SAN FRANCISCO: AMERICA'S MOST MISUNDERSTOOD CITY?

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[@greggross8856]

Don't let the naysayers and badmouthers discourage you from showing the positives of The City.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

the next time u make a video about this drug infested city San Francisco make sure u make a video about tenderloin so everybody can see the bad side of Francisco ill bet u anything u wont dare to make a video about the tenderloin because u are afraid to go by yourself 😄

[@stevenjohnson8736]

@@greggross8856San Francisco its a filthy disgusting city too many drug addicted and homeless people living on the streets of San Francisco

[@greggross8856]

@@stevenjohnson8736 Every place has its bad side, including the one you live in. The Tenderloin has been notorious for a century and a half, but it has never defined The City as a whole. And never will.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

Stockton aint as worse the San Francisco tho we know how to take care of our homeless by givin them affordable housing which San Francisco can never give to the low income family or homeless people San Francisco will always lack affordable housing that’s the reason why u see so many homeless and drug addicted roaming the streets of San Francisco……if u havent been to Stockton u and your boyfriend can drive here and see Stockton for yourself its only a 90 minute drive from San Francisco

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

As someone who has spent most of their life in San Francisco, this made me miss it so much. I miss the delicious food that can be found on every block, the culture, the accessibility, the ability to be able to walk across it in one day, the kind and open minded people, the chill attitude of most people, and most of all, that feeling I felt all the time in the city. I have so many good memories and it's where I became who I am. Every time I visit, it still feels like coming home. Every city in the world has its problems, San Francisco has a lot, unfortunately. But I still love it more than anywhere else. There's nothing like it. ❤

[@DotsonaMap]

We feel the same. It has big problems, but it's also an incredible place to live with lots of amazing perks and people. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@Ratquel]

I love visiting (I’m in SoCal) The drive up the coast is like no other 🌊

[@stevenjohnson8736]

⁠@@DotsonaMapdid u make any new friends and neighbor over on the tenderloin area if u didn’t u should they are great people to make friends with even they look like zombies most of the time and those homeless people they are real friendly people if u just hang out with a homeless person they probably gonna be your friend forever 😃

[@stevenjohnson8736]

⁠@@DotsonaMapdid u make any new friends and neighbor over on the tenderloin area if u didn’t u should they are great people to make friends with even they look like zombies most of the time and those homeless people they are real friendly people if u just hang out with a homeless person they probably gonna be your friend forever 😃

[@stevenjohnson8736]

@@DotsonaMapthe only time i drive to San Francisco from Stockton its just to watch the Golden State Warriors game after the game is over im driving back to Stockton 209……that’s the reason why so many stores in San Francisco is closed down for good San Francisco used to got whole food store but it closed down for good due to lot of shoplifting inside whole food store San Francisco has no more mall for ya to go shopping……everything is so expensive in San Francisco u got lots of drug addicted and homeless people roaming the streets of San Francisco 24/7

[@Mr_Nobody_CA]

I still remember in mid 2000, there were so many good and AFFORDABLE restaurants in SF, no worry about car break-ins and parking cost was still reasonable. It got much more expensive in early 2010s, but now crime is out of control post Covid. Most of the crimes are from repeat offenders, they need to fix the criminal justice system as top priority.

[@neutrino78x]

" no worry about car break-ins" lmao are you kidding, that's always been in an issue in every major city in the USA. I grew up in the Bay Area, and I still live in Silicon Valley, and SF has always been low crime and still is. "but now crime is out of control post Covid." No, it really is not. I go up there all the time. It's an hour away on Caltrain. I don't experience any kind of violent crime up there.

[@17sunray]

Thanks for this video. Being S.F. native born & raised, the city is definitely different post-pandemic, but what major city in the U.S. has minimal crime, homelessness, super low cost of living, etc, these days...S.F. is far from perfect, but still has an abundance of joy to offer no matter what your interests as eloquently presented in your video: food, art/culture, parks/hiking trails, iconic views & by far one of the best walking cities in the country. I do encourage visitors to my hometown (ideal weather to visit: Sept to Oct, we have late Indian Summer). Per-cautions if you haven't heard: never-never leave luggage or shopping bags inside the car or even the car trunk + leave your designer handbags, purses, fancy jewelry at home. Instead bring & dress in comfy layers, walking shoes, & enjoy San Francisco!

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

Ummm lots of cities actually. SFO is in the gutter, stop trying to spread copium and deal with it!

[@SusannahPerri]

As a fellow native San Franciscan, I wholeheartedly agree! ❤😃

[@gulshanpaul5036]

I visited SF for 7 days in December 2023 after spending a few months reading negative news about SF to attend a concert at chase centre. SF is a very beautifull city with many very nice neighbourhoods and does not deserve the bad views.

