Stores close when people can steal up to $950 of merch with no consequences? I am absolutely shocked! And even when you park there's a 90% chance your windshield is smashed and all your belongings stolen out of your vehicle to buy Fentanyl? Who could have foreseen the consequences? Oh yea. Everyone!
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Yes. I live near San Francisco 30 years and moved away for years ago. Even when I left there were lots and lots of For Lease signs on little shops that were closed. It's got worse by a factor of 15.
They are closed because the "Everything is free up to $900" California policy. Organized groups would come in every day and take $800 worth of merchandise, then move on to the next store. Now you cannot even challenge these people. So, if a group of 10 people come in every day and take $800 worth of merchandise unchallenged, how long before the store becomes unprofitable? What if 2 groups hit your store every day? The police cannot stop the shoplifters. As in, they are not allowed to.
it’s really weird because here in MN they will call police and arrest you if you steal a damn lip balm and MN has generally the same government ideas as CA.
Too bad they didn't install those automatic sliding cage bars,so when these groups go in,the automatically close ,workers go to a safe room, and cops are called .
What a stupid law. At the end stores can just remove the price tag and instead use digital screens to adjust the price. Whenever massive shoplifting occurs the businesses can jack up the prices of all their merchandise at the press of a button and the prices would instantly be increased above $950. And since the price tags are off there would be no proof and the shoplifters would be charged with a major crime and not just misdemeanour. Another thing retail stores can do is mark each item at $951 and then discount the price at the cash register to its usual. I.e $951 --> $12.99 + taxes, etc. The shop lifters can lose this one, easily. Stupid law that is easy to bypass.
This was reported in Australia and was explained as businesses closing down due to chronic shoplifting, much is linked to organized crime. Sadly the same is happening in lots of other countries and very much a 'post Covid' trend.
It’s a leftist democrat city trend. All the major Dem cities are turning into Detroit from the 70s. All the businesses are leaving, whitey is leaving and you are losing massive amounts of tax dollars to run the city, you will soon see a financial collapse and bankrupt cities. No money to run the city.
Blame all the overpaid politicians that care only about themselves. Blame the drug dealers the users and abusers. The criminals that run free. The justice system is broken and Mayor Breed needs to go.
My uncle worked for governor Rauner of Illinois. He would tell us we would not even believe how corrupt it is. He said literally all of them were corrupt. He had endless stories about all the corruption. Just even being their insurance agent he had to go to federal court on corruption charges. He was scared shitless.
And I bet you and your fellow San Franciscans kept voting Democratic expecting that things will change for the better under a new Democrat mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I BEEN HERE SINCE 1949, YOU ARE A LIAR. I live in The Tenderloin in San Francisco- YOU ARE A LIAR. You are BAD FAITH LYING REPUBLICAN PUSHING HATE AND RACISM.
The fact that this guy is putting the blame on e commerce and not on the politicians is exactly why things will continue how they are and spread to other parts of our society. God help us.
Politicians neither dem nor gop will solve this because they are just spinning wheels within a broken system. This is a societal and long term economic decline most Americans delude themselves about. The will to come into a collective effort to reverse major urban decay is something that uber polarized, disengaged America will not bother with.
It's easy to place the blame entirely on the backs of politicians, but many people are not familiar with the many lawsuits that have had a huge impact on public space. Starting with Jones vs Los Angeles to Martin vs Boise, courts have been siding with the rights of unhorsed individuals over the legislation by cities that has attempted to curb the impact of persons experiencing homelessness in the public space
The second amendment should be expanded to provide legal protections for those who use lethal force in the defense of their lives and personal, private property against criminals.
@@joshuaortiz2031 you dont have a bill of rights because both parties can agree on stripping the constitution with every bill the zionists write for the golden calf.
it is bidens son bought by china in a massive deal, it is all the presidents from Nixon bought by china. you are soon part of china through belt and road and you will work yourself to death for a mouthful of food. china unsensored and the china show have the details.
Bezos donates to BLM and like causes because the crime benefits him. Remember the plot of robocop? Corporations create more crime to drive down property values so they can buy it up and use a militarized police force? Yeah.
Maybe this was the reason behind decriminalising shop lifting, to move retail online. You can't use cash. Paves the way for and acceptance of digital currency.
They are all closing because of e-commerce??? You don't think it has anything to do with people doing drugs, shitting, and pissing in the open public or the people legally stealing up to $1500.00 worth of stuff and getting away with it??
True, but now go even further back. Why are there so many homeless? Perhaps it has something to do with real estate prices? And perhaps crime has something to do with people being unable to afford the insanely overpriced things like food? What did you think it would happen?
@hs3881 I didn't attempt to list all of the contributing factors. I agree that crime, real estate costs, etc all are apart of the issues in San Fran. I would argue that the core issues go much deeper than that. Core issues = 1) out of control dangerous drugs 2) local politicians allow drug use, shitting, and pissing in the streets 3) local government not allocating the people's money properly 4) poor judicial system 5) hatred of cops and too few of cops 6) politicians letting violent criminals out of jail 7) out of control illegal immigration and sadly much more. The above is what causes high real estate costs, low tourism, poor education, high crime rates, closing and relocation of businesses.
@@hs3881 Wrong. I moved to SF in January 1991 and immediately got a room in a 2 bedroom apt on Nob Hill. Our rent was 700$/month. I was only making 6$/hour back then and I could still afford SF. Also, if it were real estate prices, then the street would be littered of all kinds of people not just white and black Americans.
Thank you for making this video. I live outside of SF and won’t go there anymore so getting an update like this is helpful. That empty commercial space is going to collapse the residential home prices any minute now. As the towers empty out so will the local neighborhoods. It’s a tragedy of epic proportions. SF was once a great city.
Yes, those days of booming businesses in SF is gone, not just because of E-commerce but because of increased crime rates, drugs, homelessness, decriminalizing shoplifting, shortage of police patrols and especially the government leaders doing nothing about it.
There are many reasons for this: - Legalized crime and drugs - No regulation on where the homeless are allowed to set up camp - Death of the brick and mortar store due to the rise of e-commerce - Wages not rising with inflation so no one can afford anything - Foot traffic is mostly junkies and criminals - Can't park a car without it being broken into - No one can afford the rent in SF (retailers and residents) - With the rise of remote work, there's zero incentive for tech workers who can afford the high costs to stay in SF
This city is a reflection of the decadence and narcism of the people and the politicians. I lived in SF for over 10 years in the 90s and even then when it was a beautiful place you could see and feel the lack of morality corrupting a once wonderful place. Now I live in Mexico where the people are wonderful connected to their families and hardest workers I’ve ever had the privilege of being around.
I was born in SF in 1970. San Francisco like all big cities has good and bad areas, good and bad times. Looking at it through a political lens says more about you.
@@laylalibertyeinstein8420 political lense .? .Hey ,there are robberies drugs ,heroin tents , carjackicarjacking, . In broad daylight, you fired all your Cops and Threw money at loud mouth ,open border ,criminal importing leaders .
E-commerce has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, but the lack of police/criminal prosecutions, homelessness, open air drug market, and shoplifting fostered by local gov't DEFINITELY IS THE REASON FOR FRISCO'S DECAY!
I'm wondering what people might do if there weren't any E-commerce? Just sit by and watch the city dissappear and do without? The division that's taken place among us isn't about all the things we're disagreeing over. Money. That's it. You either got it or you ain't. So, for the majority, it doesn't matter if the police are on patrol. This is being proven as we speak. What store is being guarded? Tiffany's. But yes. E-commerce is playing a huge roll in this insanity. IMO.
@@ld3507 I'm in Florida and there are plenty of shoppers filling the stores despite e-commerce. We also don't need police guarding the stores. I walked through an outdoor mall and outlet center today with every high-end clothing store you can think of. Lots of people, no mobs stealing, very small police presence. Hmm, I wonder what is so different...I mean, Florida has e-commerce too, you know.
It's all about leadership. I live about 70 miles from SF, in the Central Valley CA. We have a stern mayor and her police back her up. Our shops are thriving. There are no homeless anywhere, as they passed inventive city "safety" laws to run them off. We never shut down in the pandemic, either. We just dragged tables out into the streets and made main street an open-air shopping center, all the restaurants became cafes.
There’s no way you could stop raising tide. The homeless are getting larger and larger soon it would cover all of SFO and beyond. Those tourist are out of touch of reality not knowing America is not the America it use to be.
It used to be a DSW in the storefront before the Walgreens. It was more than one level. There was a Woolworth's for decades on the corner location, before that Gap store that closed rented the space in the historic Flood building. On a side note, I also remember when the Sephora space was a McDonald's. This area has been closing & opening new businesses for decades. You can't lay the entire blame on ecommerce, although I'm sure it's harder to find brick & mortar businesses for those spaces like H&M (which is the one that pulled out on the corner of the first block of Powell up the street from Gap, but that was years before the pandemic).
It's hard to believe how people can vote themselves out of a whole city voting the same people in over & over. The same people voted in are worth $300 million + ask Nancy Polosi how's she doing.
The illusion that a two party system will bring about something like democracy or meaningful change you can only argue that shit light is better than pure shit
This is not caused by online shopping. It’s caused by shoplifters who grab armloads of merchandise and dash, with no one stopping or chasing them. The blame falls squarely on liberal legislators’ shoulders. And due to all of the videos and reports of the crime, homeless encampments on the streets, and the filth on those streets, tourism has probably tanked, and many residents are probably afraid to go shopping on those streets. So, there you have it, that’s why commerce is failing in San Francisco.
I rented a car at the San Francisco airport, and was warned by the rental company to not park downtown with *anything* in the car, not even a phone cable or pack of gum due to car break-ins. My brother in law parked somewhere for five minutes to pick up some paint, and had his window smashed and backpack stolen. Not punishing shoplifting, theft, and car break-ins is driving away both customers and businesses. It’s not Amazon. Retailers everywhere have to deal with that.
40 minutes here... we went in to get clam chowder. All 3 windows were broken... they stole our jackets... that's all we had in the car. 4 black kids with crowbars. They didn't even run when we approached them.
Crazy how fast SF has declined. Im a 49er and giants fan, went to SF for a work trip in 2016 and although there was still homeless back then in certain areas the city was vibrant and bustling, i had a great time on that trip and not once did i feel unsafe while going out barhopping at night. That was only 7 years ago. It just looks depressing as hell now, what a shame whats happened to this formerly beautiful city
In 2000, I worked for Grand Hyatt and lived not far from my work. Streets were crowded with shoppers and tourists. I hope this is a awakening moment for all other cities who still think soft on crimes is a good policy.
Given all the advantages in CA, it would be easy for a leader of average intelligence to turn it all around. But, the majority of voters fail to prove average.
Its the weak liberal laws and how they deal with crime. Since liberalism is all about human rights and equality for ALL humans, that also includes criminals. And what do you think when repeat offenders get arrested for the same crime over and over again? They get a slap on the wrist and get released again, this is especially true wheb the offender is a juvenile. Not to mention California's law against homelessness and drugs, liberal laws protect them and enable them to continue their lifestyle too. The Republican party is not an angel either but if you want to stomp out all the crime effectively, the Republicans are much better than the Liberals at that, since they don't have the same human rights human rights aspect in their laws. Harsh punishments for crime are the only thing that can fix the issues with american society at this point. It will depend on the Government if they want to sacrafice some of our "American Freedom" to reinstate order and peace.
I'm a strong believer that I'm not the only one who prefers buying things in real life instead of online, but in the case of San Francisco, it's a safety issue.
@@illumination101 I'm not from there, but it seems to me, that most people living there are weak and can't take care of their own selves, so in a way, they want more policy to be applied, the problem is that no policy can fix this.
There is some merit of being able to see the real product, but I think buying online is overall better, because I can have more choices. Also, it's usually cheaper. And in case of the US, you can just return the product if you don't like it, right?
I visited San Francisco in 1990. Was a beautiful town. A lot of my friends in NYC were moving there at the time. The politicians who facilitated this decline should be in prison.
As someone that works in the financial district, the restaurants are also hit really hard. Most of them closed after 30-40 years of service. You have to consider the high rent and your only source of income is from the lunch hours. Then you lose a lot of remote workers on Mondays and especially on Fridays. And then when they do look for lunch, they see the inflation hit the prices and now they are looking at 14+ sandwiches/burritos and 15-20 rice plates. So they end up bringing their own food from home.
It's so sad! I've always wanted to go to San Francisco never been there but always wanted to visit and to see something like this is sickening to happen to such a beautiful city!
