Can San Francisco Be Saved?

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[@Pattayaman999]

10 out of 10 criminals voted SF as best city to live in

[@bosorot]

But now many stores are closing , How would the criminals do ? . This will effect their livelihood . They should demand the city to re-open Apple , Target ,Louis Vuitton stores.

[@tonyku7129]

​@@bosorotthey are closing because of rampant looting ,less foot traffic, drug addicts around. Who will visit SF in its current state?

[@wychoi3353]

Really? dont know, I am in Seoul.

[@lindafinuliar4061]

Most homeless live in SF weather is beautiful and lots of free stuff so addiction is going well for them.

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

Oakland is MUCH WORSE!!!!!!

[@havis4ever407]

Just returned from aSan Fran business trip. I’m traumatized. It’s beyond horrific.

[@sirbiz336]

Why ???

[@Thegoldenchild415]

There's only 3 bad areas.. tenderloin, SOMA and lower polk..

[@ara-nv4dj]

I visited in March and used public transport to go throughout the city. Not nearly as bad as I thought it'd be. This is dramatic as fuck

[@mevans4953]

More Military veterans will never go to Cali. They’d prefer to be on a base in Iraq or Afghanistan.

[@KyleDrewes]

Probably only saw a glimpse of it.

[@zakariamattu8613]

They need to be tough on crime and clean up the homeless

[@uptin]

Agree!!

[@edprestoza4099]

ABSOLUTELY AND DEFINITELY AGREED 1000%!!!!!!!!!!

[@mukeedcoforstuff]

If u keep voting democrats then it'll stay the same

[@javiercortes5232]

From a Mexican tourist: I totally agree, plus get rid of the law who permits shoplifting; follow NY example)

[@247hustlerr]

Its a snowballing issue. It's everywhere in Cali I've seen. I overheard someone around mid 20s coming out of Whole Foods the other day saying "If it's under $1,000 they can't do anything about it"... handful of stuff... not too sure if he stole them. But I just smh hard.

[@frankiethomas7478]

I have absolutely no sympathy for the residents of SF. They rallied to have the police department defunded. They chose to elect leaders like (Kamala Harris) who were more concerned about being in a position of power as oppose to being actively involved in in protecting AND saving their cities. No sympathy. If you don’t like what you’re experiencing, MOVE! It’s sad that the richest homes, and majority of All celebrities live in California. And yet, the state is crumbling.

9 out of 10 relatives I know said they support Harris as president.

[@ANTITRINITARIAN]

California and cities like san francisco keep voting for this idiocy. Soft on crime policies are destroying this kind of city.

[@reneebru1]

There are no fair and free elections. The Bolsheviks have taken over, once again. History does repeat itself!

[@jeanacunapizarro1695]

It's all around of all most of states on America, it's to sad to see American empire falling down and no one wants to do something...

[@alfredoramirez2790]

Agree. But believe it or not some people would disagree with your comment, especially liberals.

[@vce.john1734]

Yup that why I’m considering working and living in Arizona chandler area every time I go back there as my second home it always clean like always while here in garden grove, Westminster, Santa Ana trash and homeless everywhere. Almost had my broken into last year while driving to Arizona.

[@sheldon94666]

@@jeanacunapizarro1695most republican states are doing fine if u look up

[@NomadSoloTravel]

I'm from San Francisco too and it is Insane what SF has become!! Thank you for covering this!!

[@uptin]

Thanks!

[@trisharasky7388]

I live in Detroit and we are rebuilding with leaders who give a shit. This makes me so sad, San Francisco is such a beautiful city! They need to get some sane people in office!

[@uptin]

Definitely agree!

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

When I used to visit “The City” (SF), I would drive north from where I live, and park at the BART Station in Milbrae and take the BART into downtown. There was no way in hell I was going to take my car into the city. Now, post C-19 pandemic, there’s no way I would take Me into the city. Like “METAL LEO” says, it’s all “Gone Naaaaoooooow!!!”

[@newcountryguy]

That's the problem, you have too many people who back this crap. They need to replace the leadership and build up the police force again and start prosecuting crime and drugs.

[@karnubawax]

Peter Santanello said downtown Detroit looks better than downtown San Francisco these days.

[@Lawrence-sk2os]

I fully agree Trisha! I have read so many positive words about how Detroit is changing for the better! :) I like architecture and I listened to a recent podcast about all the lovely old buildings there. I really want to visit Detroit!

[@jamiek1714]

Thank you and other KZbinrs who are telling us the truth. The MSM is not talking about it.

[@michaelpagsanhan9376]

The politicians definitely have destroyed this beautiful city. It's so sad!

[@edprestoza4099]

ABSOLUTELY AND DEFINITELY AGREED 1000%!!!!!!!!!!

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

The Dems there are like the Mafia!!!!!

[@genestone4951]

It's not sad at all. Ya'll are enjoying your utopia. Alternative lifestyles, right?

[@docbenway1082]

The people who keep voting for those politicians have destroyed the city, and they're too proud or deluded to consider voting any differently

[@wizeguy2388]

More like the voters who got these politicians in

[@darrellwhitman1962]

I'm a native San Franciscan who's left and returned four times over the last 50 years. I always thought of myself as first a San Franciscan. But when I left in 2015 I realized it isn't just a San Francisco problem, but a California problem and by extension a U.S. problem. There are deep roots to this problem that no one wants to talk about: collapse of the educational system, rampant corruption, and the atomization of life. Sadly, the worst is yet to come as the national decay catches up to the urban decay. It's very, very sad, but delusions would fix the actual problems.

[@konohaninja1985]

Agreed

[@trinydex]

​@@konohaninja1985I don't know man, I go to other parts of America and it's not like San Francisco or California.

[@YomiLopez-y1z]

100% true. It all starts with the educational system. If government invest more on education, this would help the future generation to avoid criminal life as an option to survive. Prevention is key and prevention in the long run is cheaper instead of using the money for more prisons, and other institutions to try to try to "fix" people.

