San Francisco: The GOOD, The BAD, The UGLY (California Documentary)

San Francisco, California - a city so beautiful it’s hard to believe it’s real. Yet at the same time, it is gritty and dystopian, its underbelly fully exposed for the world to see. In this travel documentary, explore the nature and geography of this 7x7 peninsula, take a closer look at the quirky, colorful Victorian architecture and the history behind it, visit one of the most iconic Victorians in town (that looks like the Addam's Family mansion), and walk through the Tenderloin, a complex neighborhood that is ground zero of San Francisco's homeless and drug crisis and home to the city's Southeast Asian immigrants.
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[@knowyourhistory]

I'm born, raised, and still live in San Francisco. I avoid the tenderloin/civic center area like the plague and I feel like it's a way to ignore the problems our city faces. This doc is way better than the one by CNN a few months ago. Great job.

[@georgehenderson7783]

What are your living costs? And can you walk around in your neighborhood in relative safety? Almost every day I see news of car jackings, car break-ins, blatant shoplifting...

[@knowyourhistory]

@@georgehenderson7783 I live in the western part of SF and it's mostly elderly Asian people and hipster surfers. It's boring and safe and quiet. I work downtown and pretty much never feel threatened. The only rule everyone has to follow is don't leave anything in your car when you park. Other than that it feels like any other big city including Seoul and LA. I do avoid problem areas like the Tenderloin and Civic Center, but all the locals know to avoid those or you learn real quick. The problem is there are a lot of good restaurants in the Tenderloin so sometimes you have no choice but to go.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@knowyourhistory well that doesn't sound so bad. Things are no doubt going to get worse this year and next year though. What about living costs/taxes? Food and gas prices?

[@anotheryoutubechannel4809]

The tenderloin has always been off limits to those that don’t know how to handle themselves.

[@bernardfong1019]

Our honeymoon city which is also my ancestral land dating to the 1860s.

[@freebirdjackson5511]

The people who run SF are very different from the people who built it…different mindset. SF could not be built today if the current mayor and city council were in charge. They can’t even build an outdoor toilet for less than 1.5 million. Dam it used to be an incredible city

[@iamhardwell2844]

should blame the resident not the mayor because they keep voted the same party for same policies

[@ckrgksdkrak]

@@iamhardwell2844invasion of degenerates

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Thats basically America, the people who built America had a different mindset than current day Americans.

[@barryhessel6078]

I heard it was once a republican city. That's when it was clean and safe. Now we see what happens when Democrats run it.

[@Useryuic]

120K. Don’t think the view was a subscriber you had to be a real person

[@user-ui6ik5so7h]

A massively underrated channel with some amazing mini sized documentaries, I'm glad I bumped into you.

[@DotsonaMap]

Thank you so much for this kind comment 🥹

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[@aaronjohnson6464]

I'm hoping S.F. gets better and improves

[@shinjk2527]

I resided in San Francisco from 2011 to 2012. A decade later, I had the opportunity to revisit the city. However, it was disheartening to witness that the city I once adored, cherished, and loved had drastically changed. It was a sad sight to see my favorite city deteriorating...

[@amarissimus29]

Just wondering, since you might now. From the city, could you smell a joint, or, say, a crack pipe, burning on Alcatraz? Or would it require a series of buoys to make the trail followable?

[@shinjk2527]

@@amarissimus29 I live in Cambridge, MA now...

[@lisagardner903]

California is a dump.

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

​@@amarissimus29 Do have have any idea how far away that island is from the shore? Do you have any idea how WINDY that area is?

[@415_Stand-up]

Lol nothing different today then it was 50years ago you are over dramatic

[@luisroams]

My family migrated to San Francisco from Puerto Rico In the 1950's. I was raised primarily in the mission. I was a part of operation integrate during the 1970's when SFUSD put kids on buses and we were shipped all over the city. I was a elementary school child and although it was a bit intimidating at the time, l was treated to the best city tours imaginable. Thank you SFUSD. Growing up in San Francisco taught me many things. It taught me to appreciate the arts, it gave me insight into other cultures and taught me to have a profound respect for nature and all it has to offer. The city is no different than any family, we all have the good the bad and the ugly. Although I no longer live in California, San Francisco will always be my home. Great Video and thank you guys for taking the time and effort in sharing.

[@DotsonaMap]

Thank you for sharing your story!

[@theathjr]

Great story. Well said.

[@lindasgiftkelly-cross4518]

Thank you! I agree with all you have said!

[@davidpristupa1629]

😊

[@49ersmarcos]

I just Left my heart there, I miss San Francisco so much.

[@RedEyeC]

Born in San Francisco in 1960 - as were my grandparents back to 1849 when my Great Great Grandfather migrated there - left the area when I was a kid, but visited relatives frequently throughout the years. All the family from there has left now - it is so sad to see what was once the most beautiful city rot away... 😪 Nice to see these Victorian homes still up-kept.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Native Americans probably felt the same way when they saw what your great, great grandfather and his generation did to the area as well.

[@RedEyeC]

@@user-sg8kq7ii3y - Not being as crude as you, I'll say it in a nice way: Go visit Satan.

[@geo3674]

@@user-sg8kq7ii3yand what Palestine is experiencing from Israel.