I was just there and spent a lot of time wandering. Most food places were completely unreasonable and I skipped them. Like you said $15-20 for basic boring stuff. Seems like for good food equivalent to where I live at $10-12 it's $20+ there. So we 2/3rds of the time just ate groceries from target/TJs and 1/3 at slightly more expensive upscale places. The B55 craft kitchen was really good and for the quality seemed less over priced than most places - especially since we had a discount for staying at the hotel it's in and charging to room. Also fantastic staff there. Now I'm craving their deep fried green beans... Also a really good jewish deli near there but I can't remember the name.
Tad's - on Powell Street - moved to much nicer facilities on Ellis. Close by. But yeah. Once the Supervisors passed the 'Healthy San Francisco' health insurance the result was many restaurants went out of business. That measure was like a 25% bump in compensation to restaurant employees. As to whether any of those workers used that insurance ... no one knows.
Even some restaurants are closed it looks like. I stopped at a small breakfast place there a couple times one year I went out to our former home office. Great food, though expensive. It is sad to see all the small shops gone. The ones that can't afford to pay OT to police to sit outside their store, or who can't afford private security. I remember that street was bustling with activity and that square (Union?) was too. I would walk from there up to California where our office was and it was a nice walk and a nice city then. That was less than ten years ago. So much has changed!! So sad!
@@ammonioussaccas We are forced to pay taxes with Amazon, so there is no longer any savings there with Amazon anymore. So I like to shop locally when I can so I can look at things in person and then get it then. I’m at my local mall every week. I can walk to it. It’s not like it used to be years ago, but it’s doing all right. Amazon is really no longer the cheap place to go, but it is all right if finding things you can’t get locally. Though I can use eBay for that also. The fact is that these stores have been robbed Iike crazy. It costs more to keep the doors open then to just close up business at this point. Ca has the highest homeless population. Most all are on drugs. There are gangs just robbing businesses and breaking into peoples cars. These people are after a quick buck to buy their next hit. The criminals are getting paid.
I live in Tokyo. Stores are still open. it is not about e-commerce so much. More like crime in San Fran. It sucks. i really wanted to visit there but now, I can just take it off my travel list.
E- commerce is everywhere, but stores in other states aren't closing. This is specifically about the California psychocrats letting criminals run amuck.
Well - its a Democrat thing....would this city really have descended into chaos if it were led by Republicans? we all voted for Democrats, and now we reap the bad fruits. I so regret this...
The problem will eventually take care of itself. Because any system of government that can’t stand, won’t. Liberal philosophy has ruined San Francisco. It will hit rock bottom, and at some point be rebuilt.
@clotshot9459Part of the problem is that in Democrat cities and States, you get treated like a criminal if you defend yourself. It's not worth the risk. Leave SF and let it rot but don't vote for fools like Newsome and Breed in your new town.
This is slowly happening in New York as well. Whatever is open has to close by 10pm. People are chased away by cops from the Coney Island boardwalk by 2am. The whole Brooklyn area shut down like martial law and curfew. It's killing business.
The shopping center location where he recorded this video has a lot of vacancies. But it's obvious a city of several hundred thousand still has to do some shopping as there are other stores around in the city. Nordstrom's, Gap and other big chains aren't the only places to shop at.
I grew up in San Francisco a long time ago and have watched my home city descend into insanity. Clearly the insanity has been perpetrated by the clowns that run California as well as San Francisco. Blessings
This is the city I was born. Dad was retired army but we were ALWAYS at the Presidio. My heart breaks in seeing this, it’s like a part of me dies. It was done by prop 47, defund the police movement and COVID overreach, and the ridiculous way they have been handling the homeless crisis. Cops are so demoralized, they can’t do their jobs, and DA’s don’t prosecute. This city was my world, the emerald city to me. Hope everyone is happy with the results.
@@genxray951by the time Newsom starts running his campaign for president adds. Look Zero emissions in city. Plenty room for illegal aliens, except those lousy 16 that showed up in a commercial first class luxury jet from Venezuela.
The real reason is because noone can afford to work in retail in San Franscisco, it does not pay enough, there is nothing to rent that is affordable on retail workers wages, they are paid hourly and management do not get fairly paid either. The other reason is that people are shopping on line more than ever since the pandemic too. Life as we used to know it has changed. The same thing is happening in many cities where the rent is too high and affordable housing is zero, hence the reason for the drug abusing homeless, they are people too and now have no where to live due to rising housing costs and jobs that don't pay enough. The saddest part about San Franciso for me is seeing the literally stinking rich walking around not caring about the homeless people and complaining about them.. something is seriously wrong.. yes.. Rising prices has caused this problem, lack of housing, low paying jobs and lack of mental health work being done in this country.
I live 2.5 hours away from SF. We used to love getting a hotel there in the city for a weekend. Haven’t been since 2019 for an overnight visit and I have ZERO plans to do so in the near future. Shameful what our politicians have allowed. Misdeeds should always have consequences.
You could feel the city's vibe just by crossing the Bay Bridge. That was going down in the mid-2010s, and completely died off in 2020. It wasn't only The City's Fascist Covid mandates; tent cities, poop on the sidewalk, and a crime wave that City Hall doesn't even try to stop, they're responsible too. Everybody's Favorite City has become a city to avoid. Time to let it collapse; we don't miss Detroit, and we won't miss San Francisco.
We went to a play at the Orpheum during the day on Sunday. I couldn't believe how bad it was. The entire walk smelled like piss. Homeless everywhere. All I could think of was watching Mayor London on TV years ago how her main goal was to clean up the city. Great Job!!! I have no desire to go back. I felt like burning my clothes after it was so gross.
My daughter gifted me atrip to theater in SF inJanuary. I will not go to the City again. The streets are foul, the air stinks, and you are not safe. Thanks Gavin et al! You have destroyed California and should not be governing in any capacity!
E-commerce hasn’t affected Chicago. The North side and downtown business area, Michigan avenue shopping, are all thriving with stores, restaurants, parks, museums.
@Stephanie Ellison Have read it. The racial correlation is markedly in the opposite direction. The only connection apparent to the ‘white man’ is a preference for relatively high levels of freedom from overbearing governance, a style of living that *some* people with low impulse control and a relative inability to defer gratification don’t do as well under (and so constantly beg their leaders for such things as taking away their right to keep and bear arms since they cannot or will not raise most of their sons to appreciate and respect rule of law.) If you don’t like ‘white man’s’ / i.e. western rule of law there are plenty of communists authoritarian cesspools with laws that’d be more to your liking (whereas there’s nowhere else for those who prefer liberty, with America being the last place on earth that respects truly free speech and very few others that recognize the human right to civilian armament.)
As a Bay Area resident, San Francisco did not used to be like this. Unfortunately now, because of high crime rates, retail demand has fallen low, causing many stores to close their doors. It is also worth mentioning that Westfield is closing down their mall near Union Square soon after Nordstrom left their mall.
And Why Is There "High Crime"!! Because This Is What You "IDIOTS" Voted For. Decriminalization of Theft, Shoplifting, Breaking and Entering, Destruction of Any Property, Rape, Murder, Drugs and On and On and On. Defunding The Police!! This is What YOU PEOPLE WANTED-------SO ENJOY!!
What happened too most Malls across the US? Died.... why??? Because every Store you walk in.... one pair of Jeans=80 to 120 dollars. Who buys Jeans that cost 100 dollars you ask???? Teens mostly.... teens with Mommy and Daddy's credit cards or hard working Teens that dont mind spending 200 in one day. Malls just to be a place to hang out. The problem with Malls and Powell Street you ask?? HIGH RENT and owners Greed. If Commerical buildings were CHEAP to Rent.... would we NOT see more Mom and Pop shops???? H+M.. Skeechers... Swatch... Burger King... last time i checked... those AINT no Mom and Pop shops.
It's this bad in many places...and it's horrifying. All the little mini malls in some towns are just empty storefronts....just empty unused property that used to be pizza, boutique, barber, nail salon. Now nothing.
I live 45 minutes away from SF, and I didn't know it was such a ghost town down there, although I have been hearing for quite some time that a lot of retailers are leaving. It just blows my mind that Newsom, etal, are just standing by and allowing these things to happen. But then it's our idiot voters who keep voting in the Dems. We had an opportunity to impeach Newsom a couple of years ago, but then he promised everybody an extra relief check, and those idiots let him stay. I don't know what it's going to take.
I visited SF twice a decade ago. When I was there I was thinking damn this is such a beautiful city and I dreamt of living there. It's surprising and heartbreaking to see it turns this way.
I read somewhere that in California, by law if you steal something, in order to qualify as a felony the item must be valued at $950 our more. Anything below that, and it is a misdemeanor and the police will not prosecute. With that in mind, along with the enormous homeless problem out there, I think I know why the stores are closing. The shoplifting must be rampant!
In Texas, a person committing theft of an owner's property valued at $2,500 or less is deemed a misdemeanor theft, according to Texas Penal Code Ch. 31. Crime Statistics: According to Texas UCR, Texas had 446,531 larceny-theft crimes take place in 2021
Thanks for filming the street view. I’ve never been to San Fran, but after hearing about all the bad stuff going on there, it’s not somewhere I’ll ever be going, and now I can see why.
No brother, doesn’t have to do with e-commerce. In Florida and elsewhere shops are open and we are having nice shopping trips. It’s the non-common sense politics in California that are killing Californians.
@@JG7470 We have air conditioning. And really, you get used to the heat. Coming from South Jersey, July and August is just as hot and humid in South Jersey as it is in South Florida. Unlike New Jersey, the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico is 87 degrees in August from Tampa to Marco Island as opposed to the 70 degree nasty North Atlantic found in Jersey. You can float and swim for hours off of places like Naples and Bonita Springs, with beaches that rival those of any place in the world.
As a Brit this scares me our politicians look at America and think thats a good idea, our unelected PM was sucking at the teat of biden thats depressing.
As a Yank, it doesn't surprise me of the dystopian mess our political "leaders" conspired to create. Seen this coming for years - long before SF created an App for tourists to avoid certain areas of sidewalks due to defecation. Though I'm not familiar with the UKs situation, I do realize you guys are putting up with some nonsense there, such as the Insulate Britain hooligans that are invading major roadways and going out to Silverstone to protest on the circuit during the race. Damn bloody fools. Anyways, it ain't much, but you have my support and sympathy for your country as well. Godspeed 🇬🇧🌎🇺🇲
@@braddarnell3372america is number 3 in the world when it comes to gun violence. Now if you take out the 5 biggest cities that are democrates with the hardest anti gun laws, america becomes number 185 of the world 🤔🤨 open your eyes fool
I used to go there all the time: It isn't all about e-commerce. 1. People go there for the experience 2. People don't buy high end clothes (like at Saks, Nordstroms) online I talk to people: * Not safe taking public transit downtown anymore * Not safe driving (car break ins) Obviously, the shop lifting is un-penalized under $950. So why do business there where your profits are stolen and you run the legal risk if you try to stop them
Same. We used to shop there all the time for the experience. Fun laughs, good food, and great shopping. It is so sad what the voters and politicians have done to the once beautiful place.
I lived there for 15 years. I'm a left of center Democrat. Liberal extremism help kill the city. I left in 2000. The City was still a vibrant place. The tech boom drove up rents. Cities in the Central Valley stick their problem cases on busses to SF. But the bleeding hearts that run SF, have allowed the homeless to run roughshod over parts of the city. Mid Market and Golden Gate Park are now toilets and open air drug dens. Wake up, you need to crack down on people that are ruining The City. SF used to be great. Now it sucks. I would never want to live there again.
Thank you for documenting this! That street WAS one of the most famous tourist traps in the city!!! Just to think that many of those leases were broken or vacated early is unbelievable. Thats a mass exodus. I never EVER thought this would happen. Perhaps a design to take over large pieces of land because those landlords will eventually sell those properties at a huge loss. The purchasing price of the retail square footage went down without any anchor stores, safe places to shop, etc.
I remember the days when i walked up and down Powell Street and most people walking had many shopping bags from all the shopping that they did...what a shame, blame it on the so called City leaders, they have destroyed one the greatest Cities in the country!
It's really a shame that SF which used to be such a wonderful city has been decimated like this. These left wing politicians should be ashamed of themselves.
Quit talking like that. Quit blaming one side. All Politians do this because the public don't stop the money train. You think Republicans are better. Their states are fucked too.
It's also sad to see previously beautiful cities like Seattle, Portland and bustling cities like Detroit and Chicago just decimated by poor governance and ridiculous policies. If the next local election cycle doesn't result in any changes, I don't think they can be saved
Riiight - And God forbid we apportion any blame to vulture capitalists like Larry Ellison - who spent 30 years running the working class out of town on a rail. You know - the booksellers, welders, printers, furniture refinishers/upholterers, photographers, tailors and mom and pop hardware stores whose evictions this channel is incoherently lamenting? Some of us have been hanging on here for more than four decades - and remember the disastrous highrise vacancy rates in the early 80's too. Nobody tried to turn THAT into some hysterical culture war talking point back then. This is what happens when you turn your city over to venal, extractive monoculture carpetbaggers - no matter their political stripe.