[@trinydex]

@@YomiLopez-y1z I sort of disagree for several reasons. if you look at the northern European countries who have welcomed in a large number of immigrants in the last decade, they are all now starting to have problems with crime and governance. the US has been doing this for over half a century. Europe used to mock us at how backward we were, when really it is that the US has been welcoming in the poor and the sick and the weary for much longer than they have. why were we able to do this? because no one wanted to move to a war torn country (post world war 2), and then later because they had restrictive immigration policies until the European Union. you can't say that the Northern European countries don't have a very well funded and effective education system they have the best, yet they're still having these troublesome outcomes. now let's look at the American side. we have people who come from desperate situations who arrive in the US and they can't speak English, they don't know how to do math at the proper grade level, how is it possible that those children will ever succeed in academics? they can't possibly ascend the grade structure like an American born peer. classically this is addressed through community college, adult school, trade school, apprenticeship. these things already exist and are effective. we can change the position of the levers and increase it decrease each type of institution, and maybe we should. but also we have to have reasonable expectations of what's possible with a first generation immigrant from an impoverished background. there's less likely to be a dream shot story, those people will likely work in the informal economy or become small businesses owners or wage workers. there's nothing wrong with that, their children will become the academic success stories. my point is that the problem isn't with education, we just have to face the fact that there's certain issues that can't be solved. you might suggest that all immigrants in public schooling get an extra 4 years of public education to catch up, but a lot of these kids need to start making money to help their families. you could suggest that everyone under a certain income threshold get unlimited free tutoring or we move to an Asian model of schooling where students are held until late in the evening, meals are provided as well as tutoring or supervision. at that point it would require parents and the community to opt in. that assuredly keeps kids off the streets, but also, it's not effective unless people partake. there's a lot of culture in the United States that's anti academics. all to say, it's not just about money.

[@voryndagothDL]

​@@trinydex Pretty sure you answered your own concerns. All of these problems with refugee and struggling migrant families being unable to compete education-wise can be fixed if the US government built more schools and provided better financial aid for college. But no, all our taxes go to excess military spending instead. It's ALWAYS been about money. Issue is, the people with money would rather keep living lavishly rather than help the country. It's no coincidence that politicians refuse to impose fair taxation on the rich. They'd be landing themselves in hot water by pissing off their peers, so instead they just go with the herd mentality of doing the same exact thing year after year, decade after decade, while pointing in random directions saying "that's the problem!" to distract Americans from the fact the rich can fix everything overnight.

[@phoenix5054]

I was a libertarian before, the “I support your freedom to use drugs” kind. I’m not anymore. Drugs kills a community. Drugs, homelessness, crime, and mental health issues go hand in hand.

[@laurarojas8490]

Depends which drugs you want legalised. The drugs arte the streets now days are mainly tranquilizers & meth, which is made using some harsh teniques it´s certainly not pure

[@DreamGirl650]

Drugs are a huge part of the equation. Misguided policies on drugs actually attracted drug users to the city. Open air drug markets have been tolerated and enables anti social behavior.

[@anthonyaguilar8883]

So what’s the solution then ? Everyone knows the problems what are real and attainable solutions?

[@Istandwithisrael4ever]

Okay jd Vance whatever you say

[@bendover-bz4bc]

Look at China. They have hundred other problem but drug abuse is not one of them. And that's makes it lot easy to deal with other problems they have.

[@charlieanthony8151]

Dudes doing coverage that Bloomberg and Reuters avoid. Thank you bro,great coverage

[@uptin]

it's always my pleasure to show what the media doesn't really show to the public.

[@maylani3697]

The cost of living needs to come down. Crime and homelessness need to be addressed. All that unaccounted money wasted on “resolving” the homeless and drug issue. Clean up the political corruption.

[@BrianMolstad]

Won*t happened. SF people like crime and homelessness. So do the mayor and city council.

[@BrianMolstad]

Not going to happen. The people who live in S.F. have marinated in leftist drivel for 60 years. They will eventually die off. The city will be mostly a ghost town. The population will drop to 100,000, mostly on welfare. Eventually $20 million dollar buildings will sell for $1. Some entrepreneurs will see an opportunity. This could take 100+ years. Look how many decades Detroit has been a hell hole. It is just now starting to return. Probably will take another 50 years to get close to what is was in 1950. Same story for S.F.

[@michael028]

This is what happens to a city when crime is ignored.

[@michaelsomething7674]

All those city council members ran the city to the ground.

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

And Gavin. And Nancy.

[@human8807]

The main issue, time and time again, is suburban living. A city should be where offices are located, where people work, live, and go out. It should be a place where shops and services are within walking distance. Like Paris, you can get to everything within walking distance from your home. Most American downtowns are becoming ghost towns because they are designed as office spaces and not as cities where people live.

[@Marceluwool]

That's exactly the same problem that we're facing in the big cities of Brazil. Our previous leaders always copied the American model, now our downtowns are sketchy and the business keep closing or moving far away from the city centers, nobody wants to live in the city centers anymore, even though these areas have the best transportation network. It's ironic and sad to see dozens of thousands of EMPTY apartments while the streets are full of homeless people and the working class can barely afford to pay rent.

[@pokerpariah]

The pandemic had little to do with how San Francisco stands today. The issues are the local and state politicians are their policies. Additionally the residents who live there refusing to vote conservative to implement laws with common sense. Where else do you find law abiding citizens who work hard and pay taxes have less rights than criminals and homeless drug addicts?

[@GnomesRox]

Yeah, the workers who came into work and never came back due to remote work, had nothing to do with how SF is today. Some of you are just want so bad to believe your narrative that you have to change reality.

[@Randy-l4n]

Precisely

[@writemeyers]

Except that every major city in the US and Europe is experiencing the same dynamic. London, Paris, Sydney, Vancouver. Overseas cash into real estate👆🏽 > rent 👆🏽> food 👆🏽> homelessness 👆🏽> crime 👆🏽

[@Fritzrumaraog]

Then they will vote for kamala. Common sense

[@voryndagothDL]

Voting conservative this year will put a fascist into power. If that's what you're willing to vote for, then you've forgotten what America stands for. Conservatives don't care about anything besides lining their pockets. They say they'll clean up crime, but they never do.

