I'm born, raised, and still live in San Francisco. I avoid the tenderloin/civic center area like the plague and I feel like it's a way to ignore the problems our city faces. This doc is way better than the one by CNN a few months ago. Great job.
What are your living costs? And can you walk around in your neighborhood in relative safety? Almost every day I see news of car jackings, car break-ins, blatant shoplifting...
@@georgehenderson7783 I live in the western part of SF and it's mostly elderly Asian people and hipster surfers. It's boring and safe and quiet. I work downtown and pretty much never feel threatened. The only rule everyone has to follow is don't leave anything in your car when you park. Other than that it feels like any other big city including Seoul and LA. I do avoid problem areas like the Tenderloin and Civic Center, but all the locals know to avoid those or you learn real quick. The problem is there are a lot of good restaurants in the Tenderloin so sometimes you have no choice but to go.
@@knowyourhistory well that doesn't sound so bad. Things are no doubt going to get worse this year and next year though. What about living costs/taxes? Food and gas prices?
@@DotsonaMapDecades of liberal police created a runaway effect. It will take decades of conservative policy to bring it back. That will not happen. That means curb immigration, America first, hold bellaque crime accountable, target and rectify bad behavior, encourage families and peace and stability, be harsh and drugs and addicts and pushers, including capital punishment, and stop prioritizing degenerate behavior from Alphabet mob Groups so powerful on SF to allow all other programs to stop that's perceived as a threat to them. The two worlds cannot coexisting. Peace or this....
The people who run SF are very different from the people who built it…different mindset. SF could not be built today if the current mayor and city council were in charge. They can’t even build an outdoor toilet for less than 1.5 million. Dam it used to be an incredible city
My gosh, what a beautiful documentary of "a place." You'all have a gift to uncover and show more than what is assumed. You have a gift. My wife and I retired from the military after 30 years and were inoculated with the wish to travel and we do. We will do that with you. Thank you
I resided in San Francisco from 2011 to 2012. A decade later, I had the opportunity to revisit the city. However, it was disheartening to witness that the city I once adored, cherished, and loved had drastically changed. It was a sad sight to see my favorite city deteriorating...
Just wondering, since you might now. From the city, could you smell a joint, or, say, a crack pipe, burning on Alcatraz? Or would it require a series of buoys to make the trail followable?
My family migrated to San Francisco from Puerto Rico In the 1950's. I was raised primarily in the mission. I was a part of operation integrate during the 1970's when SFUSD put kids on buses and we were shipped all over the city. I was a elementary school child and although it was a bit intimidating at the time, l was treated to the best city tours imaginable. Thank you SFUSD. Growing up in San Francisco taught me many things. It taught me to appreciate the arts, it gave me insight into other cultures and taught me to have a profound respect for nature and all it has to offer. The city is no different than any family, we all have the good the bad and the ugly. Although I no longer live in California, San Francisco will always be my home. Great Video and thank you guys for taking the time and effort in sharing.
Born in San Francisco in 1960 - as were my grandparents back to 1849 when my Great Great Grandfather migrated there - left the area when I was a kid, but visited relatives frequently throughout the years. All the family from there has left now - it is so sad to see what was once the most beautiful city rot away... 😪 Nice to see these Victorian homes still up-kept.
where did they leave? I understand San Francisco is not what it used to to be anymore, but still, all the world is going down the toilet so, proportionally speaking, where is it better than in San Francisco? so yes, where did the leave?
San Francisco is NOT rotting. Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis - those are "rotting" cities, no matter how hard they try to revitalize. This documentary does an okay job showing that there are parts of SF, like any other city in the world, that should be avoided for safety reasons, particularly for tourists not familiar with the city. I go to the tenderloin and the civic center, because there are museums, great food and other great things happening (like street art). BUT I go during the day. WRT your car, don't leave anytbing visible anywhere, this should be standard knowledge for anyone in any US urban city. If you leave things in your trunk, make sure your devices are fully powered off. Thieves will use their phones to see if there is a bluetooth connection, or wifi, and if they find one, your trunk gets hit. Our mayor is horrible, as is the Board of Supervisors. They could have done a lot to stop the exodus of retail from downtown, build a more welcoming downtown and kept the really bad press from getting completely out of hand. But they have no foresight or vision. I love San Francisco, and I've had my car broken into, been harrassed by homeless and have been in uncompromising situations. But 3 time in 35 years of living here is a pretty good record. The neighborhoods are vibrant with restaurants, shops, theaters, and happy, friendly people everywhere. Don't fall into the media BS.
It’s always been my dream to visit California especially San Francisco and I still have not been able to do so since I moved to the US. How is it so difficult now?
@@dic3686 Crime, crime, crime, and no one stops them, especially after the pandemic riots, they destroyed cities and did nothing. House mortgages are only for the rich, schools are terrible, good luck finding a doctor, everything is outrageously expensive, a lot of homeless n the big cities
Thank you for this, i have never been there but my mom use to love coming there when she was sent there to work for a couple of weeks at a time, that was back in the 80's and early 90's. She even took my sister in the late 90's a couple of times since they both loved San Fran SO much. I don't believe mom knew about the Ugly/Bad areas, she mainly talked about the Golden Gate Bridge and the prison and the steep streets. I lost mom and my sister a few years ago so they are missed but documentaries like this give me a smile and a tear thinking of both of them. Have a great life out there!
What the politicians will never admit is that there is a sizeable percent of the homeless population that want to be homeless. They have given up, want to just tune out, and they won't even take enough responsibility to take care of themselves. Enabling this lifestyle drags everyone else down with them
I get what you are saying. I grew up in Marin and spent much time in The City and it was a jewel. This was in the 60's. It could stand with any city in the world. So, my question, no we should not enable the lifestyle. Everyone talks about mental health, mental health, blah blah blah. Programs go bad, funding dries up. So, what should we do with the people living on the street, especially the ones that have made it their life by choice. Not sure it began that way but that's a different conversation. So, what is YOUR answer. Maybe your 14 likes would like to chime in.
@@pamelawing5747 Where I live you get a 10 min warning if you are laying on the sidewalk. If you are not up and gone, someone will help you get up and gone. That's step 1. There is a combination of public/private programs to help the addicted. This doesn't solve the problem 100%, because the hard core addicts will find someplace to sleep, but they are not on the street in plain sight.
@@yaimavol So they get up and move, and then what? Where do they go? Now they are pooping on someone else' sidewalk? This whole thing is too deliciously political and the more issues that are truly addressed leaves the politicians less to rail on about when campaigning. I'm sick to death of it. Our city has a HUGE issue and I'm so tired of having to walk through tents and people laying on the sidewalk or confronting me. It's NOT illegal to be homeless, and then if it was, what build more jails to hold them? How much does THAT cost? We have some clues. We have what used to be a great path running along the river for biking and walking and many won't use it because of the homeless living down by the river. I'm trying to get more involved, trying to find out more about the local people running for our local offices but admittedly, it's really difficult.
@@pamelawing5747 Lets take a look in a different direction. Wealth has increased exponentially through the years and SF has a super high concentration of the some of wealthiest people in the US. We also have Big tech and Finance setting up shop. This has greatly contributed to the housing shortages and explosion in rental/housing prices. I worked with street kids in many places through out the US and lived here in SF 3 times. Yes there are people who have given up and made living on the street a lifestyle--those numbers are small though--I welcome you to try 24 hrs on the street here, bring your friends to make it feel safer. I bet you will gather that most don't want or can't hack this lifestyle. 70% of the Homeless in SF were housed here. We have 8000 folks in some form of transitional housing and another 8000 on the street(So 1% of SF'rs live on the street). The solutions are more temporary housing but the issues are; no more space to develop and if housing is not hugely profitable here than you most likely will not get the permit to build. No neighborhoods want existing spaces used for housing the homeless or providing services--it drives property values down and the other obvious reasons. Institutions or mental hospitals were shut down across the country by Ronald Reagen and in reality they were terrible options it's another reason why we've had a huge rise in mentally ill people on the street. Homeless people do not make policy and they're mostly just people the avg tourist or wealthy denizen doesn't want to be burdened to look at--they're still people and you'd be surprised at who these people are if you get to know them--you know people just like them who had things happen that in many cases they could not control. The stakes are extremely high here. Once you're on the street how would you climb your way back? Lastly lets look at the future. Wealthy people and business changed the whole landscape--they can live anywhere and especially now with remote options but they're largely coming back to the cities for playground for the affluent atmosphere. Most cities are dealing with homeless people this is our future as a species and it will only get worse with employment options drying up, lack of services(Including mental Health), Suburbs and rural areas being inhospitable to different lifestyle choices and far more low income/poverty ridden citizens. You may not like what I'm saying but I live here and I have yrs of experience working with the population you're commenting on.
I lived in SF as a child in the Excelcior district and post high school from 95 to 2007, altogether 30 years. I still worked there until recently when it started affecting my mental stability. I worked the tenderloin as a nurse it was overwhelming, the city from Market to Mission in the downtown area looks like a zombie apocalypse. Death, urine and feces paint every inch. People dying all around and only having one or two narcan doses is terrible. I no longer work there, it isn't gritty or fun like it was even just 5 years ago. It is heart breaking in the fullest sense. It is a microcosm of our civilization, looking down the precipice of our own making.
As someone who has never visited San Francisco and who only hears about it through the media, it is nice to see someone show both sides. Of course there are problems - about 8000 homeless people, drugs, crime - but it is also a vibrant city with pro sports teams, big business, culture and art. I look forward to visiting someday! Thanks for the great documentary.
Hope you enjoy being robbed. Keep your car windows down and your trunk open or they’ll be broken into. Seriously, this is real advice that even public officials give people. Look forward to walking on San Fran’s finest poop and needle covered sidewalks.
I am a a native from San Francisco- born and raised here. Still here. I lived in the T.L. For many years and I still frequent it often. To the maker of this doc- Good job!
Many of the problems were clear long ago and its observations like this, common to most people in SF, that led to this disaster and embarrassment. Clearly little has been learned and it will get worse sooner rather than later.
Thank you so much, that was a very beautifully presented picture of this fantastic and unique city. Our hearts and love goes to the city and all who are there providing their aspects to all of it.