Visited San Francisco from Australia in 2019, and even just 4 years ago I don't think it was nearly as bad as what's shown in this video. In February this year I visited Seattle and I was appalled at the state of that place. So many homeless people especially on 3rd Avenue, had to walk around two people passed out on the footpath. So many of the businesses are boarded up and the downtown was so dead at night. It was genuinely eerie and depressing, makes me appreciate Sydney so much more.
Thank you for making this video. It’s extremely sad to see SF and all of California struggling to survive the political mismanagement of this once prosperous, beautiful state. It’s heartbreaking what’s happening to our country. I pray the people, all people, by the constitution take this nation back! We the people need to protect our liberties! God willing.
In 1978 when I first arrived in San Francisco it was clean, beautiful, and safe at all hours of the day and night. It is so sad to see how this city has degenerated into a sad and lonely space.
California is a victim of it's own success. Too many people wanting to live there, great weather, not enough homes created expensive real estate and homelessness....
I came to the city in 1960 San Francisco was a beautiful city by the bay. Before the woke liberals started to run the city. Now it is full of drug addicts and homeless people. Disgusting. I will never go back there.
@redleaderone8429 should be a great campaign add. This will happen to your city when I Finnish what Biden has started. Plenty of room for illegal aliens now. It's all free
It's not because e-commerce is driving these stores to close down, but the high crime rates and legalized shoplifting. Not to mention business insurance rates going through the roof. You can't run a successful business in California much less SF because of these exorbitant costs and crime.
The full language of this legislation reads: 459.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny while that establishment is open during regular business hours, where the value of the property that is taken or intended to be taken does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950). Any other entry into a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny is burglary. Shoplifting shall be punished as a misdemeanor, except that a person with one or more prior convictions for an offense specified in clause (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290 may be punished pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. (b) Any act of shoplifting as defined in subdivision (a) shall be charged as shoplifting. No person who is charged with shoplifting may also be charged with burglary or theft of the same property. - Now point to the part where it says, "shoplifting is legal."
@@Limosethe Legalized shoplifting is a 'euphemism' meaning 'pretty much nothing will happen to the criminal.' Of course it's illegal! The point is, the criminals know the likelihood of them being arrested and doing time is pretty much zero. So why not. Then the store, their insurance, and customers suffer the cost of those losses. Then the customer shops online. Add the high property taxes, paying extra for a visible security presence because the police have been defunded.... and this is pretty much the result.
@@karenmancina8679 Maybe because he's actually researched the situation, done his homework in order to come to evidence substantiated conclusion with rational reasoning. In other words, he gains his knowledge from reading books, not Twitter and memes.
@@SPCLPONY Go to Google and type in, "Man arrested in California for shoplifting" - then tell me exactly how few articles there are about numerous people doing jail-time in California, for theft.
@shorty332 what did they pass now. The thing I don't understand is covid they let all these people out why aren't they actually putting a harsher punishment if they see that their record that they continue to do this and not change the same thing with like that drug past that they had cameras estate but they go to rehabilitation centers but none of them even stay
Most downtown shops were luxury and specialty items. The luxury buyers didnt need online bargains, and specialty shops had the 'uniqueness appeal' and most customers were there for the experience and joy of the shopping. Theses were not people shopping for bargains and such. I would buy something there just like I would a 'souvenir' of my day in the City. Downtown SF made shopping there fun - it would be like buying a piece of the City - and I am not rich and I generally hate shopping ! Many less interesting downtowns without crime still have busy market streets.
I got 'connections' at the Cremlin. Conservatives have until next February to clear out of California, before it becomes an island! LOL Clear out Conservatives, or learn to swim!
I lived in San Rafael in the 80's and moved to the city in the late 80's. I moved to Tennessee but would go back to Cali to visit friends and family periodically. I watched as over the years the politicians caved in to every ridiculous cause. Save the dust mites, fish have feelings to, no crime deserves to be punished. Not only that but yrs of not allowing fires to burn created an awesome amount of flash fuel that once ignited can't be stopped. Your having insurance companies that are refusing to write policies for homes. What it's going to take to fix the criminal problem is going to be so repugnant to the public that it will take it getting much worse before it gets better. Only when criminals are "afraid" of the punishment will it begin to change. Imagine if a cop could walk up to a group of thieves who are in the act of stealing and there's nothing the cop can't do without getting in trouble. Then you have criminals who are afraid. Yes the pendulum will swing to far the other way but unfortunately that's how are society works in order to come to a happy medium. Cali has become to lenient and it will over react swing the other way and people will bitch and it will slowly come back to center. Trick is to become a cop when you can deliver some punishment with impunity. Those will be the golden days
I did my grad degree in Berkeley in 2001-2003, San Francisco was incredibly alive. I've never been a big city guy and came home to my relative hermatism of my home state because I like the space and outdoors. However, what I'm seeing as I travel for work to Chicago, SF, LA and others is truly depressing. Even pre-Covid we went to Chicago when my son graduated from Navy basic as my wife is from Chicago and she hadn't been back for a long time. Downtown Chicago used to be one of my favorite downtowns in the country and it just looked tired and washed up. I'm grateful to live in a mid-sized city that is growing the right way but it's not good for America to see our urban centers melt down like they are. We have to get our shit together all the way around in America. I've been and lived all over the country and world and I promise it doesn't get better elsewhere. We fail here globally things aren't going to go well.
We used to pop over to Chicago all the time for fun mini vacations when we are in the States. Now, we refuse to go at all. Far too risky. Same with Manhattan. We really enjoyed Chicago more though, to be honest. Our new favourite is Savannah, it’s phenomenal! Gorgeous buildings & parks, brilliant shops and the people are lovely.
I went downtown to pick something up from my office and it was a ghost town. Everything was closed and there were hardly any people on the streets. It was a sad sight to see.
Leftists policies of free marijuana...free housing...free food...and Berkley College promotes this form of SOCIALISM...We have be one a Third World Nation. 😢
@@Sorchia56 Where are you from? I've had the good fortune of spending a lot of time, often for a month or more, in various countries. Lived in NE Brazil for a long time in my late teens until I was 23. I really enjoy experiencing other cultures and countries. We're in a time where people around the world are suspicious and closed minded so determined to see the negative in others and other places. My experience is that We the People (by that I mean every normal person in the world) argue the politics of our respective elites when the reality is that every day people everywhere have the same struggles to one degree or another. People not from the US are typically of the mindset that everyone in America is the same. We're not at all. We call them "states" because each state whether it be Illinois, where I'm from in the northern US Rocky Mountains, Georgia and every other place has it's own distinct culture and laws to a large degree. My state basically ignores DC because they are a useless mess of tainted and corrupt people and our population isn't really relevant to them and we're thousands of miles away so they mostly ignore us which in some way is a win win. My attitude is that politics only wins when We the People give in and become depressed and divided. I refuse to let that be the case.
I moved out of the Bay Area years ago. Every now and again i would think "i miss it, window shopping, resturants, arts and wine festivals". Now, i think, "wow, my instincts were way ahead, best decision ever to get out!"
I used to work in SF and lived in Marin. I could see the writing on the wall a long time ago and hated having to drive across the beautiful GG Bridge into the cesspool that SF was becoming. I too left in 2008 and have never returned.
I used to have nightmares traveling to San Francisco because of traffic, and then came high-tech companies destroying the tourist charm of San Francisco, a Big turn-off to try and shop. At the same time, meter maids wait within seconds to give a parking ticket, and parking in public facilities is also expensive. I use E-commerce as my time is valuable. I support brick and mortar; however, not under this condition is the reason the economy, especially San Francisco, is suffering!
@FACT VS FICTION Get your beer ready to cry in because Trump has been galvanized by all of these frivolous actions against him and will be your next president in 2024 !!
@FACT VS FICTION I "like" your idea to support the old, dementia and senile guy. You are better looking for a young, inspire and energetic President. 😂😂😂
@FACT VS FICTION Who cares, I an an independent and do not like Trump either. However I dislike the liberal dems even more. Look at this sad city it is the future of America. We are headed for a "workers paradise" (hell). Look to Venezuela that is our future. I am willing to bet when inflation is over 100% and you are standing in line for bread you will not even remember Trump existed. Look at the big picture and forget the personalities. Trump and Biden will be dead soon anyway and good riddance. Every day I thank god I am older and will not live to see the inevitable fall of the USA. Our problem is that the extream left and right have emerged as the main political force in America and together they are destroying this country. These extreamists are at best unstable and at worse insane yet we all seem willing to bow down to them - this is madness.
@Fact vs Fiction If you support senile puppet Biden and his masters you are supporting of all those things you claim not to like. You could hardly be more supportive of them in fact. Well done.
@@ianandrewjack Yes. Policies like defunding the police, allowing drug addicted people to live on the streets while getting free clean needles from activists, and shutting down the San Francisco economy during COVID.
@@ianandrewjackthe country still has the highest gdp in the world of $25 trillion, so there are lots of jobs everywhere,, only LAZY METH addict people would agree with you about people being poor.. wake uppppppp😂
The stores keep closing because of amazon and math. People are not paid enough to cover the high cost of living in San Fran nothing political just simple fifth grade math.
@@dave-uu4no Democrat policies of allowing crime and drug use to go unchecked is a big part of the problem - not just high living expenses. The people I know that have left SF left mostly because of the crime, filth, high taxes, and other Democrat-induced failures.
@dave I think that Amazon stepped up because of the crime rate because nobody wants to leave their house if they risk being rolled on the streets. Amazon only delivers the products they don't manufacture the product, stores only sell the products retail, and they don't manufacture the products. Without Amazon, all those manufacturers that make products in San Francisco would leave... wait, that's what they're doing,
I am so happy for everything that San Francisco has achieved in the last ten years! Congratulations on everything that your policies have created! Just look at how vibrant SF is today.
iTS NOT THAT AT ALL AS*HOLE. Its many factors. Have the street people drug addicts been handled wrong? Yes. But even in the 90s when the City tried to give them shelter, food kitchens, free med clinics, these street people refused to use them. SPOILED AMERICANS. HOWEVER IF YOU ROUND THEM UP THEN ITS A FASCIST STATE. THE ONLY REASON ITS EASY FOR YOU ALL TO CRITICIZE ITS BECAUSE WHEN A CITY OR LOCATION IS UBER DESIRABLE TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO GO THERE (CLIMATE BETTER THAN THE EAST COAST). We saw it happening for years. YOU CANNOT EASILY STOP HUMAN BEINGS UNLESS YOU ARREST THEM AND PUT THEM IN CAMPS. IT ISN'T JUST SF. ITS MANY LOCATIONS THAT ARE DESIRABLE. ANY A HOLE THAT BLAMES IT ON "POLICIES " IS NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DISERABLIITY OF A PLACE AND THE TOLERANCE. THE WHOLE QUESTION OF WALL STREET INVESTORS TURNING RESIDENTAL REAL ESTATE INTO THEIR PLAYGROUND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN. BY BUYING AND FLIPPING R.E MADE IT A ZILLION TIMES HARDER FOR THE FIRST TIME BUYER TO BUY. SO MANY FACTORS. NOW THE DRUG THING WITH THE CARTELS RUNNING THE SHOW HAS DRIVEN IT OUT OF HAND. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER NIGHT. I
True justice would be those voters having to live by their decisions but they will just pack up their bags for Texas, Arizona, Colorado or Idaho and start all over again. No changing those cultists that must vote demo.
ecommerce isnt the source of the problem. tourists are the source of income. crime rate in sf cause the tourists too afraid to go to downtown. i ve seen videos on criminals stealing camera from a couple in sf. if you want sf back to normal, you got to do something to lower the crimes. and you need a new mayor.
You are right. I wanted to visit San Francisco again, but I will wait till things settle down because I don’t feel safe because of the crime plus the zombies on drugs and the mentally ill. People on drugs, and mentally ill are unpredictable sometimes. I feel sad for these people, but I don’t want to jeopardize the safety of myself and my relatives
I was going to drive my van down there and camp on knob hill top of the mark on saturday night. I can't risk it now with all the broken glass on vehicles. Is it London Breed or l. crossbreed?
E-commerce is hitting every major city very hard. . I can't imagine what they can do with those extremely large retail stores that are close permanently
Over the years that I visited I felt the homeless and panhandling got more aggressive for example, demanding money to help buy a cable car ticket. I will never go back. There are multiple reasons to not go there on a vacation.