[@youdontmesswithzorro]

where did they leave? I understand San Francisco is not what it used to to be anymore, but still, all the world is going down the toilet so, proportionally speaking, where is it better than in San Francisco? so yes, where did the leave?

[@viaveritaschap]

San Francisco is NOT rotting. Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis - those are "rotting" cities, no matter how hard they try to revitalize. This documentary does an okay job showing that there are parts of SF, like any other city in the world, that should be avoided for safety reasons, particularly for tourists not familiar with the city. I go to the tenderloin and the civic center, because there are museums, great food and other great things happening (like street art). BUT I go during the day. WRT your car, don't leave anytbing visible anywhere, this should be standard knowledge for anyone in any US urban city. If you leave things in your trunk, make sure your devices are fully powered off. Thieves will use their phones to see if there is a bluetooth connection, or wifi, and if they find one, your trunk gets hit. Our mayor is horrible, as is the Board of Supervisors. They could have done a lot to stop the exodus of retail from downtown, build a more welcoming downtown and kept the really bad press from getting completely out of hand. But they have no foresight or vision. I love San Francisco, and I've had my car broken into, been harrassed by homeless and have been in uncompromising situations. But 3 time in 35 years of living here is a pretty good record. The neighborhoods are vibrant with restaurants, shops, theaters, and happy, friendly people everywhere. Don't fall into the media BS.

[@Darrylizer1]

I left San Francisco in 2018 and I miss what it used to be, but not what it's become.

[@pedinurse1]

it was such a beautiful town it was, back then

[@dic3686]

It’s always been my dream to visit California especially San Francisco and I still have not been able to do so since I moved to the US. How is it so difficult now?

[@lisagardner903]

You have to step around the feces and urine on the street in San Fransisco.

[@pedinurse1]

@@dic3686 Crime, crime, crime, and no one stops them, especially after the pandemic riots, they destroyed cities and did nothing. House mortgages are only for the rich, schools are terrible, good luck finding a doctor, everything is outrageously expensive, a lot of homeless n the big cities

[@101hamilton]

Well said @Darrylizer1

[@yaimavol]

What the politicians will never admit is that there is a sizeable percent of the homeless population that want to be homeless. They have given up, want to just tune out, and they won't even take enough responsibility to take care of themselves. Enabling this lifestyle drags everyone else down with them

[@pamelawing5747]

I get what you are saying. I grew up in Marin and spent much time in The City and it was a jewel. This was in the 60's. It could stand with any city in the world. So, my question, no we should not enable the lifestyle. Everyone talks about mental health, mental health, blah blah blah. Programs go bad, funding dries up. So, what should we do with the people living on the street, especially the ones that have made it their life by choice. Not sure it began that way but that's a different conversation. So, what is YOUR answer. Maybe your 14 likes would like to chime in.

[@yaimavol]

@@pamelawing5747 Where I live you get a 10 min warning if you are laying on the sidewalk. If you are not up and gone, someone will help you get up and gone. That's step 1. There is a combination of public/private programs to help the addicted. This doesn't solve the problem 100%, because the hard core addicts will find someplace to sleep, but they are not on the street in plain sight.

[@pamelawing5747]

@@yaimavol So they get up and move, and then what? Where do they go? Now they are pooping on someone else' sidewalk? This whole thing is too deliciously political and the more issues that are truly addressed leaves the politicians less to rail on about when campaigning. I'm sick to death of it. Our city has a HUGE issue and I'm so tired of having to walk through tents and people laying on the sidewalk or confronting me. It's NOT illegal to be homeless, and then if it was, what build more jails to hold them? How much does THAT cost? We have some clues. We have what used to be a great path running along the river for biking and walking and many won't use it because of the homeless living down by the river. I'm trying to get more involved, trying to find out more about the local people running for our local offices but admittedly, it's really difficult.

[@jeremyserwer2586]

@@pamelawing5747 Lets take a look in a different direction. Wealth has increased exponentially through the years and SF has a super high concentration of the some of wealthiest people in the US. We also have Big tech and Finance setting up shop. This has greatly contributed to the housing shortages and explosion in rental/housing prices. I worked with street kids in many places through out the US and lived here in SF 3 times. Yes there are people who have given up and made living on the street a lifestyle--those numbers are small though--I welcome you to try 24 hrs on the street here, bring your friends to make it feel safer. I bet you will gather that most don't want or can't hack this lifestyle. 70% of the Homeless in SF were housed here. We have 8000 folks in some form of transitional housing and another 8000 on the street(So 1% of SF'rs live on the street). The solutions are more temporary housing but the issues are; no more space to develop and if housing is not hugely profitable here than you most likely will not get the permit to build. No neighborhoods want existing spaces used for housing the homeless or providing services--it drives property values down and the other obvious reasons. Institutions or mental hospitals were shut down across the country by Ronald Reagen and in reality they were terrible options it's another reason why we've had a huge rise in mentally ill people on the street. Homeless people do not make policy and they're mostly just people the avg tourist or wealthy denizen doesn't want to be burdened to look at--they're still people and you'd be surprised at who these people are if you get to know them--you know people just like them who had things happen that in many cases they could not control. The stakes are extremely high here. Once you're on the street how would you climb your way back? Lastly lets look at the future. Wealthy people and business changed the whole landscape--they can live anywhere and especially now with remote options but they're largely coming back to the cities for playground for the affluent atmosphere. Most cities are dealing with homeless people this is our future as a species and it will only get worse with employment options drying up, lack of services(Including mental Health), Suburbs and rural areas being inhospitable to different lifestyle choices and far more low income/poverty ridden citizens. You may not like what I'm saying but I live here and I have yrs of experience working with the population you're commenting on.