[@DM-eo6zw]

Drove through the Tenderloin District last week. That place IS the zombie apocalypse.

[@NikkiRowCoxx]

Soft on crime is what makes it difficult for tourists to visit & workers to want & come.

[@alexishi2000]

The other day, the old guy who paid for $1 for regular coffee, pour the $2 premium coffee in his cup in the seven eleven store get arrested in Japan. No joke. Another universe. I tell the Japanese people about the situation in SF, and they don’t believe me.

[@thndr_5468]

Ok that's a bit harsh

[@Bnbguy9022]

Crime and corruption are Gavin’s legacy.

[@PhoenixBook1898]

Kamala, Nancy, … the list goes on. Most people who live in SF are brainless.

[@bonniegalusha1693]

Absolutely

[@jumperstartful]

He could care less. He wants the White House!!

[@jobturkey7418]

Slimy mofo. Him and his evil aunt. San Francisco has ties to Harris,newsome and Pelosi. The axis of evil

[@BrianMolstad]

That does not bother Gavin nor his minions.

[@edrosiak]

Bottom line - crime, homelessness, drugs, high taxes, over regulation, and horrible political policies. San Francisco is dying, and it won’t come back until these issues are addressed, not political lip service, but actually addressed.

[@hblee88]

Union Square was once the top 5 retail hub in the U.S. Now it's empty.

[@leomoore3597]

You can thank online shopping like Amazon for that !

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

@@leomoore3597 Online shopping, and online working. Oh, but the irony. The San Francisco Bay Area is largely responsible for creating home computers and the Internet. And those two things are largely responsible for San Francisco’s downfall.

[@leomoore3597]

@@RobertJohnson-bj5lk I concur ! It seems San Francisco must re-invent itself, because it's still one of the most beautiful cities in America !

[@davidzagrodny9486]

0:21 "it's somehow better, yet somehow worse" ... sums it up well

[@kennethcava4488]

The vast majority of vacated retail spaces will never fill up again. Too many factors working against retail.

[@Randy-l4n]

One FACTOR; GAVIN NEWSOME

[@MICAMOTEESTABIENGRANDE]

IT NEEDS GAVIN NEWSON OUT!!! - TAKE CARE OF HOMELESS - GET RID OF THOSE RIDICULOUS LAWS - STOP THE CRAZY TAXING

[@GnomesRox]

Look, we can all call it as it is, but I blurted out with a laugh when you said the Tenderloin was a vibrant place. It's always been sketchy, and unfortunately still is. Have no idea why you're trying to put some revisionist spin.

[@ronaldoago-go5907]

Define "always"

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

I think he meant in like the 1920s or something, but yeah it has more or less always been not the best place to be.

[@Ang.0910]

Dude has no idea what he’s talking about

[@karnubawax]

Well, yes... the tenderloin was always crap, but at one time it also had some nightlife in addition to the sleaze, mostly around the edges in places like Polk Gulch. Now there is only sleaze.

[@eternal631]

​@karnubawax 100 years ago yeah. Since the 70s it's been grimy.

[@MikeManning-p8u]

I used to go to San Francisco every weekend during the 1990's and 2000's. It was fun back then. On the weekends, it used be very crowded, it would be almost impossible to find parking. It would usually take me up to an hour to find parking. Even at night, it was crowded on the weekends. Not anymore. The last time I went to San Francisco was a year ago and the city looked empty. I didn't see that many cars or people on the street. There were a lot of empty retail shops. There are a lot more homeless people and drug addicts. It is becoming like a ghost town. Now, I'm afraid if I go to downtown San Francisco at night I might get robbed or killed. There are also a lot of car thief in SF.

[@OrdinaryG33K-SF]

20 year San Francisco resident here. San Francisco is over. It’s finished. All the closed stores are the indicator. Those companies saw what was happening, and got out. I’ve been hanging on, but I’m barely there anymore myself (am on the East Coast as I write this). I’ll be leaving soon. I deserve a higher quality of life.

[@arivfotomoto3642]

I lived in SF from 1987 to 1996. The tenderloin was already a place for homeless, and relatively unsafe. When did tenderloins a bustling nightlife area with restaurants and hotels?

[@gillynova]

That’s what I’m saying. Tenderloin has been had since the 1970s. Theater life was like 1920-1950.

[@attitune]

@@gillynova Yeah. There was the "theatre district" adjacent to the Tenderloin that had some nightlife, but the Tenderloin has been seedy for decades.

[@trinydex]

during the golden years, 2014 to 2016, the gentrification had even gotten to tenderloin. the skid row portion got narrowed and many start up restaurants would start in tenderloin due to low rents and proximity to downtown. if you look back there were articles complaining about how gentrification was taking away the last affordable areas of San Francisco.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@trinydex Nope. Even then the Tenderloin was a no-go zone. Some of the areas around the Tenderloin that used to be bad started to get better. But they're better today than they were in 2014-2016. They just renamed those area as "lower Nob hill" and "east Hayes Valley" and are now just pretending that they're no longer part of the Tenderloin. Despite all the media hoopla that "San Francisco is dying" those areas kept getting gentrified and getting safer and more livable. The rent prices in SF kept increasing no matter what.

[@trinydex]

@@TohaBgood2 ok man, I guess all the Vietnamese restaurants that closed and all the tenderloin adjacent places that closed are not part of your calculus. great analysis. now the rents are higher and there's no businesses. cool. guess that makes it better? what are you even saying?

[@binancehighlights4038]

Modern San-Francisco looks literally like Soviet anti-American coldwar prophaganda posters

[@Liveforfood9394]

Punishment for crimes! When you are not safe, you have nothing! People don't go there to take a chance to get robbed. Safety safety and safety.

[@rahulat85]

It's not the crime which which is making city bleed, it's not homeless. It's the absence of tech workers which is bleeding SF coffers, no tax dollars, no money, no overvalued commercial real estate. Funny thing is they hated techies but not their money. City would not approve any new constructions. Homeless are tax burdens i.e sucks money from residents but city council have to keep pretending to continue their grift and political ambitions. Welcome to the sanctuary city. Time to walk the talk.