[@kasu1033]

Thanks from a Mission Bay resident and Financial District worker.

[@DotsonaMap]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@jimmythestoryteller]

I live here. As with any place, there will always be ups and downs, but San Francisco is a unique treasure. Well done.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

San Francisco is a unique treasure with lots of drug addicted and homeless people roaming the streets of drug infested city called San Francisco 😃

[@kaikatxi]

11:02 hahaha the inclusion of the exchange over the 🥢 chopstick clinking/beggar commentary was a nice touch. Your mother’s reprimanding & you going along with her while simultaneously giving a cheeky ‘you’re not supposed 🤗 to do 🤗 this 🤗’ demo gave me a good laugh!

[@Ianjames1066]

appreciate your optimism

[@jansolo69]

Just to be very clear Facebook and Apple HQs are not located in San Francisco. San Francisco is not the Silicon Valley or South Bay.

[@buffoon6973]

Great video. I’m moving from NYC to SF next month. I’m nervous, but I visited last year in preparation and it still had a vibrancy

[@DotsonaMap]

You will be just fine! We've lived there for 7 and 9 years and have had very few problems. Just be vigilant in certain neighborhoods or avoid them altogether. It's an incredibly beautiful town with lots to offer.

[@CrowdContr0l]

What is the music during the Mt Davidson segment? Sounds like Khruangbin but I don’t think I’ve heard it before.

[@claudeacoba5116]

Thank you for sharing - I will always love this city!

[@jstanovic]

I was there in May. Stayed near the convention center and took buses (Clipper card) to most of the tourist areas while my wife attended a convention. I had no problems and we had a great time. When i told that to my Fox watching friends, they called me a liar!! LOL!

[@DotsonaMap]

Haha it is hard to believe if you only watch the media. Living in SF and watching how the news reports the city is definitely an interesting experience. Of course the problems are very real, but there's so much more as well.

[@dunderwood4444]

Bless up from Brooklyn NY, #NewSubscriber Thank you for these videos, allot of misinformation concerning California on any East Coast News outlet. Looking to relocate to California, Retired city employee

[@DotsonaMap]

You'll love it!

[@user-tm7me1ef9l]

great video so glad to see a positive look at a great and beautiful city

[@p.ipebomb]

Anyone else remember the neo Surf Rock movement in the 2010's? Shannon and the Clams, La Luz? Back when the Growlers were still a surf rock band 😂 that's what I miss about Northern California 👍

[@mabikas8216]

Yes, another sf vlog!!! ❤

[@DailyProg]

Thank you for showing my city. It is not perfect but it is beautiful and we still love it. With all of her flaws.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Again, ya'll are really making us want want to visit San Francisco with all that incredible food (and 10AM beers 😜). We couldn't help but notice that cute lil pup' on the hill, staring at you guys in the background, during that driverless part portion of the video..I was just like, "WHO'S DOG IS THIS? I WANT HIM". Glad he had a cameo..hahaha. That self driving car is insane..that's some Fifth Element stuff right there! 😂

[@DotsonaMap]

Nietzsche is the best! We wish he could be in every video.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@DotsonaMap If we make it to San Francisco some time, I hope you guys will be around for drinks and adventures. It seems like such a fun city!

[@DotsonaMap]

@@wherearewe-yt Absolutely!

[@yasuke230]

Amazing!

[@chromebomb]

let the haters hate i love it here

[@jckbquck]

So 55 years ago, my heart left Taiwan and came to San Francisco! Am I sad and disappointed in the current condition of the City? Yes. But do I still love San Francisco? Without a doubt!

[@brianharrington4045]

I remember in the 2010s Las Vegas was bussing the mentally ill to San Francisco. It's wonderful that San Francisco had a robust and kind mental health facilities. Great video!

[@DotsonaMap]

Thank you Brian! Always enjoy seeing you here :)

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 funniest video I have ever seen about SFO. Not based in reality. It’s beautiful city for tourists, until they get robbed, car broken into, harassed by mental patients/drug addicts on streets. And the stench of the city is appalling. If you go to the ritzy areas, of course the city is nice, but take a trip down market street, the tenderloin, the Mission, Excelsior, Hunters Point, Sunnyvale, and see what’s really going on in SFO. These fluff pieces do nothing to stop the plight of people on the street, the small business fleeing the city, the assaults, the robberies, the open air drug markets, the tent cities…if you ain’t part of the solution, you are part of the problem, and painting the city in a beautiful light is detrimental to solving the serious problems the city has!