[@jenniequinn1779]

And you know this how? Have you surveyed all the homeless in San Francisco?

[@firstlast8731]

Great documentary. The reporting, content, and camera work is top quality. Can’t wait to watch your other videos.

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

My daughter went to UC Santa Cruz and ventured into San Francisco a couple times back in 2017. She then went to Japan and brought her boyfriend back for a visit and they planned a three day stay in San Francisco. The boyfriend is a native Japanese and when they walked out of their hotel on their first morning they were greeted by a homeless man taking a crap in front of the hotel. They turned around the corner to be greeted by another homeless peeing on the wall. The boyfriend looked at my daughter in shock and said is this normal in the US? They left San Francisco the next day

[@lisaz943]

This is a surprising response considering how much homeless is on the streets and beaches of Santa Cruz. Unless she never left UCSC campus.

[@michaelmayfield228]

The strange thing is many of the hotels in the city bump right up to the tenderloin. So that is not surprising. the TL is like 2% of the city, they should have done more research.

[@SimonGardiner-bj3pq]

This is a 'lifestyle choice' to live on drugs. Drug dealers are benind the 'Woke Culture' which has made life so much easier for organised crime.

[@Mokkari77]

The good thing is now the problem has gotten so big it has to be dealt with, whereas before it was still small enough to be ignored.

[@libertywolf625]

Many of the problems were clear long ago and its observations like this, common to most people in SF, that led to this disaster and embarrassment. Clearly little has been learned and it will get worse sooner rather than later.

[@whitters1980]

its by design.

[@tonyson8721]

I watched this video over and over. It brings back memory when I was on Magic island in the military and waking up to the fog and then see Alcatraz. Thank you for being such a great story teller.

[@tonyson8721]

San Francisco, a city so beautiful that's hard to believe. Your quote is so perfect.

[@ronaldboykin9755]

I grew up across the bay in Berkeley for over 50 years but I was always in San Francisco, going to school or performing music in the Haite or in North beach. It was a lot of fun back in the 1970s and 1980s. San Francisco’s an old city and that’s the feeling I get when I was there working or going to school. It was wonderful back then but now it’s problems have tarnished it’s sheen quite a bit! I’m sure plenty of people have left the city after the Pandemic because they can’t afford to rent apartments and or they lost their jobs. Tourism is down, jobs in the downtown area are down too! Stores are closing in some of the most popular shopping areas such as Union Square! I know this has to affect landmark restaurants such as John’s Grill steak house (one of the places I worked as a musician in the 1990s). I hope San Francisco picks up where it was back in the early 1990s, it needs the tourism, the shopping, businesses and restaurants to survive into the 21st century!

[@pressluke9458]

I am a a native from San Francisco- born and raised here. Still here. I lived in the T.L. For many years and I still frequent it often. To the maker of this doc- Good job!

[@Lvexhibitrentals]

Thanks for this video! I first came to SF in 1983 after graduation from college. The 80's was pre- Silicon Valley's impact. I returned in 1992, I site selected and built the Subway at Bush/Kerney it's still there as of April 2023. It's still declining rapidly. I moved to Las Vegas in 2001. But I loved travel back and walk the hills with my wife and kids. The city is like Detroit -ruined. Probably for decades. The wharf has lost several Iconic restaurants. China town business mostly closed. The culture loss is permanently damaged. Westgate Mall now closed. Very sad.

[@Deetroiter]

Detroit is far from ruined. Maybe in 2008, but 2023 Detroit is thriving like crazy. Come visit sometime, it’s a great place!

[@matthewcummings5927]

I love detroit and visit about once or twice a year. Downtown is transformed from just 10 years ago. But much of the surrounding neighborhoods are really really rough. And sadly that is the majority of the city as a whole. Happy to see lots of progress being made, but it’s a hard reality there. And it’s in your face. You can avoid it on the freeways, but painfully evident on the surface roads. Original buddy’s is the best pizza in the country, but the neighborhood… yikes! Bakers, harpos, raven, a stretch to call those areas thriving. But certainly rooting for them.

[@matthewcummings5927]

Not bakers, that area is pretty. Two way inn, Dakota inn, not so much.

[@user-db2wc8rv3z]

8 times after the degree by white and Asian females for Sex in San Francisco. When I drove into SF post Degree . Still fuck East Bay. Sex East bay.

[@Rob-xw6dr]

Chinatown businesses closed? Chinatown continues to be one of the most vivrant and busy areas. Probably has the fewest empty storefronts of anyplace in the city. Westfield Mall? It never ws a good fit for the City. No great loss there. Probably killed by Amazon and Covid since they seemed to rely heavily on tourists. SF is so far from the car-dependent, burned out wasteland that Detroit was I don't see how you or anyone could compare. Detrout is rising, BTW. SF doesn't need to.

[@zereb57]

I went to San Francisco a few weeks ago for business. Couldn’t wait to get out. Went back to the airport a few hours before my flight as I didn’t feel safe in the city and I am a Marine veteran.