I grew up across the bay in Berkeley for over 50 years but I was always in San Francisco, going to school or performing music in the Haite or in North beach. It was a lot of fun back in the 1970s and 1980s. San Francisco’s an old city and that’s the feeling I get when I was there working or going to school. It was wonderful back then but now it’s problems have tarnished it’s sheen quite a bit! I’m sure plenty of people have left the city after the Pandemic because they can’t afford to rent apartments and or they lost their jobs. Tourism is down, jobs in the downtown area are down too! Stores are closing in some of the most popular shopping areas such as Union Square! I know this has to affect landmark restaurants such as John’s Grill steak house (one of the places I worked as a musician in the 1990s). I hope San Francisco picks up where it was back in the early 1990s, it needs the tourism, the shopping, businesses and restaurants to survive into the 21st century!
I moved to SF from NY back in 1963. Back then the city was so beautiful. It saddens me to see how it has deteriorated. Many other cities are also running the same destiny 😢
Great video! I spent a week in SF in 2010 and had a wonderful time there. I’ve been distressed by reports that this beautiful city is struggling so badly. I appreciated how you covered several sides of the city, the”good, the bad, and the ugly.” Nicely done!
Nope 👎. The painted ladies is the highest crime areas for tourists. Not a word about that. Lol 😂. I own apartments so fine. Propaganda keeps the rents up. F it.
Thanks a lot for the Ina Coolbrith Park suggestion. I included it in my SF trip, and it's really a hidden gem that not many people talk about, but that is really worth a visit. Such a nice spot to sit, relax and have a great view.
I watched this video over and over. It brings back memory when I was on Magic island in the military and waking up to the fog and then see Alcatraz. Thank you for being such a great story teller.
Thanks for this video! I first came to SF in 1983 after graduation from college. The 80's was pre- Silicon Valley's impact. I returned in 1992, I site selected and built the Subway at Bush/Kerney it's still there as of April 2023. It's still declining rapidly. I moved to Las Vegas in 2001. But I loved travel back and walk the hills with my wife and kids. The city is like Detroit -ruined. Probably for decades. The wharf has lost several Iconic restaurants. China town business mostly closed. The culture loss is permanently damaged. Westgate Mall now closed. Very sad.
I love detroit and visit about once or twice a year. Downtown is transformed from just 10 years ago. But much of the surrounding neighborhoods are really really rough. And sadly that is the majority of the city as a whole. Happy to see lots of progress being made, but it’s a hard reality there. And it’s in your face. You can avoid it on the freeways, but painfully evident on the surface roads. Original buddy’s is the best pizza in the country, but the neighborhood… yikes! Bakers, harpos, raven, a stretch to call those areas thriving. But certainly rooting for them.
Chinatown businesses closed? Chinatown continues to be one of the most vivrant and busy areas. Probably has the fewest empty storefronts of anyplace in the city. Westfield Mall? It never ws a good fit for the City. No great loss there. Probably killed by Amazon and Covid since they seemed to rely heavily on tourists. SF is so far from the car-dependent, burned out wasteland that Detroit was I don't see how you or anyone could compare. Detrout is rising, BTW. SF doesn't need to.
I had the pleasure of visiting SF three times. I always stayed on the Wharf for the excitement. I loved to visit Market Street and Union Square. The transportation is excellent as I would tell the driver what hotel where I was staying and they kindly dropped me off at the front door. Wow! Even the store clerks and the police officers assisted me on where I needed to go to get transported back to my hotel. I am a disabled war veteran and I was treated wonderfully every where I visited. I loved In and Out Burgers and those hamburgers hooked me. However, A homeless person cursed me out for offering to purchase him food instead of giving him money outside the sourdough cafe. Three locals came to my aid and told the man to leave me alone. He did. My last visit to SF was 2011 and as usual, it was wonderful to visit Meir Woods the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. So, I left my heart in SF as I sat on the dock by the Bay. Big hugs to all.
Excellent video - great camera work, nice background music, superb commentary, fine insights on the cultural gems, the people, and the economic issues. Thanks !!!
What a stunningly well produced documentary. I am a third-generation San Franciscan, now living in the East Bay. Sadly, the city in which I once was raised is vastly different now, and even more sadly, I only reluctantly drive there. Nothing will ever be the same as it once was to live and work in San Francisco. Replace the elected officials with better equipped and more caring candidates for office. With all of its incredibly wealthy occupants, surely some of their fortunes could be spent on making improvements. Where are the true philanthropists these days?
That is an interesting and counter-intuitive take. I'm all for philanthropy, but am confident that no amount of money can overcome mismanagement and foolishness. SF has gotten the "leadership" (and results) they have voted for.
Thank you for sharing some of the history, and telling this story with such heart. Talking to the local resident and business owner (in the Tenderloin) helps put a face with this story.
Lived in the Bay Area for most of my life so far and I dread having to go into the city. Even a decade ago it was still bearable but now I just avoid it at any chance. When I used to commute there in the 2000s to the early 2010s, it was still hell; but now it's like pulling teeth at the DMV. The traffic, the public-drugs, the homelessness, the feces and smells. San Francisco is fast on it's way to becoming the new Detroit. Silicon Valley and the rich have basically pigeon-holed the city into "a wasteland of Freedoms" where anyone can do anything. It's devolving into the Wildwest where the sheriff is moral superiority and the deputy is grandstanding virtue.
Lived in SF 60’s - 80’s, never liked it, too cold, too windy and the crime has always been a problem. Bartended in Chinatown that was okay. Finally moved out of state, best decision I ever made.
Such a well thought clip. Professionally done and found the Tenderloin district quite amusing AND depressing to see. Articulated quite well, thanks for this.
I really miss living in San Francisco, because at that time it wasn't so bad, even in the Tenderloin District, which was where I lived and it wasn't even like the way you see it now. I miss walking all around the City, and just having so much to do. You brought back so many memories for me 😢... Maybe one day I'll go back for a visit, and see how it feels to be there again.
Hope your not voting for the same type of people that turned SF into what it is now. The rest of us are getting tired of the transplants bringing their same policies to destroy our communities.
I lived the most years of my life in SF, mostly in the Mission and the Height Ashbery districts. Now, after traveling to every state in the US and 42 countries. I have decided to live out my old age in Southern Mexico. I think living in SF among so many different types of people I learned how to appreciate diversity.
Yes, I love the diversity here too. Everywhere in the world I've gone 90%+ of the people are good. People try to convince me to have a bad attitude, but I don't see the reason why.
What a great film, thankyou. I finally visited in 2006 after spending my teen years in the UK soaking up the late 60s counter-culture from books, films and records. Found the place extraordinary, one of the most unique I'd visited. But change is the only law, so none too surprised it's in its current state. Let's hope the city bounces back, seems a tough place to be these days and deserves so much more.
Thank you for making the documentary. SF was one of my favorite cities and have many great memories there. My sisters and I used to drive up from the South Bay almost every week to shop, to go to the beach, or just walk around Pier 39. We did this for years. Whenever I had relatives or friends visit from out of town, I would take them to SF, by way of Oakland, then over the Bay Bridge, so they could see the beauty of the city. It is beyond sad to see what the city has become.
Thank you. Very well done! The echoing of the word LIGHT in the Tenderloin segment, SLAYED me! I was born here, raised here and the East Bay. I still live in San Francisco. This is one of the most beautiful places on the planet to live... There is no light without darkness... The Tenderloin is one of our darkest places. ( Let us not forget about HUNTERS POINT too. Not a safe place to film without knowing people, or a police detail )!!! I pray that "We The People" will soon figure out a way to improve the quality of life in our beloved SF.
I am from and live in Austin. it was a beautiful city too. Due to the policies of the people who govern it, it has been ruined with crime, drugs and homeless camps. We are alike in so many ways .
NO MATTER THE SAD SIDE OF SF I WILL ALWAYS LOVE IT. I WISH PEOPLE WHOULD LEARN TO LOVE AND TAKE CARE OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY, SF DESERVE IT. PLEASE MAKE SF GREAT AGAIN👍👍I WAS RAISED IN SF SINCE I WAS A 1YEAR OLD AND I HURTS ME TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. 😢😢
Thank you for this updated tour of San Francisco. The city has a place in mine and my family’s hearts. We are Hawaiians and our Mom loved San Francisco and the Bay Area. She shared the aloha she had for the city with us. She had gone to college at San Jose State in the late 1940s. It’s sad to see the breakdown in the quality of life. It takes a deep commitment from little individuals to be in action to end hunger and homelessness where ever you are in the U.S. or world. We all can take those small steps, one at a time, to end poverty . Aloha
My daughter went to UC Santa Cruz and ventured into San Francisco a couple times back in 2017. She then went to Japan and brought her boyfriend back for a visit and they planned a three day stay in San Francisco. The boyfriend is a native Japanese and when they walked out of their hotel on their first morning they were greeted by a homeless man taking a crap in front of the hotel. They turned around the corner to be greeted by another homeless peeing on the wall. The boyfriend looked at my daughter in shock and said is this normal in the US? They left San Francisco the next day
The strange thing is many of the hotels in the city bump right up to the tenderloin. So that is not surprising. the TL is like 2% of the city, they should have done more research.
Decades of liberal police created a runaway effect. It will take decades of conservative policy to bring it back. That will not happen . That means curv immigration, America first, hold black crime accountable, target and rectify bad behavior, encourage families and peace and stability, be harsh and drugs and addicts and pushers, including capital punishment, and stop prioritizing degenerate behavior from LGBT Groups so powerful on SF to allow all other programs to stop that's perceived as a threat to them. The two worlds cannot coexisting. Peace and stability, or this....
...I worked downtown San Francisco Financial District for at least 25 years. The late 70s/1980s/early 90s were great years of what I call the "Herb Caen" years, everyone read the SF Chronicle and the Examiner, and rushed to read Herb Caen's writings, where San Francisco was still a somewhat local city with local citizens and personalities - Herb Caen, Harry Denton, Pat McCormick (Kuletos), Willie Brown, Bob Lurie SF Giants, Riordan, Aliotos, the Opening of the Opera, remember those two old lady twins?, Gump's, Emporium Capwell, Macys, John's Grill and the old patrons, Sam's Grille, the French Quarter/Le Central on Grant right before the entrance of China Town, Lefty O'Douls, and Powell Street was open to vehicles; chess players, sightseers, and everyone wore suits, business dress downtown, the women were beautiful, then Cesar's Latin Palace, and everyone was either dancing salsa, or swing, Lombard Street, the old restaurants along Sutter, the old North Beach and it's restaurants, and all its characters, and everyone knew the policemen walking the beats. That's the San Francisco that I remember....
