Changes come anew to San Francisco Castro District
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2022
- The neighborhood is a symbol of gay freedom known around the world but, like the city of San Francisco, the Castro is changing -- again. Wilson Walker reports. (6-23-22)
I lived and worked in the Castro most of my life. I had a salon on Market for almost 30 years. I arrived in 87, and moved when the pandemic hit. Never thought I would leave.
Pandemic caused by diversity
Now Monkey pox
Hold close the good times. Memorialize the sad times. I love The City though it is changing whole lot.
What year did they hang those flags from the street poles?
The vibe in the Castro is completely different today.
I personally appreciate that we have moved on from having ‘gay’ spaces or ‘straight’ spaces. We only need non judgmental spaces.
If that were true all of Hollywood would have come out of the closet
If I were willing to face legal battles I could out some of the biggest names
They are hiding because they value their money and career over your so called pride
The world has not changed
The only thing that has changed is your side runs the media and gives the illusion more agree with you
Also if diversity was working so well There would be no attacks on Asians by blks
You people live in Unicorn land
“Straight” spaces, cmon Mary 🥸
Tell people you vote libertarian and see how "tolerant" they are.
I'm in san francisco next few day as a gay man from Ireland looking forward being immersed in the history of the castro & what a history it has
Who’d ever San Francisco now……
This is ridiculous. These heterosexual men discriminate against gay men have a lot of nerve saying the Castro is isn't diverse. Heterosexual Democratic men are the biggest hypocrites.
1:14 not true. Most of the world doesn't or know the Castro.
The most San Franciscan statement I've ever heard haha
@@psychoticdaizyproductions569: I'm a gay man. I've lived here since August of 1981, and
TRUST YOU/ME... The Castro is SO over-rated, and by now, just plain TIRED. And all that
RAINBOW-EVERYTHING is just NAUSEATING.
Yes just learned about the Castro today. Got here because I was searching Fidel Castro
I lived in Europe, South America, Central America, and North America and didn't know about the castro
Castro welcomes more straight residents also means more gays are comfortable living elsewhere. They don’t have to be in a particular neighborhood to feel safe. This is progress.
Not for those with "gay ghetto" mentality. I know this. I live here. Gays WHINE too much about everything.
yes!
No it means that gays have been divided and conquered. Now you have the trans ideology that seeks to neuter young non-gender conforming persons (and studies show that they are mostly Gay). The Gay movement succeeded in liberation when the USA was predominantly White. Now with the demographic shift, more Muslims and Latinos means more oppression.
And here I was hoping the change was getting rid of the two old naked guys at Market and Castro.
Those two tired old queens need to retire those wrinkled sun damaged naked bumms…🙄🙄
The last remarks made me tear up, thank you to those who made my life better; born in 1986 here, you did excellent work, hopefully we can work together to keep the Castro special.
This is San Francisco , we are all diverse already, this video is meant to emphasize the history and what the future in relation to celebrating that history will consist of with the main emphasis on other Timeline pieces such as China Town. The Goal is to maintain a STRONG SENSE OF THE HISTORY again, just like China Town, just like the Mission, just like Bayview etc.
Isn't having only one type of persons in an area racist?
Chinatown? Can I have a white town?
Its ok to have a gay area? What about a straight district?
Diversity has divided us to the point of collapse
If you don't see you are not paying attention
@@silentmajority8365 LOL. you are missing the point; your comment reminded me of someone who mentioned that we shouldn't have a black history month and the person added that we should have a White History Month, again, missing the point of celebrating HISTORY; THE POINT IS H.I.S.TOR.Y.
@@undiscloseduser2004 Holidays based on race when claiming race should not matter is ridiculous
You are missing the point
Read all the posts on these stories
Diversity means to divide You did it
Instead of thinking of us as all Americans we have those that think of their sexuality over patriotism. Theyd swear allegiance to Stalin if they could prance if their self made camps
There are those that think of this area completely as Hispanic etc
All the attacks on Asians have been by blacks hence the lack of suspect pictures
Media wants you to think racism is only a white thing. The attacks prove diversity not working and will require force and the loss of civil rights to preserve
Like TSA searches having committed no crime
Take those Ukrainians that are back fighting for their other country
At a time when America needs strong men to lead and help raise the next generation their loyalty is to the country they left
People come to America to get what they can but their loyalty lies elsewhere
Covid entered because Chinese that claimed they fled China but return to vacation and brought back covid
Lastly there is no way you are a straight man with a family hence your bewilderment to how normal people think
@@silentmajority8365 wow, you really are wasting your Saturday typing this long of a response? We agree to disagree, have a wonderful Saturday!