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

@zareb57 HARD TO BELIEVE. U serious ..or a serious case of PTSD ? (=NO offense, no defense - just Essence ...)(?). Ain t nby gonna jump u in FRISCO ! Kick kravmaga IF. Semper FINN 🇫🇮

[@missbettyxxx]

Quit lying lol

[@SanFranciscoJim]

The Marine corp has really slipped in quality if you were afraid. This 5'6" 58 year old ex-paratrooper walks around all the time and is never afraid. I think you washed out of basic or are just lying.

[@tycobb2580]

I believe it

[@larrym2434]

That's how powerfully right wing propaganda can affect your perceptions.

[@ThomasOsborne-kl7oo]

Thank you so much, that was a very beautifully presented picture of this fantastic and unique city. Our hearts and love goes to the city and all who are there providing their aspects to all of it.

[@planetbell1]

As someone who has never visited San Francisco and who only hears about it through the media, it is nice to see someone show both sides. Of course there are problems - about 8000 homeless people, drugs, crime - but it is also a vibrant city with pro sports teams, big business, culture and art. I look forward to visiting someday! Thanks for the great documentary.

[@uzin0s256]

You should come visit. Its really not that bad. Try avoiding the downtown(some parts not the entire downtown).

[@KillerKev1961]

You are off by 70,000 homeless.

[@D71219ONE]

Hope you enjoy being robbed. Keep your car windows down and your trunk open or they’ll be broken into. Seriously, this is real advice that even public officials give people. Look forward to walking on San Fran’s finest poop and needle covered sidewalks.

[@golferpro1241]

It’s a dump

[@golferpro1241]

@@uzin0s256lol lol sure.

[@artscience9981]

Great video! I spent a week in SF in 2010 and had a wonderful time there. I’ve been distressed by reports that this beautiful city is struggling so badly. I appreciated how you covered several sides of the city, the”good, the bad, and the ugly.” Nicely done!

[@DotsonaMap]

Thank you for watching!

[@karamlevi]

Nope 👎. The painted ladies is the highest crime areas for tourists. Not a word about that. Lol 😂. I own apartments so fine. Propaganda keeps the rents up. F it.

[@ScruffyCharms]

Awesome documentary! Keep em coming!

[@DotsonaMap]

Thank you for watching!!! We always appreciate your comments :)

[@maxvincentequalcitizenbida9136]

Thank you for showing what it's like. Other channels only focus on the worst parts or pretend all is perfect, but like you pointed out, many truths coexist.

[@mariuslangeland4645]

Very nicely done and educational for someone who’s been wanting to visit San Francisco for years.

[@JP-xd5oz]

Great job Dots on a Map with California Documentary. Thank you for posting.

[@gladyswooden8952]

I had the pleasure of visiting SF three times. I always stayed on the Wharf for the excitement. I loved to visit Market Street and Union Square. The transportation is excellent as I would tell the driver what hotel where I was staying and they kindly dropped me off at the front door. Wow! Even the store clerks and the police officers assisted me on where I needed to go to get transported back to my hotel. I am a disabled war veteran and I was treated wonderfully every where I visited. I loved In and Out Burgers and those hamburgers hooked me. However, A homeless person cursed me out for offering to purchase him food instead of giving him money outside the sourdough cafe. Three locals came to my aid and told the man to leave me alone. He did. My last visit to SF was 2011 and as usual, it was wonderful to visit Meir Woods the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. So, I left my heart in SF as I sat on the dock by the Bay. Big hugs to all.

[@larrym2434]

It just goes to show that people will find what they expect to find. Thanks for your service!

[@garypegueros]

Thank you for sharing some of the history, and telling this story with such heart. Talking to the local resident and business owner (in the Tenderloin) helps put a face with this story.

[@362chop]

Such a well thought clip. Professionally done and found the Tenderloin district quite amusing AND depressing to see. Articulated quite well, thanks for this.

[@energyexecs]

...I worked downtown San Francisco Financial District for at least 25 years. The late 70s/1980s/early 90s were great years of what I call the "Herb Caen" years, everyone read the SF Chronicle and the Examiner, and rushed to read Herb Caen's writings, where San Francisco was still a somewhat local city with local citizens and personalities - Herb Caen, Harry Denton, Pat McCormick (Kuletos), Willie Brown, Bob Lurie SF Giants, Riordan, Aliotos, the Opening of the Opera, remember those two old lady twins?, Gump's, Emporium Capwell, Macys, John's Grill and the old patrons, Sam's Grille, the French Quarter/Le Central on Grant right before the entrance of China Town, Lefty O'Douls, and Powell Street was open to vehicles; chess players, sightseers, and everyone wore suits, business dress downtown, the women were beautiful, then Cesar's Latin Palace, and everyone was either dancing salsa, or swing, Lombard Street, the old restaurants along Sutter, the old North Beach and it's restaurants, and all its characters, and everyone knew the policemen walking the beats. That's the San Francisco that I remember....

[@larrym2434]

It's cool to hear your memories. I will hasten to add that it's hard to think of a place that is better now than it was 45 years ago ...

[@oooTACooo]

Thank you for sharing such an honest assessment of SF, with such a beautiful quality.

[@talkingheadzzz2449]

Thank you for doing this. I live and work in SF and I just can't believe what they are doing to it. It makes me cry.

[@mark-madison]

Excellent video - great camera work, nice background music, superb commentary, fine insights on the cultural gems, the people, and the economic issues. Thanks !!!