What you call the Herb Caen era, exactly how I remember it when I was there in the late 80’s when I lived there on Church street.. The grand opening of the San Francisco center… hard to believe it now nothing.
@@calebfuller4713 I live near San Francisco and visit often. I will be honest it's no longer the same as it was in "The Herb Caen Days". The commercial building vacancy rate was reported at 37% and most likely 40-45%. The City of SF bowed down to environmental issues and blocked vehicular traffic from driving down Market Street (its blocked only to buses which no on rides) and no traffic allowed along Powell. No traffic equals no business equals No businesses. It's still a beautiful city but not like the "Herb Caen Days"
That was so good! I am a native San Franciscan up in Sacramento. I left in 2009. The City is what you make of it. You will have adventures though. I miss it so much. Your video is inspiring me to go back. Thank you!
Great video and walk around of the place. As an Australian I’ve never been before but my late uncle lived in san Fransisco in the early 90’s and taught Ice skating at one of the ice rinks in the area before he passed away at 28 from pneumonia. At the rink where he taught there was a memorial plaque on the wall in his memory.
I have just finished watching your video. First of all, I throughly enjoyed it. I think you did a fabulous job! Now, I am an American, who has been living in Germany for the fast 34 years. This morning my wife and I spoke about visiting San Francisco for the first time. This is what led me to your video. After watching it, I am somewhat unsure. We’ll watch more videos together before making our final decision. Thank you for uploading this and all the best to you.
i went to go visit SF a year ago. Ive always wanted to live there and i went in with dream like expectations. I left with my hopes shattered. It is so dirty, smelly, people are not very friendly, and it is expensive. The homelessness is something ive never seen in the US before. It felt like a old abondaned city with a downtown. I hope the city changes but as of right now I cannot ever move there. No offense to anyone living there. Just not for me.
@@oliverfalcao5844Go!! I went last october and loved it just avoid tenderloin area and you’ll be good! Im going again in october! It’s beautiful and i come from a big city myself. I do have to say ppl are not too friendly😭 like costumer service wise
I do stained glass and SF has got to be the number one city in the country that wants it. I was born there but we moved away when I was a year old. I still visit and I love it. Thanks vor the wonderful video. You captured what SF is all about.
Been there several times over the years and always had a great visit. So many negative videos and so much political hype nonsense nowadays, people are lead to believe SF is doomed. I don't believe that. There's definitely mismanagement and neglect, but that's common anywhere. SF has tons of unique and great aspects to it. So it's nice to see a mostly positive video showing various sides and perspectives.
It's not doomed but much of the hype is real. And it IS a mess because of the politics there. Thats just the reality. As someone from there, I could write pages on why the political situation is the way it is but at the end of the day, it's the politics and mismanagement that have ruined the city. And no, it's not common anywhere.
@@malvolio01 Well, as someone that's been all over America, I beg to differ. I've seen rampant homelessness and brazen drug use coast to coast. Lawless activities. From New Orleans to Philly to Chicago to Seattle, throughout Cali and so on. Obviously not everywhere equally, but so much of it in so many cities that it is indeed common. Again, a result of mismanagement and bad politics. Piss poor responses from our government. It's shameful. Like I said about SF, it's not these whole places either, like so many hype videos lead outsiders to believe.
@@malvolio01 Democrats have created a situation in most major cities where they cannot be voted out of office. It's a dictatorship and not a democracy. It's a combination of the public union vote, extreme demonization of their opponents, skillfully playing race politics, an dyes some old-fashioned corruption and cheating. They are never going to give up power and doing so might even land them in prison
I live in the peninsula and used to visit SF frequently. I recently went back to visit. It is too dirty and dangerous compared to how it was just a few years ago. Very sad to see many businesses closing and the once bustling downtown area so quiet
I love the west coast, the fabulous weather allows me to mountain bike all year around. While the middle class has been destroyed can you imagine what it’s done to lower classes. The culprits are the ultra wealthy who keep getting richer. I love the diversity, wish peace and love and compassion would come back into fashion. Instead of complaining please go out and clean up what you can. (Never an excuse if you choose to put self harming crap into your body) Thank you for the kind video
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Thank you! Subscribed! Some shots seem too shallow, like the first one, or one at 2:00 - you are pretty, but I actually wanted to see the landscape behind you :) I did not shoot in Tenderloin and did not dare talking to people when I was in SF this April. Kudos to your videography and people skills!
Great Job!! We love SF, and was at the August Hall last week for a concert. San Fransisco is still alive even with all the bad spots, don't give up on the city, the city will swing back the other, it has too..
It will only swing back when we finally have a government with real vision and leadership skills. This current turn of events is the result of a fat, lazy government beholden to loud and well funded activists who have hijacked the political landscape. We are reaping what we’ve sown and have become the victims of our own virtuosity. 🤦🏻♀️
I once believe in the “swing back” thing will happen to where I have lived for twenty years. When missiles flew over the sky above me and my family, I knew it was done, and having hope to this stupid place is a great irresponsibility to myself and my loved ones. I’m currently doing my best to thrive to protect my loved ones.😊
Thank you for showing what it's like. Other channels only focus on the worst parts or pretend all is perfect, but like you pointed out, many truths coexist.
18:18 As a UK tourist we visited 17yrs ago and loved it and we did experience some homeless, but 18:18 didn't feel threatened in anyway, however we've just returned home only 2 weeks ago from doing the Pacific coast highway drive down to San Diego and we collected our rental car from San Francisco airport and was advised NOT to drive into the city and leave our car, as we had all our luggage and belongings in the boot (trunk)... So we decided not to visit and proceed with our drive south on PCH 1......but looking back I do now regret our decision... especially missing out on driving golden gate bridge 😢...... excellent video btw👍
I lived in the Berkeley area from 1976-2017. I’ve spent a lot of time in SF and this is a fair assessment of the city. SF has always had it’s good and bad. I recently visited the Bay Area and chose not to visit San Francisco. I’ve seen the good parts and the bad parts just wear you down. I’m glad to have lived in the area but there are now now better places to be for me.
I live in Palo Alto -- just a few miles south from San Francisco on the peninsula. I've worked and visited the city countless times. Just before the pandemic, things began to change in regard to crime in the city. Without cops arresting perpetrators, would-be criminals were emboldened. My sister visited in 2019. Since it was her first visit to the city, I took her to all of the traditional tourist spots -- including Pier 39, Ghirardelli, Fisherman's Wharf, Lombard Street, a Giants game, etc. While we were at Fisherman's Wharf, a homeless man pulled down his fly and began urinating in front of both of us. My sister walked away. However, I went over and told the guy (while he was still urinating). He just responded, "What are you going to do -- arrest me?" When the pandemic hit a few months later, the entire city shut down. I visited several times. Given the number of rooftop terraces, some businesses were able to use them as a loophole for meetings (as they are considered "outdoor" areas in the city). I attended several meetings on those rooftop terraces. It was surprising to see the city so empty. However, with each trip to the city, I noticed more and more crime. On my way to one meeting in 2020, I was riding a scooter from Caltrain (4th and King) along the Embarcadero to the Ferry Building. I crossed Embarcadero and made my way to California Street. I had never seen so many homeless and, yes, human waste on the streets. I had to be careful so that I didn't roll over either the homeless or their waste. Then, on California Street, a young homeless man (who was across the street) began throwing baseballs at me. I stopped because I was surprised. However, he continued to throw them and yell obscenities at me. I continued on my scooter to the destination (a work meeting at the Newhall Nest atop 260 California Street), I told an off-duty cop working security at the entrance. He told me that there was no point in calling the police because "their hands are tied." By 2021, this became the "new normal" for the city. Between the high taxation, high crime rate (including non-reported or non-prosecuted crimes) and the growing homeless problem, San Francisco is a shell of what it once was. Due to the pandemic, businesses discovered that it was cheaper and more cost-effective to do business outside of the city. So, white collar workers (especially tech workers) have left the downtown area. This has led to a loss of businesses that needed that business to afford the astronomical rent/lease payments. Criminals are so brazen now that shoplifting affected so many businesses. Moreover, non-criminals feel less safe. So, they don't frequent those businesses that are most affected by a perpetual criminal presence. The homeless have now shifted throughout the city -- panhandling at tourist areas along the Embarcadero from the Ferry Building to Fisherman's Wharf (and areas just off of those locales). However, at night, they move a little further inside the city -- into the business areas -- because it is warmer at night and the buildings block the cold wind. At this point, I have no desire to visit the city. I have no desire to go to meetings in the city (which, I admit, used to be fun work excursions). Not only is it still expensive to go (by train or by parking), it's actually quite dangerous. It always feels that the city is on the cusp going from annoying crime to something worse (i.e., violence). Plus, and this is just a pet peeve, the entire downtown area between Caltrain to Ghirardelli Square is filled with the smells of human excrement mingled with strong skunk weed. Between the crime, odors, homelessness, human waste and occasional needles, I'd rather not walk or ride most places in San Francisco.
@@larrym2434 - No one is "fearful" really. However, you might be fearful if you're mugged or assaulted. Me? I'm good. I just don't prefer it. Apparently, given the exodus of people leaving the city, this feeling is widespread.
Hmmm... Palo Alto’s Heaven to San Francisco’s Hell, two worlds in contrast... Seems fascinating. I’d prefer to visit both, but I’d be too weird for both places... my means of mobility are crawling and slithering.
When I moved to Ca. In 1982 SF was like a sparkling gem. From 87-92 I lived there. For three years two blocks down from the Mark Hopkins on Bush. I used to walk through the tenderloin and though it wasn’t great it was ok. I’d walk from Bush & Mason to Fisherman’s Wharf, Coit Tower, Broadway, SOMA. Even at 3am. Sam Woo’s was almost mandatory after the Stone on Broadway closed at two. I also lived at the Fillmore Center for two years, a year after it opened. Then I stayed at the Gotham Hotel on Franklin and Gough (my first place) and the Civic Center Hotel for a few months each. It was a wonderful time, and a wonderful place. There was the Caribbean Zone, Holy Cow, DV8, the “triangle”, and more. Great shopping on Fillmore, Pacific Hights, Union Square, and the surrounding area. Fast forward to 2024 and the city is turning into a ghost town. It’s very, very, sad to see such a great city becoming tarnished. San Francisco needs to elect some intelligent, forward thinking leaders, willing to do the tough things that need to be done, in order to restore the great luster and shine the city once had.
