it was awful ... a bizillionaire's shithole! I am so happy I knew her when she was livable and forgiving. I moved to SF from NYC in 1989. I was 27 and literally arrived with nothing. Back then, SF was easy and an enjoyable place to live and play in, and a great place to make friends. In the early 1990s, 3 of us lived in a huge flat on Folsom Street for $300 each/month. We all worked part time, had scooters, did art stuff and lived off burritos, which at El Cumbre were about $2.50. Unlike NYC, in SF I found that I could actaully breath and live my life becasue I could afford to live, and pretty well at that! That's all gone now and while I soemtimes get nostalgic, I know I will never return. I have no regrets. It's good I'm gone and that I got to experience her when she really was the best, best place on earth to live!
I stayed in Parkmerced as well! I remember how warped my ceiling was the day I moved in lol
thank you Lauren helpful video.
☺️ Yay another video from Lauren 😌
Yay!
Hey Lauren,
Subscribed with notifications, I appreciate hearing you speak about this. Basically word for word I agree with you. I am attempting to move from San francisco, living in an SRO the room size is 100 square feet and I pay 1380.00 per month.... I only make 5000 per month, I can't wait for the moment I'm able to leave.
Thanks for this video.
Does San Francisco really have universal health care?
San Francisco has turned into a giant toilet and sharps container.
I had to stay in SF for a week for work. I literally had to watch my step for human shit. SF is one horrible city.
This is exactly why I am not voting for Gavin Newsom!
I am waiting for Dublin Ireland to turn into Europe's premier public toilet, if that hasn't already happened since I left.
I can't believe San Francisco has turned into such a terrible place to live and that I have only recently found out. If it wasn't for TH-cam videos I would never have known how bad living there has become.
San FranCesspool.
Go ahead, liberal. Some people just have the taste for shit. Ass candy, I think you call it. Enjoy!
This video exemplifies the standard Bay Area Transplant experience. Move to the Bay Area for the novelty of it (resident tourist), get tired of the cost of living in the Bay Area (housing, transportation, entertainment) and the amount of time you need to put in at work to live in the Bay Area (they'll pay you well but they demand all of your time for that big pay check), long for a better life (housing, personal freedom, work life balance) and move out to the next hip place to live (Austin, Portland, Boise, San Diego, New Orleans, Minneapolis).
Good video. I'm born and raised in the East Bay Area. I've since left and live in The South now. My entire family lives in The Bay still. Love my home, but its too much.
You have a great presence and point of view!
Please make more videos, you have an eager audience.
What I'm hearing from this video is making me want to move to San Francisco even more SF have some of my most favorite things can't wait ^_^ and I subed cool chanel!!!!!
WHOA! San Francisco has TREES, rivers and LAKES???? How unique!
San Francisco will have a worker shortage crisis. It has already started. Not everyone is making big bucks in the tech field so trying to live and work in the Bay Area will be impossible due to the high costs of living. You can forget about workers commuting from outlaying areas. It takes up too much of their time. The only solution is for these tech companies is to provide free or greatly subsidized housing and food closer to work. The lack of service workers will also make tech workers not want to move to San Francisco. The silicon valley is screwed.
Even tech workers making 100k are struggling to afford living in the bay.
onetruekeeper so true
Did your dog get in?
Fantastic info! ... thank you.
Giiiirl I live in this small city named Porterville in the middle of the bay and l.a honestly you can get a really nice house approx 2,000 sq ft. for about approx $240,000..well anywhere in the Tulare County area. There's many places to hike too. The sequoia national forest is our backyard and it is a great quite area for family.
Tulare County is NOT "the Bay area" by any stretch of the imagination.
Porterville is not in the Bay.
Jesus is Lord no shit lol
SerenityGamesToo did I say it was ? Lol
Your words: "I live in this small city named Porterville IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY...." so, yes, you did.
Really informative. I have been thinking long and hard about CA. but when I look at videos like these. I'm like Geeshhhhh. I need to stay in Tx. Lmbo