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!!!!!!

[@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.

[@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

[@michaelsomething7674]

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

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

And Gavin. And Nancy.

[@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.

[@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

[@Bnbguy9022]

Crime and corruption are Gavin’s legacy.

[@dsun1263]

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

[@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!

[@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..

[@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 !

[@rick03168]

Online shopping, you don't need to pay expensive rent and all the other expenses

[@NikkiRowCoxx]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@nosonoliento]

It's almost like those unenlightened prudes from 100+ years ago that made the oppressive laws concerning drugs knew something that we have to learn all over again like you know, if you let people with no shame, conscious or self control do whatever they want society will fall apart. Weird, huh?

[@anthonyaguilar8883]

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

[@Cartisucksnow]

Okay jd Vance whatever you say

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@binancehighlights4038]

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

[@zeeshanhz_gaming8538]

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

[@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?

[@MsJen_GZ]

NEWSDUMB. not Newsom

[@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

[@Cartisucksnow]

Sf has an attractive people problem

[@PlacidoSantos]

How much is the average monthly rent?

[@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.

[@user-cd6fm1sj1g]

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]

@@user-cd6fm1sj1g 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.

[@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?

[@NomadSoloTravel]

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

[@uptin]

Thanks!

[@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

[@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.

[@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)

[@jamiek1714]

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

[@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

[@randyc754]

Sf has Nancy pants and Gavin Howlsome.

[@laurarojas8490]

These are part o fthe Getty, family

[@MsJen_GZ]

NewsDUMB 😭😭😭😭

[@jobturkey7418]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@barbarashepherd2834]

The tenderloin has always been sketchy😮

[@user-so8hx8mo1e]

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.

[@andrewmattson3299]

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

[@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

[@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

[@tomtaber1102]

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

[@subashkhadka8608]

I can not see my home town being economically destroyed

[@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.

[@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 🎼

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@yfa6244]

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

[@Monstacheeks]

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

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

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

[@davidlea-smith4747]

Gone now.

[@aggy8640]

Would love to see you come back in another two years!

[@uptin]

That’s a good idea!

[@Ms666ism]

Why? So he can pass judgement on a city he knows nothing about? Stay home dude.

[@Hadrian77]

@@Ms666ism cope

[@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.

[@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.

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

I have not been back to SF since 2015 and can’t believe that it has gotten this bad. I used to enjoy going to SF but not sure if I will anymore. I am so sad as the mall was so crowded and busy but now looks like a ghost town.

[@Brian-3000]

Lived in SF last 2 years and agree need to get more workers. But also just be more strict on drug use and homelessness… it just doesn’t feel like a city in some parts while other gentrified areas are popping off.

[@neilknightley4703]

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

[@user-qk9zy1vi1u]

All the whites on fentanynl and meth keep deflecting pinkie

[@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.

[@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

[@pradeepmagan6951]

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

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

placed.

[@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.

[@eleni-music3674]

If life is so great why does everyone around look so depressed all the time? EVERYBODY IS FOOLISH!

[@ralphstaedler]

just visited SF last week. Was positively surprised!! Live comes back

[@artraft5142]

I think the San Francisco people need to invest in their Family Manners and try to get back the Last Names Family Order to re-create their reputation again

[@llevitt4637]

I love your videos, but as a local I’d suggest the better and more fair title would have been “Can SF’s Union Square and Financial District be saved?” Most of the areas outside these zones are still quite nice and wonderful places to live and visit.

[@SoYappy]

I totally agree. This 10min video doesn’t paint the whole picture of SF. There are 99% of SF that are beautiful but the 1% bad always get the highlight, just as the US adversaries intended.

[@Ms666ism]

I agree this You tuber is a clown

[@LatinScribe1]

Ordinary people like cops, office and retail workers, nurses, etc. can’t afford to live in SF. This impacts the ENTIRE city. The tax revenues lost as a result of the devastation of downtown property values impacts the ENTIRE city. Though you may feel blissful living in a quiet neighborhood like the Sunset or Twin Peaks, doesn’t it suck not being able to go to a downtown eatery without feeling safe? I suppose if you’re a NIMBY (as most SFers are), living in Russian Hill or the Richmond, it’s easy to downplay the city’s crumbling tax revenues, rampant looting, out-of-control homelessness, and unaffordable rents, all of which pretty much define SF these days. Anything but vote to kick out the stridently dogmatic, pandering and incompetent people you choose as “leaders”.