There are many good things to life in SF, in addition to the problems. We have good public transit, many good independent restaurants and stores (not just chains), usually great weather, beautiful views. The problems - homelessness, drug abuse, crime - are national problems you can find in America from Alaska to Florida. I've lived here since 1984 and I'm still glad to call it home.
Flatly false. California has the worst homeless problem in the country and there isn't a close second. Florida prosecutes shoplifters and vehicular theft to the fullest extent of the law and while Florida has a lot of problems, no one is talking about them because they are being managed. San Francisco and California is an a free fall.
@@inez3190 the sf homeless aren’t much more aggressive than any other homeless ppl i don’t think. drug problems are probably some of the worst in the country, but as for crime the worst it gets is smash and grabs. there’s not really gangs or violent crime as much, and while the smash and grabs suck, you’ll probably be fine if you don’t leave anything in your car
Ever since I watched your video on the city of Brasília o fell in love with this channel. The video was really informative and precise in every analysis. Keep up the good work!
The beautiful city of SF being slowly destroyed by lack of positive leadership. The government has to benefit more those who contribute then the ones who don't.
SF is still a beautiful City! We have great leadership but unfortunately our share of drug addiction and homelessness is apparent. In spite of this, it is and always will be a beautiful and magnificent City!
Great work! I am planning on visiting SF in March/24, that's a dream that I always had and hopefully will come true. The Tenderloin issue is something I watch in most videos on you tube, but your documentary had a nice approach and showed that there are nice people out there 😢
Great documentary of a once beautiful city! I visited in 1999 and was astounded by the beauty of the architecture and everything there! Touching only into the Tenderloin District doesn’t tap into what has destroyed the city itself. With criminals who loot high end stores and are allowed to be free unless the loot totals $1000 has wrecked the businesses of all of San Francisco! Just seeing that many, many Walgreens have closed as they can’t afford to cover the losses, shows that in order to get SF back to the way it was, even a decade ago, will take a change in political leadership and a crackdown on crime!
I live in the East Bay area and several times a week I travel to San Francisco via the ferry for meetings. That then allows me to either to walk, take Uber, cable cars, street cars, buses, and Bart to go around the city. Doing so then allows me to meet all sorts of people. One can actually say thank you in five or more different languages if you spend a whole day in the city from English, Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, French etc. This then makes me experience a whole range of emotions from being enthralled at the structures and history, to feeling sad for the destitute, to being vigilant and alert. Sometimes I walk from Japantown all the way down to Embarcadero or I go up California all the way to Hyde.. Walked also the entire length and back of the Golden Gate Bridge. Your documentary captures all that, even the perceptible heartbreak you showed when you were talking with the people in the Tenderloin district. You and your team did an excellent and touching documentary.
We visited SF from australia back in 2014. Our hotel was actually in the tenderloin area and although it was a little sketchy, its appears to be much worse now. Its such a beautiful city so its really sad to see what has happened. Those in power need to be held to account but no doubt they wont be.
@@musicmane4146The definition of insanity. They continue to vote and choose the same. Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic as if that will make a difference.
Grew up in Oakland, moved to The City in 80 and left in 96. Forget negatives right now. Visited recently with my wife. Crazy hills, smell of the Bay, all the neighborhoods, favorite cafes and longtime locals to reminisce with, Lands End, the bridges, etc. #@$% RUclips and people who film and make blanket assessments of places they've spent 4 days at or overdramatize the negatives. This goes for Oakland too (we took ferry there to JL Square) went MANY places in SF, no problems. This goes for any other place too. Don't believe everything you hear (even me) 😎
I love me a nice wholesome channel with couple as a team! that's a strong unit! nice touch at the end for letting us know. beautiful people you two are
Maybe eventually, but not for at least 5 more years. The leaders have been elected. If the businesses felt SF would turn around soon, they wouldn't be leaving.
Visited there in 2008 on a trip from Europe with a bunch of friends. We stayed almost a week in SF in a dirt cheap hotel on the edge of the tenderloin. We saw some crazy stuff walking back to the hotel each night but it was part of the thrill of staying there. I fell in love with that city and said that I would one day love to live there. Unfortunately by the time I was in a position to actually move there the city had gone pretty downhill and was attainably expensive to live in. I kept hearing people tell me to live in Oakland instead but the dream was always San Francisco itself. I guess I probably couldn't even afford Oakland these days lol. Anyway I will always cherish the week I spent there and I would definitely like to revisit again some day...although I am sure it is a much different city now. Can't imagine how people who have lived there since the 60's or 70's feel.
New to Cali and I live an hour away from SF and visit when I can. I’ve heard many things about SF and I kept an open mind when I first visited the city. The handful of times that I’ve been visiting there I’ve definitely seen the good, bad and ugly within the 6 months of living here. Idk maybe it’s just the optimistic thing for me but I still feel the overall beauty within SF. Maybe that’s why I keep going back for the visits and to walk the pier 39. Definitely a city that I would love to continue to explore and learn about its history and see what the future holds for it😅
Hello “Dots on a map”. I enjoyed your documentary on San Francisco. I hit subscribe because I would like to see more of your videos. The production and technical and presentation were all very professional. For example, the sound, the lighting, the video, the script …everything was really well done. Thank-you and best wishes. Greetings from Vancouver, Canada.
You need to do a video on Glide Memorial Church and all the benefits they give to the homeless! This will give you a better understanding of the homeless siuation in the Tenderloin.
Michael Shellenberger's book San Fransicko (Harper 2021) very much helps explains why the good is now much less good, why the bad is now much more bad, and why the ugly is now far and away far, far more ugly.
I appreciate Shellenberger’s pro-nuclear activism, but otherwise he comes off as just another smarmy tech CEO and wannabe feudal lord who developed a grandiose vision of himself as some kind of future philosopher king just because he sold a successful company 20 years ago
I'm born, raised, and still live in San Francisco. I avoid the tenderloin/civic center area like the plague and I feel like it's a way to ignore the problems our city faces. This doc is way better than the one by CNN a few months ago. Great job.
What are your living costs? And can you walk around in your neighborhood in relative safety? Almost every day I see news of car jackings, car break-ins, blatant shoplifting...
@@georgehenderson7783 I live in the western part of SF and it's mostly elderly Asian people and hipster surfers. It's boring and safe and quiet. I work downtown and pretty much never feel threatened. The only rule everyone has to follow is don't leave anything in your car when you park. Other than that it feels like any other big city including Seoul and LA. I do avoid problem areas like the Tenderloin and Civic Center, but all the locals know to avoid those or you learn real quick. The problem is there are a lot of good restaurants in the Tenderloin so sometimes you have no choice but to go.
@@knowyourhistory well that doesn't sound so bad. Things are no doubt going to get worse this year and next year though.
What about living costs/taxes? Food and gas prices?
The tenderloin has always been off limits to those that don’t know how to handle themselves.
Our honeymoon city which is also my ancestral land dating to the 1860s.
A massively underrated channel with some amazing mini sized documentaries, I'm glad I bumped into you.
Thank you so much for this kind comment 🥹
@@DotsonaMapDecades of liberal police created a runaway effect. It will take decades of conservative policy to bring it back. That will not happen. That means curb immigration, America first, hold bellaque crime accountable, target and rectify bad behavior, encourage families and peace and stability, be harsh and drugs and addicts and pushers, including capital punishment, and stop prioritizing degenerate behavior from Alphabet mob
Groups so powerful on SF to allow all other programs to stop that's perceived as a threat to them. The two worlds cannot coexisting. Peace or this....
The people who run SF are very different from the people who built it…different mindset. SF could not be built today if the current mayor and city council were in charge. They can’t even build an outdoor toilet for less than 1.5 million. Dam it used to be an incredible city
should blame the resident not the mayor because they keep voted the same party for same policies
@@iamhardwell2844invasion of degenerates
Thats basically America, the people who built America had a different mindset than current day Americans.
I heard it was once a republican city. That's when it was clean and safe. Now we see what happens when Democrats run it.
120K. Don’t think the view was a subscriber you had to be a real person
My gosh, what a beautiful documentary of "a place." You'all have a gift to uncover and show more than what is assumed. You have a gift. My wife and I retired from the military after 30 years and were inoculated with the wish to travel and we do. We will do that with you. Thank you
I resided in San Francisco from 2011 to 2012. A decade later, I had the opportunity to revisit the city. However, it was disheartening to witness that the city I once adored, cherished, and loved had drastically changed. It was a sad sight to see my favorite city deteriorating...
Just wondering, since you might now. From the city, could you smell a joint, or, say, a crack pipe, burning on Alcatraz? Or would it require a series of buoys to make the trail followable?
@@amarissimus29 I live in Cambridge, MA now...
California is a dump.
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Do have have any idea how far away that island is from the shore?
Do you have any idea how WINDY that area is?
Lol nothing different today then it was 50years ago you are over dramatic
Great documentary. The reporting, content, and camera work is top quality. Can’t wait to watch your other videos.
My family migrated to San Francisco from Puerto Rico In the 1950's. I was raised primarily in the mission. I was a part of operation integrate during the 1970's when SFUSD put kids on buses and we were shipped all over the city. I was a elementary school child and although it was a bit intimidating at the time, l was treated to the best city tours imaginable. Thank you SFUSD. Growing up in San Francisco taught me many things. It taught me to appreciate the arts, it gave me insight into other cultures and taught me to have a profound respect for nature and all it has to offer. The city is no different than any family, we all have the good the bad and the ugly. Although I no longer live in California, San Francisco will always be my home. Great Video and thank you guys for taking the time and effort in sharing.
Thank you for sharing your story!
Great story. Well said.
Thank you! I agree with all you have said!
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you must have had an interesting life Sir. all the best.
Born in San Francisco in 1960 - as were my grandparents back to 1849 when my Great Great Grandfather migrated there - left the area when I was a kid, but visited relatives frequently throughout the years. All the family from there has left now - it is so sad to see what was once the most beautiful city rot away... 😪 Nice to see these Victorian homes still up-kept.
Native Americans probably felt the same way when they saw what your great, great grandfather and his generation did to the area as well.
@@user-sg8kq7ii3y - Not being as crude as you, I'll say it in a nice way: Go visit Satan.
