5 Things That Make San Francisco GREAT
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Lately, I've been seeing a whole lot of negative clickbait about the city. Let's see if we can turn that around... Here's why I'm NOT leaving San Francisco!
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I love the park culture of San Francisco. Living in the Richmond, being 5 minutes from golden gate park is truly incredible. Then with a little drive, Dolores park, the marina, Crissy field, Alamo square. So many beautiful parks to take in and hang out at on a nice day
That's one of my favorite parts! My newest City adventure is to Uber to a park, than walk back home. 🌷 🔆
Loved this video and THANK YOU for making it! I have lived here for 5 years and am still madly in love with this city. All the negativity about it is exhausting and completely overblown. So refreshing to see a genuinely positive take on this place that so many of us love and are proud to call home. Also loved all the shots of Inner Richmond and GGP, my hood!
I love your videos! I have a love/not-so-love relationship with San Francisco. This city is beautiful, full of culture and amazing food. It's been my home for almost 12 years, and my family has lived here off and on since the 1940s -- I cherish my roots here. But it's heartbreaking how large our homeless population is, and we need to do so much more to get people off the streets. It's gotten so much worse in the last few years and it's connected to all of the reasons people hate on the city.
There are four important cities in the United States. San Francisco creates the new by blending many things together or now innovating. Los Angeles makes up the stories and the dreams we tell ourselves about ourselves as Americans. New York figures out how to make money off of the previous two and Washington, D.C. works out the rules to decide how it all works. I'm over simplifying of course, but in essence those are the functions of the most important places in the U.S. Which one would you rather be in? The one that makes the rules? The one that is focused mostly on making a buck? The one that is chasing pretty dreams, but is mostly about surface and isn't itself much of a place or the place where the new is being made all the time by the mix of many things? It's in our DNA as a community going back to the Gold Rush, people looking to make a new life by striking it rich mostly just made a new place, distinct and different from the old and cycle after cycle after cycle that has been our legacy. Sometimes in our effort to create we over reach and things get out of hand, but that's part of the risk we take to be creators to make a more just and fair place. If you don't like the side effects of those risks you can always move to Denver or Orlando or something.
As a non-local that moved here for work (not tech haha), this city is my favorite place I've ever lived. There's a beauty and kindness that's difficult to find most places.
Same, I’m a flight attendant that is based here and I wouldn’t change it at all!!!!
Great. A geat clip on the positivity of SF in spite of all the negativism that currently surrounds us like the Bay/Ocean waters of San Francisco!
Great video - like all your work: positive, clever and entertaining. I am watching from Vancouver as an occasional visitor to SF. All of the good and bad you mention applies here as well (ahem, I guess our views from mountains, not hills, are grander - but the cities are very similar). Anyway - you deserve many more subscribers and I hope this is the video that does it for you. Keep up the good work!
Great video, I've noticed the same negative trend on UA-cam lately. I love San Francisco and also feel so lucky to be a part of the culture and diversity that makes this city great. The people are certainly my favorite part too... Everyone feels like they can be who they want here, we accept all. 👍
I discovered your channel a month ago and I value your videos so much. Native San Franciscan that left years ago and has felt like a refugee ever since. Worst thing is, it now feels like a forced exile. Have wanted to come home for years but can't afford it. I was the only person I knew that cried watching The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Like, really cried. Like this deep mourning for the City. Anyway, I'm really happy I found your channel. You're the real deal. Thank you
As a native who has been privileged enough to stay I balled my eyes out at that movie because it felt like an obituary to my city, a love letter to the city that was. This channel has helped me remember that my city was, is, and will be amazing.
You'll make it back here. It may take some time but you'll be able to come back someday
Man I feel u I will probably be leaving the city in a few years because of rent it’s insane the living spaces for young ppl and low income ppl just get smaller and smaller I know a couple families who built a “shed” in their backyard where they help room other families this is very common especially in immigrant families as they need to stay together and it’s expensive
Oh, I cried too. For sure.
Me and my bf cried three.
I know just what you mean. Don’t worry, your heart is safe, right here.
Add #6 - you Joey! I am so glad I found your channel and your positive presentations. 😍
I’m tired of how fashionable it is to dunk on San Francisco
In San Francisco, I never fail to discover something new every time I decide to wander. I love how the city just continues to open up
I was just about to write a similar comment to Yeshaya Amichai. Native San Franciscan in exile over here. It's so comforting to hear the San Francisco accent, my accent, and to see the city getting the love it's always deserved. Also....what high school did you go to? LOL!
Wash! 🦅
Uh oh. I went to Lowell. Bygones be bygones! 😉Keep doing what you’re doing, you’re making us all tear up and smile.
S.I. The old one on Stanyan. The new S.I. is 5 blocks from where I lived [32nd&Rivera]: I could have walked/biked instead of needing to take 1 streetcar and 2 buses to get to 222 Stanyan St.
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On the other hand, that house, 2 befrooms and a hall bathroom, just like nearly every Dinset house, was assessed at $1.3 million a few years ago. That's why I live in Oakland.