[@CustomerService-ni6wi]

It’s a race to be Detroit and LA, NY and SF are all tied

[@randomtimessomehow]

Can you tell me from where this scene was filmed? @4:34 On which building is he on? Thank you!

[@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.

[@Globalurb]

As long as housing is unaffordable, it will be hard for San Francisco to rebound. Without that, it will be impossible to attract entrepreneurs who might revitalize those areas.

[@uptin]

Agree!

[@mingchan2115]

why didnt Idaho become hub for entrepreneurs 😂😂 housing is not the matter, it just reflected there are more high skill paid job in that area and they need residence.

[@jupiterran]

Maybe they should convert some of that empty office and retail space to housing.

[@ashita1984]

Here's a thing... you can't call market street SF... a lot has changed and the center has moved.... SF is more than market street

[@shamibudu]

i live and work downtown, and this coverage is a good, accurate snapshot of SF today in summer 2024. This city is a strange mix of beauty, hope, and gloom. If you ask the sales associates who still work at the mall or any downtown business owner, the #1 culprit of downtown's woes is the prolonged unsavory street conditions that ultimately scare away shoppers, visitors and businesses. Just look around - who wants to shop amongst the mentally unstable and the filth? Look at the Target on 4th and Mission - there are always homeless vagrants swarming the store and playing cat and mouse with security. Work from home of course played a huge role initially, but like you said, the pandemic is over. If the city were actually attractive like it was pre-2019, workers and visitors would WANT to be here. But that is obviously not the case. The city leadership and the nonsense progressive policies are 100% to blame for the struggles of SF.

[@pedrolockup1543]

I used to live in SF back in the 90's. The difference is night and day. There are way more crimes and homeless people on the streets now. High cost of living plus inflation are adding more to the problem...

[@uptin]

How was it back then? Was it more lively than now??

[@pedrolockup1543]

@@uptin it was a lot safer for sure. Me walking around market street 10 years old and felt safe. Now homelessness is through the roof and now it reeks of urine on the streets. Add higher crime rates and drugs. SF is falling!!!

[@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 .

[@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.

[@davidzagrodny9486]

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

[@Tuvrt285]

Guys, i just bought a plane ticket to visit the city. Should i cancel? Is it safe? If anyone could advise?

[@ayctky901]

Same here 😢 I really need advice too

[@DreamGirl650]

Of course you should come! It’s still a beautiful city. They are definitely areas to avoid. Stay in the Sunset , Castro, or Noe Valley if you can. The are still nice. San Francisco will come back! I’m old enough to remember Time Square in New York in the 70s. Now it’s the first place tourist flick to, (not my cup of tea though).

[@ICHope1]

Thanks Uptin. I love your videos and commentary. My first trip to SF was 30 years ago. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to visit when it was a pleasure to be there. Based on this video I don’t think I’ll be going back anytime soon. But there are many other places based on your videos that I would love to visit.

[@uptin]

What’s on your list?

[@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.

[@samatarsam4514]

I was there in the Union Square that day you were recording 😅

[@bellabella9181]

ok, some REAL FACTS. The Tenderloin has always been a shady area. This keeps the rents there comparatively LOW.(understand?) For a big city SF has always had a very low crime rate it still is. It suffered like other big cities after the pandemic. Its settled down now. The rents in union square are astronomical, research them. Truly ridiculous. Other local retail hubs throughout the city are thriving. SF actually does a pretty great job at housing genuinely homeless families etc.. people on the streets are addicts or mentally ill. Most refuse addiction help. Sweep the camps, the addicts will move on most are not from SF or even CA & you're left to find supported housing for the mentally ill.

[@Merle1987]

Whether it's the state or local government, they've got to make it more economical for these big real estate holders to rent out shops than to leave them vacant.