@@user-sg8kq7ii3yand what Palestine is experiencing from Israel.
where did they leave? I understand San Francisco is not what it used to to be anymore, but still, all the world is going down the toilet so, proportionally speaking, where is it better than in San Francisco? so yes, where did the leave?
San Francisco is NOT rotting. Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis - those are "rotting" cities, no matter how hard they try to revitalize. This documentary does an okay job showing that there are parts of SF, like any other city in the world, that should be avoided for safety reasons, particularly for tourists not familiar with the city. I go to the tenderloin and the civic center, because there are museums, great food and other great things happening (like street art). BUT I go during the day. WRT your car, don't leave anytbing visible anywhere, this should be standard knowledge for anyone in any US urban city. If you leave things in your trunk, make sure your devices are fully powered off. Thieves will use their phones to see if there is a bluetooth connection, or wifi, and if they find one, your trunk gets hit. Our mayor is horrible, as is the Board of Supervisors. They could have done a lot to stop the exodus of retail from downtown, build a more welcoming downtown and kept the really bad press from getting completely out of hand. But they have no foresight or vision. I love San Francisco, and I've had my car broken into, been harrassed by homeless and have been in uncompromising situations. But 3 time in 35 years of living here is a pretty good record. The neighborhoods are vibrant with restaurants, shops, theaters, and happy, friendly people everywhere. Don't fall into the media BS.
I left San Francisco in 2018 and I miss what it used to be, but not what it's become.
it was such a beautiful town it was, back then
It’s always been my dream to visit California especially San Francisco and I still have not been able to do so since I moved to the US. How is it so difficult now?
You have to step around the feces and urine on the street in San Fransisco.
@@dic3686 Crime, crime, crime, and no one stops them, especially after the pandemic riots, they destroyed cities and did nothing. House mortgages are only for the rich, schools are terrible, good luck finding a doctor, everything is outrageously expensive, a lot of homeless n the big cities
Well said @Darrylizer1
Thank you for this, i have never been there but my mom use to love coming there when she was sent there to work for a couple of weeks at a time, that was back in the 80's and early 90's. She even took my sister in the late 90's a couple of times since they both loved San Fran SO much. I don't believe mom knew about the Ugly/Bad areas, she mainly talked about the Golden Gate Bridge and the prison and the steep streets. I lost mom and my sister a few years ago so they are missed but documentaries like this give me a smile and a tear thinking of both of them. Have a great life out there!
What the politicians will never admit is that there is a sizeable percent of the homeless population that want to be homeless. They have given up, want to just tune out, and they won't even take enough responsibility to take care of themselves. Enabling this lifestyle drags everyone else down with them
I get what you are saying. I grew up in Marin and spent much time in The City and it was a jewel. This was in the 60's. It could stand with any city in the world.
So, my question, no we should not enable the lifestyle. Everyone talks about mental health, mental health, blah blah blah. Programs go bad, funding dries up. So, what should we do with the people living on the street, especially the ones that have made it their life by choice. Not sure it began that way but that's a different conversation. So, what is YOUR answer. Maybe your 14 likes would like to chime in.
@@pamelawing5747 Where I live you get a 10 min warning if you are laying on the sidewalk. If you are not up and gone, someone will help you get up and gone. That's step 1. There is a combination of public/private programs to help the addicted. This doesn't solve the problem 100%, because the hard core addicts will find someplace to sleep, but they are not on the street in plain sight.
@@yaimavol So they get up and move, and then what? Where do they go? Now they are pooping on someone else' sidewalk?
This whole thing is too deliciously political and the more issues that are truly addressed leaves the politicians less to rail on about when campaigning. I'm sick to death of it. Our city has a HUGE issue and I'm so tired of having to walk through tents and people laying on the sidewalk or confronting me. It's NOT illegal to be homeless, and then if it was, what build more jails to hold them? How much does THAT cost? We have some clues.
We have what used to be a great path running along the river for biking and walking and many won't use it because of the homeless living down by the river.
I'm trying to get more involved, trying to find out more about the local people running for our local offices but admittedly, it's really difficult.
@@pamelawing5747 Lets take a look in a different direction. Wealth has increased exponentially through the years and SF has a super high concentration of the some of wealthiest people in the US. We also have Big tech and Finance setting up shop. This has greatly contributed to the housing shortages and explosion in rental/housing prices. I worked with street kids in many places through out the US and lived here in SF 3 times. Yes there are people who have given up and made living on the street a lifestyle--those numbers are small though--I welcome you to try 24 hrs on the street here, bring your friends to make it feel safer. I bet you will gather that most don't want or can't hack this lifestyle.
70% of the Homeless in SF were housed here. We have 8000 folks in some form of transitional housing and another 8000 on the street(So 1% of SF'rs live on the street).
The solutions are more temporary housing but the issues are; no more space to develop and if housing is not hugely profitable here than you most likely will not get the permit to build. No neighborhoods want existing spaces used for housing the homeless or providing services--it drives property values down and the other obvious reasons. Institutions or mental hospitals were shut down across the country by Ronald Reagen and in reality they were terrible options it's another reason why we've had a huge rise in mentally ill people on the street.
Homeless people do not make policy and they're mostly just people the avg tourist or wealthy denizen doesn't want to be burdened to look at--they're still people and you'd be surprised at who these people are if you get to know them--you know people just like them who had things happen that in many cases they could not control. The stakes are extremely high here. Once you're on the street how would you climb your way back?
Lastly lets look at the future. Wealthy people and business changed the whole landscape--they can live anywhere and especially now with remote options but they're largely coming back to the cities for playground for the affluent atmosphere. Most cities are dealing with homeless people this is our future as a species and it will only get worse with employment options drying up, lack of services(Including mental Health), Suburbs and rural areas being inhospitable to different lifestyle choices and far more low income/poverty ridden citizens. You may not like what I'm saying but I live here and I have yrs of experience working with the population you're commenting on.
And you know this how? Have you surveyed all the homeless in San Francisco?
I lived in SF as a child in the Excelcior district and post high school from 95 to 2007, altogether 30 years. I still worked there until recently when it started affecting my mental stability. I worked the tenderloin as a nurse it was overwhelming, the city from Market to Mission in the downtown area looks like a zombie apocalypse. Death, urine and feces paint every inch.
People dying all around and only having one or two narcan doses is terrible. I no longer work there, it isn't gritty or fun like it was even just 5 years ago. It is heart breaking in the fullest sense. It is a microcosm of our civilization, looking down the precipice of our own making.
As someone who has never visited San Francisco and who only hears about it through the media, it is nice to see someone show both sides. Of course there are problems - about 8000 homeless people, drugs, crime - but it is also a vibrant city with pro sports teams, big business, culture and art. I look forward to visiting someday! Thanks for the great documentary.
You should come visit. Its really not that bad. Try avoiding the downtown(some parts not the entire downtown).
You are off by 70,000 homeless.
Hope you enjoy being robbed. Keep your car windows down and your trunk open or they’ll be broken into. Seriously, this is real advice that even public officials give people.
Look forward to walking on San Fran’s finest poop and needle covered sidewalks.
It’s a dump
@@uzin0s256lol lol sure.
I am a a native from San Francisco- born and raised here. Still here. I lived in the T.L. For many years and I still frequent it often. To the maker of this doc- Good job!
The good thing is now the problem has gotten so big it has to be dealt with, whereas before it was still small enough to be ignored.
Many of the problems were clear long ago and its observations like this, common to most people in SF, that led to this disaster and embarrassment. Clearly little has been learned and it will get worse sooner rather than later.
its by design.
Thank you so much, that was a very beautifully presented picture of this fantastic and unique city. Our hearts and love goes to the city and all who are there providing their aspects to all of it.
I grew up across the bay in Berkeley for over 50 years but I was always in San Francisco, going to school or performing music in the Haite or in North beach. It was a lot of fun back in the 1970s and 1980s. San Francisco’s an old city and that’s the feeling I get when I was there working or going to school. It was wonderful back then but now it’s problems have tarnished it’s sheen quite a bit! I’m sure plenty of people have left the city after the Pandemic because they can’t afford to rent apartments and or they lost their jobs. Tourism is down, jobs in the downtown area are down too! Stores are closing in some of the most popular shopping areas such as Union Square! I know this has to affect landmark restaurants such as John’s Grill steak house (one of the places I worked as a musician in the 1990s). I hope San Francisco picks up where it was back in the early 1990s, it needs the tourism, the shopping, businesses and restaurants to survive into the 21st century!
Consequences of liberal policies
I moved to SF from NY back in 1963. Back then the city was so beautiful. It saddens me to see how it has deteriorated. Many other cities are also running the same destiny 😢
All those cities call it "progress", progress for who i dont know.
Great video! I spent a week in SF in 2010 and had a wonderful time there. I’ve been distressed by reports that this beautiful city is struggling so badly. I appreciated how you covered several sides of the city, the”good, the bad, and the ugly.” Nicely done!
Thank you for watching!
Nope 👎. The painted ladies is the highest crime areas for tourists.
Not a word about that. Lol 😂.
I own apartments so fine. Propaganda keeps the rents up. F it.
Thanks a lot for the Ina Coolbrith Park suggestion. I included it in my SF trip, and it's really a hidden gem that not many people talk about, but that is really worth a visit. Such a nice spot to sit, relax and have a great view.
I watched this video over and over. It brings back memory when I was on Magic island in the military and waking up to the fog and then see Alcatraz. Thank you for being such a great story teller.
San Francisco, a city so beautiful that's hard to believe. Your quote is so perfect.
Very nicely done and educational for someone who’s been wanting to visit San Francisco for years.
Thanks for this video! I first came to SF in 1983 after graduation from college. The 80's was pre- Silicon Valley's impact. I returned in 1992, I site selected and built the Subway at Bush/Kerney it's still there as of April 2023. It's still declining rapidly. I moved to Las Vegas in 2001. But I loved travel back and walk the hills with my wife and kids. The city is like Detroit -ruined. Probably for decades. The wharf has lost several Iconic restaurants. China town business mostly closed. The culture loss is permanently damaged. Westgate Mall now closed. Very sad.
Detroit is far from ruined. Maybe in 2008, but 2023 Detroit is thriving like crazy. Come visit sometime, it’s a great place!