[@jessicavalladares1932]

I LOVED living in SF during college. The food is amazing and the city’s culture is beautiful. The Tech bubble really changed the scene and the Gov there really needs to do their jobs. It’s so sad.

[@neutrino78x]

There have never really been too many tech companies in SF, they are all down here in Silicon Valley, hence the name. 🙂Also tech isn't a bubble, Silicon Valley has been going strong since Hewlett-Packard was founded and shows no signs of going away any time soon. If anything, it's becoming more important. The Android OS and the iPhone both come from Silicon Valley; whenever someone buys a cell phone or an app, or makes a purchase through a mobile app, we get a cut down here in SV. 🙂 SF's downtown has less foot traffic because of working from home and shopping from home, and the pandemic lockdowns accelerated that. But brick and mortar retail was never one of main sources of prosperity in SF, and it's still doing great. The GDP of just the City and County of San Francisco -- not counting the Metropolitan Statistical Area but just SF by itself -- is over 200 billion and is going up. So, no, there's nothing sad about it. Sorry you fell to maga. Don't come back until you can get away from maga, because Trump supporters aren't welcome in the Bay Area.

[@mirko315]

very good movie from San Fransico. I love your videos very mutch. Many greets from Central Germany.

[@drewcorry5056]

Did not know you still live there as of today. Absolutely love San Francisco, have not Ben back in nearly 15 yrs and for me it’s all about Chinatown. I will always remember St Paul European Style Hotel (( cash only )) that was a block away and $$40.00 per night, stayed there many times. It’s know another hotel almost $$200.00 per night, NO Way. Absolutely Outstanding

[@suename1]

‘’Insta vs. Reality” that’s what this is! Been living here for the past 20 years and you’re clearly leaving out the reality of the current state in SF.

[@comeconcon569]

I personally prefer to call it "Frisco" rather than "San Francisco". it's short,quick and easy.

[@dwightliu659]

謝謝你的影片 我也來自台灣（一半台灣一半韓國） 我在舊金山已經住了超過10年 還是很喜愛這個地方

[@mg.5968]

They were crowing about NYC being "dead forever" during the pandemic too. They were wrong...just like they always are. Nothing tickles me more than stumbling across an article or video back in 2021 decrying the impending doom loop about to befall NYC and heartily LMAO. Cities go through booms and busts. That is the entire history of cities. People who make their entire personality whining about crimes of poverty in urban centers have no life. Their boring towns are understimulating which is why they are always keeping up with the "goings on" of more interesting places. Misery loves company and folks will do anything to get people to join them in their car dependant suburban he11scapes.

[@user-fg4fr2bz5y]

I live here. It’s beautiful!❤

[@druiz012]

Thanks for this video. S.F. is a wonderful city (STILL!) roumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated. Every city has its issues but generally I think S.F. is still wonderful.

[@JayChenTaiwan]

I had a good time in San Francisco years ago

[@neutrino78x]

btw as far as tech hub, that's actually down here in Silicon Valley. The only tech companies that I know of based in SF are like SalesForce and Twitter. There are more than that, but not nearly as much as in Silicon Valley, hence the name, "Silicon Valley". There are over 800 tech companies in San Jose alone. Hewlett-Packard (now HP Enterprise), Google, Intel, AMD, Apple, Waymo, etc., are all down here in Silicon Valley. 🙂 Still loved the video though. 🙂

[@user-dx5fl6ty3z]

好風景美食，期待新視頻。

[@Go4Broke247]

I'm from Sacramento, I like San Francisco, but I don't want to get bip driving there sightseeing. 😅

[@wongjefx980]

Been years ago. I hear that crime post-pandemic has gone nuts with car break-ins, store robberies resulting in retailers closing locations, homelessness, high rent…and I think part of it is SF and Cali in general is compared to Florida and Texas by right leaning pundits as a place that is broken due to left leaning policies. I know that I look forward to visiting Cali again.

[@DotsonaMap]

San Francisco unfortunately has a lot of problems. At the same time, it is a very nice place to live. We've called it home for the past 7+ years and have really enjoyed it for the most part - the video shows some of the highlights.

[@buzzyapyear]

Just leaves more SF joy for those of us who know. The sensationalism is 95% from people who have never even been here 😂

[@yasuke230]

Beer on an empty stomach😜

[@DotsonaMap]

Was in a silly goofy mood 🤪

[@lewizzrocks]

All the naysayers are so ridiculous…. They think it will be like some city in the rust belt or Midwest that failed. Those cities has nothing particularly interesting about them, their weather was harsh 2/3 out of the year. They specialized in one industry. San Francisco is close to some of the highest rated and important university’s in the world. It’s nature is beautiful and bar none compared to most flat American cities….. I could go on and on about why it won’t fail but I’m sure most of you already know.