Speak for yourself because that is not my goal. My goal would be to make the city safe and desirable again. History is history for a reason and we don’t always need to cling onto it to try and preserve it otherwise how would we progress and believe it or not what we’re seeing in the Castro is progression because keeping things the way they were is just weird and gross not to mention divides the community.
The acronym LGBTQIA stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, (questioning), intersex, asexual, and (agender). This is the first time I ever heard the letters IA added to it. When were they added? I had to look it up.
I'm 3,000 miles away and I know what and where the Castro is in San Francisco. I've visited there a few times over the years. Perhaps the only thing like it on the East Coast would be Greenwich Village in New York City.
Actually the true meaning is Loony, Goofy, Banal and Tedious. Is that awful? I can't tell.
Ahh but it’s good to change the mission district from its Latino heritage? Ok ok. I see how it is.
I love it when sacred cows do battle
I’m all for switching both! Both neighborhoods are trash!!
When the Mission Latinos get rid of their rash, narrow minded, homophobic/anti feminist and anti-intellectual super-macho style politics they will progress, and not until. Leave no doubt unturned.
the Castro used to a regular working class family neighborhood, and will be again in the future. You can't stop changes.
You can but will they?
Condos sell for 600K and above. That's not working class by any means.
In 1980 I was 21 and I remember it was amazing to go to there and finding out how many other people were just like me
I had come from a small conservative town, it was a magical place in a magical time
As with all of America it lost its luster as time went by
AIDS 🤣🤣
@@silentmajority8365
Aren’t you a sad person
@@silentmajority8365 🗑️
@@jackskellington9195 I'm happy the left is imploding
The woke attacking each other
So far AIDS has killed 36 million people
AIDS lives naturally in Chimps
Now Monkey Pox is infecting you
Both diseases from Africa both involve prim8tes So which one of you had relations with those animals?
@@AM-nh6oz AIDS MONKEY POX both infecting this crowd
God trying to get your attention
I mean a welcome change would be more diversity in the Castro. Yes, it’s a symbol of LGBTQIA+ rights but it’s severely white male dominated. Rarely BIPOC, rarely trans, rarely lesbian.
BIPOC is a term white people use ! I bet you're white!
More letters? What does the 'IA' stand for? Ignorant agenda. So ridiculous.
Maybe because white guys work?
@@silentmajority8365 that’s interesting because most of the people complaining about rent increasing are white guys who can’t afford it. So sounds like they don’t work enough. 🙃😂
@@sonej.4486 you literally sound like an old white guy, “back in my day it was only gay and lesbians.” THIS is exactly why the new people in the Castro want to change.
house prices in SF is what is changing the area
i sincerely hope they turn that space into condos i mean that's what's trendy now days my darlings!!
like a 5 story modern building on that corner would be real chic
with a Starbucks on the corner of the first floor
and cozy one bedroom tastefully decorated units for single self-centered men with nice balconies overlooking market and Castroland
it would be a nice addition to the neighborhood
who would want to move there with all the homeless and drug addicts taking over the streets? It is sad that such a beautiful city is now ruined
San Francisco is so played out. It's done. Just for rich people now.
aww i began to tear up with him
It’s very sad to walk through Castro Street now there is no more soul there no more good 😢energy. There is no more cruising but you’ll find bunch of empty souls.
My grandpa lived in this neighborhood before it was known for its lgbtqia history
Today all the houses only have rear entrances
The Castro area has become so commercialized. There’s a totally different vibe there today. Corporate America is cashing in on the gay thing. It’s now like shirts are made with rainbow flags, stickers, jewelry, etc. it’s like your favorite baseball team. You like the Yankees, ohh, I’m a Red Sox fan! I’m happy for the equality but if your looking for the same vibe that was around during the 70’s, you won’t find that in the Castro today.