I love detroit and visit about once or twice a year. Downtown is transformed from just 10 years ago. But much of the surrounding neighborhoods are really really rough. And sadly that is the majority of the city as a whole. Happy to see lots of progress being made, but it’s a hard reality there. And it’s in your face. You can avoid it on the freeways, but painfully evident on the surface roads. Original buddy’s is the best pizza in the country, but the neighborhood… yikes!
Bakers, harpos, raven, a stretch to call those areas thriving. But certainly rooting for them.
Not bakers, that area is pretty. Two way inn, Dakota inn, not so much.
8 times after the degree by white and Asian females for Sex in San Francisco. When I drove into SF post Degree . Still fuck East Bay. Sex East bay.
Chinatown businesses closed? Chinatown continues to be one of the most vivrant and busy areas. Probably has the fewest empty storefronts of anyplace in the city. Westfield Mall? It never ws a good fit for the City. No great loss there. Probably killed by Amazon and Covid since they seemed to rely heavily on tourists. SF is so far from the car-dependent, burned out wasteland that Detroit was I don't see how you or anyone could compare. Detrout is rising, BTW. SF doesn't need to.
The interviews that you got gave a really interesting and unique perspective - great job!
I had the pleasure of visiting SF three times. I always stayed on the Wharf for the excitement. I loved to visit Market Street and Union Square. The transportation is excellent as I would tell the driver what hotel where I was staying and they kindly dropped me off at the front door. Wow! Even the store clerks and the police officers assisted me on where I needed to go to get transported back to my hotel. I am a disabled war veteran and I was treated wonderfully every where I visited. I loved In and Out Burgers and those hamburgers hooked me. However, A homeless person cursed me out for offering to purchase him food instead of giving him money outside the sourdough cafe. Three locals came to my aid and told the man to leave me alone. He did. My last visit to SF was 2011 and as usual, it was wonderful to visit Meir Woods the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. So, I left my heart in SF as I sat on the dock by the Bay. Big hugs to all.
It just goes to show that people will find what they expect to find. Thanks for your service!
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Excellent video - great camera work, nice background music, superb commentary, fine insights on the cultural gems, the people, and the economic issues. Thanks !!!
Great job Dots on a Map with California Documentary. Thank you for posting.
What a stunningly well produced documentary. I am a third-generation San Franciscan, now living in the East Bay. Sadly, the city in which I once was raised is vastly different now, and even more sadly, I only reluctantly drive there.
Nothing will ever be the same as it once was to live and work in San Francisco. Replace the elected officials with better equipped and more caring candidates for office. With all of its incredibly wealthy occupants, surely some of their fortunes could be spent on making improvements. Where are the true philanthropists these days?
That is an interesting and counter-intuitive take. I'm all for philanthropy, but am confident that no amount of money can overcome mismanagement and foolishness. SF has gotten the "leadership" (and results) they have voted for.
Awesome documentary! Keep em coming!
Thank you for watching!!! We always appreciate your comments :)
Thank you for sharing some of the history, and telling this story with such heart. Talking to the local resident and business owner (in the Tenderloin) helps put a face with this story.
Lived in the Bay Area for most of my life so far and I dread having to go into the city. Even a decade ago it was still bearable but now I just avoid it at any chance. When I used to commute there in the 2000s to the early 2010s, it was still hell; but now it's like pulling teeth at the DMV. The traffic, the public-drugs, the homelessness, the feces and smells. San Francisco is fast on it's way to becoming the new Detroit. Silicon Valley and the rich have basically pigeon-holed the city into "a wasteland of Freedoms" where anyone can do anything. It's devolving into the Wildwest where the sheriff is moral superiority and the deputy is grandstanding virtue.
Downtown Detroit is actually better than San Francisco now.
@@pwoods100 Yeah, Detroit is doing pretty good these days.
The repetitious rightwing propaganda has affected your perceptions.
Lived in SF 60’s - 80’s, never liked it, too cold, too windy and the crime has always been a problem. Bartended in Chinatown that was okay. Finally moved out of state, best decision I ever made.
No matter what is happening to SF, I'll always love my city! 415 born and raised through and through!
Such a well thought clip. Professionally done and found the Tenderloin district quite amusing AND depressing to see. Articulated quite well, thanks for this.
Very well done! Balanced commentary and great video. Thank you for not dumping on the Tenderloin.
Pill Hill is a dangerous drug den in the Tenderloin. Lots of Fetty being sold there..
@@todd9016 Yeah, great spot. Is that where you get yours?
@JohnKaman Yes. I did. sadly many outsiders from SF come in and but their. I'm from the North Bay.
No need, it's already a dump.
Tenderloin and the whole city is full of human dump.
Well done video. Probably the most positive video of sf I've seen in a long time. Instilling hope and positivity never hurts.
I really miss living in San Francisco, because at that time it wasn't so bad, even in the Tenderloin District, which was where I lived and it wasn't even like the way you see it now. I miss walking all around the City, and just having so much to do. You brought back so many memories for me 😢... Maybe one day I'll go back for a visit, and see how it feels to be there again.
Yeah I lived in the Tenderloin for a while back in 2006. Had a good time actually.
Hope your not voting for the same type of people that turned SF into what it is now. The rest of us are getting tired of the transplants bringing their same policies to destroy our communities.
San Francisco remains one of the world's great cities. Don't be influenced by biased reporting
I just Left my heart there, I miss San Francisco so much.
I lived the most years of my life in SF, mostly in the Mission and the Height Ashbery districts. Now, after traveling to every state in the US and 42 countries. I have decided to live out my old age in Southern Mexico. I think living in SF among so many different types of people I learned how to appreciate diversity.
It’s spelled Haight Ashbury. You sure you lived there?
Yes, I love the diversity here too. Everywhere in the world I've gone 90%+ of the people are good. People try to convince me to have a bad attitude, but I don't see the reason why.
@@RR64434 it’s probably autocorrect
@@1c0nic_player Yes. Probably so. My Bad. 🙏🏼
What a great film, thankyou. I finally visited in 2006 after spending my teen years in the UK soaking up the late 60s counter-culture from books, films and records. Found the place extraordinary, one of the most unique I'd visited. But change is the only law, so none too surprised it's in its current state. Let's hope the city bounces back, seems a tough place to be these days and deserves so much more.
Thank you for making the documentary. SF was one of my favorite cities and have many great memories there. My sisters and I used to drive up from the South Bay almost every week to shop, to go to the beach, or just walk around Pier 39. We did this for years. Whenever I had relatives or friends visit from out of town, I would take them to SF, by way of Oakland, then over the Bay Bridge, so they could see the beauty of the city. It is beyond sad to see what the city has become.
I was just there. it hasn't eroded. it's just as beautiful. this woman went into a bad neighborhood hoping to convince tourists to go elsewhere.
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Thank you. Very well done! The echoing of the word LIGHT in the Tenderloin segment, SLAYED me! I was born here, raised here and the East Bay. I still live in San Francisco.
This is one of the most beautiful places on the planet to live... There is no light without darkness... The Tenderloin is one of our darkest places. ( Let us not forget about HUNTERS POINT too. Not a safe place to film without knowing people, or a police detail )!!!
I pray that "We The People" will soon figure out a way to improve the quality of life in our beloved SF.
I am from and live in Austin. it was a beautiful city too. Due to the policies of the people who govern it, it has been ruined with crime, drugs and homeless camps. We are alike in so many ways .
too many woke peolpe moving out of california are making other states and cities into another woke california and destroying them.
At least in TX you've got a state government at odds with the woke policies and keeping them in check
I think Austin is in a much better place because they plan on removing the campsites.
And what's the common denominator?? Democrat ran of course just like my Los Angeles once was beautiful
@@JohnBowl14690 They are still here.
NO MATTER THE SAD SIDE OF SF I WILL ALWAYS LOVE IT. I WISH PEOPLE WHOULD LEARN TO LOVE AND TAKE CARE OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY, SF DESERVE IT. PLEASE MAKE SF GREAT AGAIN👍👍I WAS RAISED IN SF SINCE I WAS A 1YEAR OLD AND I HURTS ME TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. 😢😢
Thank you for sharing such an honest assessment of SF, with such a beautiful quality.
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Thank you for this updated tour of San Francisco. The city has a place in mine and my family’s hearts. We are Hawaiians and our Mom loved San Francisco and the Bay Area.
She shared the aloha she had for the city with us. She had gone to college at San Jose State in the late 1940s. It’s sad to see the breakdown in the quality of life. It takes a deep commitment from little individuals to be in action to end hunger and homelessness where ever you are in the U.S. or world. We all can take those small steps, one at a time, to end poverty . Aloha
This is so well shot! Best work yet. Love the bit about the architecture of the city. Coincidentally, I'm traveling to SF tomorrow - can't wait!
Please tell us how your visit went.
My daughter went to UC Santa Cruz and ventured into San Francisco a couple times back in 2017. She then went to Japan and brought her boyfriend back for a visit and they planned a three day stay in San Francisco. The boyfriend is a native Japanese and when they walked out of their hotel on their first morning they were greeted by a homeless man taking a crap in front of the hotel. They turned around the corner to be greeted by another homeless peeing on the wall. The boyfriend looked at my daughter in shock and said is this normal in the US? They left San Francisco the next day
This is a surprising response considering how much homeless is on the streets and beaches of Santa Cruz. Unless she never left UCSC campus.
The strange thing is many of the hotels in the city bump right up to the tenderloin. So that is not surprising. the TL is like 2% of the city, they should have done more research.
This is a 'lifestyle choice' to live on drugs. Drug dealers are benind the 'Woke Culture' which has made life so much easier for organised crime.
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Decades of liberal police created a runaway effect. It will take decades of conservative policy to bring it back. That will not happen . That means curv immigration, America first, hold black crime accountable, target and rectify bad behavior, encourage families and peace and stability, be harsh and drugs and addicts and pushers, including capital punishment, and stop prioritizing degenerate behavior from LGBT
Groups so powerful on SF to allow all other programs to stop that's perceived as a threat to them. The two worlds cannot coexisting. Peace and stability, or this....