[@ttinnovations3310]

is not urban legend, I live in that area, and in the past 12 years, its gotten worse and worse and worse, ... say what you want, I'm counting +5 windows smashed, you must be in the $$$$$ parts and paying $120 to park your car for the day, or $10k for rent, try walking at night past 6pm, ......, have you gone up to twin peaks ... the trash .. broken glass... , ya...

[@ayissnpid]

go to indonesia..🇲🇨👍

[@neutrino78x]

I am from the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically Silicon Valley. I grew up here. The famly moved here in 1984, when I was six. San Francisco is only an hour away on the world class public transit here in the Bay Area. 😃 I was just up there a few weeks ago. I didn't run into any homeless in Union Square, and it was not a "ghost town" as the "doom spiral" people claim. smh at them. SF is a great city, with great cultural institutions, great weather, great architecture and great public transit. The GDP of just the City and County of San Francisco, not counting the rest of the Bay Area, is over 200 billion, and that number is going up. 😃 So yeah, people need to quit doom scrolling. Read some positive stuff from time to time....the world is definitely not all doom and gloom. Certainly not here in the Bay Area, which is a great place to live. 🙂

[@PhotowalksTV]

I;'m with you all the way on this. SF has gotten a bad rap. Stay away from the Tenderloin (and Twin Peaks too with a camera) and enjoy the rest of the city with no issues!

[@spikermike2843]

Putting on a brave face ;). We know you will run home at sundown for dear life. And every morning you walk to your car you pray the windows weren't shattered. And in your entire life you have never set foot in Bayview/Hunters Point.

[@Kitkat-wu3ow]

The people who go to Bayview/Hunters Point are the people who live there. Its not a place where tourists should go to.

[@raul0ca]

My priest said he was robbed in San Francisco. They broke the windows to his car and took his backpack. When he called the police to report it they said there was nothing they could do. I was there ten years ago but no way I'd ever go back.

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

That just sounds like police no matter where you go.

[@DotsonaMap]

Unfortunately, theft is rampant and a big problem in SF.

[@neutrino78x]

" My priest said he was robbed in San Francisco. They broke the windows to his car and took his backpack." This is not a violent crime. Just property damage. There's very little violent crime in SF.

[@mrtee3477]

iPhone was designed in Cupertino not SF.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

its true because Apple headquarters is located in Cupertino next to San Jose

[@bruceleroy4358]

This city is spiraling into chaos. And all you can post is some oyster bar & driverless cars. What a joke! Crime is rampant. Massive store and office closures downtown.

[@AnotherCG]

No I got it right. And I will not every go for plenty of reasons you did not mention.

[@user-pf6zz4mf7h]

My partner wants to know your birth date as in Astro

[@ZoomRyder]

Swan oyster depot is the most overrated restaurant in SF. Completely bland and overprice.

[@DotsonaMap]

Sorry you had a bad experience there. We had a great one :)

[@mpegvdo]

Why are people wearing masks?

[@timkraemer3223]

maybe they just dont want to get sick? Its their own personal choice whether to wear one or not.

[@StephenDavis-vh4oc]

If you're a progressive person that feels all big cities have their problems, you'll probably like San Francisco. If when you hear about crime, you think that I sure hope they don't punish that person with jail because they only stole the items because they never got a fair shot at life, they came from a marginalized background and we can't revictimize them with jail time, well, then you'll like San Francisco. If when you see homeless tents on the street in front of your neighbor's apartment building you think, I'm not surprised there are homeless with the high costs of rents, and you feel that they shouldn't be forced into housing because it didn't meet their particular needs, then you'll like San Francisco. If when you see block after block of vacant store fronts you think wow everybody is buying stuff online now and working remotely, this is the new normal and I guess I'll be able to watch San Francisco reimagine itself into something new, well, you'll like San Francisco. If when you see garbage all over the street, human waste and waste from dogs that people have walked in the middle of the sidewalk and think it must be hard to keep a big city clean, well, then you'll like San Francisco. Every community has their own culture based on the rules they set and the tolerance they allow, San Francisco is no different. What you see here is based on the culture that this particular community wants and has built as their idea of the perfect community. It may not be for everyone, but the vast majority like it as a place they call home!

[@jamalgreen3056]

😂😂the fact that she’s just being bias about all the problems and issues are beyond me.Mind you because I’m so good at once gifting everything it’s a reason why she has to edit this video because she cut out a lot of things that would have been seen don’t edit shit just record yourself and the city and upload.This is what I’m talking about your not giving people authenticy your giving is bullshit🤔what we find from most KZbinrs😅.Like this edited bull crap I mean I peeped that from the beginning of the video less than 30 seconds in.