[@DonWalker-gv1ws]

We moved 8 months ago. Its still hurts to see videos like this, I love this city, but this isn't the city I know and love.

[@WrenchingMafia]

I was there June and 2024 and what a mess. People just stealing from target and walking out with out getting in trouble

[@uptin]

So scary

[@lifedeather]

Facts 💀

[@jamiekatesalcedo6301]

Worse than 3rd world countries

[@dianaverano7878]

​@@jamiekatesalcedo6301yup. our malls here in Philippines are expanding. We are a 3rd world country. All malls have security guards. And no crazy people stealing from malls

[@aatt3209]

SF is recovering, thank God, things have improved a lot. I used the BART, Muni, and walking to tour the city. The streets are clean and safe for families to visit. I am grateful for the turn-around and, yes, SF can be saved.

[@Lora-G]

TECH will never attract tourism the way ART and MUSIC did 😢 Artists can't afford rent here. We have a culture crisis : the RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH😢

[@cliffoilarjr2682]

I agree i lived in SF late 80s early 90s and high tech and gentrification ruined the city. Normal people can't afford to live there anymore!

[@Bonaventurax]

This is also killing the shops. Funny thing: You see, the housing market is not a market at all. At least not as one might think. There are no vendors, so very little demand, but a lot of supply (empty shops), but rent is still high.

[@AmericanBadass-t4b]

SF has a moral crisis

[@Istandwithisrael4ever]

Sf has an attractive people problem

[@PlacidoSantos]

How much is the average monthly rent?

[@colinnaylor7915]

Some years ago my wife & I had a wonderful holiday in San Francisco. I just find this all very sad. The city deserves better.

[@andrewmooney8472]

The mayor of San Francisco reduced the police budget by $20 million after the residence there demanded for the police to be defunded. So you got what you wanted.

[@mynamemylastname7179]

$20 000 000 how much is that? A piss in a bucket. That is a budget for like 10-20 officers you think that would have made a difference? Idi0t

[@BrianMolstad]

They don*t care and don*t regret cutting the budget. These people are not sane.

[@timtim2668]

Real estate Will Always be in demand. The city is in transition. Unless people stop having kids. Real estate is the one thing that they dont make more of. Real estate is Everywhere people are. We need it.

[@ifechukwuokekenwa8004]

And someone thinks Gavin Newsome should be president

[@lindafinuliar4061]

So the whole country will look like SF the Golden state not so golden anymore but called wasteland

[@bartonpercival3216]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@genestone4951]

@@lindafinuliar4061 As an artist, I'd say Cali is not golden; I'd go with turd brown, maybe mixed with a bit of blood red. What color is fentanyl?

[@wxieqdsiwevbks]

NEWSDUMB. not Newsom

[@pla4825]

San Francisco has been one of my favorite cities sense I was a kid such a beautiful city. But we do need to be tougher on crime and solve the homeless problem which has gotten worst sense 2020

[@ericle7299]

Good luck! SF is a lost cause. Most of commercial properties in SF are empty. Some institutional property owners agree to sell their properties at a huge discount (50% or more in some cases) but who wants to invest in a high tax and high crime city like SF?

[@kellikay8015]

I'm constantly asked to take jobs in San Francisco, which I used to do all the time. However, now I do not feel safe and won't go. Not worth it.

[@zeeshanhz_gaming8538]

First create a safe and trustworthy environment for businesses then they will flock to a once great city like San Francisco

[@serverthanos]

Cost of living for people and business has got to the point where no one wants to be there. All you have left now is crime and homelessness

[@trainer9527]

I'm from SF. I think it gets a really bad wrap the media. While it is true there is weird funky crime, it is more specific to downtown SF like market street and the tenderloin, and parts of the mission. Voting has swayed to liberal originally is what made SF fun and hip, however mass crime has broken this trust, and therefore the police need more enforcements. Shame on Mayor. London Breed for not being urgent enough, infact I have no idea what she's done during her term her. It seem the city has really faded since Mayor Lee passed away. Can't stress it enough, police police police, needs to be more punishment for petty theft.

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

Do research on who Mayor Breed is married to. Hint: He likes to buy Real Estate when it’s cheap, and destroying San Francisco makes its real estate values “cheap” 🧐 Wonder if this was intentional…

[@Dfox4]

I laughed when Uptin posted that Tenderloin used to be a vibrant nightlife area. Tenderloin was bad for decades. Absolute trash content in this video. San Francisco has maybe few blocks of dodgy areas like Tenderloin while rest of the city is postcard beautiful filled with joggers, engineers and tourists. The media and youtubers are so full of crap.

[@trainer9527]

@@Dfox4 exactly like go to the marina, crissy fields of hayes valley. Like they only focus on market street, market street has always been full of nutjobs, its part of the character lol

[@FamilyCheung-kc1pw]

Need to vote out Biden and will be change

[@JOSEPH-vs2gc]

Sodom and Gomorrah being judged for its sins, nothing to see here. (Used to live in Daly City)

[@VondaInWonderland]

I used to love San Francisco because of the cool weather. It's sad that it's beauty has been demolished ❤🕊️

[@judysison3362]

born and raised in sf and had a business for 8 years here. Recruit more police and have subsidized housing for them. Mandatory shelter for homelessness and mental illness. and more

[@laurarojas8490]

Basically, meth is responsible. The government introduced Mexican cartel meth onto the markets post 2010

[@danaustin5869]

They allocate and waste money in corruption in those areas. People are getting rich from taxpayers money in SF and other cities by NOT solving the problems.

[@chion918]

you think police are not corrupted? think again!

[@MrBEALLYOUMAYBE]

I lived in Fremont and moved in 2005. Back then a working officer could not afford to live in Fremont and they had a barracks for the officers that traveled in for their 12 hour shift - 3 days and then 3 days off. I would suggest the same thing for San Francisco because the cost of living even if housing supplied is too high.