San Francisco does not feel like San Francisco anymore. I miss the San Francisco of the 1990s and early 2000s, when I was still in high school. Good times. Sadly, those days are over and only in our memories.
@METAL LEO thank you for this video. I left and bad mouth my city, but it's not real. I really miss home and try to convince myself otherwise. Your video inspired me! We are getting reset after reset until we are reset to where we belong!
@Donita Gill keep on defunding the police, legalize drugs, when stealing less than $950 is no longer punishable and let California be run by communists, I believe good people will leave California.
The leaders are responsible for this mess the mayor doesn't care the governor doesn't care for what is happening in their state, how the business people are feeling and that's really sickening. May God speak to this betrayers who they call themselves leaders and help them to do the right things.
I agree! Businesses closing = Less jobs, people will have to move, they'll lose voters, cutbacks everywhere, less taxpayers for their lavish political perks, etc.
The voters are responsible for the leaders. The arrogant and stupid clowns who voted for those leaders time and again are the real cause of this destruction. Politicians are the symptom. Voters are the disease.
Wow! Thanks for putting this video together. San Francisco was my home for 15 years. Went to college there an started my career in that city. I lived there from 1995 - 2010 and Powell street was always bustling with locals and tourist. That Gap store was previously the Virgin Mega Store. I worked on the project management side as an intern for the renovation of that store when I was an intern at Webcor Builders in the 1990s. Had some of my best memories in San Francisco right there. Blondes Pizza, Urban Outfitters, Rasputin Records was in that block and just up the street at what used to be The Gold Dust Lounge was my favorite bar to hangout after work for happy hour. Also up the street was Ruby Sky Lounge. That's where I'd meet lots of hot gals from Europe visiting San Francisco as either tourist, exchange students or nannys. Sad those days are gone. Never thought I'd see the day that San Francisco would turn in to Detroit or Gary, Indiana. May not be there yet but it's on it's way. Sad to see this level of policing needed in the area but I understand why. I've seen this in Manila, Johannesburg and Caracas. Never thought I'd see this in San Francisco.
@Karl with a K Well goodie-good gum drops for you. I was just finishing high school at the time in SoCal. Never claimed to be a business or economics major in my post. Some realize sooner than later. I had decided that I was going to leave San Francisco by 2006 an finally made the move in 2010. Feel free to share your predictions from your crystal ball.
Never in my life would I ever have thought that Blondie's Pizza at that specific location woul dever close... Nor teh Rasputin music store on that corner... Im glad you mentioned about Blondies, that was one of the first things I noticed in the video that made me sad
How COMPLETELY sad is this. I went to San Francisco in 1970 as a child visiting my godfather. It was beautiful. What has happened to this beautiful city is a crime and a damn shame. Damn the ppl who did this. Heartbreaking to say the least
@@shawnaclanton4788 BS, SF is "still" a very beautiful American City! Born & raised here, & I still love it! Does it have issues, Yes...But we will get it set right soon enough.
Stores close when people can steal up to $950 of merch with no consequences? I am absolutely shocked! And even when you park there's a 90% chance your windshield is smashed and all your belongings stolen out of your vehicle to buy Fentanyl? Who could have foreseen the consequences? Oh yea. Everyone!
Ppl have resorted to leaving their cars wide open to avoid smashed windows.Its gotten that terrible!
These Smash & grab crimes are NOT just happening in SF, it's happening all over the country?!
Exactly
@@hadlee189
also interesting that racist cops in nigerai racial profiling
well, there are only blacks are exist but police still racist
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People there need to change the way they are voting...if not there is no change and thing will only get worse. 🙁
Decriminalizing shoplifting makes retail impossible
Part of the plan the Great Reset.
But see how they cover it up by saying it's E-Commerce, it's just like global cooling-global warming...Climate change, all smoke and mirrors BS
Yes. I live near San Francisco 30 years and moved away for years ago. Even when I left there were lots and lots of For Lease signs on little shops that were closed. It's got worse by a factor of 15.
part of the progressive plan
"I left my turd....in san fran sicko...high on a hill...it calls to me...."
They are closed because the "Everything is free up to $900" California policy. Organized groups would come in every day and take $800 worth of merchandise, then move on to the next store. Now you cannot even challenge these people. So, if a group of 10 people come in every day and take $800 worth of merchandise unchallenged, how long before the store becomes unprofitable? What if 2 groups hit your store every day? The police cannot stop the shoplifters. As in, they are not allowed to.
Upper limit is $950 now, adjusted for inflation
@@manimalworks7424 😂😂😂
it’s really weird because here in MN they will call police and arrest you if you steal a damn lip balm
and MN has generally the same government ideas as CA.
Too bad they didn't install those automatic sliding cage bars,so when these groups go in,the automatically close ,workers go to a safe room, and cops are called .
What a stupid law. At the end stores can just remove the price tag and instead use digital screens to adjust the price. Whenever massive shoplifting occurs the businesses can jack up the prices of all their merchandise at the press of a button and the prices would instantly be increased above $950. And since the price tags are off there would be no proof and the shoplifters would be charged with a major crime and not just misdemeanour.
Another thing retail stores can do is mark each item at $951 and then discount the price at the cash register to its usual. I.e $951 --> $12.99 + taxes, etc. The shop lifters can lose this one, easily. Stupid law that is easy to bypass.
This was reported in Australia and was explained as businesses closing down due to chronic shoplifting, much is linked to organized crime. Sadly the same is happening in lots of other countries and very much a 'post Covid' trend.
It’s a leftist democrat city trend. All the major Dem cities are turning into Detroit from the 70s. All the businesses are leaving, whitey is leaving and you are losing massive amounts of tax dollars to run the city, you will soon see a financial collapse and bankrupt cities. No money to run the city.
That shoplifting part happening in other countries?
Nah...just in america........other countries actually punish shopliters😂😂😂😂
Organized Crime😂😂😂 YEAH THE DEMOCRAT REGIME!!! UP NEXT.... CALIFORNIA..
Police sit on their a$$ and DO NOTHING.
Agenda 2030. They are following the same script. It is going to happen everywhere.
Blame all the overpaid politicians that care only about themselves. Blame the drug dealers the users and abusers. The criminals that run free. The justice system is broken and Mayor Breed needs to go.
CA is one dead bloody POS state.
My uncle worked for governor Rauner of Illinois. He would tell us we would not even believe how corrupt it is. He said literally all of them were corrupt. He had endless stories about all the corruption. Just even being their insurance agent he had to go to federal court on corruption charges. He was scared shitless.
Zombies, run!
I don't blame the politicians. I blame the voters and the people who could have voted but didn't bother.
It's amazing what's going on and I see so many oblivious or don't care.. it's not affecting me. I say it will and is .
This goes out to all those who were protesting cops and all that BLM defunding BS.
Nice try bigot, it’s called online shopping. Blame Amazon beeatch.
What’s happening here has nothing to do with protests of BLM or defunding.
@@cj415guerrero Same people doing the shoplifting.
@@cj415guerrero Of course it does. Democrats are so fing good at lying.
Liberals …. They F up everything they touch. Even a beautiful, thriving city.
I have lived in SF for over 45 years & it's not so much ecommerce winning, it's horrible politics that puts the prisoners in charge of the prisons
And I bet you and your fellow San Franciscans kept voting Democratic expecting that things will change for the better under a new Democrat mayor. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I tend to agree, tourists do not buy on-line they like real retail shopping, it is part of the fan! Unpunished crime is the reason.
I BEEN HERE SINCE 1949, YOU ARE A LIAR.
I live in The Tenderloin in San Francisco- YOU ARE A LIAR. You are BAD FAITH LYING REPUBLICAN PUSHING HATE AND RACISM.
It's also the MORONS who have voted democrat to make this city turn into a dump!
The Mayor and the DA work together to destroy the city. They are doing an excellent job.
The fact that this guy is putting the blame on e commerce and not on the politicians is exactly why things will continue how they are and spread to other parts of our society. God help us.
Politicians neither dem nor gop will solve this because they are just spinning wheels within a broken system. This is a societal and long term economic decline most Americans delude themselves about. The will to come into a collective effort to reverse major urban decay is something that uber polarized, disengaged America will not bother with.
@@flexx7543 What you've described is rife in the west, it's not just apparent in the USA.
There is is Again that Funny Feeeling
RICH PEOPLE PAY POLITICIANS RUNS FOR THE GOB. WHAT PART YOU DIDN´T UNDERSTAND ????? COMERCE MAKE PEOPLE RICH !!!!!
It's easy to place the blame entirely on the backs of politicians, but many people are not familiar with the many lawsuits that have had a huge impact on public space. Starting with Jones vs Los Angeles to Martin vs Boise, courts have been siding with the rights of unhorsed individuals over the legislation by cities that has attempted to curb the impact of persons experiencing homelessness in the public space
They decriminalized so much, yet they classify self defense of life and property as crime.
The second amendment should be expanded to provide legal protections for those who use lethal force in the defense of their lives and personal, private property against criminals.
Amazing isn’t it? Same way here in MD.
ofc they did that, from their point of view criminals are the most oppressed groups, fackin' democrats...i hope donald trump wins the next election
so has nothing to do with the techies from india driving rents to 4k a month? go back to where you came from bot.
@@joshuaortiz2031 you dont have a bill of rights because both parties can agree on stripping the constitution with every bill the zionists write for the golden calf.
This isn’t the triumph of e-commerce as you say. It’s companies being sick of druggies, transients and crime.
At 6:06 A police car parked next to a fire hydrant.
it is bidens son bought by china in a massive deal, it is all the presidents from Nixon bought by china. you are soon part of china through belt and road and you will work yourself to death for a mouthful of food. china unsensored and the china show have the details.
Bezos donates to BLM and like causes because the crime benefits him. Remember the plot of robocop? Corporations create more crime to drive down property values so they can buy it up and use a militarized police force? Yeah.
Maybe this was the reason behind decriminalising shop lifting, to move retail online. You can't use cash. Paves the way for and acceptance of digital currency.
@@accaeffe8032 yep that CBDC slippery slope
They are all closing because of e-commerce??? You don't think it has anything to do with people doing drugs, shitting, and pissing in the open public or the people legally stealing up to $1500.00 worth of stuff and getting away with it??
No! It's not e-commerce. It's Democrat bull shit.
True, but now go even further back. Why are there so many homeless? Perhaps it has something to do with real estate prices? And perhaps crime has something to do with people being unable to afford the insanely overpriced things like food? What did you think it would happen?
@hs3881 I didn't attempt to list all of the contributing factors. I agree that crime, real estate costs, etc all are apart of the issues in San Fran. I would argue that the core issues go much deeper than that. Core issues = 1) out of control dangerous drugs 2) local politicians allow drug use, shitting, and pissing in the streets 3) local government not allocating the people's money properly 4) poor judicial system 5) hatred of cops and too few of cops 6) politicians letting violent criminals out of jail 7) out of control illegal immigration and sadly much more. The above is what causes high real estate costs, low tourism, poor education, high crime rates, closing and relocation of businesses.
@@hs3881 Wrong. I moved to SF in January 1991 and immediately got a room in a 2 bedroom apt on Nob Hill. Our rent was 700$/month. I was only making 6$/hour back then and I could still afford SF. Also, if it were real estate prices, then the street would be littered of all kinds of people not just white and black Americans.
Or don't forget how all of the clamoring and demanding for the defunding of the police had gone on and on!
Thank you for making this video. I live outside of SF and won’t go there anymore so getting an update like this is helpful. That empty commercial space is going to collapse the residential home prices any minute now. As the towers empty out so will the local neighborhoods. It’s a tragedy of epic proportions. SF was once a great city.
Yes, those days of booming businesses in SF is gone, not just because of E-commerce but because of increased crime rates, drugs, homelessness, decriminalizing shoplifting, shortage of police patrols and especially the government leaders doing nothing about it.
liberal policies always fail.this is proof.
The USA the greatest country in the world, policing the world, but can’t even police the streets of San Francisco, a joke
Ms Ibanez it’s called moral decadence, cause of Rome downfall. Todo illega a un final, everything has and end.
What caused it was mayor Newsom and all of the liberal politicians. You got what you voted for! Live it and love it!
There are many reasons for this:
- Legalized crime and drugs
- No regulation on where the homeless are allowed to set up camp
- Death of the brick and mortar store due to the rise of e-commerce
- Wages not rising with inflation so no one can afford anything
- Foot traffic is mostly junkies and criminals
- Can't park a car without it being broken into
- No one can afford the rent in SF (retailers and residents)
- With the rise of remote work, there's zero incentive for tech workers who can afford the high costs to stay in SF
Don't forget about democrat politicians.... Nancy pelosi maxine waters and Gavin newsome just the name a few 😂
At least thousands of illegals get through on a regular basis.