[@purelica]

Thank you for making the documentary. SF was one of my favorite cities and have many great memories there. My sisters and I used to drive up from the South Bay almost every week to shop, to go to the beach, or just walk around Pier 39. We did this for years. Whenever I had relatives or friends visit from out of town, I would take them to SF, by way of Oakland, then over the Bay Bridge, so they could see the beauty of the city. It is beyond sad to see what the city has become.

[@carmenpeters728]

I was just there. it hasn't eroded. it's just as beautiful. this woman went into a bad neighborhood hoping to convince tourists to go elsewhere.

[@benjaminperez969]

Michael Shellenberger's book San Fransicko (Harper 2021) very much helps explains why the good is now much less good, why the bad is now much more bad, and why the ugly is now far and away far, far more ugly.

[@timboyd4170]

Thanks, I will check this book out.

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@timboyd4170There are also a few KZbin videos he has done.

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

I appreciate Shellenberger’s pro-nuclear activism, but otherwise he comes off as just another smarmy tech CEO and wannabe feudal lord who developed a grandiose vision of himself as some kind of future philosopher king just because he sold a successful company 20 years ago

[@R1val909]

Best documentary I’ve seen in San Francisco ty. This is what I’ve been searching for

[@alexanderson5430]

The interviews that you got gave a really interesting and unique perspective - great job!

[@Foreverppl]

This is so well shot! Best work yet. Love the bit about the architecture of the city. Coincidentally, I'm traveling to SF tomorrow - can't wait!

[@georgehenderson7783]

Please tell us how your visit went.

[@dejavu9605]

I live in the peninsula and used to visit SF frequently. I recently went back to visit. It is too dirty and dangerous compared to how it was just a few years ago. Very sad to see many businesses closing and the once bustling downtown area so quiet

[@robertkeith9620]

Same. I go once a year to see my eye doc and see the decline each year. A bit of irony there.. haha.

[@theathjr]

Agree. Sad. Only one to blame is our government.

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

​@@robertkeith9620oh poor middle class liberal people who expect a utopia but come across reality - feel so sorry for you

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

​@@theathjractually it's people like you

[@patmcgaha8120]

Why did it change?

[@dpledoone]

Beautifully done-I love your calm disposition, unbiased views and willingness to confront the ugly in person. Thank you

[@BurgKen]

Great job! Thoughtful, beautiful photography, interesting, balanced....you ask great questions!

[@jeniromero1949]

I really miss living in San Francisco, because at that time it wasn't so bad, even in the Tenderloin District, which was where I lived and it wasn't even like the way you see it now. I miss walking all around the City, and just having so much to do. You brought back so many memories for me 😢... Maybe one day I'll go back for a visit, and see how it feels to be there again.

[@MsCwebb]

Yeah I lived in the Tenderloin for a while back in 2006. Had a good time actually.

[@Senor_spielbergo]

Hope your not voting for the same type of people that turned SF into what it is now. The rest of us are getting tired of the transplants bringing their same policies to destroy our communities.

[@barryg.8139]

Amazing video! Great job talking about both sides of the story!

[@teejayhaych149]

We visited SF from australia back in 2014. Our hotel was actually in the tenderloin area and although it was a little sketchy, its appears to be much worse now. Its such a beautiful city so its really sad to see what has happened. Those in power need to be held to account but no doubt they wont be.

[@uzin0s256]

Just avoid the bad areas and youll be fine.

[@musicmane4146]

Idiots in the comments think the citizen need to be held accountable for the leaders mistakes though …

[@KittyKat-vb1nd]

​@@musicmane4146The definition of insanity. They continue to vote and choose the same. Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic as if that will make a difference.

[@the_ready]

Thank you. Very well done! The echoing of the word LIGHT in the Tenderloin segment, SLAYED me! I was born here, raised here and the East Bay. I still live in San Francisco. This is one of the most beautiful places on the planet to live... There is no light without darkness... The Tenderloin is one of our darkest places. ( Let us not forget about HUNTERS POINT too. Not a safe place to film without knowing people, or a police detail )!!! I pray that "We The People" will soon figure out a way to improve the quality of life in our beloved SF.

[@JohnKaman]

Very well done! Balanced commentary and great video. Thank you for not dumping on the Tenderloin.

[@todd9016]

Pill Hill is a dangerous drug den in the Tenderloin. Lots of Fetty being sold there..

[@JohnKaman]

@@todd9016 Yeah, great spot. Is that where you get yours?

[@todd9016]

@JohnKaman Yes. I did. sadly many outsiders from SF come in and but their. I'm from the North Bay.

[@katiee.4396]

No need, it's already a dump.

[@kanank13]

Tenderloin and the whole city is full of human dump.

[@roido6614]

Wow. If I walked my ass up those steep Hills everyday, who needs a gym when your legs are all wobbly afterwards. Those hills look deadly man!

[@dank3823]

Well done video. Probably the most positive video of sf I've seen in a long time. Instilling hope and positivity never hurts.

[@seannakamoto7216]

Thank you for this

[@user-uc1lf6wo8i]

Ah yeah! Ah Moroni.

[@user-uc1lf6wo8i]

Moroni.

[@TEEZS10]

more videos! you deserve much more!

