Truth About Living in San Francisco Downtown

[@MannyTran-l6j]

I absolutely love downtown SF. I used to hang out at the Arcade in Metron after school as a kid and also worked in Fidi for a few years. I agree that there is going to be a comeback and I can not wait. Thanks for sharing what it's like living in this beautiful city!

[@viethuynh6808]

I’m from San Jose, about an hour from SF, and remember visiting my sister where she trained at UCSF and I loved it. SF has a lot of high paying jobs in biotechnology and lots of tourism. The best city in the United States and has a great history.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

You should visit more often! You’re super close!

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@livinginsanfranciscoca It has definitely improved over the last year. We visit family and spend some time in S.F. each year. In those main areas the homelessness was about nonexistent and just the normal craziness on Market St.

[@stephaniehall8179]

Born and raised in San Francisco now living in the East Bay. Thanks for showing off my beautiful city, I haven’t been downtown in a long time. I’m curious to see the changes since the last time I’ve ventured there❤

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Our pleasure!

[@rafaeleugenio1719]

Depending on when you were there last, I hope you don't get disappointed 😮

[@stephaniehall8179]

@@rafaeleugenio1719 the last time was 2018 for the annual car show at Moscone Center 😉

[@Aahlife]

I wish as you are walking you would turn the camera around. During your trek to the Sales Force you mentioned sites you walked by but didn’t show them - the Creativity Museum building has a crazy fun glass exterior. It is part of Yerba Buena Gardens, which is 3 city blocks, which includes the Yerba Buena center for the Arts, a theatre, an ice skating rink, bowling alley, restaurants, and the gardens themselves where many free public events are held. You were there, and I am wondering why this all was omitted from your walk as you were sharing the sites as things to do, especially if you lived/worked there. Wondering why showed SFMOMA from a distance- again you were right there and could have shared the cool looking exterior. This walk designation is to show The Sales Force Park. It’s a beautiful 5 1/2 acres which includes an amphitheater😊, children’s play area, a bamboo grove, various small gardens of Chile, South Africa, Australia, Redwoods, there is even a Prehistoric garden and more. I’m especially found of the Bus Fountain. The garden is especially popular for birders and runners. All that was shown was glimpses behind you as you walked. I have lived and loved SF most of my life and was so eager to watch you share its wonders.

[@EdDunkle]

Why do so many KZbinrs do that?

[@garyjensen3414]

Nothing in the world like the City---I was born and raised there in the heart (Noe Valley)..I became a Fireman 45 miles away and had a sailboat that I would sail into the City..There are so many things that make the City Wonderful..I miss the City and what it has to offer..It's sad that it has gone through some rough times, but without a doubt it will return to it's heyday...I have a list of places that I will be seeing on my next visit..

[@MeG-nu4fm]

I’m from SF Bay Area. Such a great video, with entertaining content!

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bohannakin1]

Great video. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to highlight downtown San Francisco. I'm lucky to live in the Mint Plaza area and I very much am looking forward to the transformations and projects that are planned/underway.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Me too! Thanks for watching!

[@VintageXO79]

I always love your videos but today's video is wow. Good to see the downtown under good weather. Thanks for sharing~

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Awe, Thanks and thanks for watching!

[@emanriquez685]

Let us make San Francisco and California Great Again!!! ❤️

[@jackstewart4004]

Thanks. Good review. I love SF.

[@valerieneal2747]

Thank you for a well done and informative video of SF. The Bay Area is my home and i love it❤ I also love your coat..may i ask where you purchased it from? Its lovely.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Thx for watching. My jacket is from aritzia! I have it in several colors. It’s the perfect weight for San Francisco weather.;)

[@BreannaGingras-yo4yy]

I still go to union sq area to watch SF Broadway shows and there are still really great restaurants over there! I highly reccomend SF Playhouse and dinner at Ula next door after ;)

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Nice! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@charlesburke2379]

There's plenty of downtown areas where walking even 3 blocks is impossible without being confronted, accosted or harassed in some direct way.

[@artSFCA]

I have lived in SF since 1983. Union Square use to be a great shopping haven, always heavy traffic with locals, tourists and society ladies (Danielle Steel etc.) shopping. Christmas was a big deal. Back then, the men's department was heavily stocked in designers so during their sale, to pick up a designer piece wasn't breaking the bank. I remember buying a Yohji Yamamoto rayon suit for $200 on sale. Times have changed, still SF is a special place but we need to protect and appreciate this city.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Thanks for sharing your story! I love hearing from long time locals!

[@artSFCA]

Before Westfield Mall, it was the Emporium Capwell, a department store. One sign is still in the food court.

[@yeseniarogers9088]

LOVE salesforce park and south beach. Great weather and good walkability!

[@kookymunster75]

Great video! I love those areas and I’m in escrow for a condo in the Tenderloin/ Mid-Market area. I have to point out though, that Roy’s is permanently closed.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Oh bummer! Mourad closed a few weeks after I filmed this as well:(

[@kohort1]

A lot of places just can't compete because of the Internet. It's been a slow death. But before you go shopping in Union square area bc all the stores are there and you buy things at whatever prices bc you're there. The rents are high. But competition is no longer in some other mall in a cheaper area, the competition is on the phone your pocket. Eventually people aren't motivated to go to the city as much. The bridge and parking is already a huge fee. BART , which is by and large way safer than the media shows.