[@rahulat85]

subsidise housing for homeless, subsidize for teacher, for firemen, for cops, for poor, what about regular middle class Joe? Where should he live? Who is responsible for creating houses for them?

[@ChicagoMike97]

Here in Chicago, things are pretty normal. There are still some scars from the pandemic and it isn't back to what it was in 2019, but Downtown has huge crowds with lots of summer tourism and our transit system, the CTA, has very full trains. Those few areas on the south and west sides that were always struggling are still doing so, but when I am in those areas, as long as I mind my own business, nobody gives me trouble. I hope SFO sees a rebirth.

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

What you said was not accurate, “Crime is going down”. Crime has gone up, but the reporting of crime has gone down. Citizens see no reason to report crime, when police or prosecutors will do nothing.

[@tomqi90]

I used to work in SF in 2017, back then it was much safer(you have people doing drugs but not so many looting), I think the looting has it feel much worse, I remember back during Pandemic I went to SF to shopping once there were some sketchy people followed me and my wife through the street, I feel they were going to rob us once we finished shopping with stuffs

[@uptin]

What did you do then? I’m sure that scared both of you!

[@tomqi90]

@@uptin yeah, it was really scary, we immediately stopped shopping and headed back home, luckily there were fair amount of people on the street which made us feel safer. that happened around union square

[@ArkadyItkin]

Among all the good points one big one hasn't been mentioned - SF (along with NYC) used to be a magnet for 25-45 singles to mingle, go out, party, etc... With the emergence of Tinder, Hinge, Instagram, etc... the incentive of living in the city isn't there for that segment of population, which previously generated lots of vibrance. Also, the locals have embraced doing everything from home (dating, shopping, watching movies, etc...) much more so than other cities and cultures. Crime / homelessness don't tell the whole story. There are many far more dangerous cities around the world that remain quite vibrant. p.s. Nice running into you downtown when you were here.

[@calvanoni5443]

Its pretty obvious when rents or purchase price for homes is insane, your system will break!

[@uptin]

And that will mean something..

[@eddieg6436]

NYC, and London, and metro L.A. have their problems…..but they’re FINE compared to ultra Liberal San Francisco.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

@@uptini will never buy a home or rent an apartment in San Francisco it is do damn expensive

[@gurupurkha]

That’s not true at all. There are plenty of successfully and highly expensive cities around the world.

[@calvanoni5443]

@@gurupurkha Give it time.

[@KN-ko8ez]

I have to travel to SF frequently for business. Easily my least favorite place in California. Dirty streets, dodgy transients everywhere, horrendous traffic, and exorbitantly expensive. I can’t understand why anyone would want to live in this so-called progressive utopia. The place just sucks….

[@NotAvailable_na]

Also parking SUCKS in SF. Makes it very hard to impossible to shop at the stores or go to a restaurant or deli.

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

True, and you will get a broken window.

[@J1m03]

Very true, I wanted to stop at a coffee shop when I visited I had to switch drivers with my girlfriend and make her drive around the block while I got a coffee lmao it’s a joke

[@gillynova]

I’m a Bay Area native and OP interviewed people who don’t live here 😭😭. San Francisco is seriously NOT that bad to what the media shows. The tenderloin is a small, dangerous area. It’s like LA’s skidrow OP highkey just showed financial district (work from home area, no traffic for sure) and tenderloin. Go to Golden Gate Park, Mission Bay or Dolores park to visit people who are actually from the Bay

[@larrym2434]

Wonderhussy posted a much more balanced video about SF, and her viewers had to admit that they had been gaslighted by the fear mongerers.

[@XinFloridaLife]

OP is def not from the bay area. tenderloin was always needles on the ground. the amount of closed stores in sf is kinda sad though. used to take the bart with my mom to shop there.

[@vincentl3911]

I call bs. Just type san fransisco closing and anyone can see almost everything is closed everywhere in san fran and surrounding cities. If if was so great than explain why every business is leaving?

[@gillynova]

@@vincentl3911 OP literally interviewed people who were just in town for a conference and not actual people who live or are from the Bay Area. Stores are closing in the mall and union square, which is RIGHT next to the Financial District where people are working from home nowadays... Less people coming into the office means less people spending in the surrounding areas. OP basically goes to touristy areas of SF rather than the vibrant areas where locals go to

[@pev789]

I was there last weekend after a year and yeah it’s so sad and depressing in the downtown area, still a lot of great outer areas

[@uptin]

How was your visit there?

[@pev789]

@@uptin it was still very fun! It was pride weekend so there was a lot of energy in the city, very expensive though like 28$ per cocktail at some places.

[@Moochy999]

I have lived in Sonoma county for 60 years. I have zero interest in going into SF ever again. It's a trashed "city".

[@Lora-G]

I come to SF for shows. The empty storefronts are EVERYWHERE. Who owns these buildings? Are foreign investors complicit in destroying SF ? Where is our LEADERSHIP 😢?

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

Yes.

[@Wolfpax89]

New music venue opening in north beach 🎼

[@bugged1212]

I moved out of SF back home to Mumbai and I haven't been happier. I make way more money than I did in SF and I don't need to attend any office. I think part of the reason of SF's demise is hidden in the tech ecosystem which has become increasingly commoditized and has allowed a ton of low skill folks to move into tech, but here's the thing, one does not need all that much know how any more to build anything, everything is on the internet and whatever low hanging fruits there were, everything has been built. It's back to big corps and big money era. And to add AI into the mix, that's even lesser number of people needed. Lack of ideas, saturation of markets, automation and AI, it's a perfect storm and the glory days of SF buzzing with young wannabe entrepreneurs is history. It's kind of sad but it is what it is.

[@uptin]

But not everyone has a hometown to go back to, or the money to move out. However, I am glad to know that you are so much better in Mumbai than in San Francisco. If things get better, would you go back to SF?