[@antoniomuniz2071]

I moved to SF from NY back in 1963. Back then the city was so beautiful. It saddens me to see how it has deteriorated. Many other cities are also running the same destiny 😢

[@citrusbutter7718]

All those cities call it "progress", progress for who i dont know.

[@beltran2324]

Amazing shots and great edit! Good job 👍🏻

[@808dms]

Great video! I got to visit SF this past March. Had a great time! Good to see what Tenderloin looks like in your video, didn’t go there.

[@johndardani9224]

That was so good! I am a native San Franciscan up in Sacramento. I left in 2009. The City is what you make of it. You will have adventures though. I miss it so much. Your video is inspiring me to go back. Thank you!

[@wrbk19]

No matter what is happening to SF, I'll always love my city! 415 born and raised through and through!

[@billmoeller8897]

You nailed it!!! Excellent video!

[@davidcarmack5074]

Growing up in San Francisco, I remember the Tenderloin as always being a skid row, dangerous neighborhood.

[@richardlinks8575]

What a stunningly well produced documentary. I am a third-generation San Franciscan, now living in the East Bay. Sadly, the city in which I once was raised is vastly different now, and even more sadly, I only reluctantly drive there. Nothing will ever be the same as it once was to live and work in San Francisco. Replace the elected officials with better equipped and more caring candidates for office. With all of its incredibly wealthy occupants, surely some of their fortunes could be spent on making improvements. Where are the true philanthropists these days?

[@porcine83]

That is an interesting and counter-intuitive take. I'm all for philanthropy, but am confident that no amount of money can overcome mismanagement and foolishness. SF has gotten the "leadership" (and results) they have voted for.

[@dtvalladao1]

I love this. Thanks for making it!

[@dillon4060]

Nicely done. looking forward to more videos like this

[@hideki.yamane]

Great video! Thank you! Born in the city (outer Sunset) in 1967 and moved out in 1972 with family. I visited the city 6 years ago and was shocked to see the changes...

[@TheMajortanner]

I love SF. I love the Mission and residential neighborhoods like the Richmond, Sunset and Bernal Heights. Maybe you can do another video about these places.

[@jpecci1262]

Yes. The Mission, Noe Valley, & North Beach

[@fujitafunk]

Lived in the Bay Area for most of my life so far and I dread having to go into the city. Even a decade ago it was still bearable but now I just avoid it at any chance. When I used to commute there in the 2000s to the early 2010s, it was still hell; but now it's like pulling teeth at the DMV. The traffic, the public-drugs, the homelessness, the feces and smells. San Francisco is fast on it's way to becoming the new Detroit. Silicon Valley and the rich have basically pigeon-holed the city into "a wasteland of Freedoms" where anyone can do anything. It's devolving into the Wildwest where the sheriff is moral superiority and the deputy is grandstanding virtue.

[@pwoods100]

Downtown Detroit is actually better than San Francisco now.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

@@pwoods100 Yeah, Detroit is doing pretty good these days.

[@larrym2434]

The repetitious rightwing propaganda has affected your perceptions.

[@seand67]

Awesome documentary. I'll be visiting SF in June for photography, etc

[@jeovahpimentaadv]

Great work! I am planning on visiting SF in March/24, that's a dream that I always had and hopefully will come true. The Tenderloin issue is something I watch in most videos on you tube, but your documentary had a nice approach and showed that there are nice people out there 😢

[@skatetoexplorevideos2477]

That's an awesome shot in the intro with the Golden Gate Bridge behind you! What lens mm and F-stop did you use for that?

[@Kindmale]

Sony 70-200 GM II f 2.8 30fps on a Sony A7IV +1 exposure on standard no picture profile

[@SanCarlosGuy2001]

Well done, San Francisco is going through a rough patch but will survive.

[@xuimod]

Like Jewish people went through a rough patch in WW2.

[@libertywolf625]

No it won't. Not in a way that many would enjoy living in. The problems are systemic and deep, in the people and culture.

[@robertdavis1084]

I have just finished watching your video. First of all, I throughly enjoyed it. I think you did a fabulous job! Now, I am an American, who has been living in Germany for the fast 34 years. This morning my wife and I spoke about visiting San Francisco for the first time. This is what led me to your video. After watching it, I am somewhat unsure. We’ll watch more videos together before making our final decision. Thank you for uploading this and all the best to you.

[@ConsumerDV]

Thank you! Subscribed! Some shots seem too shallow, like the first one, or one at 2:00 - you are pretty, but I actually wanted to see the landscape behind you :) I did not shoot in Tenderloin and did not dare talking to people when I was in SF this April. Kudos to your videography and people skills!

[@OldEarthWisdom]

I lived the most years of my life in SF, mostly in the Mission and the Height Ashbery districts. Now, after traveling to every state in the US and 42 countries. I have decided to live out my old age in Southern Mexico. I think living in SF among so many different types of people I learned how to appreciate diversity.

[@RR64434]

It’s spelled Haight Ashbury. You sure you lived there?

[@larrym2434]

Yes, I love the diversity here too. Everywhere in the world I've gone 90%+ of the people are good. People try to convince me to have a bad attitude, but I don't see the reason why.