[@sandraburke6417]

Gross

[@bonkersblock]

Swan oyster 🦪 probably my most favorite seafood restaurant in the world! Bar non..

[@paulc3692]

Never step foot in the Gideon states since the pandemic use to go there so much to enjoy the food, so much beautiful places to see never step foot in it again due to crime rates don’t want to take a chance on that I hope the golden states bounce back! Thanks for this love ỉt! 😎

[@stevenjohnson8736]

the only time I drive to San Francisco from Stockton just to watch the Golden State Warriors game that’s all I do in San Francisco after the game is over I drive back to Stockton 209 😃

[@Snowfall26]

SF sucks from a long time resident lmao dont try to sugarcoat it

[@stevenjohnson8736]

too many drug addicted and homeless people livin in San Francisco not only that it is so damn expensive to live too i wonder why so many stores in San Francisco closed down their store for good

[@rscii497]

Stop with the desperate toxic positivity propaganda. I'm a lifelong resident and can tell you that this city is NEVER going to fully recover. You can be in DENIAL ALL YOU WANT, but that doesn't change the fact: The greatest income inequality and rates of homelessness among any major city. Most people are struggling, and the tech bros/fintech/professional managerial class - have destroyed the native middle and working classes. Had I not inherited some wealth, there's no way I would be able to stay. TOXIC NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TOXIC PROGRESSIVE JUDGES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS HAVE ONLY ACCELERATED THE PRECIPITOUS DECLINE.

[@Flitalidapouet]

Lived in SF for 22 years, saw it getting gutted with my own eyes. You have to be 100% woke in your blood, nails, hairs, and be rich, and love to live in a dumpster. A LOT of criteria's, and I don't qualify anymore. Back in the times, if you where a level headed realist business man, SF was a paradise, now they hate you.

[@cl13991399]

It’s kind of like having some of the most prime real estate in the whole world and just letting it go to hell.

[@anneroberts8634]

妹子好漂亮

[@bsr6823]

Wow this is about as detached from reality as I have ever seen. I bet crime is down too eh?

[@The_Potato]

Sounds like a sponsored video. Meh.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

the next time u make a video about this drug infested city San Francisco makes sure u make video about tenderloin let everybody see what San Francisco is all about

[@robertwerner6208]

Your Tourism SF video is nice but not accurate. Visiting SF van be a disturbing for many these days.

[@DotsonaMap]

Thanks for watching! I think you'll find that many sides can all be accurate at once. These nicer ones as well as the sides we hear about in the media.

[@robertwerner6208]

I lived in SF between 2014 - early 2021. I left because the city completely fell apart. I still visit for 1-2 weeks at a time every quarter. While things are better now than in 2020, it's still a dangerous place at times. All of my female colleagues are scared to commute to our downtown office; especially if they have to head home on BART at night. The recent APEC conference showed that the authorities could quickly fix things but they don't want to. I have theories why. Anyhow, I do like your videos but hope you are consciously aware that overselling a destination's good qualities, and not being realistic about the bad ones, can put the lives of others in jeopardy.

[@stevenjohnson8736]

⁠@@robertwerner6208u know why its because she just dont wanna walk around tenderloin and make a video about it let people see the bad side of San Francisco

[@jackmercer4244]

everything is a rip off in California

[@user-mg3nc6iu8t]

San Fran is an embarrassment, period.

[@dyong888]

How much did that first meal in the video cost all up? SZ and BJ already have driverless cars. Its no longer a trial. Also the so-called Chinese food you showed is actually just Tim Sum. Yes its yummy but its "just breakfast" and just Cantonese food. Yes Cantonese food is some of the greatest within Chinese food. There are 8 very broad cusine styles that you call Chinese food. It CAN be very spicy. You just haven't experienced it. I think you do a great job making almost any place look great on video. You have a real talent for that. The editing is great too. I for one wouldn't come to SF, let alone many parts of Amerika for obvious reasons. Chief among them is the issue of lack of safety and the unpredictable violence, not to mention the racial profiling and overt racism at the border check points in places like LAX. Its reflective of the country as a whole. And have I said its very expensive aka a rip off? Also the crime and druggies on the streets.... there's just too much. No way I'll come to amerika.

[@yipmabaruya1148]

Good afternoon from PAPUA NEW GUINEA

[@DotsonaMap]

Thanks for joining!

[@yipmabaruya1148]

@@DotsonaMap Thanks friend

[@sfrentals4769]

it’s coming back ---- 3words