[@bugged1212]

True, though I would argue that SF is the modern version of a goldmine town and the gold-rush is over. People are just seeing the side effects of that rush being over. The true cause is that the gold’s gone. I would personally not be heading back to SF even if things were to turn around, it’s just so much cheaper and nicer in the rest of the world. I do miss Peet’s coffee but one gets good coffee every where now :) I look forward to SF reinventing itself in some other form though.

[@ActiveTravelWestUSA]

Excellent! You are 100 percent correct! Well said! I am from Palo Alto, went to SFSU worked in tech from 1991 until 2015, saw exactly what you described happening. It’s all corporations and the system is rigged for the big money and insiders. My start ups went sideways with these no vision companies and people. I got out started a tour biz..living my passion and selling the great west USA to foreigners, moved to Nevada..now living in a great area super safe focus on garden and nature. Good luck..sad to see Bay Area go to crap. If you could have been living in the 80s-2007..it was outrageously perfect, best place on earth. Then all the gold diggers came trying to get rich and no contribution to the communities! Let this be a lesson to all..chasing money is the source of most evil. RIP Bay Area.

[@curtbowers7817]

SF used to be a blast. When I lived on the Penninsula we would go up and ride the trolly stopping for beer lunch and more beer. The conductors were so cool. And we’d help the conductors spin the Trolley around on the pad. Drunk on our asses, SF was a blast then. I never thought I’d see one of the world’s greatest cities thrashed by liberal democrats. Jerry Brown started the ruin in Oakland. Newscum started the ruin in SF. I firmly believe all this was intentional

[@ForeverStapleton]

I love seeing Progressives policies work as they are intended to.

[@TheTL415]

It's like it's by design. I know SWIM in the city's HR department. They're trying to make SF the new tech hub of the world over Silicon. When you walk through market, financial or soma district I seen signs for lease for tech startups. Then SWIM said they're giving tax incentives/credits from start up companies in the tech industry. I wonder why they the rioters went specifically for that district. Now everything is open. Pelosi also mentioned she wants to make SF a tech industry. Now everyone is leaving.

[@tolykozin]

Unfortunately this is what happened to all cities in the US after the pandemic. Getting people to work out of their homes destroyed the entire fabric of society with restaurants & office spaces closing. Once this happened it encouraged homeless and drug addicts to move into these empty spaces. Also reducing jail time for crimes did not help with the pretext that it targeted minorities. A crime is a crime no matter who commits it. A strong leader is needed to help california become great again!

[@tomtaber1102]

Not as many people go downtown, but SF residents shop and dine in their local neighborhoods.

[@cc8kk]

Tolerance for crime and pandering to the victim mentality are the root causes of these problems.

[@shivendrasingh4631]

Earlier it was $ 400 why they increased to $950.

[@tomtaber1102]

It's a lot higher than that in Texas and other states.

[@johnteets2921]

@@tomtaber1102 What state ? Name one where it is higher.

[@stayfree870]

​@@johnteets2921 Texas penal code. For offenses that occurred on or after September 1, 2015, the base Theft offense is punished according to the following scheme:[5] Theft under $100 is a Class C Misdemeanor (punishable by a fine up to $500). Theft between $100 and $750 is a Class B Misdemeanor (punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2000 fine). If the value of the stolen property is under $100, it is still a Class B Misdemeanor theft if you have been previously convicted of theft of if the property stolen was an identification card like a driver’s license. Theft between $750 and $2,500 is a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4000 fine. Theft between $2,500 and $30,000 is a state jail felony. Also punishable as a state jail felony is 1) theft of a firearm, 2) a third theft conviction (even if the value of the stolen property on the third case is less than $2,500), 3) any theft under $20,000 if the theft is a metal including aluminum, copper, brass and copper, 4) an official election ballot, 5) theft from a grave and 6) certain thefts of livestock. Theft between $30,000 and $150,000 is a third degree felony. Certain thefts of livestock are also thefts of the third degree. Theft between $150,000 and $300,000 is a second degree felony. Also, thefts of ATM machines are second degree felonies, even if the value is under $300,000. Any Theft over $300,000 is a first degree felony.

[@cmerighe2]

They want to attract more thieves

[@Jessica-wk7nf]

harris

[@subashkhadka8608]

I can not see my home town being economically destroyed

[@AbsoluteApril]

so sad after seeing how vibrant and fun (and at least somewhat more safe) SF was in the 90s to see what it has become

[@pantsri]

Russia is smiling. What a $950 law.

[@lHurtYourFeeIings]

George Soros isn't Russian. He is Jewish. He funded Prop 47 and written by Jewish lawyers. Look it up.

[@Tonymanero1960]

Yeah,....try pulling that shit in Russia. You could end up in a Gulag.

[@pantsri]

@@Tonymanero1960 If you can't take the truth. It's your problem.

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov

[@Mia-sp5wh]

@@pantsritake your rublos elsewhere

[@robertjeremy9147]

NO !!!!! HERE'S NO HOPE FOR SAN FRANCISCO ANY MORE !!!!!

[@randyc754]

Sf has Nancy pants and Gavin Howlsome.

[@laurarojas8490]

These are part o fthe Getty, family

[@wxieqdsiwevbks]

NewsDUMB 😭😭😭😭

[@jobturkey7418]

You forgot back door Harris. She got here start there too. What does it say?

[@AudreyWhitfield-k6h]

Gavin Newsom saying it’s basically ok to steal less than $950.00 worth of merchandise is ok was not helpful

[@andrewmattson3299]

Other peoples money......GONE NOW....

[@HAli-jd2ph]

I love how this video casually states the tenderloin was the hub of nightlife in SF. No it wasn't, never was. Guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Real estate is overpriced for office spaces which is why business won't return when they can open up shop in Alameda County across the Bay or in Marin or San Mateo. Thefts in SF were a phenomena of crime tourism where people were taking advantage of local city shoplifting laws; they would commute from the East Bay or as far as Stockton in groups of 30 - far more than 3 security guards could ever handle - then resell the products online for profit. If one or 2 got caught the swarm tactic allowed everyone else to breakaway freely. Now the businesses can't compete with click and mortar stores who don't have to pay outrageous real estate costs. Either stores sell higher and get no customers or lose money to stay relevant. None of this is tied to the homeless issue which in large part is tied to drug abuse like fentonol.... people so strung out they are most of the time too delirious to steal anything and more of a danger to themselves than anyone else really. Solving the homeless and drug issue won't bring the stores back, and bringing stores back won't bring an end to the homeless crisis. They are 2 seperate issues & you can't legislate into somebody a desire to sober up, have a square job, and be housed. Unfortunately SF is one of many cities facing these struggles, issues that will take time to fix.