[@planetaescapa6099]

What a nice and easy visit , thank you for the video… it’s a shame to see the city changed for the wrong turn . ✅😊🇺🇸🇫🇷

[@topquarkbln]

Thanks for this informative video, me too left a piece of my heart in SF so I'm happy to see problems are not totally out of control 😉👍

[@397jollyroger]

Thank you for this updated tour of San Francisco. The city has a place in mine and my family’s hearts. We are Hawaiians and our Mom loved San Francisco and the Bay Area. She shared the aloha she had for the city with us. She had gone to college at San Jose State in the late 1940s. It’s sad to see the breakdown in the quality of life. It takes a deep commitment from little individuals to be in action to end hunger and homelessness where ever you are in the U.S. or world. We all can take those small steps, one at a time, to end poverty . Aloha

[@XiaoBenJu]

I am visiting SF right now, it’s pretty good so far. It’s like every big city there are imperfect sides.

[@psfca]

Hope you enjoy your visit 😊

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

Walk thru the Tenderloin neighborhood after 9PM. Let us know what you think after 🍻

[@stephentomaszewski8501]

No one disagrees but the insane house prices and SF ignorance and elitism destroys any ability to make that place decently affordable.

[@anotheryoutubechannel4809]

You just don’t know what you don’t know. Hope you enjoyed yourself!

[@Robert-is7du]

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[@misslady2588]

New to Cali and I live an hour away from SF and visit when I can. I’ve heard many things about SF and I kept an open mind when I first visited the city. The handful of times that I’ve been visiting there I’ve definitely seen the good, bad and ugly within the 6 months of living here. Idk maybe it’s just the optimistic thing for me but I still feel the overall beauty within SF. Maybe that’s why I keep going back for the visits and to walk the pier 39. Definitely a city that I would love to continue to explore and learn about its history and see what the future holds for it😅

[@zm3248]

Loved this video! Super insightful from an empathetic pov.

[@uptoourpass]

Well done! Insightful & honest.

[@pettersen212]

The beautiful city of SF being slowly destroyed by lack of positive leadership. The government has to benefit more those who contribute then the ones who don't.

[@nancyparker9986]

So true …..get rid of the evil politics and SF could be great again ! What has been done to humanity is criminal ! Dark to light ….. God bless

[@lindasgiftkelly-cross4518]

SF is still a beautiful City! We have great leadership but unfortunately our share of drug addiction and homelessness is apparent. In spite of this, it is and always will be a beautiful and magnificent City!

[@ciao_abhi]

i went to go visit SF a year ago. Ive always wanted to live there and i went in with dream like expectations. I left with my hopes shattered. It is so dirty, smelly, people are not very friendly, and it is expensive. The homelessness is something ive never seen in the US before. It felt like a old abondaned city with a downtown. I hope the city changes but as of right now I cannot ever move there. No offense to anyone living there. Just not for me.

[@oliverfalcao5844]

sounds like sf aint worth visiting any more ive nver been always wanted to go, mabe in sept oct for a few days

[@TheMischa2703]

Clearly you have never been anywhere in florida

[@fuddthedestroyer4454]

Uptight and angry frisco folk? No way!

[@edgar5814]

@@oliverfalcao5844Go!! I went last october and loved it just avoid tenderloin area and you’ll be good! Im going again in october! It’s beautiful and i come from a big city myself. I do have to say ppl are not too friendly😭 like costumer service wise

[@CEAZETHEFUTURE]

you sound like a fox news reporter. where did you actually go when you visited. thats like 5% of the city. stop the BS!

[@dirkwyse1609]

Superb photography, love the drone shots! Excellent production too, thank you.

[@geedus71]

What a great film, thankyou. I finally visited in 2006 after spending my teen years in the UK soaking up the late 60s counter-culture from books, films and records. Found the place extraordinary, one of the most unique I'd visited. But change is the only law, so none too surprised it's in its current state. Let's hope the city bounces back, seems a tough place to be these days and deserves so much more.

[@paull.6026]

Been there several times over the years and always had a great visit. So many negative videos and so much political hype nonsense nowadays, people are lead to believe SF is doomed. I don't believe that. There's definitely mismanagement and neglect, but that's common anywhere. SF has tons of unique and great aspects to it. So it's nice to see a mostly positive video showing various sides and perspectives.

[@wookieeMan06]

loads of stores closed and hotels closing.

[@malvolio01]

It's not doomed but much of the hype is real. And it IS a mess because of the politics there. Thats just the reality. As someone from there, I could write pages on why the political situation is the way it is but at the end of the day, it's the politics and mismanagement that have ruined the city. And no, it's not common anywhere.

[@paull.6026]

@@malvolio01 Well, as someone that's been all over America, I beg to differ. I've seen rampant homelessness and brazen drug use coast to coast. Lawless activities. From New Orleans to Philly to Chicago to Seattle, throughout Cali and so on. Obviously not everywhere equally, but so much of it in so many cities that it is indeed common. Again, a result of mismanagement and bad politics. Piss poor responses from our government. It's shameful. Like I said about SF, it's not these whole places either, like so many hype videos lead outsiders to believe.