@@hayyall4547 and don't forget gavin newsom is pelosi's nephew. These generational criminal politicians are human garbage.
It's manufactured!
What do you mean by legalized crime?
It's really shocking to see. This is 100% the result of decriminalization of property crimes. This what happens when the inmates run the asylum
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ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!
SF deserves this ...
Crazy people now run the city. They got what they voted for now they realize mental illness is in control, LOL
@Joan In Florida Exactly....democrats
This city is a reflection of the decadence and narcism of the people and the politicians. I lived in SF for over 10 years in the 90s and even then when it was a beautiful place you could see and feel the lack of morality corrupting a once wonderful place. Now I live in Mexico where the people are wonderful connected to their families and hardest workers I’ve ever had the privilege of being around.
I was born in SF in 1970. San Francisco like all big cities has good and bad areas, good and bad times. Looking at it through a political lens says more about you.
@@laylalibertyeinstein8420 political lense .? .Hey ,there are robberies drugs ,heroin tents , carjackicarjacking,
. In broad daylight,
you fired all your Cops and Threw money at loud mouth ,open border ,criminal importing leaders .
nothing is good unless white christian men are in charge.
@@laylalibertyeinstein8420 The problem is former nice areas are now bad areas, but bad areas are not becoming nice areas.
@@norton2 how we can solve this in a good way to every one?
I notice that Tiffany and Louis Vitton are the only stores that are guarded. Rich people don't want to be inconvenienced by the policies they support.
Goes to show cops are needed more than teachers.
starbucks has a guard.
@@fifthward1983exactly.
No they have their own oaid bodyguards that those people pay for tax dollars at work.
Limousine NIMBY liberals.
E-commerce has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, but the lack of police/criminal prosecutions, homelessness, open air drug market, and shoplifting fostered by local gov't DEFINITELY IS THE REASON FOR FRISCO'S DECAY!
Yet, from 4:45 on, it's all about cops being there, so........
I'm wondering what people might do if there weren't any E-commerce? Just sit by and watch the city dissappear and do without? The division that's taken place among us isn't about all the things we're disagreeing over. Money. That's it. You either got it or you ain't. So, for the majority, it doesn't matter if the police are on patrol. This is being proven as we speak. What store is being guarded? Tiffany's. But yes. E-commerce is playing a huge roll in this insanity. IMO.
@L D Nah!
@@RETlREDAVIATOR I'm hope I'm wrong but wait and see
@@ld3507 I'm in Florida and there are plenty of shoppers filling the stores despite e-commerce. We also don't need police guarding the stores. I walked through an outdoor mall and outlet center today with every high-end clothing store you can think of. Lots of people, no mobs stealing, very small police presence. Hmm, I wonder what is so different...I mean, Florida has e-commerce too, you know.
It's all about leadership. I live about 70 miles from SF, in the Central Valley CA. We have a stern mayor and her police back her up. Our shops are thriving. There are no homeless anywhere, as they passed inventive city "safety" laws to run them off. We never shut down in the pandemic, either. We just dragged tables out into the streets and made main street an open-air shopping center, all the restaurants became cafes.
@Ryan Larson where is this? I’d like to visit
Great to be thinking for yourselves & creating the life you desire in your community!
Like france. I actually love this way of shopping and eating. It has to be good weather though
There’s no way you could stop raising tide. The homeless are getting larger and larger soon it would cover all of SFO and beyond. Those tourist are out of touch of reality not knowing America is not the America it use to be.
Enforce the law is very easy. They got what they voted for.
It used to be a DSW in the storefront before the Walgreens. It was more than one level. There was a Woolworth's for decades on the corner location, before that Gap store that closed rented the space in the historic Flood building. On a side note, I also remember when the Sephora space was a McDonald's. This area has been closing & opening new businesses for decades. You can't lay the entire blame on ecommerce, although I'm sure it's harder to find brick & mortar businesses for those spaces like H&M (which is the one that pulled out on the corner of the first block of Powell up the street from Gap, but that was years before the pandemic).
It's hard to believe how people can vote themselves out of a whole city voting the same people in over & over. The same people voted in are worth $300 million + ask Nancy Polosi how's she doing.
Stockholm syndrome.
The illusion that a two party system will bring about something like democracy or meaningful change you can only argue that shit light is better than pure shit
are you sure the people 'voted' them in?
Pelosi does not care.
@@amvids
I'm absolutely sure the vast majority of the San Francisco population voted for this Progressive stupidity.
This is not caused by online shopping. It’s caused by shoplifters who grab armloads of merchandise and dash, with no one stopping or chasing them. The blame falls squarely on liberal legislators’ shoulders. And due to all of the videos and reports of the crime, homeless encampments on the streets, and the filth on those streets, tourism has probably tanked, and many residents are probably afraid to go shopping on those streets. So, there you have it, that’s why commerce is failing in San Francisco.
Exactly. When will liberals learn?
It's Amazon. Why should I pay $10 more for something that can come to my front door.
Nonsense, it’s e-commerce. And the pandemic which encouraged us all to rely more on e-commerce.
You are HALF right. Amazon is the other half !
@@ahill4642 Its half and half
I rented a car at the San Francisco airport, and was warned by the rental company to not park downtown with *anything* in the car, not even a phone cable or pack of gum due to car break-ins. My brother in law parked somewhere for five minutes to pick up some paint, and had his window smashed and backpack stolen. Not punishing shoplifting, theft, and car break-ins is driving away both customers and businesses. It’s not Amazon. Retailers everywhere have to deal with that.
All part of the Elites plan to rule the world and enslave or murder the masses. These problems are not local or National BUT INTERNATIONAL.
40 minutes here... we went in to get clam chowder. All 3 windows were broken... they stole our jackets... that's all we had in the car. 4 black kids with crowbars. They didn't even run when we approached them.
This is why you take everything out of the car and leave the windows down. It's sad in the United States of America at the moment
@@tricatfilms6136 yes, but they purchased the crowbars online.
You see? It IS all because of online shopping.
THEY SMASHED MY CAR WINDOW STEALING ALL MY DERTY CLOTHE
Crazy how fast SF has declined. Im a 49er and giants fan, went to SF for a work trip in 2016 and although there was still homeless back then in certain areas the city was vibrant and bustling, i had a great time on that trip and not once did i feel unsafe while going out barhopping at night. That was only 7 years ago. It just looks depressing as hell now, what a shame whats happened to this formerly beautiful city
MetalLeo is a FRAUD. He's exaggerating so he can get clicks, followers and sell T-shirts. DO NOT support this guy. He's toxic.
In 2000, I worked for Grand Hyatt and lived not far from my work. Streets were crowded with shoppers and tourists. I hope this is a awakening moment for all other cities who still think soft on crimes is a good policy.
Detroit
Chicago
don't worry. George Soros, ACLU, NAACP, Southern povery law center will help out the city with lots of money. LOL
Los Angeles
Portland
Given all the advantages in CA, it would be easy for a leader of average intelligence to turn it all around. But, the majority of voters fail to prove average.
Brainwashed fools.
Yup. The right people in charge could turn it around. Residents keep voting for liberal wokeness. Its a spiral down the toilet bowl.
Gavin Nuisance will do to America, What he has done to California! #GavinNuisance2024
The election fraud in California should not be overlooked.
Selections. It’s a supermajority uniparty . Unfortunately
That has nothing to do with e-commerce. It's horrible decisions by liberal politicians.
Agreed, the pandemic just precipitated the inevitable
And the mindless zombies who support them!
Its the weak liberal laws and how they deal with crime. Since liberalism is all about human rights and equality for ALL humans, that also includes criminals. And what do you think when repeat offenders get arrested for the same crime over and over again? They get a slap on the wrist and get released again, this is especially true wheb the offender is a juvenile. Not to mention California's law against homelessness and drugs, liberal laws protect them and enable them to continue their lifestyle too.
The Republican party is not an angel either but if you want to stomp out all the crime effectively, the Republicans are much better than the Liberals at that, since they don't have the same human rights human rights aspect in their laws.
Harsh punishments for crime are the only thing that can fix the issues with american society at this point. It will depend on the Government if they want to sacrafice some of our "American Freedom" to reinstate order and peace.
White liberals and democrats made this happen.
Legalized Shoplifting - Liberalism on steroids.
I'm a strong believer that I'm not the only one who prefers buying things in real life instead of online, but in the case of San Francisco, it's a safety issue.
Yeah safety from ur politicians policies 😂😂😂
@@illumination101 I'm not from there, but it seems to me, that most people living there are weak and can't take care of their own selves, so in a way, they want more policy to be applied, the problem is that no policy can fix this.
@@ArthurFeitosa-s5ppolicies that properly punish criminals would deal with this.
Same here I like to see what I'm buying not a picture of it
There is some merit of being able to see the real product, but I think buying online is overall better, because I can have more choices. Also, it's usually cheaper. And in case of the US, you can just return the product if you don't like it, right?
I visited San Francisco in 1990. Was a beautiful town. A lot of my friends in NYC were moving there at the time. The politicians who facilitated this decline should be in prison.
Politicians as I Democrat politicians.
Gavin Newsom is successfully doing to California what he did to begin San Francisco's transformation and fancies to do if he gets to the White House.
@@billwilmoth4043 DemoKKKratz are to blame for this absolute decline.
@@billwilmoth4043 you are correct sir
The Lefties from New York were moving there in the 1990's? That solves the puzzle of who destroyed this city.
As someone that works in the financial district, the restaurants are also hit really hard. Most of them closed after 30-40 years of service. You have to consider the high rent and your only source of income is from the lunch hours. Then you lose a lot of remote workers on Mondays and especially on Fridays. And then when they do look for lunch, they see the inflation hit the prices and now they are looking at 14+ sandwiches/burritos and 15-20 rice plates. So they end up bringing their own food from home.
It's so sad! I've always wanted to go to San Francisco never been there but always wanted to visit and to see something like this is sickening to happen to such a beautiful city!
@@jmichaeledgington6045 I moved there in 2006, change party in 2009. Radical fees, fines and taxes. Non locals don't even know the truth of it all.
I was just there and spent a lot of time wandering. Most food places were completely unreasonable and I skipped them. Like you said $15-20 for basic boring stuff. Seems like for good food equivalent to where I live at $10-12 it's $20+ there. So we 2/3rds of the time just ate groceries from target/TJs and 1/3 at slightly more expensive upscale places. The B55 craft kitchen was really good and for the quality seemed less over priced than most places - especially since we had a discount for staying at the hotel it's in and charging to room. Also fantastic staff there. Now I'm craving their deep fried green beans... Also a really good jewish deli near there but I can't remember the name.
Tad's - on Powell Street - moved to much nicer facilities on Ellis. Close by. But yeah. Once the Supervisors passed the 'Healthy San Francisco' health insurance the result was many restaurants went out of business. That measure was like a 25% bump in compensation to restaurant employees. As to whether any of those workers used that insurance ... no one knows.
@@jmichaeledgington6045 I lived on Taylor and Geary - close by. I loved that neighborhood.
Just imagine all the tax money that is NOT coming in. The domino effect has begun.
They were getting tons of tax money. They just wasted it all. Don't pity them................
Time for more tax increase now! That how SF politicians answer to more revenue for their spending legislation.😂
They don't care. They'll just tax the people still there that much more.
What! No reparations?!
I'm sure whoever owns buildings still get stuck with property tax bill.
Even some restaurants are closed it looks like. I stopped at a small breakfast place there a couple times one year I went out to our former home office. Great food, though expensive. It is sad to see all the small shops gone. The ones that can't afford to pay OT to police to sit outside their store, or who can't afford private security. I remember that street was bustling with activity and that square (Union?) was too. I would walk from there up to California where our office was and it was a nice walk and a nice city then. That was less than ten years ago. So much has changed!! So sad!
Thats what happens when politicians want to please criminals!
You can think Nancy Pelosi for the ruining of San Francisco
Or Amazon ding dong.
the politicians are the criminals
@@ammonioussaccas
We are forced to pay taxes with Amazon, so there is no longer any savings there with Amazon anymore. So I like to shop locally when I can so I can look at things in person and then get it then. I’m at my local mall every week. I can walk to it. It’s not like it used to be years ago, but it’s doing all right. Amazon is really no longer the cheap place to go, but it is all right if finding things you can’t get locally. Though I can use eBay for that also.
The fact is that these stores have been robbed Iike crazy. It costs more to keep the doors open then to just close up business at this point. Ca has the highest homeless population. Most all are on drugs. There are gangs just robbing businesses and breaking into peoples cars. These people are after a quick buck to buy their next hit. The criminals are getting paid.
Remind me what party politicians run SF?