I for one welcome more different types of people to the Castro to live and work, play
AIDS covid Monkey Pox 🤣🤣
Good, bulldoze that entire neighborhood along with every gay flag. Literally nothing about what that area represents is something to have "pride" in,, especially for a whole damn month
Gay people need somewhere to call their own. Before the Gays it was the Irish in the Castro. Gays need straight-free spaces to try and really understand who they are.
Well who can live there it’s so expensive! For what it is now.
Why be upset straight couples are moving in?
@ Melinda Ranallo: The "answer" is hidden right there in your questions. The Gays complain about EVERYTHING.
I hear a bunch of LGBTQs have moved to Vallejo and they are working hard to clean up the city. Good for them.
Lies all lies… nothing has really improved here. 🤣
@@ralphw7454 Oh yes it has compared to 7 years ago. Mare Island is having more businesses moving in and the new convention center being built.
@@jasjas7232 mare island is its own thing and been having plans to be revamped. But if you want to talk about everything along Sonoma blvd from Rancho all the way towards downtown, and all the other shopping plazas along meadows, redwood, springs and the list can go on and on….
@@jasjas7232 It’s hysterical you want to bring up mare island AS Vallejo. Because mare island was pretty much its own town until the naval base closed, it was handed over to Vallejo. But for YEARS… no development has happened at all.
Plus there’s barely anything there at all. It’s definitely growing but what about the other side across the Napa river? The ACTUAL CITY VALLEJO!?
It was only recently that mare island gained some changes. But what about the rest of Vallejo as a WHOLE city? Any improvements? No… the VCUSD, not doing so well either. Have you seen these streets? Some of these streets haven’t been repaired for years. Let’s talk about the crime which is pretty much all over the Bay Area but it’s definitely gotten worse in Vallejo.
Sure some new big box retail shops have opened but many many small businesses and others have closed. Majority of the city has empty, run down and dead shopping plazas.
So to point out mare island as an improvement, sure, that’s great and everything. But Vallejo, as the city itself, hasn’t improved. Plus, not many people have access to mare island. There’s only a particular demographic that feels included or able to enjoy the pleasure of taking up the space there.
I don’t live in Vallejo anymore but my parents still do. I live and work in Napa.
that’s why it’s so interesting to see improvements with neighboring cities like American Canyon, Fairfield, Benicia and Suisun. It’s crazy like night and day how Vallejo still is struggling.
Vallejo is filled with amazing people though! But it’s not fair to say that Mare Island’s improvement, is an improvement for Vallejo. Because realistically, it isn’t. It is for only a small fraction of the population that has access to enjoy. While the rest of the actual existing city of Vallejo, gets left behind. definitely isn’t fair either.
BAM*
@@ralphw7454 Ok easy on the hatorade and those aren’t neighboring cities, towns at best. You will see in 10 years what gentrification is all about.
This guy is a hero. 3:00
Atty Supervisor Fr. John D George fought for 🏳️🌈 Liberation and Freedom Rights just has hard and as much as Supervisor Harvey Milk. 💙🖤💚
🤣🤣Harvey got Pasteurized
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Easy to get there by electric bus via double overhead wires and trolleys on Market Street that intersect at Castro St.
And do I ever love MUNI's electric trolley coaches, streetcars and light rail. With the rip-off prices of gasoline and diesel fuel these days, those electric transit vehicles {BART too} are a blessing. And now they are electrifying CalTrain. The electricity that powers MUNI's fleet is generated by hydro electric generation.....totally green and clean.
Yes, the Castro is at the end of the MUNI's F streetcar line. Not only are they running ex-Philadelphia trolleys on the F Line, but ex-Newark, New Jersey trolleys too. I rode those PCC cars in Philly and Newark for decades.
The alphabet gang take over
The Castro District is the stepping stone of all 🏳️🌈LGBTQ 🏳️🌈 communities across America. It would be a shame if gentrification took over this iconic neighborhood.