[@yaimavol]

@@malvolio01 Democrats have created a situation in most major cities where they cannot be voted out of office. It's a dictatorship and not a democracy. It's a combination of the public union vote, extreme demonization of their opponents, skillfully playing race politics, an dyes some old-fashioned corruption and cheating. They are never going to give up power and doing so might even land them in prison

[@apwkastmaster2096]

You have a right in America to have a wrong opinion. SF is doomed and will never recover fully,ever.😢

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

I love the west coast, the fabulous weather allows me to mountain bike all year around. While the middle class has been destroyed can you imagine what it’s done to lower classes. The culprits are the ultra wealthy who keep getting richer. I love the diversity, wish peace and love and compassion would come back into fashion. Instead of complaining please go out and clean up what you can. (Never an excuse if you choose to put self harming crap into your body) Thank you for the kind video

[@Saricelina]

Thank you very much for the amazing video!

[@andrewkinkel4773]

Absolutely amazing film work here. Such a beautiful city I've always heard that but you showed me a different side of it. Very very nice video I enjoyed it thank you

[@viethuynh6808]

I was born and raised in San Jose. When I was young, SF was a great place to visit and the schools are excellent. I will always love SF no matter.

[@malvolio01]

The schools aren't excellent. At least not most of the public ones.

[@christianbrother4724]

I am from and live in Austin. it was a beautiful city too. Due to the policies of the people who govern it, it has been ruined with crime, drugs and homeless camps. We are alike in so many ways .

[@kanank13]

too many woke peolpe moving out of california are making other states and cities into another woke california and destroying them.

[@yaimavol]

At least in TX you've got a state government at odds with the woke policies and keeping them in check

[@cdsersd2d]

I think Austin is in a much better place because they plan on removing the campsites.

[@litemup8187]

And what's the common denominator?? Democrat ran of course just like my Los Angeles once was beautiful

[@christianbrother4724]

@@cdsersd2d They are still here.

[@brainworthy]

Hello “Dots on a map”. I enjoyed your documentary on San Francisco. I hit subscribe because I would like to see more of your videos. The production and technical and presentation were all very professional. For example, the sound, the lighting, the video, the script …everything was really well done. Thank-you and best wishes. Greetings from Vancouver, Canada.

[@markoakes8620]

Great video, beautiful ending!

[@derickm17]

Great Job!! We love SF, and was at the August Hall last week for a concert. San Fransisco is still alive even with all the bad spots, don't give up on the city, the city will swing back the other, it has too..

[@Gr8flGrrl]

It will only swing back when we finally have a government with real vision and leadership skills. This current turn of events is the result of a fat, lazy government beholden to loud and well funded activists who have hijacked the political landscape. We are reaping what we’ve sown and have become the victims of our own virtuosity. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@flyingfish7787]

I once believe in the “swing back” thing will happen to where I have lived for twenty years. When missiles flew over the sky above me and my family, I knew it was done, and having hope to this stupid place is a great irresponsibility to myself and my loved ones. I’m currently doing my best to thrive to protect my loved ones.😊

[@GarthGoldberg]

Tokyo is also beautiful, has 25 million people, NO trash cans, and NO trash on the streets.

[@AlexMoonrize]

First time watching your video. Very lovely and the quality of your camera is awesome. Love all the content.

[@tomtom2719]

Me n my girl stayed in the Tenderloin at the Warfield in Sept 2023. We had a wonderful time. Fortunately we are from Fresno so it was a very familiar and comfortable vibe for us. Love that city!

[@EaAsThailand]

Grew up in Oakland, moved to The City in 80 and left in 96. Forget negatives right now. Visited recently with my wife. Crazy hills, smell of the Bay, all the neighborhoods, favorite cafes and longtime locals to reminisce with, Lands End, the bridges, etc. #@$% KZbin and people who film and make blanket assessments of places they've spent 4 days at or overdramatize the negatives. This goes for Oakland too (we took ferry there to JL Square) went MANY places in SF, no problems. This goes for any other place too. Don't believe everything you hear (even me) 😎

[@sn0wangel04]

So do u think it would be nice to live there?

[@MR.B1004.]

You need to do a video on Glide Memorial Church and all the benefits they give to the homeless! This will give you a better understanding of the homeless siuation in the Tenderloin.

[@MegRyanTravels]

Amazing camera work! Very inspiring. We also just took a quick trip to San Fran but mostly stayed in Japantown. From there we went up to the Napa Valley, which was amazing.

[@doublemorgan8209]

What a great job on this documentary

[@vkaras6591]

You have talked directly to the people that "work" at the Tenderloin. The government has forgotten about them...

[@badminton5920]

There are many good things to life in SF, in addition to the problems. We have good public transit, many good independent restaurants and stores (not just chains), usually great weather, beautiful views. The problems - homelessness, drug abuse, crime - are national problems you can find in America from Alaska to Florida. I've lived here since 1984 and I'm still glad to call it home.

[@ggc259]

Someone had to say it. ❤

[@inez3190]

I hear the aggressive homeless , drugs and crime in SF are like nowhere else in the country. (I’m a NYer so know how it can be

[@Itraininthebogs]

Flatly false. California has the worst homeless problem in the country and there isn't a close second. Florida prosecutes shoplifters and vehicular theft to the fullest extent of the law and while Florida has a lot of problems, no one is talking about them because they are being managed. San Francisco and California is an a free fall.

[@TommyTippy598]

Excellent video. Thank you so much. From other videos I have watched there are huge problems in more than just the Tenderloin. Also, the problems look like they are reaching a critical mass and point of no return. So, seeing the beauty and appreciating the history is important. but real action needs to be taken.

[@1bubble]

I'm not even a minute in and already intrigued...that good of a intro