...I worked downtown San Francisco Financial District for at least 25 years. The late 70s/1980s/early 90s were great years of what I call the "Herb Caen" years, everyone read the SF Chronicle and the Examiner, and rushed to read Herb Caen's writings, where San Francisco was still a somewhat local city with local citizens and personalities - Herb Caen, Harry Denton, Pat McCormick (Kuletos), Willie Brown, Bob Lurie SF Giants, Riordan, Aliotos, the Opening of the Opera, remember those two old lady twins?, Gump's, Emporium Capwell, Macys, John's Grill and the old patrons, Sam's Grille, the French Quarter/Le Central on Grant right before the entrance of China Town, Lefty O'Douls, and Powell Street was open to vehicles; chess players, sightseers, and everyone wore suits, business dress downtown, the women were beautiful, then Cesar's Latin Palace, and everyone was either dancing salsa, or swing, Lombard Street, the old restaurants along Sutter, the old North Beach and it's restaurants, and all its characters, and everyone knew the policemen walking the beats. That's the San Francisco that I remember....
It's cool to hear your memories. I will hasten to add that it's hard to think of a place that is better now than it was 45 years ago ...
What you call the Herb Caen era, exactly how I remember it when I was there in the late 80’s when I lived there on Church street.. The grand opening of the San Francisco center… hard to believe it now nothing.
@@larrym2434 Most places in Australia are.
Have you been back recently and if so what is the honest assessment of how it has changed?
@@calebfuller4713 I live near San Francisco and visit often. I will be honest it's no longer the same as it was in "The Herb Caen Days". The commercial building vacancy rate was reported at 37% and most likely 40-45%. The City of SF bowed down to environmental issues and blocked vehicular traffic from driving down Market Street (its blocked only to buses which no on rides) and no traffic allowed along Powell. No traffic equals no business equals No businesses. It's still a beautiful city but not like the "Herb Caen Days"
I live in SF in the late 80s, early 90's. To me it will always be the best city on earth. :)
I was born and raised in San Jose. When I was young, SF was a great place to visit and the schools are excellent. I will always love SF no matter.
The schools aren't excellent. At least not most of the public ones.
Beautifully done-I love your calm disposition, unbiased views and willingness to confront the ugly in person. Thank you
That was so good! I am a native San Franciscan up in Sacramento. I left in 2009. The City is what you make of it.
You will have adventures though. I miss it so much.
Your video is inspiring me to go back. Thank you!
Great video and walk around of the place. As an Australian I’ve never been before but my late uncle lived in san Fransisco in the early 90’s and taught Ice skating at one of the ice rinks in the area before he passed away at 28 from pneumonia. At the rink where he taught there was a memorial plaque on the wall in his memory.
Amazing video! Great job talking about both sides of the story!
I have just finished watching your video. First of all, I throughly enjoyed it. I think you did a fabulous job! Now, I am an American, who has been living in Germany for the fast 34 years. This morning my wife and I spoke about visiting San Francisco for the first time. This is what led me to your video. After watching it, I am somewhat unsure. We’ll watch more videos together before making our final decision. Thank you for uploading this and all the best to you.
more videos! you deserve much more!
Well done! Insightful & honest.
i went to go visit SF a year ago. Ive always wanted to live there and i went in with dream like expectations. I left with my hopes shattered. It is so dirty, smelly, people are not very friendly, and it is expensive. The homelessness is something ive never seen in the US before. It felt like a old abondaned city with a downtown. I hope the city changes but as of right now I cannot ever move there. No offense to anyone living there. Just not for me.
sounds like sf aint worth visiting any more ive nver been always wanted to go, mabe in sept oct for a few days
Clearly you have never been anywhere in florida
Uptight and angry frisco folk? No way!
@@oliverfalcao5844Go!! I went last october and loved it just avoid tenderloin area and you’ll be good! Im going again in october! It’s beautiful and i come from a big city myself. I do have to say ppl are not too friendly😭 like costumer service wise
you sound like a fox news reporter. where did you actually go when you visited. thats like 5% of the city. stop the BS!
Thank you for doing this. I live and work in SF and I just can't believe what they are doing to it. It makes me cry.
S.F. is my spiritual home. I cherish my good memories of my early 20's there. Now it's mostly bad and ugly and I live on the other coast.
I do stained glass and SF has got to be the number one city in the country that wants it. I was born there but we moved away when I was a year old. I still visit and I love it.
Thanks vor the wonderful video. You captured what SF is all about.
Been there several times over the years and always had a great visit. So many negative videos and so much political hype nonsense nowadays, people are lead to believe SF is doomed. I don't believe that. There's definitely mismanagement and neglect, but that's common anywhere. SF has tons of unique and great aspects to it. So it's nice to see a mostly positive video showing various sides and perspectives.
loads of stores closed and hotels closing.
It's not doomed but much of the hype is real. And it IS a mess because of the politics there. Thats just the reality. As someone from there, I could write pages on why the political situation is the way it is but at the end of the day, it's the politics and mismanagement that have ruined the city. And no, it's not common anywhere.
@@malvolio01 Well, as someone that's been all over America, I beg to differ. I've seen rampant homelessness and brazen drug use coast to coast. Lawless activities. From New Orleans to Philly to Chicago to Seattle, throughout Cali and so on. Obviously not everywhere equally, but so much of it in so many cities that it is indeed common. Again, a result of mismanagement and bad politics. Piss poor responses from our government. It's shameful. Like I said about SF, it's not these whole places either, like so many hype videos lead outsiders to believe.
@@malvolio01 Democrats have created a situation in most major cities where they cannot be voted out of office. It's a dictatorship and not a democracy. It's a combination of the public union vote, extreme demonization of their opponents, skillfully playing race politics, an dyes some old-fashioned corruption and cheating. They are never going to give up power and doing so might even land them in prison
You have a right in America to have a wrong opinion. SF is doomed and will never recover fully,ever.😢
fantastic vid!
I live in the peninsula and used to visit SF frequently. I recently went back to visit. It is too dirty and dangerous compared to how it was just a few years ago. Very sad to see many businesses closing and the once bustling downtown area so quiet
Same. I go once a year to see my eye doc and see the decline each year. A bit of irony there.. haha.
Agree. Sad. Only one to blame is our government.
@@robertkeith9620oh poor middle class liberal people who expect a utopia but come across reality - feel so sorry for you
@@theathjractually it's people like you
Why did it change?
Thank you for your video, time and effort. Well done.
I love the west coast, the fabulous weather allows me to mountain bike all year around. While the middle class has been destroyed can you imagine what it’s done to lower classes. The culprits are the ultra wealthy who keep getting richer. I love the diversity, wish peace and love and compassion would come back into fashion. Instead of complaining please go out and clean up what you can. (Never an excuse if you choose to put self harming crap into your body) Thank you for the kind video
Great job! Thoughtful, beautiful photography, interesting, balanced....you ask great questions!
I am visiting SF right now, it’s pretty good so far.
It’s like every big city there are imperfect sides.
Hope you enjoy your visit 😊
Walk thru the Tenderloin neighborhood after 9PM. Let us know what you think after 🍻
No one disagrees but the insane house prices and SF ignorance and elitism destroys any ability to make that place decently affordable.
You just don’t know what you don’t know. Hope you enjoyed yourself!
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Good story and amazing camera work.
Well done, San Francisco is going through a rough patch but will survive.
Like Jewish people went through a rough patch in WW2.
No it won't. Not in a way that many would enjoy living in. The problems are systemic and deep, in the people and culture.
Thank you! Subscribed! Some shots seem too shallow, like the first one, or one at 2:00 - you are pretty, but I actually wanted to see the landscape behind you :) I did not shoot in Tenderloin and did not dare talking to people when I was in SF this April. Kudos to your videography and people skills!
Great Job!! We love SF, and was at the August Hall last week for a concert. San Fransisco is still alive even with all the bad spots, don't give up on the city, the city will swing back the other, it has too..
It will only swing back when we finally have a government with real vision and leadership skills.
This current turn of events is the result of a fat, lazy government beholden to loud and well funded activists who have hijacked the political landscape.
We are reaping what we’ve sown and have become the victims of our own virtuosity. 🤦🏻♀️
I once believe in the “swing back” thing will happen to where I have lived for twenty years.
When missiles flew over the sky above me and my family, I knew it was done, and having hope to this stupid place is a great irresponsibility to myself and my loved ones.
I’m currently doing my best to thrive to protect my loved ones.😊
An educational video thank you!🙏💜🙏
Thank you for showing what it's like. Other channels only focus on the worst parts or pretend all is perfect, but like you pointed out, many truths coexist.
But it's not what the city is like. It's biased and designed to get clicks and negatively influence people. Too bad.
18:18 As a UK tourist we visited 17yrs ago and loved it and we did experience some homeless, but 18:18 didn't feel threatened in anyway, however we've just returned home only 2 weeks ago from doing the Pacific coast highway drive down to San Diego and we collected our rental car from San Francisco airport and was advised NOT to drive into the city and leave our car, as we had all our luggage and belongings in the boot (trunk)... So we decided not to visit and proceed with our drive south on PCH 1......but looking back I do now regret our decision... especially missing out on driving golden gate bridge 😢...... excellent video btw👍
I lived in the Berkeley area from 1976-2017. I’ve spent a lot of time in SF and this is a fair assessment of the city. SF has always had it’s good and bad. I recently visited the Bay Area and chose not to visit San Francisco. I’ve seen the good parts and the bad parts just wear you down. I’m glad to have lived in the area but there are now now better places to be for me.
You nailed it!!! Excellent video!
I live in Palo Alto -- just a few miles south from San Francisco on the peninsula. I've worked and visited the city countless times. Just before the pandemic, things began to change in regard to crime in the city. Without cops arresting perpetrators, would-be criminals were emboldened. My sister visited in 2019. Since it was her first visit to the city, I took her to all of the traditional tourist spots -- including Pier 39, Ghirardelli, Fisherman's Wharf, Lombard Street, a Giants game, etc. While we were at Fisherman's Wharf, a homeless man pulled down his fly and began urinating in front of both of us. My sister walked away. However, I went over and told the guy (while he was still urinating). He just responded, "What are you going to do -- arrest me?"
When the pandemic hit a few months later, the entire city shut down. I visited several times. Given the number of rooftop terraces, some businesses were able to use them as a loophole for meetings (as they are considered "outdoor" areas in the city). I attended several meetings on those rooftop terraces. It was surprising to see the city so empty. However, with each trip to the city, I noticed more and more crime.