I live in Tokyo. Stores are still open. it is not about e-commerce so much. More like crime in San Fran. It sucks. i really wanted to visit there but now, I can just take it off my travel list.
Yep, same here in Australia. Our police still arrest criminals and our courts still lock them up and unsurprisingly the shops are open for business.
E- commerce is everywhere, but stores in other states aren't closing. This is specifically about the California psychocrats letting criminals run amuck.
When "woke" becomes a "joke."
I would like to hear Gavin gruesome talk about those when he was interviewed on Fox this week.
@@SFGal9 Becomes?? It's always been a joke. Like blm, antifa, alphabet people and every other stupid sick twisted group ruining this great country
Lies
All blue cities
I am so shocked that this has been allowed to happen. SF was one of my favorite places to visit 🇨🇦
times change.
@@KazeHorse LOL
It’s not an e-commerce thing. It’s a shoplifting thing.
You’re right, it is not e-commerce, it’s liberal politicians. San Francisco -the next Detroit.
Lots of Pride-flags instead of an actual flag...Celebrating the victory of wokeness, eh...
Of course it is dear, of course it is.
Well - its a Democrat thing....would this city really have descended into chaos if it were led by Republicans? we all voted for Democrats, and now we reap the bad fruits. I so regret this...
The problem will eventually take care of itself. Because any system of government that can’t stand, won’t.
Liberal philosophy has ruined San Francisco. It will hit rock bottom, and at some point be rebuilt.
This is showing what all major cities have experienced or will soon. Things are out of control everywhere in the US.
I see the dying and deserted look coming here in the downtown Atlanta area also.
Not in Florida, it’s still beautiful here and is going to stay that way
ALL by design, to further usher in the NWO/ GREAT RESET/ 6UILD 6ACK 6ETTER
@@Hurpdurpdipidydoo Republican Florida is where woke goes to die.
My cities doing well. Raleigh, NC. Growing fast.
My dad is a retired cop who didn't want my brother or I to go into law enforcement. I feel for the SFPD and how demoralized they are.
Literally Dirty Harry’s stomping grounds.
@clotshot9459Part of the problem is that in Democrat cities and States, you get treated like a criminal if you defend yourself. It's not worth the risk. Leave SF and let it rot but don't vote for fools like Newsome and Breed in your new town.
You have a good Father looking out for you. 🚔
Can u imagine…especially if you stated before 2020! Couldn’t pay me enough
Law enforcement in the sh!thole libt@rd city are raising and saluting the rainbow/ pedo flag
This is slowly happening in New York as well. Whatever is open has to close by 10pm. People are chased away by cops from the Coney Island boardwalk by 2am. The whole Brooklyn area shut down like martial law and curfew. It's killing business.
They must leave some stores open. The shoplifters and looters must have some way to make a living.
The shopping center location where he recorded this video has a lot of vacancies. But it's obvious a city of several hundred thousand still has to do some shopping as there are other stores around in the city. Nordstrom's, Gap and other big chains aren't the only places to shop at.
Yeah make WalMart move down there..🤣
I grew up in San Francisco a long time ago and have watched my home city descend into insanity. Clearly the insanity has been perpetrated by the clowns that run California as well as San Francisco. Blessings
You know the corruption runs DEEP.
I guess that you moved away? Where do you live now and how do you vote, politically?
do u vote blue ?
The voters are the clowns. Elected officials could never do this if the voters didnt put them into those positions.
I bet you still vote blue.
This is the city I was born. Dad was retired army but we were ALWAYS at the Presidio. My heart breaks in seeing this, it’s like a part of me dies. It was done by prop 47, defund the police movement and COVID overreach, and the ridiculous way they have been handling the homeless crisis. Cops are so demoralized, they can’t do their jobs, and DA’s don’t prosecute. This city was my world, the emerald city to me. Hope everyone is happy with the results.
how do you vote?
@@genxray951 Bullseye! People in San Francisco are blind Party loyalists. The kind Chairman Mao, Fidel Castro and Josef Stalin would admire!
The Party
Well at least San Francisco will not have many fatalities when the big one hits. The Governor did a great job of evacuating the city ahead of time.
@@genxray951by the time Newsom starts running his campaign for president adds. Look Zero emissions in city. Plenty room for illegal aliens, except those lousy 16 that showed up in a commercial first class luxury jet from Venezuela.
The real reason is because noone can afford to work in retail in San Franscisco, it does not pay enough, there is nothing to rent that is affordable on retail workers wages, they are paid hourly and management do not get fairly paid either. The other reason is that people are shopping on line more than ever since the pandemic too. Life as we used to know it has changed. The same thing is happening in many cities where the rent is too high and affordable housing is zero, hence the reason for the drug abusing homeless, they are people too and now have no where to live due to rising housing costs and jobs that don't pay enough. The saddest part about San Franciso for me is seeing the literally stinking rich walking around not caring about the homeless people and complaining about them.. something is seriously wrong.. yes.. Rising prices has caused this problem, lack of housing, low paying jobs and lack of mental health work being done in this country.
You are the problem. Move and take your friends to Canada.
I live 2.5 hours away from SF. We used to love getting a hotel there in the city for a weekend. Haven’t been since 2019 for an overnight visit and I have ZERO plans to do so in the near future. Shameful what our politicians have allowed. Misdeeds should always have consequences.
Yeah, we are getting vaccine passports.
You could feel the city's vibe just by crossing the Bay Bridge. That was going down in the mid-2010s, and completely died off in 2020. It wasn't only The City's Fascist Covid mandates; tent cities, poop on the sidewalk, and a crime wave that City Hall doesn't even try to stop, they're responsible too. Everybody's Favorite City has become a city to avoid. Time to let it collapse; we don't miss Detroit, and we won't miss San Francisco.
@@OfftoShambala Why?
I'm sorry the only solution to hold politicians accountable was outlawed a long time ago, it was called "Dueling"
Politicians don't elect themselves. Stop voting democrat.
This is what happens when voters make the wrong choices. We used to visit San Francisco from the Sacramento Valley as a “treat”. No more!
Do you still actually believe that people vote for politicians?????
DAMN... where is INTELLIGENCE in america.
All politicians are SELECTED not ELECTED
Voter fraud has been going on for decades in Commiefornia. Never forget that.
You are correct Polly Alice. Voters are dumb.
@@SAMSON12321 Voting still occurs otherwise the Dems would not spend so much on propaganda and owning the media and authority departments.
@@SAMSON12321 Was Trump selected because his election would make his detractors 'lose their shit' and create chaos,… causing further societal decline?
We went to a play at the Orpheum during the day on Sunday. I couldn't believe how bad it was. The entire walk smelled like piss. Homeless everywhere. All I could think of was watching Mayor London on TV years ago how her main goal was to clean up the city. Great Job!!! I have no desire to go back. I felt like burning my clothes after it was so gross.
My daughter gifted me atrip to theater in SF inJanuary. I will not go to the City again. The streets are foul, the air stinks, and you are not safe. Thanks Gavin et al! You have destroyed California and should not be governing in any capacity!
E-commerce hasn’t affected Chicago. The North side and downtown business area, Michigan avenue shopping, are all thriving with stores, restaurants, parks, museums.
It has only affected Seattle, Portland and SF really
That isn’t because of e-commerce, it is because of theft, violence, and drug use.
Exactly.
All of the above it’s Globalist purposeful just like ConVid
@stephanieellison7834 Surely you jest.
@Stephanie Ellison Have read it. The racial correlation is markedly in the opposite direction. The only connection apparent to the ‘white man’ is a preference for relatively high levels of freedom from overbearing governance, a style of living that *some* people with low impulse control and a relative inability to defer gratification don’t do as well under (and so constantly beg their leaders for such things as taking away their right to keep and bear arms since they cannot or will not raise most of their sons to appreciate and respect rule of law.) If you don’t like ‘white man’s’ / i.e. western rule of law there are plenty of communists authoritarian cesspools with laws that’d be more to your liking (whereas there’s nowhere else for those who prefer liberty, with America being the last place on earth that respects truly free speech and very few others that recognize the human right to civilian armament.)
@stephanieellison7834 If not for the White man others would have nothing to rob!
As a Bay Area resident, San Francisco did not used to be like this. Unfortunately now, because of high crime rates, retail demand has fallen low, causing many stores to close their doors.
It is also worth mentioning that Westfield is closing down their mall near Union Square soon after Nordstrom left their mall.
And Why Is There "High Crime"!! Because This Is What You "IDIOTS" Voted For. Decriminalization of Theft, Shoplifting, Breaking and Entering, Destruction of Any Property, Rape, Murder, Drugs and On and On and On. Defunding The Police!! This is What YOU PEOPLE WANTED-------SO ENJOY!!
Wonder how that has affected property values?(!)
just vote for demo-rats again and again.
@@richardroth1308 downward....exponentially...lol
What happened too most Malls across the US? Died.... why??? Because every Store you walk in.... one pair of Jeans=80 to 120 dollars. Who buys Jeans that cost 100 dollars you ask???? Teens mostly.... teens with Mommy and Daddy's credit cards or hard working Teens that dont mind spending 200 in one day. Malls just to be a place to hang out. The problem with Malls and Powell Street you ask?? HIGH RENT and owners Greed.
If Commerical buildings were CHEAP to Rent.... would we NOT see more Mom and Pop shops???? H+M.. Skeechers... Swatch... Burger King... last time i checked... those AINT no Mom and Pop shops.
Wow! I had no idea it was that bad, thanks for making this video! Voters across the country need to see this and be warned!
It's this bad in many places...and it's horrifying. All the little mini malls in some towns are just empty storefronts....just empty unused property that used to be pizza, boutique, barber, nail salon. Now nothing.
Vote for institutionalization of the insane protect cities from their addiction and violence
I live 45 minutes away from SF, and I didn't know it was such a ghost town down there, although I have been hearing for quite some time that a lot of retailers are leaving. It just blows my mind that Newsom, etal, are just standing by and allowing these things to happen. But then it's our idiot voters who keep voting in the Dems. We had an opportunity to impeach Newsom a couple of years ago, but then he promised everybody an extra relief check, and those idiots let him stay. I don't know what it's going to take.
What are you going to vote for. Shouldn't you be protesting and screaming at the government?
@@vernevens1598 This is the result of people screaming at the government to fix everything, including their own failures.
I visited SF twice a decade ago. When I was there I was thinking damn this is such a beautiful city and I dreamt of living there. It's surprising and heartbreaking to see it turns this way.
I read somewhere that in California, by law if you steal something, in order to qualify as a felony the item must be valued at $950 our more. Anything below that, and it is a misdemeanor and the police will not prosecute. With that in mind, along with the enormous homeless problem out there, I think I know why the stores are closing. The shoplifting must be rampant!
That is correct my friend.
Yes,California basically is licensed to steal below $1000. It’s legal to steal,not a crime. Bravo. California!
In Texas, a person committing theft of an owner's property valued at $2,500 or less is deemed a misdemeanor theft, according to Texas Penal Code Ch. 31. Crime Statistics: According to Texas UCR, Texas had 446,531 larceny-theft crimes take place in 2021
That’s the left for you! Useless.
Don't say "the police will not prosecute". It is the "District Attorneys Office" that makes prosecutions. Blame them.
Too much rent to operate plus too many criminals? When shops are closing, it will starve the city's revenue.
Amazon is only one small part of this problem. The vast majority lands on California's progressive policies regarding crime and regressive taxes.
TRUMP2024!
Amazon is not any part of it!
indeed! blaming amazon for unleashed insanity is so - libtarded!
It's a much larger agenda at play, think in terms of depopulation.
Its much easier to blame the other guy.
Thanks for filming the street view. I’ve never been to San Fran, but after hearing about all the bad stuff going on there, it’s not somewhere I’ll ever be going, and now I can see why.
You can thank the Democrats for this....no one else...
No brother, doesn’t have to do with e-commerce. In Florida and elsewhere shops are open and we are having nice shopping trips. It’s the non-common sense politics in California that are killing Californians.
To be honest, though, the weather (and everything else) is much better in Florida. People like getting outdoors there.
Floridian here and can vouch for this statement. No worries about drug addicts or feces on our sidewalks in shopping malls or downtown.
@@tonyfair487 If you 90+ degrees with sick humidity. Nice place to vacation but the heat and humidity will take its toll.
@@JG7470 We have air conditioning. And really, you get used to the heat. Coming from South Jersey, July and August is just as hot and humid in South Jersey as it is in South Florida. Unlike New Jersey, the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico is 87 degrees in August from Tampa to Marco Island as opposed to the 70 degree nasty North Atlantic found in Jersey. You can float and swim for hours off of places like Naples and Bonita Springs, with beaches that rival those of any place in the world.