[@nickcastro3287]

Love SF

[@IAMHERE486]

Great video!!I will go to SF for the holidays.SF is back on its way up.Hopefully after SF comes back it will now not think it’s better than Oakland.😂😂😂

[@BreannaGingras-yo4yy]

I also used to go to the Yerba Buena Arts Center as a kid and loved it I hope that kids still utilize that space it was always so much fun!

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

My kids spent SOOOO much time there when they were young!

[@buffoon6973]

I think I'd like to move back to San Francisco, soon. Earlier this year I was there for a few days. I could see, and feel an improvement in downtown, from the previous year. Although Macy's had just made their announcement, and there were still many vacant commercial spaces, there was a vibrancy. It was 6pm, and people were hitting happy hour and eating in restaurants. In the afternoon it was bustling again. Not peak SF bustling, but in a way to conjure optimism, and hope. I saw less homeless people and drug use, which I was shocked to see a lot of in my visit in 2022.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Thank you for sharing your perspective! Come back!!!!!

[@LaurenNeuschel]

Didn't know about the creativity museum!

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Ohh- you'll need to go, but not for a few years:)

[@JH-pe3ro]

Some of your B-roll (4:36) looks grey and washed out - that usually means the original clip was recorded in a smaller color gamut than your project settings; the video software can fix it, it's usually a single import setting like "color profile". Most of your footage looks great. Good representation of the city🙂

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Thanks for the pro tip!

[@tomkim1017]

I saw you at Whole Foods in Noe Valley one afternoon. You’re a local celebrity for sure! I wanted to say hi but didn’t want you to feel creeped out lol. :)

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

Definitely say hi next time! You’ll see me at Whole Foods a lot! ;)

[@rosa3418]

It’s hard to find parking down there and if you find something it’s going to cost high prices.

[@livinginsanfranciscoca]

so true!

[@daviddahl8186]

I visited San Francisco in mid September. I stayed by Union Square on Mason south of Geary. I also lived there in the early 2090's and visited a few times since. The area around my hotel, and Uion Square, has alot of homeless type people doing drugs openly. Half the stores seem to be vacant. San Francisco center was largely vacant other Bloomingdales. The Saks Fifth Avenue on Union Sqaure is by appointment only and doesn't sell men's clothing. Hayes Valley looked better than before and the Castro area was about the same. I think this area of San Francisco has a long wayto go and is not out the woods yet.

[@TYZyi5ss]

I don't understand why the Tenderloin is so close to Union Square, and just no mayor or administration can actually fix it for like half a Century. That's ridiculous. That's the main reason why SF can look bad. Can't the city just relocate them to somewhere out of bay area? They can buy the land for airport, then they can buy some buildings to just totally move them out.

[@kohort1]

​@@TYZyi5ss this isn't China or Russia. The maybe issue besides liberal policies, which I don't necessarily disagree with all together, is simply the numbers. The Justice system has long been at a tipping point where even if they could arrest for illegal activity, there's is not enough jails etc. And these people are already at rock bottom, a ticket won't do anything. The tenderloin has always been the seedy part and it's not as simple as just moving people against their volition. There used to be more mental institutions, but even if policies change back tomorrow, it would take a good while to implement.

[@gianniclaud]

Also we got rid of that awful mayor! I can't even remember her name, but she destroyed the town singlehandedly!

[@stephaniehall8179]

😂 London Breed. Honestly being Mayor of SF is very challenging, I would never want that job. Every Mayor promises to clean up the city’s drug and homeless problem and they soon find out it’s not that easy. I’ve been hearing that since the 80’s.

[@IAMHERE486]

How did she single-handedly destroy SF?You don’t blame the individuals there at all.

[@ahmedabakar5166]

Don't argue him he is an agent for china ​@@stephaniehall8179

[@johndautremont3748]

It's worse. I will never go back. The politics are the worst.🤢🤢

[@ahmedabakar5166]

We don't want MAGA 😔 you are not welcome 🤗 here go to maga states

[@fog10101]

the millenium tower is down the street past salesforce

[@RobertFox-t2t]

As someone who used to visit the city a couple times a week up until 15 years ago, the city truly has lost its electric vibe. Theres no coming back. American culture is dead and plastic. So depressing.

[@jasonsmith1143]

just bring lots of MONEY!!!!!! nothing special after living in SF bayarea for more than 35 years

[@daviddahl8186]

❤

[@asullivan4047]

Stop sugar coating the truth about the cess pool (SF has metamorphorized into😳

[@robm2245]

Looks kinda like a ghost town, not good!

[@jinniroe5002]

HOW MUCH ARE YOU GETTING PAID AND WHO IS PAYING YOU? BS.

[@gianniclaud]

Now that Trump is coming back in office, I think things may look up again for the Bay Area. I'm excited!

[@valerieneal2747]

He won't do for the Bay Area because he hates California. Do you not remember his response to the wildfires in California when he was in office, especially the wildfire in Paradise CA? He took his time about sending aid to them and said that "they should sweep their forests and they wouldn't have so many fires". The cognitive dissonance of people who think he's so great is beyond words.

[@gianniclaud]

@ it’s moreso what he does indirectly (not directly). Get that stick out your a**

[@ahmedabakar5166]

Are you a Chinese agent? I can feel it.

[@gianniclaud]

@ how racist. Lol

[@robscanlan]

SF - cringed

[@Dwn2Race]

Gotta love the Smell of PeePee and Poo in downtown…. Just imagine what sticks on the bottom of your shoes….

[@MyKeeP81]

its getting better you trumper