On my way to one meeting in 2020, I was riding a scooter from Caltrain (4th and King) along the Embarcadero to the Ferry Building. I crossed Embarcadero and made my way to California Street. I had never seen so many homeless and, yes, human waste on the streets. I had to be careful so that I didn't roll over either the homeless or their waste. Then, on California Street, a young homeless man (who was across the street) began throwing baseballs at me. I stopped because I was surprised. However, he continued to throw them and yell obscenities at me. I continued on my scooter to the destination (a work meeting at the Newhall Nest atop 260 California Street), I told an off-duty cop working security at the entrance. He told me that there was no point in calling the police because "their hands are tied."
By 2021, this became the "new normal" for the city. Between the high taxation, high crime rate (including non-reported or non-prosecuted crimes) and the growing homeless problem, San Francisco is a shell of what it once was. Due to the pandemic, businesses discovered that it was cheaper and more cost-effective to do business outside of the city. So, white collar workers (especially tech workers) have left the downtown area. This has led to a loss of businesses that needed that business to afford the astronomical rent/lease payments. Criminals are so brazen now that shoplifting affected so many businesses. Moreover, non-criminals feel less safe. So, they don't frequent those businesses that are most affected by a perpetual criminal presence. The homeless have now shifted throughout the city -- panhandling at tourist areas along the Embarcadero from the Ferry Building to Fisherman's Wharf (and areas just off of those locales). However, at night, they move a little further inside the city -- into the business areas -- because it is warmer at night and the buildings block the cold wind.
At this point, I have no desire to visit the city. I have no desire to go to meetings in the city (which, I admit, used to be fun work excursions). Not only is it still expensive to go (by train or by parking), it's actually quite dangerous. It always feels that the city is on the cusp going from annoying crime to something worse (i.e., violence). Plus, and this is just a pet peeve, the entire downtown area between Caltrain to Ghirardelli Square is filled with the smells of human excrement mingled with strong skunk weed. Between the crime, odors, homelessness, human waste and occasional needles, I'd rather not walk or ride most places in San Francisco.
Fearful people need to stay in suburbia.
@@larrym2434 - No one is "fearful" really. However, you might be fearful if you're mugged or assaulted. Me? I'm good. I just don't prefer it. Apparently, given the exodus of people leaving the city, this feeling is widespread.
Hmmm... Palo Alto’s Heaven to San Francisco’s Hell, two worlds in contrast... Seems fascinating. I’d prefer to visit both, but I’d be too weird for both places... my means of mobility are crawling and slithering.
When I moved to Ca. In 1982 SF was like a sparkling gem. From 87-92 I lived there. For three years two blocks down from the Mark Hopkins on Bush. I used to walk through the tenderloin and though it wasn’t great it was ok. I’d walk from Bush & Mason to Fisherman’s Wharf, Coit Tower, Broadway, SOMA. Even at 3am. Sam Woo’s was almost mandatory after the Stone on Broadway closed at two. I also lived at the Fillmore Center for two years, a year after it opened. Then I stayed at the Gotham Hotel on Franklin and Gough (my first place) and the Civic Center Hotel for a few months each. It was a wonderful time, and a wonderful place. There was the Caribbean Zone, Holy Cow, DV8, the “triangle”, and more. Great shopping on Fillmore, Pacific Hights, Union Square, and the surrounding area. Fast forward to 2024 and the city is turning into a ghost town. It’s very, very, sad to see such a great city becoming tarnished. San Francisco needs to elect some intelligent, forward thinking leaders, willing to do the tough things that need to be done, in order to restore the great luster and shine the city once had.
There are many good things to life in SF, in addition to the problems. We have good public transit, many good independent restaurants and stores (not just chains), usually great weather, beautiful views. The problems - homelessness, drug abuse, crime - are national problems you can find in America from Alaska to Florida. I've lived here since 1984 and I'm still glad to call it home.
Someone had to say it. ❤
I hear the aggressive homeless , drugs and crime in SF are like nowhere else in the country. (I’m a NYer so know how it can be
Flatly false. California has the worst homeless problem in the country and there isn't a close second. Florida prosecutes shoplifters and vehicular theft to the fullest extent of the law and while Florida has a lot of problems, no one is talking about them because they are being managed. San Francisco and California is an a free fall.
@@inez3190 the sf homeless aren’t much more aggressive than any other homeless ppl i don’t think. drug problems are probably some of the worst in the country, but as for crime the worst it gets is smash and grabs. there’s not really gangs or violent crime as much, and while the smash and grabs suck, you’ll probably be fine if you don’t leave anything in your car
Ever since I watched your video on the city of Brasília o fell in love with this channel. The video was really informative and precise in every analysis. Keep up the good work!
The beautiful city of SF being slowly destroyed by lack of positive leadership. The government has to benefit more those who contribute then the ones who don't.
So true …..get rid of the evil politics and SF could be great again ! What has been done to humanity is criminal ! Dark to light ….. God bless
SF is still a beautiful City! We have great leadership but unfortunately our share of drug addiction and homelessness is apparent. In spite of this, it is and always will be a beautiful and magnificent City!
Yeah I wish techies would gtfo
Great work! I am planning on visiting SF in March/24, that's a dream that I always had and hopefully will come true.
The Tenderloin issue is something I watch in most videos on you tube, but your documentary had a nice approach and showed that there are nice people out there 😢
Excellent documentary! It’s too bad the crime, drugs, and homelessness has gotten so bad in such a beautiful place like San Francisco
I miss the old San Francisco from the 80s and 90s... GOOD TIMES!!!
Great documentary of a once beautiful city! I visited in 1999 and was astounded by the beauty of the architecture and everything there! Touching only into the Tenderloin District doesn’t tap into what has destroyed the city itself. With criminals who loot high end stores and are allowed to be free unless the loot totals $1000 has wrecked the businesses of all of San Francisco! Just seeing that many, many Walgreens have closed as they can’t afford to cover the losses, shows that in order to get SF back to the way it was, even a decade ago, will take a change in political leadership and a crackdown on crime!
I live in the East Bay area and several times a week I travel to San Francisco via the ferry for meetings. That then allows me to either to walk, take Uber, cable cars, street cars, buses, and Bart to go around the city. Doing so then allows me to meet all sorts of people. One can actually say thank you in five or more different languages if you spend a whole day in the city from English, Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, French etc. This then makes me experience a whole range of emotions from being enthralled at the structures and history, to feeling sad for the destitute, to being vigilant and alert. Sometimes I walk from Japantown all the way down to Embarcadero or I go up California all the way to Hyde.. Walked also the entire length and back of the Golden Gate Bridge. Your documentary captures all that, even the perceptible heartbreak you showed when you were talking with the people in the Tenderloin district. You and your team did an excellent and touching documentary.
We visited SF from australia back in 2014. Our hotel was actually in the tenderloin area and although it was a little sketchy, its appears to be much worse now. Its such a beautiful city so its really sad to see what has happened. Those in power need to be held to account but no doubt they wont be.
Just avoid the bad areas and youll be fine.
Idiots in the comments think the citizen need to be held accountable for the leaders mistakes though …
@@musicmane4146The definition of insanity. They continue to vote and choose the same. Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic as if that will make a difference.
Great video! I got to visit SF this past March. Had a great time! Good to see what Tenderloin looks like in your video, didn’t go there.
Grew up in Oakland, moved to The City in 80 and left in 96. Forget negatives right now. Visited recently with my wife. Crazy hills, smell of the Bay, all the neighborhoods, favorite cafes and longtime locals to reminisce with, Lands End, the bridges, etc. #@$% RUclips and people who film and make blanket assessments of places they've spent 4 days at or overdramatize the negatives. This goes for Oakland too (we took ferry there to JL Square) went MANY places in SF, no problems. This goes for any other place too. Don't believe everything you hear (even me) 😎
So do u think it would be nice to live there?
I love me a nice wholesome channel with couple as a team! that's a strong unit! nice touch at the end for letting us know. beautiful people you two are
I love San Francisco. I know there is a lot of problems today but I always hope it bounces back.
It's definitely going to get worse during the next couple of years. SF's and CA's leaders are pathetic.
it wont
Hope will not make it better.
Maybe eventually, but not for at least 5 more years. The leaders have been elected. If the businesses felt SF would turn around soon, they wouldn't be leaving.
Not a prayer with the fools still voting democrat
Visited there in 2008 on a trip from Europe with a bunch of friends. We stayed almost a week in SF in a dirt cheap hotel on the edge of the tenderloin. We saw some crazy stuff walking back to the hotel each night but it was part of the thrill of staying there. I fell in love with that city and said that I would one day love to live there. Unfortunately by the time I was in a position to actually move there the city had gone pretty downhill and was attainably expensive to live in. I kept hearing people tell me to live in Oakland instead but the dream was always San Francisco itself. I guess I probably couldn't even afford Oakland these days lol. Anyway I will always cherish the week I spent there and I would definitely like to revisit again some day...although I am sure it is a much different city now. Can't imagine how people who have lived there since the 60's or 70's feel.
New to Cali and I live an hour away from SF and visit when I can. I’ve heard many things about SF and I kept an open mind when I first visited the city. The handful of times that I’ve been visiting there I’ve definitely seen the good, bad and ugly within the 6 months of living here. Idk maybe it’s just the optimistic thing for me but I still feel the overall beauty within SF. Maybe that’s why I keep going back for the visits and to walk the pier 39. Definitely a city that I would love to continue to explore and learn about its history and see what the future holds for it😅
Hello “Dots on a map”. I enjoyed your documentary on San Francisco. I hit subscribe because I would like to see more of your videos. The production and technical and presentation were all very professional. For example, the sound, the lighting, the video, the script …everything was really well done. Thank-you and best wishes. Greetings from Vancouver, Canada.
You need to do a video on Glide Memorial Church and all the benefits they give to the homeless! This will give you a better understanding of the homeless siuation in the Tenderloin.
I lived there from 82 to 84. Beautiful place, wonderful memories, two of the best years of my life. So sad to see the city on such a steep decline.
Michael Shellenberger's book San Fransicko (Harper 2021) very much helps explains why the good is now much less good, why the bad is now much more bad, and why the ugly is now far and away far, far more ugly.
Thanks, I will check this book out.
@@timboyd4170There are also a few RUclips videos he has done.
I appreciate Shellenberger’s pro-nuclear activism, but otherwise he comes off as just another smarmy tech CEO and wannabe feudal lord who developed a grandiose vision of himself as some kind of future philosopher king just because he sold a successful company 20 years ago
I live in San Francisco. I have been here since 1964. This video is the best ever.