@@tonyfair487 But y’all have those giant palmetto bugs in Florida..those things give me the willies. Could never live there because of that.
As a Brit this scares me our politicians look at America and think thats a good idea, our unelected PM was sucking at the teat of biden thats depressing.
As a Yank, it doesn't surprise me of the dystopian mess our political "leaders" conspired to create. Seen this coming for years - long before SF created an App for tourists to avoid certain areas of sidewalks due to defecation.
Though I'm not familiar with the UKs situation, I do realize you guys are putting up with some nonsense there, such as the Insulate Britain hooligans that are invading major roadways and going out to Silverstone to protest on the circuit during the race. Damn bloody fools.
Anyways, it ain't much, but you have my support and sympathy for your country as well.
Godspeed 🇬🇧🌎🇺🇲
I live in Portland; whatever you do, *don't let them do this to the UK because they will*
Me too , I can't understand how they vote for the democrats , to me they are very sinister , every city they control has gone to sh*t .
This is west coast. My city in the east is doing great.
Biden's teat was not the only thing Sunak was sucking.
He is useless like all his predecessors that got sucked into American wars and coup de tat.
@ 2:52 -- Walgreens and CVS announced they'll be closing over 1,000 stores between them.
My dear Californians, before you move to a red state, remember the mess you created in your own.
Have you seen the red states, Id much rather live in California all day ever day
@@braddarnell3372 I live in one. Educate me.
We didn't vote for this. The corruption is off the chart - at every level of government.
@@braddarnell3372america is number 3 in the world when it comes to gun violence. Now if you take out the 5 biggest cities that are democrates with the hardest anti gun laws, america becomes number 185 of the world 🤔🤨 open your eyes fool
@@braddarnell3372 Just not in San Francisco!
I used to go there all the time:
It isn't all about e-commerce.
1. People go there for the experience
2. People don't buy high end clothes (like at Saks, Nordstroms) online
I talk to people:
* Not safe taking public transit downtown anymore
* Not safe driving (car break ins)
Obviously, the shop lifting is un-penalized under $950.
So why do business there where your profits are stolen and you run the legal risk if you try to stop them
You are so very much absolutely without doubt
correct.
Same. We used to shop there all the time for the experience. Fun laughs, good food, and great shopping. It is so sad what the voters and politicians have done to the once beautiful place.
For anyone who loves San Francisco, this is nothing short of heart-breaking. 💔
Vanity all is Vanity
We built this city on rock&roll 🎸
my mom lived there about 1962, it was wonderful then
You guys elected these crazy politicians!!
Who do you blame???? 😡
I lived there for 15 years. I'm a left of center Democrat. Liberal extremism help kill the city. I left in 2000. The City was still a vibrant place. The tech boom drove up rents. Cities in the Central Valley stick their problem cases on busses to SF. But the bleeding hearts that run SF, have allowed the homeless to run roughshod over parts of the city. Mid Market and Golden Gate Park are now toilets and open air drug dens. Wake up, you need to crack down on people that are ruining The City. SF used to be great. Now it sucks. I would never want to live there again.
You should do a 1 year update on these. Same walk, a little window of this walk showing how much changed in a year.
Thank you for documenting this! That street WAS one of the most famous tourist traps in the city!!! Just to think that many of those leases were broken or vacated early is unbelievable. Thats a mass exodus. I never EVER thought this would happen. Perhaps a design to take over large pieces of land because those landlords will eventually sell those properties at a huge loss. The purchasing price of the retail square footage went down without any anchor stores, safe places to shop, etc.
Chicago same thing.
How much on average is a building going for?
Yes it was all PLANNED by demonrat elitists
Are you suggesting the board of supervisors buy, condemn, eminent domain, or otherwise take control of these properties?
@@daneyesropen2898 that's what actually happens, look it up ☹
I remember the days when i walked up and down Powell Street and most people walking had many shopping bags from all the shopping that they did...what a shame, blame it on the so called City leaders, they have destroyed one the greatest Cities in the country!
I agree. I always thought that SF was a beautiful city...It's sad to see it decaying. 😢
It is the citizens there who voted for their city leaders and got what they wanted.
@@betl5982 you are so right, and they continue to vote for them even after seeing the destruction to their city...ballot harvesting at its best!
It's really a shame that SF which used to be such a wonderful city has been decimated like this. These left wing politicians should be ashamed of themselves.
Quit talking like that. Quit blaming one side. All Politians do this because the public don't stop the money train. You think Republicans are better. Their states are fucked too.
The jews, you know left wing politicians, are rather proud of their work.
You nailed it!
It's also sad to see previously beautiful cities like Seattle, Portland and bustling cities like Detroit and Chicago just decimated by poor governance and ridiculous policies. If the next local election cycle doesn't result in any changes, I don't think they can be saved
Riiight -
And God forbid we apportion any blame to vulture capitalists like Larry Ellison - who spent 30 years running the working class out of town on a rail.
You know - the booksellers, welders, printers, furniture refinishers/upholterers, photographers, tailors and mom and pop hardware stores whose evictions this channel is incoherently lamenting?
Some of us have been hanging on here for more than four decades - and remember the disastrous highrise vacancy rates in the early 80's too.
Nobody tried to turn THAT into some hysterical culture war talking point back then.
This is what happens when you turn your city over to venal, extractive monoculture carpetbaggers - no matter their political stripe.
Visited San Francisco from Australia in 2019, and even just 4 years ago I don't think it was nearly as bad as what's shown in this video. In February this year I visited Seattle and I was appalled at the state of that place. So many homeless people especially on 3rd Avenue, had to walk around two people passed out on the footpath. So many of the businesses are boarded up and the downtown was so dead at night. It was genuinely eerie and depressing, makes me appreciate Sydney so much more.
Just curious, which San Francisco did you go to. Couldn’t have been the one in the Bay Area.
@@Nellis202 I'm telling you, it wasn't anything like this video. Definitely lots of homeless but not like this. They hadn't closed down the businesses
Thank you for making this video. It’s extremely sad to see SF and all of California struggling to survive the political mismanagement of this once prosperous, beautiful state. It’s heartbreaking what’s happening to our country. I pray the people, all people, by the constitution take this nation back! We the people need to protect our liberties! God willing.
All this done on purpose to ruin this country ..
Amen
Well dont vote for those that are in power now vote the other way
In 1978 when I first arrived in San Francisco it was clean, beautiful, and safe at all hours of the day and night. It is so sad to see how this city has degenerated into a sad and lonely space.
But this is what progressiveness and wokeness you demanded
California is a victim of it's own success. Too many people wanting to live there, great weather, not enough homes created expensive real estate and homelessness....
Happening almost everywhere the past 30 yrs, gets worse with each passing year.
I came to the city in 1960 San Francisco was a beautiful city by the bay.
Before the woke liberals started to run the city.
Now it is full of drug addicts and homeless people. Disgusting. I will never go back there.
70's were the years of SFPD Dirty Harry Callahan?
Thank you Governor Gavin Nuisance. You have solved the San Francisco traffic problem
he's gonna be president
Isn't traffic much lighter? With how much the city is dying
Lol. And he still think will be a president, not difference with obiden. Very destructive communists.
Well that scumbag Governer is hitting his goal of Zero emissions by 2030. City should be a complete ghost town by then.
@redleaderone8429 should be a great campaign add. This will happen to your city when I Finnish what Biden has started. Plenty of room for illegal aliens now. It's all free
"We're about to experience this new trend. All the stores are closing!" 😅 along with your grin Leo..makes me laugh!
😁
It's not because e-commerce is driving these stores to close down, but the high crime rates and legalized shoplifting. Not to mention business insurance rates going through the roof. You can't run a successful business in California much less SF because of these exorbitant costs and crime.
The full language of this legislation reads:
459.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny while that establishment is open during regular business hours, where the value of the property that is taken or intended to be taken does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950). Any other entry into a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny is burglary. Shoplifting shall be punished as a misdemeanor, except that a person with one or more prior convictions for an offense specified in clause (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290 may be punished pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(b) Any act of shoplifting as defined in subdivision (a) shall be charged as shoplifting. No person who is charged with shoplifting may also be charged with burglary or theft of the same property.
- Now point to the part where it says, "shoplifting is legal."
@@Limosethe Legalized shoplifting is a 'euphemism' meaning 'pretty much nothing will happen to the criminal.'
Of course it's illegal! The point is, the criminals know the likelihood of them being arrested and doing time is pretty much zero. So why not. Then the store, their insurance, and customers suffer the cost of those losses. Then the customer shops online. Add the high property taxes, paying extra for a visible security presence because the police have been defunded.... and this is pretty much the result.
How can he not know it’s crime that’s caused this
@@karenmancina8679 Maybe because he's actually researched the situation, done his homework in order to come to evidence substantiated conclusion with rational reasoning. In other words, he gains his knowledge from reading books, not Twitter and memes.
@@SPCLPONY Go to Google and type in, "Man arrested in California for shoplifting" - then tell me exactly how few articles there are about numerous people doing jail-time in California, for theft.
They are closing due to crime and shoplifting.
It's going to get worse due to what the senate passed in California
@@shorty332 enlighten us
But people keep voting for Democrats. That’s why San Francisco is like that.
@shorty332 what did they pass now. The thing I don't understand is covid they let all these people out why aren't they actually putting a harsher punishment if they see that their record that they continue to do this and not change the same thing with like that drug past that they had cameras estate but they go to rehabilitation centers but none of them even stay
@@lizzieyvette where the employees of any store can't interfere with the shop lifter.
an item under 949 dollars is free, what did they expect would happen haha
Not by accident
Most downtown shops were luxury and specialty items. The luxury buyers didnt need online bargains, and specialty shops had the 'uniqueness appeal' and most customers were there for the experience and joy of the shopping. Theses were not people shopping for bargains and such. I would buy something there just like I would a 'souvenir' of my day in the City. Downtown SF made shopping there fun - it would be like buying a piece of the City - and I am not rich and I generally hate shopping ! Many less interesting downtowns without crime still have busy market streets.
Pelosi can house her homeless in the empty stores 😂 Sad to see Cali like this for real breaks my heart..
We have national parks that stay ok
ME TOO
I got 'connections' at the Cremlin. Conservatives have until next February to clear out of California, before it becomes an island! LOL Clear out Conservatives, or learn to swim!
IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THE TERRIBLE CONDITION OF MY BELOVED S.F. IT USE TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD. WHAT A SHAME.
@@nereidatorres7613 Florence Italy is the most beautiful city in the world
I lived in San Rafael in the 80's and moved to the city in the late 80's. I moved to Tennessee but would go back to Cali to visit friends and family periodically. I watched as over the years the politicians caved in to every ridiculous cause. Save the dust mites, fish have feelings to, no crime deserves to be punished. Not only that but yrs of not allowing fires to burn created an awesome amount of flash fuel that once ignited can't be stopped. Your having insurance companies that are refusing to write policies for homes. What it's going to take to fix the criminal problem is going to be so repugnant to the public that it will take it getting much worse before it gets better. Only when criminals are "afraid" of the punishment will it begin to change. Imagine if a cop could walk up to a group of thieves who are in the act of stealing and there's nothing the cop can't do without getting in trouble. Then you have criminals who are afraid. Yes the pendulum will swing to far the other way but unfortunately that's how are society works in order to come to a happy medium. Cali has become to lenient and it will over react swing the other way and people will bitch and it will slowly come back to center. Trick is to become a cop when you can deliver some punishment with impunity. Those will be the golden days
Hard to have a store when everything is free. Just walk in and carry out armloads of stuff and nobody to stop it.
Exactly!
I lived in the Bay Area a little less than twenty years ago. All the places I shopped and hung around in SF are now unrecognizable. How sad!
I did my grad degree in Berkeley in 2001-2003, San Francisco was incredibly alive. I've never been a big city guy and came home to my relative hermatism of my home state because I like the space and outdoors. However, what I'm seeing as I travel for work to Chicago, SF, LA and others is truly depressing. Even pre-Covid we went to Chicago when my son graduated from Navy basic as my wife is from Chicago and she hadn't been back for a long time. Downtown Chicago used to be one of my favorite downtowns in the country and it just looked tired and washed up. I'm grateful to live in a mid-sized city that is growing the right way but it's not good for America to see our urban centers melt down like they are. We have to get our shit together all the way around in America. I've been and lived all over the country and world and I promise it doesn't get better elsewhere. We fail here globally things aren't going to go well.
We used to pop over to Chicago all the time for fun mini vacations when we are in the States. Now, we refuse to go at all. Far too risky. Same with Manhattan. We really enjoyed Chicago more though, to be honest. Our new favourite is Savannah, it’s phenomenal! Gorgeous buildings & parks, brilliant shops and the people are lovely.
