every store is CLOSED in union square San Francisco 🤑
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2023
- UNION SQUARE San Francisco is not what it used to be just a few years ago, it’s now just rows of VACANT STORE FRONTS , entire blocks are empty
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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...."
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.
@@cjgonza2016 Same people doing the shoplifting.
@@cjgonza2016 Of course it does. Democrats are so fing good at lying.
Liberals …. They F up everything they touch. Even a beautiful, thriving city.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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. 🙁
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.
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
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?
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 😂
You missed the main reason, it's the way want it.
At least thousands of illegals get through on a regular basis.
@@hayyall8314 and don't forget gavin newsom is pelosi's nephew. These generational criminal politicians are human garbage.
It's manufactured!
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'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.
@@user-sf9en6sg7hpolicies 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?
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.
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!
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
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!
I am so shocked that this has been allowed to happen. SF was one of my favorite places to visit 🇨🇦
times change.
@@KazeHorse LOL
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!
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 .
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.
"We're about to experience this new trend. All the stores are closing!" 😅 along with your grin Leo..makes me laugh!
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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.
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.
Lovvvvvve that sarcasm 😅😅😅😅 it makes the world go 'round!!!! Good video
We had a lovely holiday touring the west a number of years ago, three nights spent in San Fran, one night l couldn’t sleep, so decided to go out for a wander. Came to a supermarket that was open all night, went in to buy something, there wasn’t any other customers I could see, only a couple of cops chatting to a girl on the checkout. Hope things get sorted out for you. Good luck from England
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.
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
The best part of San Fran was Christmas shopping during holiday seasons in December.
Thank you!
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.
Citizens of SF, remember, YOU VOTED FOR THIS!!!
Yes, Im sure some did, but not all!
@@jmichaeledgington6045
ENOUGH to create this madness.
@@jmichaeledgington6045 Enough to kill the city.
The electorate in San Francisco and rest of California, has Stockholm syndrome. They keep voting for the same idiots and stupid laws every election cycle. Over and over again. You gotta wonder.
Glorious, revolutionary, humanist socialist people's paradise.
Not in SF but when I lived in Las Vegas I say a guy walk into Walgreen's and go to the candy isle and just started dumping boxes of candy bars down the front of his sweatpants. Not the least bit worried, just doing his shopping. Walked out and got on a bicycle. This is happening all over the US, inside the stores they are putting up lockers for the goods and you will have to wait till an employee comes to open it and get out what you need. I will not even go to some store because of this, like Home Depot in Spring Hill now has locked up a lot of the merch. I am not waiting around 10 minutes to get at the stuff I want to buy and I do not shop online unless it is something unavailable locally.
Unimaginable, kudos for showing
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
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.
San Fran was one of my first traveling places in the 80s when I was young and adventurous. I loved it back then...was vibrant and full of energy..stores and restaurant were bustling. I remember buying some clothes at Banana Republic in the downtown area.
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
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.
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!
@@hymanbjorn6768 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.
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.
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.
#1 car breakin spot in the world
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.
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
I grew up in Pittsburgh and left in 1984. When I left, the downtown was a thriving retail and business district. Interesting shops selling quality merchandise, big department stores, lots of places to eat, businesses, and so on.
When I returned after decades away, the city had changed. The interesting shops with quality merchandise were gone, replaced by shops selling junk. The big department stores were gone. Many restaurants were gone. When the people in the big office buildings head home at 5 PM, the city shuts down.
Suburbanites stay in the 'burbs and go to the chain restaurants and shop at chain stores. It's sad.
Yes true, same as my town in Manchester uk 🇬🇧
We were there before pandemic and it felt very underwhelming and scary at times. So sad. A lot of beautiful houses looked uninhibited too.
the real pandemic is wahmen voters giving criminals compassion instead of bars
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
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.
In my city delivery services have exploded too but people still like going to the mall because it has more than just stores, even a small pond and restaurants. Also people seem to hate buying clothes online so I dont know man, it's not only because of e-commerce.
So glad I visited SF a few times in the mid 90s and early 00s. Doesn't look like I will ever be going back.
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!
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.
I was on a cruise that stopped in SF. My husband and I would not even get off the ship in SF. We had seen and read about the devastation to the city. Too bad. It was once nice.