Wonder if you said that about Western Addition, Hayes Valley, Bayview, Haight area (upper & lower), etc.?
But it’s okay to gentrify the mission district and strip it from its Latino heritage?
@@Mrmudbone_gaming There is a pecking order in PC
Who did Whoopi offend? J
Who did Kevin Hart offend? G
Who did Roseanne offend ? B
Why tea is dead last
Hispanics are above whites but below Asians
Diversity is destroying this country too many conflicting groups
Gentrification is the legal process to improve property you own to sell at a profit
in 1964 Americans lost the right to decide who they rented or sold houses to
Now you want to tell them what they can do with their own property
You don't want equals rights you want special rights and you want the last word on every issue and every issue viewed thru the gay lens
@@silentmajority8365 that’s why we need more gay proprietaries on castro
Growing up here was horrible. So many pretentious dramatic people
Cigarettes from the European nation that gave birth to the English language
coo coo
I DEMAND THAT YOU EXPLAIN THAT!!!
i don't care if they are having gay sex, please wear protection and don't let monkeypox be inaccurately associated with homosexuals.
it spreads on the air
I have 0 pride
Being sexually challenged is NOTHING to be "proud" of.
Nothing to be ashamed of either.
@@danityvanityinsanity To hell it isn't.
God forbid the focus on Sunnydale or Bayview mission where real help is needed
Right on The CASTRO used to be called Eureka Valley before and many native SFers grew up there. It wasn't always a gay enclave.
Fruit run the media and most of government
That man is so out of touch with reality that he believes everyone in the world knows about the Castro. Wrong! It ain’t that special.
If you're gay, you absolutely know.
I remember when Bobby Kennedy gave a speech in front of the Hibernia bank at 18th and Castro. Before he went to L. A. in '68, when it was Eureka Valley and straight.
gentrify the city.
Harry! Ghee!
No more sexual-preference themed cities in California. It doesn’t help. Be gay in your home.
You seem like a miserable person.
Be “straight” in yours!
Wow unbelievable.. and that's why Freddie Mercury's passed wow..
Pay to eat in the Street
They want to protest who they are?!
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
SICK !! judgement is upon the land and we decerive it...
Covfefe?
Gay
GotAidsYet ?
Hopefully
ur an old skinbag
There are just as many heterosexuals now who have hiv too.
All The Rainbow Groomers should
move to Cuba with Fidel Castro
🏳️🌈🌀 SF Warriors 🏀 🩸 comes against all your fears. Fear is a liar. Phobia is a Liar. 🇳🇬
@@reggiegeorges5850 Phobia is fear we are not afraid just nauseated
Heaven or hell? Have you ever lied, stolen used God's name as a curse word (O-M-G)? According to God's law, you're guilty. But wait, God loves you, he made a way out. God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not die but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Please think about it. Repent/believe before the rapture, before the one world government. Jesus died for you,live for him. Love U
Stop preaching. If you are into that, go to church.
*🙊 pox running rampant*
From Africa like African swine fever research
Open borders diversity destroying America
I’ve never even been to the Castro. I’d rather go anywhere else.
OH YOU SHUT UP, YOU FUCKING RACIST TRUMP SUPPORTER FREAK!!!!!
Awesome. Why did we need to know this 🤔?? Perhaps it's best for people like you NOT to come to Castro.
I'm sure it's complicated.
Time for you to come out. You’d fit right in.
@@TheLIRRFrenchie... But you'll visit Uranus
California famous for its fruits and nuts
Honestly, SF sucks in general.
I'm from NYC, live in Berkeley, work in SF, and I think Berkeley is FAAARRR superior (not to NYC, though).
Disgusting
🌀🥊🥊
YES
What is? Their mere existence? They’re just walking around living their lives authentically. You act like they’re “doing it in the road”!
That is why God made hellfire for 😂😂😂
The Blood 🩸 of The San Francisco State WARRIORS coming for you. Believe For it.👨❤️👨🌀🎇
@@reggiegeorges5850 You are coming on each other
Lols yooo
Then why is it STRAIGHT to hell and not GAY to hell?!