[@editorjohn8803]

The expenses and high taxes have led many who cannot keep up with the rest to feel entitled for more than they have, and they reach a point where they just give up. This is happening in Vancouver as well, and you see this Downtown Eastside (homeless people and business shutdowns)

[@uptin]

And how are they coping up? Moving to another state?

[@LetsGo-wl5zo]

Its not for all major Cities around the world. Majority of the big cities 'doubled' the housing prices in the last few years and people are still coming.... It is a issue, but not the issue of the downfall like San Francisco. The high crime rate, lack of investments, high tax rates and deterioration of the city is/can be the major issue. Why pay premium price when these points is getting worst.

[@Damon_Mah]

@@uptinnormal people will move further out from Vancouver city to more affordable areas. homeless people will stay in Vancouver not move to a different province (no states in Canada) because it has the best weather in the country like San Francisco/LA/California. Vancouver also gives free drugs/supplies to addicts like San Francisco so that brings more of them too

[@mocheen4837]

High taxes are taken and the money goes to the homeless. While crime runs rampant and the streets are full of pot holes. The City is dirty and human feces is on the sidewalks. I no longer feel safe. The Mayor takes a way parking spaces and reduces driving roads. Things like this deter people from visiting the City and chokes out businesses. The Mayor has destroyed San Francisco and it will take years to recover.

[@Metaphoreign]

Long ago the problem started when businesses started saying "no public restrooms". As a tourist, a normal bougie white lady, I myself had to pee on the sidewalk in SF when i couldn't find a public restroom in 2016. Even after buying a coffee! Me and a homeless guy were both yelling outside the Starbucks saying "fine well we will just go out here then!"

[@yfa6244]

Tenderloin has been bad four decades, not new problems there.

[@AbbaokGaming]

I was there last week on vacation (for the first time in the USA). And when I took an Uber through Tenderloin (because I was too afrait to walk), I counted 16 police cars in 2 minutes and easily 50 drug-addicted homeless people. As a german its non imaginable for me to have this kind of no go areas. The closest we have is the station district in Frankfurt.

[@brohdeweb]

Thanks for making a video on a city I call home for 10 years. Hopefully you went to other parts of this city outside of downtown - yes, our office/commercial district hasn’t rebounded but the city as a whole is flourishing, and it’s only a matter of time until downtown becomes revitalized.

[@EvanA1978]

I left post pandemic after living and working there in tech for 15 years. It feels like the last golden era of SF. Waaay too much retail and office space now that needs to be converted to mid/low income housing.

[@rayabe]

Imagine you work hard for your money; pay an effective %60 tax only to have the rest stolen by criminals and money printing loooooool

[@avocadotoast7367]

why is the government of california giving up the state to crime, drugs and homelessness?, fucking reduce the taxes and help busyness to grow, people need jobs and rent that they could afford with that job, is really that difficult for a rich state like CA to plan the state again? this is so insane to me

[@pradeepmagan6951]

people elect at council which does nothing - so blame the voters

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

placed.

[@ianghose1]

I lived in SF back in 2018 for a few months for a work related project. I was initially shocked to see homeless people pooping in front of the Apple store. But then over the next few months I saw drug dealing in broad day-light in various places. And people pushing in needles in broad daylight. This is NOTHING to with the pandemic.

[@Monstacheeks]

They say the Devil is the Greatest Deceiver. Can SF outwit the Devil?

[@Rdogman12345678]

Let them get what they asked for You voted in your city council and that's the way you run your state that's what you get you get what you asked for don't cry about it later

[@barbarashepherd2834]

The tenderloin has always been sketchy😮

[@vicmerle57]

The Tenderloin was always bad. It’s been like that for at least 40+ years! It is worse than ever now, as well as the rest of San Francisco! I’m a San Francisco native, born and raised! San Francisco is disgusting and depressing now! Thank you London Breed and Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom!

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

1:57 - or as “METAL LEO” says: “For Leeeeesse.”

[@davidlea-smith4747]

Gone now.

[@edward9]

California politicians are doing a very good job promoting business, keeping things safe and fixing the homeless issue. Great leadership

[@edward9]

Lolzzzzzz

[@83dsvhtubb]

They need to solve the crime first

[@malcolmnicoll1165]

I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@MaximusDC406]

But the criminals are running the city and state , they’re endorsing this .

[@DavisDuongRealtor]

San Francisco was such a beautiful city. I have not visited since 2019. With all the news, I am optimistic that the city can be turned around. I want to visit this beautiful city again.

[@marcamorello2803]

While I understand the concerns of this video I do feel like this video ignores the fact that there are many vibrant neighborhoods in San Francisco that are still attracting workers, and generating tax money for the city. Downtowns of us cities generally suck because the office building typology effectively leads to dead zones aside from commuting hours and lunch breaks and sf is no exception. Sf is lucky however to have beautiful, mixed use, vibrant neighborhoods within the city proper to bolster the economy of the town while downtown goes through the process of recovering from hyper real estate speculation.

[@Ms666ism]

Thank You.

[@theracer6882]

Its still in California and is affected by stupid laws passed by state government.

[@Ilov3myangrycat]

San Francisco Just needs to become more affordable to get people back. Change the crime laws...

[@bakerkawesa]

Turn empty commercial buildings into housing. Also, repeal "soft on crime" laws.