In the 70’S / 80’s that Gap was a Woolworth’s which spanned the entire block from Market heading north up Powell street. That Burger kIng was also there back then. This is also where the Powell street punks hung out(That was me also)and the breakdancers(me also). Thanks for making these videos..
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..🤣
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.
I was at the semicon west 3 weeks ago. I heard they are moving it to phoenix. Your are spot on with what you are saying
this is insane. San Francisco turning into Gotham City
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.
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
Thank you so much for videoing San Francisco’s business situation. There’s no doubt in my mind that the few stores currently remaining open will also close before long because tourists will go to malls and/or other busy locations. Very few people will travel any distance to go into only one store on a street. The societal life we’ve enjoyed in the past is quickly disappearing… 😢
That's unfortunate.I used to love walking this area, all the way to the pier too!
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 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!
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
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.
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.
LOVE YOUR VIDS. METAL!!! I see the star customer in front of the Burger King!!!
Thank you!
I remember visiting this place in 2004. I came back in 2019 and it was a shok, like if the city had actually dissolved in 15 years. And this was before the pandemic, which California handled poorly...
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.
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?
The stores that are still open likely have running leases. As soon as those run out, they'll be gone.
I'm so glad I visited SF in 2015 and got to see it before it died
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
Too much rent to operate plus too many criminals? When shops are closing, it will starve the city's revenue.
That strip to the right of the cable car along Powell has always been hard to keep filled, and Gap used to be Virgin Records. I dont see much change in these videos, save Westfield. A few stores dont make SF.
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 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 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.
Im planning on coming back to SF next month because of my part of my Westcoast tour and i have alot of friends in the Bay area. I was there in 2021 and 22 i been watching recent footage about SF that the city is not safe,organized retail theft why most big businesses, corporations has left i stayed at a hotel on Market and 6th but no one didnt bother me,im wondering should i roll that dice again come back told my friends in SF that keep my word about that I'll come back. I really like SF but the direction where they're heading is not good.
The real reason is the commercial landlords raising the rents so high that the stores have to close
an item under 949 dollars is free, what did they expect would happen haha
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.
Visited in 1991 and again in 2012. Went from friendly and clean to you better have eyes in the back of your head in that short time span.
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 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.
I asked to rent the place about 3000 square feet to open coffee shop/restaurant, the rent was $35000 per month. End of story.
Omg! That's way too much it's like paying for 20 different mortgages where I live. You should move to Texas
Dear Lord! That is a whole lot of coffee to sell to just to break even!
@@paanne1013 Even getting a food truck costs less but I would definitely leave San Francisco!
Wow bro, you hit the algo big with this one! Keep it up brother 💪🏽
2:30 Your move to zero-bail, catch-and-release of criminals like shoplifters and car thieves, tolerance of open-air drug markets, tolerance of thievery rings operating out of homeless encampments, and your extended lockdowns, did this to San Francisco. You did this to San Francisco, by supporting these policies and the policymakers behind them. So when you eventually flee the mess you created, to move to another state and another city, do NOT repeat these mistakes.
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
"Right here, we have a zombie, In the middle of the street" lol you should be one of those tourists and hospitality speaker for those bus tours
Lol thanks! The only comment to make me laugh instead of cry.
He’s not lying. 🧟♂️
We lived in SF most of our adult life, raised our daughter there. We left for reasons other than what it is today, but everyone who we knew who said we were crazy for moving to Idaho have since made contact. All have credited me with incredible insight (incorrectly, I never dreamed it would get this bad), most have asked us where the good places in Idaho are to move to...
The marxists who run the city don't care. They dreamed of communism in America, they got it.
What day of the week and time was this filmed? Saturday or Sunday when all the workers are at home?
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?
I lived in the Marina District for 5years in the late 90s. I used to like going to Chestnut St for clothing stores and restaurants. Such nice memories. I left the US in 2000 and haven’t been back since then. It’s hard to believe the current state of the city. So sad…Is the Marina the same way, I wonder?
The Marina is doing a lot better. these things are not allowed there.
@@LeoMetalTraveler Not allowed? Ha!!! YET!!
I used to work there. It was always busy. Not very long ago
Yes, you’re right it wasn’t too long ago that every store was open and the streets were packed with people at all times. This was a tourist spot
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.
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.