Agreed.
I went downtown to pick something up from my office and it was a ghost town. Everything was closed and there were hardly any people on the streets. It was a sad sight to see.
Leftists policies of free marijuana...free housing...free food...and Berkley College promotes this form of SOCIALISM...We have be one a Third World Nation. 😢
@@Sorchia56 Where are you from? I've had the good fortune of spending a lot of time, often for a month or more, in various countries. Lived in NE Brazil for a long time in my late teens until I was 23. I really enjoy experiencing other cultures and countries. We're in a time where people around the world are suspicious and closed minded so determined to see the negative in others and other places. My experience is that We the People (by that I mean every normal person in the world) argue the politics of our respective elites when the reality is that every day people everywhere have the same struggles to one degree or another. People not from the US are typically of the mindset that everyone in America is the same. We're not at all. We call them "states" because each state whether it be Illinois, where I'm from in the northern US Rocky Mountains, Georgia and every other place has it's own distinct culture and laws to a large degree. My state basically ignores DC because they are a useless mess of tainted and corrupt people and our population isn't really relevant to them and we're thousands of miles away so they mostly ignore us which in some way is a win win. My attitude is that politics only wins when We the People give in and become depressed and divided. I refuse to let that be the case.
I moved out of the Bay Area years ago. Every now and again i would think "i miss it, window shopping, resturants, arts and wine festivals". Now, i think, "wow, my instincts were way ahead, best decision ever to get out!"
Agreed!.... I left in 2008 just as the scale was tipping over... Whoever stayed got what they wanted...
If you're a Democrat, you should move back. This city is what the liberals wanted.
I used to work in SF and lived in Marin. I could see the writing on the wall a long time ago and hated having to drive across the beautiful GG Bridge into the cesspool that SF was becoming. I too left
in 2008 and have never returned.
I used to have nightmares traveling to San Francisco because of traffic, and then came high-tech companies destroying the tourist charm of San Francisco, a Big turn-off to try and shop. At the same time, meter maids wait within seconds to give a parking ticket, and parking in public facilities is also expensive. I use E-commerce as my time is valuable. I support brick and mortar; however, not under this condition is the reason the economy, especially San Francisco, is suffering!
I agree that the elected officials are the biggest problem. I'm not saying that liberalism on its own is bad, but extreme liberalism is a disaster!
As a former democrat , i am glad im not there anymore. But im saddened that so many others are beeing blind and stupid.
I used to be a democrat until reaching the age of reason. Examples like this further cement my decision to move away.
@FACT VS FICTION Get your beer ready to cry in because Trump has been galvanized by all of these frivolous actions against him and will be your next president in 2024 !!
@FACT VS FICTION I "like" your idea to support the old, dementia and senile guy. You are better looking for a young, inspire and energetic President. 😂😂😂
@FACT VS FICTION Who cares, I an an independent and do not like Trump either. However I dislike the liberal dems even more. Look at this sad city it is the future of America. We are headed for a "workers paradise" (hell). Look to Venezuela that is our future. I am willing to bet when inflation is over 100% and you are standing in line for bread you will not even remember Trump existed. Look at the big picture and forget the personalities. Trump and Biden will be dead soon anyway and good riddance. Every day I thank god I am older and will not live to see the inevitable fall of the USA. Our problem is that the extream left and right have emerged as the main political force in America and together they are destroying this country. These extreamists are at best unstable and at worse insane yet we all seem willing to bow down to them - this is madness.
@Fact vs Fiction
If you support senile puppet Biden and his masters you are supporting of all those things you claim not to like. You could hardly be more supportive of them in fact. Well done.
It's not e-commerce that killed business in San Francisco. It's progressive policies.
Really?
@@ianandrewjack Yes. Policies like defunding the police, allowing drug addicted people to live on the streets while getting free clean needles from activists, and shutting down the San Francisco economy during COVID.
@@kbnumber24 Not policies of excluding the poor from the economic and legal framework of the locale?
@@ianandrewjackthe country still has the highest gdp in the world of $25 trillion, so there are lots of jobs everywhere,, only LAZY METH addict people would agree with you about people being poor.. wake uppppppp😂
@@ianandrewjack it's a bit of both. You can't say legalizing petty crime hasn't been a disaster for that region.
I hope more stores keep closing. Send a message to liberal voters who keep voting for bad democrat leaders. They share part of the blame
The stores keep closing because of amazon and math. People are not paid enough to cover the high cost of living in San Fran nothing political just simple fifth grade math.
@@dave-uu4no Democrat policies of allowing crime and drug use to go unchecked is a big part of the problem - not just high living expenses. The people I know that have left SF left mostly because of the crime, filth, high taxes, and other Democrat-induced failures.
Trump could fix it , from jail
@@outbackeddie so
When Walmart went in and wiped out local businesses in towns across America, was that liberal democrats?
@dave I think that Amazon stepped up because of the crime rate because nobody wants to leave their house if they risk being rolled on the streets.
Amazon only delivers the products they don't manufacture the product, stores only sell the products retail, and they don't manufacture the products.
Without Amazon, all those manufacturers that make products in San Francisco would leave... wait, that's what they're doing,
S.F. = CESSPOOL OF HUMANITY! Thank-you democratic pols!!!
I was going to say E-commerce!? It’s not online shopping! It’s crime without ramifications!
But those in power have tax dollar paid bodyguards.
@@aprildawn845 Exactly! Hypocrites!
I am so happy for everything that San Francisco has achieved in the last ten years! Congratulations on everything that your policies have created! Just look at how vibrant SF is today.
iTS NOT THAT AT ALL AS*HOLE. Its many factors. Have the street people drug addicts been handled wrong? Yes. But even in the 90s when the City tried to give them shelter, food kitchens, free med clinics, these street people refused to use them. SPOILED AMERICANS. HOWEVER IF YOU ROUND THEM UP THEN ITS A FASCIST STATE. THE ONLY REASON ITS EASY FOR YOU ALL TO CRITICIZE ITS BECAUSE WHEN A CITY OR LOCATION IS UBER DESIRABLE TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO GO THERE (CLIMATE BETTER THAN THE EAST COAST). We saw it happening for years. YOU CANNOT EASILY STOP HUMAN BEINGS UNLESS YOU ARREST THEM AND PUT THEM IN CAMPS. IT ISN'T JUST SF. ITS MANY LOCATIONS THAT ARE DESIRABLE. ANY A HOLE THAT BLAMES IT ON "POLICIES " IS NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DISERABLIITY OF A PLACE AND THE TOLERANCE. THE WHOLE QUESTION OF WALL STREET INVESTORS TURNING RESIDENTAL REAL ESTATE INTO THEIR PLAYGROUND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN. BY BUYING AND FLIPPING R.E MADE IT A ZILLION TIMES HARDER FOR THE FIRST TIME BUYER TO BUY. SO MANY FACTORS. NOW THE DRUG THING WITH THE CARTELS RUNNING THE SHOW HAS DRIVEN IT OUT OF HAND. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER NIGHT. I
Some situations are so pathetic not even irony is effective
True justice would be those voters having to live by their decisions but they will just pack up their bags for Texas, Arizona, Colorado or Idaho and start all over again. No changing those cultists that must vote demo.
This is not a subject for levity !
@@angelfish2529 it helped me a bit :)
loved that city
ecommerce isnt the source of the problem. tourists are the source of income. crime rate in sf cause the tourists too afraid to go to downtown. i ve seen videos on criminals stealing camera from a couple in sf. if you want sf back to normal, you got to do something to lower the crimes. and you need a new mayor.
You are right. I wanted to visit San Francisco again, but I will wait till things settle down because I don’t feel safe because of the crime plus the zombies on drugs and the mentally ill. People on drugs, and mentally ill are unpredictable sometimes.
I feel sad for these people, but I don’t want to jeopardize the safety of myself and my relatives
Yep. People pointing the finger at e-commerce as "the problem" are deluded and most likely from a specific political party...
I was going to drive my van down there and camp on knob hill top of the mark on saturday night. I can't risk it now with all the broken glass on vehicles. Is it London Breed or l. crossbreed?
E-commerce is hitting every major city very hard.
. I can't imagine what they can do with those extremely large retail stores that are close permanently
Over the years that I visited I felt the homeless and panhandling got more aggressive for example, demanding money to help buy a cable car ticket. I will never go back. There are multiple reasons to not go there on a vacation.
San Francisco does not feel like San Francisco anymore.
I miss the San Francisco of the 1990s and early 2000s, when I was still in high school. Good times. Sadly, those days are over and only in our memories.
So do I ! I don’t even go out on the weekends anymore
The US doesn't feel like the US anymore.
Democrats want us all equal.
Equally poor, sick, & miserable.
And they are doing it.
@METAL LEO thank you for this video. I left and bad mouth my city, but it's not real.
I really miss home and try to convince myself otherwise.
Your video inspired me!
We are getting reset after reset until we are reset to where we belong!
Former NY'er Nyc has changed in the same negative way, its not the same anymore.
@@realtalk1310 Driving in via the far right Lincoln Tunnel has such a stench it actually ruins one's day. Pee, Crap and Weed.
Thank Pelosi and company for running these businesses in SF. I'm sure more people will be leaving too. Thanks for sharing this video 👍
Pelosi is a Federal elected official, she has nothing to do with the local government in SF.
The long history of beautiful San Francisco seems to be fading which is very sad 😢
🙏💜🙏
I wonder how much she made shorting the businesses that gave her donations?
The left will eat itself.
I think you mean 'ruining'.
@Donita Gill keep on defunding the police, legalize drugs, when stealing less than $950 is no longer punishable and let California be run by communists, I believe good people will leave California.
The real reason is the commercial landlords raising the rents so high that the stores have to close
The leaders are responsible for this mess the mayor doesn't care the governor doesn't care for what is happening in their state, how the business people are feeling and that's really sickening. May God speak to this betrayers who they call themselves leaders and help them to do the right things.
I agree! Businesses closing = Less jobs, people will have to move, they'll lose voters, cutbacks everywhere, less taxpayers for their lavish political perks, etc.
The voters are responsible for the leaders. The arrogant and stupid clowns who voted for those leaders time and again are the real cause of this destruction. Politicians are the symptom. Voters are the disease.
fadilakallon102 - Who voted and continues to vote these clowns into office?
Wow! Thanks for putting this video together. San Francisco was my home for 15 years. Went to college there an started my career in that city. I lived there from 1995 - 2010 and Powell street was always bustling with locals and tourist. That Gap store was previously the Virgin Mega Store. I worked on the project management side as an intern for the renovation of that store when I was an intern at Webcor Builders in the 1990s. Had some of my best memories in San Francisco right there. Blondes Pizza, Urban Outfitters, Rasputin Records was in that block and just up the street at what used to be The Gold Dust Lounge was my favorite bar to hangout after work for happy hour. Also up the street was Ruby Sky Lounge. That's where I'd meet lots of hot gals from Europe visiting San Francisco as either tourist, exchange students or nannys. Sad those days are gone. Never thought I'd see the day that San Francisco would turn in to Detroit or Gary, Indiana. May not be there yet but it's on it's way.
Sad to see this level of policing needed in the area but I understand why. I've seen this in Manila, Johannesburg and Caracas. Never thought I'd see this in San Francisco.
All the people from those countries have crossed the border into the US.
@Karl with a K Well goodie-good gum drops for you. I was just finishing high school at the time in SoCal. Never claimed to be a business or economics major in my post. Some realize sooner than later. I had decided that I was going to leave San Francisco by 2006 an finally made the move in 2010. Feel free to share your predictions from your crystal ball.
Never in my life would I ever have thought that Blondie's Pizza at that specific location woul dever close... Nor teh Rasputin music store on that corner... Im glad you mentioned about Blondies, that was one of the first things I noticed in the video that made me sad
How COMPLETELY sad is this. I went to San Francisco in 1970 as a child visiting my godfather. It was beautiful. What has happened to this beautiful city is a crime and a damn shame. Damn the ppl who did this. Heartbreaking to say the least
Even in 2000 it was sketchy in some areas but felt ok.
Don't just say "people who did this".
Say "liberals did this." This is exactly what happens when leftists make crime legal and demonize the police.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE DRUGS AND CRIMINALS WHO HAVE DESTROY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY. IT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
The sad reality is even if...if things changed SF will never be the beautiful city it once was.
Newsom wants to be President. Sick!
@@shawnaclanton4788 BS, SF is "still" a very beautiful American City! Born & raised here, & I still love it! Does it have issues, Yes...But we will get it set right soon enough.
I live in San Francisco. There are still many bustling neighborhoods full of people shopping and dining out. I still love living in San Francisco.
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