[@johnella2883]

With the rise of break-ins and shoplifting and theft crimes, retailers would probably be loathe to store and sell large amounts products in SF in the immediate future. Unless local government assurances can be provided for effective onsite security for businesses operating there (and that city-wide effort isn't cheap!) it is likely that only smaller, well insured business operations (small cafes, night live jazz and other entertainment clubs, soup and sandwich houses, salons, barber shops, and 7-11 type shops) would be able to profit and maybe thrive in SF's downtown area post-Covid. The SF homeless problems are noticable downtown, as well as an honest lack of inspiration for tourists and business people conventioning in the City for whatever purposes or reasons. The scenery just looks sort of like an abandoned set of large block to block areas with closed doors and retail and lease signs. And hardly any gas stations or EV charging machines! Many of those unused spaces shown here could benefit from a rethinking of operations that people, past Covid, could make use of, like the following: Affordable and safe Asian and Pizza restaurants, new pastry, sandwich and bakery shops, small and affordable boutique clothing outlets and well- secured bank and investment company offices. Downtown parking has always been difficult, so maybe some new replacement constructions.....And some Asian countries have large amusement parks and entertainment centers located safely INSIDE of what once were extremely large retail buildings. Also, the idea that San Francisco could be a testing ground for new advanced transportation paradigms (flying taxis over the SF Bay), new partly robotic restaurant novelties and multi-story public restrooms and washrooms, along with 24/7 fast food restaurant "dives" could all be part of and constitute a coordinated SF business culture attempt at stopping the exodus of retailers that is destroying the City's reputation as a sophisticated and popular place to be if one is a tourist, visiting relatives and friends or attempting to have a good time on a Friday or Saturday night or weekend after work. Good luck SF! My prayers are with you for business resurrections and new civic prosperity in the near future!

[@neilknightley4703]

maybe those stealing look a certain kind . they known to be in gangs and love to wear sneakers and pants below their waists

[@Zachodin-c1l]

All the whites on fentanynl and meth keep deflecting pinkie

[@AkumaNoZ]

0:50 as a Crown Vic owner, I'm pretty sure that SFPD squad car was built before 2004, I can tell from the taillights, the rims, and the rear chrome piece. They are still using the same car from 20 years ago?

[@mdub2000]

Yeah those things are tanks last forever with good maintenance.

[@pushslice]

Uptin were you in town last week when the sweet old Pinay Tita got murdered right there at Powell station? We are in mourning. The murderer was already previously well known to Police for his actions and behaviors. He was free as a bird. & now we are down one more incredibly generous, neighborly , hard-working, taxpaying citizen.

[@user-eh2hj8bx6O]

KZbinrs like yourself, traditional media, podcast bros, etc. don't talk about how long term societal issues, late stage capitalism, and more factors got us here. Some of the reasons why downtown & the tenderloin have suffered: Higher education and vocational training are no longer affordable nor accessible for many. This has been happening for decades. A lot of these people committing crimes, shoplifting, or abusing substances would have been helped if they are introduced to higher education or vocational training at a younger age, around when they were 16 to 20 years old. In-state and out-of-state tuition and private university tuition have doubled or even tripled over the last couple of decades. Housing & living costs are prohibitive to anyone who comes from a lower socio-economic status who wants to get an education or vocational training. People get stuck at minimum or low wage jobs and can't make ends meet nor raise their children properly. The school to prison pipeline. A lot of the schools are bad, underfunded, have terrible student to teacher ratios, or don't have the resources to help kids who don't do well in the traditional school setting. Kids, who act out or aren't good at the typical subjects, fall through the cracks. These kids are susceptible to turning to crime or substance abuse. For profit prisons. For everyone in the comments saying that the city just needs to be tougher on crime: our problems can't be solved by locking up 25% of the people forever. Why are we not also rehabilitating people? People should have to pay their debt to society for their crimes but the rehabilitation part is often left out of the equation because it's not profitable for prisons to actually help people become contributing members of society. Prison helps people get better at committing crimes and getting away with it. They get released with records or they get really messed up psychologically and/or physically while serving time and can't get a decent job so they turn back to crime. It's a cycle we need to stop. Prop 47 is a problem for sure, and the media highlighting high profile shoplifting incidents like you are have helped spread the word to the world that it's happening and people are not caught (some people actually have been caught and charged in some incidents). This has inspired and encouraged a lot of people to start shoplifting. It's kinda like the DARE program's unintended influence. The city was not previously allowed to sweep the unhoused. As the pandemic and fentanyl crises continued for years, the city (and the state of California) couldn't sweep or force the unhoused to accept shelter or substance abuse treatment. Nobody wants to shop/dine in areas where the homeless are so the city's hands were tied and the business owners, employees, and residents suffered. Fentanyl. Fentanyl has gotten cheaper and cheaper. I believe the ingredients are usually from China and then produced in Central American and smuggled in. Cheap synthetic drugs is one of the worst things to happen to this city and the country. Closures of state mental hospitals. Decades ago they closed almost all mental health live in facilities. We are still suffering from this decision today. You mentioned unaffordable housing, which is definitely one of the biggest factors. Teachers, janitors, restaurant cooks should be able to afford a place in the town they work in. Most people cannot afford to live in the city. I've heard there are lots of vacant homes and apartments. The city needs to find these landlords and figure out this issue. I've seen more people moving in and out, but the condo complex I'm at is almost always full. There are a ton more factors like decades of racist policies, nimbys, how the area used to have great public transportation but then gave way to automobiles, and the nice year round weather, understaffed police and sheriff departments. Speaking of police, it'd be great to discuss how the police departments sometimes have their hands tied when it comes to stopping crime, investigating incidents, and how to improve public safety. The DA's office has been improved by Jenkins at the helm but charging and putting away people who have committed non-violent crimes forever is not the answer. I'd like to hear your solutions or thoughts on the criminal justice system. In general, it would be good to focus on deeper issues other than going to a mall that already announced its closure and pointing to all the mall stores that are closed. Wow, what insight?! Also, you didn't mention any other parts of the city neighborhoods that are picking up. You can have a good time in most neighborhoods in the city. Weekends are lively, but I recommend supporting local businesses midweek. --- Lastly 0:35 "Suburbs"? I have no idea what that guy was talking about. Please explain.