[@uptin]

Right?!

[@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!

[@terryevp4084]

Greetings Uptin. You are awesome and I really enjoy your unbiased opinions. Many Thanks for your hard work. I wish San Francisco can get it former glory back.

[@uptin]

Thank you! Hoping for that in the future too

[@Ms666ism]

" I really enjoy your unbiased opinions" Thats funny.

[@tidusfantasy]

Ok i live there, it's not THAT bad across the whole city. It's usually the immediate area surrounding Tenderloin that is terrible. But the same can be said for Seattle, LA, Vancouver, all the west coast cities have the same issues, expensive home prices and beautiful weather and scenery, so that attracts lots of homeless from other parts of the country to come here to panhandle... Imagine if u r a homeless, do u wanna be a homeless in interior US? Interior Canada? Or would u rather have sunny beaches, moderate climate and higher population density? Homeless people know how to pick places too.. Government can't fix this issue much, because more will come. SO it's best to keep them within an area just like what LA does to SKid Row where homeless generally dont cross over certain road.

[@AJayZy]

People like you are currently in power hence why these issues will never be solved. You speak of somebody else that could very well be you if you weren’t lucky. I shouldn’t have even commented because an adult that thinks this shallow cannot possibly gain any insight through a KZbin comment but I just gagged at the vanity and low IQ statements that I just had to comment. Have a good life!

[@bakerkawesa]

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

[@johnlawson4142]

The fact that you made a huge deal about so many "for rent" signs, yet not one of them said for rent😂

[@FCM415]

That food court used to be sooo packed.

[@attitune]

Right? And there used to be a supermarket in there with really good takeaway food, too.

[@tasteofindia1321]

I have a cousin who lives in Cupertino. She works for Apple. She is not bothered at all by what happens in SF.

[@jobturkey7418]

That’s the thing. All the good things are moving out of sf. Even the niners

[@extrasupercrispi]

there’s homeless people on the streets of Cupertino as well, it’s spreading all throughout the area.

[@MrRight-fu1gf]

This usually happens in developing countries. Any country or city in this case that has a massive income gap between rich and poor will see this. The city and many others in California have an enormous amount of millionaires while giving 15-20 dollars an hour to the average Joe. If food and housing were affordable you most likely wouldn’t see so much looting and other crimes. It’s just what happens when the citizens reach a breaking point!

[@uptin]

well, you got a point there

[@neonomad1939]

There isn't mass looting in most parts of the 3rd world, where people have much less opportunity to better themselves. No excuses!!!!

[@user-fl6ko9do5y]

No this is designed lawlessness. Blackrock, China and other foreign investments gonna snatch it up cheap on the dollar. They are letting it burn. 🪶 and tar.

[@martinavaslovik3433]

I lived there for 20 years and got out in 2001 because I could see where it was going. I wonder how it is along Geary Blvd there now, is it as bad as Market St?

[@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!

[@GreatStuff2Watch]

Spent the last 3 days in SF. Completely different from 2 years ago. Yeah a few bad areas (Tenderloin, Market etc) but ever since Xi came into town they cleaned it up and sent countless homeless to cities like Oakland and Vallejo.

[@regatta2k]

The city needs SF49ers to win a Super Bowl 😀

[@Damon_Mah]

49ers left SF

[@Rachel-fn6jk]

The mall looks like desert….reminding me of first time landed into Saudi Arabia.

[@iahlee]

A person with vision and money: this is a lifetime opportunity

[@drewh3224]

What SF needs to do is to get rid of the current failed and incompetent mayor, DA, and district politicians, and elect a tough Republican mayor to take on the challenges and crimes they faced like NYC in the early 2000s!

[@fuzzywumples]

nice fear mongoring piece bro lol

[@tasteofindia1321]

Is it safe near the San Francisco airport?

[@prokastinatore]

They should decrease the rents for apartments and offices besides stores to make a step toward future. People can't afford to live here with less than 130 k per year.

[@marlonelias]

They need someone who can rule with an “Iron Fist”, they need to vote REPUBLICAN!.!. LOL!.!.