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I feel so lucky to live here! Even with the challenges there's no place I'd rather be. My #6 would be the access to nature we have with a mild climate all year round.
This channel has really helped me reaffirm my faith in the city going forward, thank you.
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It's harder and harder to stay positive these days, but after 30+ years of living here I'm still discovering places and corners of SF I haven't seen before and still do it by mostly walking around!
Don’t live in the city but close enough that I end up visiting every few weekends.
I love, love how beautiful this city is. ✨And so close to ocean, parks, gardens and forests. Thanks for pointing out the strengths of this city 👍🏽
I am alway drawn to the city where I was born even though I live in Oakland now. I have to say I am the biggest contributor to the Bay bridge.
Being able to live freely and openly as a queer person in SF is another reason to love it.
San Francisco is my home town, and I love it!! I'm really sick and tired of people bashing it. We're so thankful to have a positive channel like yours who points out all that is good about San Francisco!!
I experience SF on an e bike 4 days a week delivering food in all the interesting hoods. I’ve rediscovered the city through its restaurants, parks, views and never get bored. Yes the homelessness, drugs, vandalism, crime, noise and the politics can get in the way of the enjoyment but I deal with it.
keep up the awesome San Francisco content! As a native I love to hear other San Franciscans extol the grandeur of our amazing hills and views. also I was walking along Jersey street the other day and saw a historical plaque mentioning a red light district in Noe Valley in the 70s. I’m trying to find more information, I’ll let you know if anything comes up. Might be fun/wild info.
Finally, Someone made SF a positive city.
People don’t understand, in spite of its problems San Francisco really is one of the better cities in the US. I think people who’ve been living there a while sort of get spoiled and forget what it’s like elsewhere. San Franciscans have worked hard for decades to make the city what it is, and it has a lot going for it.
I've lived here 10 years and it's an amazing city. No matter where you are, there is a park right around the corner. Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, Glen Park, John McLaren Park, Lands End, Lake Merced. 😍 The truth is I want to move somewhere rural and live a simpler life, but as far as cities go, you can't beat the City by the Bay. 🌁
Bro, keep it up with the channel PLEASE. I live all the way down in Milpitas but I drive up to SF almost every weekend to explore. I love this city so much and I appreciate history and content creators from the area. You're doing good Joey! Can't wait to see more insight of the city from you. The type of content you're putting out will EASILY get you to 100k+ subs soon enough
Man, thank you for making this! I was born in SF and lived/worked most of my life here. I became disenchanted with the city for a bit due, in part, to some of the stuff you addressed earlier in the video. Was also disgusted with Trump politics. I traveled around the world and now I'm back. Trying to see things with fresh eyes to some degree. These videos are such important reminders of why SF was, and will continue to be, great. You clearly have so much love and passion for SF, it makes me proud to be back home.
5 more things that make SF great are:
Proxiity to the beach
The Eucalyptus trail into Sigmund Stern Grove
The song of the White Crowned Sparrow
The fabulous SF Ballet and SF Symphony
The people, everyone is represented and accepted in San Francisco
ive also been seeing so many negativity about sf lately and it makes me so sad because the city is so much more than just tech and left-wing politics (which has been the target of everyone's criticisms). thank you for making such a well-produced video!!! i hope more people can see this
I lived in the City for most of the 1980s and early 1990s, Mission, 17th and Guerrero, Noe Valley, 24th and Noe, Castro St and 23rd, (not Gay FYI), and both Sunset and Richmond District's..
I left in mid 1990s for various reasons but I will always leave part of my heart in the City By The Bay as that place is special in my life as it was a special time in my life.
What I love most about San Francisco is that there are so many things you can do there. You can shop, eat, drink, walk, hike, go to beach, chill at the park, hit the museums and gardens, find a good beer garden......everything so close by and accessible. Climb a different hill every day. Try a different restaurant as often as you'd like, you'll never exhaust the possibilities. Rain or shine, it is a city chock full of adventure. Oh.....and let's not forget the fog. I love the fog. It adds an air of mystery and intrigue to the city's already interesting topography. i *WILL* live there some day!
Wholeheartedly agree with your list!
Living in SF for 8 wonderful years taught me magick was possible.
Thank you for doing this! San Francisco is one of our favorite destinations.
Born and raised in SF, moved out a few years ago to Midwest and my god I didn't know how good I had it until I left it :(
"There's no better way to push back against the negativity than to stick a flower in a rifle." 🌼 Spoken like a true San Franciscan! 😺
Lived in SF for 21 years and love it more each day. Visited the Moraga Steps after watching one of your vids. Love how there's always something new to explore
Thanks for this video. I like the weather, as well as the quality of the air and the water that comes from the tap,
do research and explore the south eastern part of the city and see what they say..they are the only ones truly affected by all this. your side is un touched... BlackSanFranciscan 💯
I guess it's the weird, crazy stories and anomalies that make me love SF. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and the Killer Piano story in North Beach come to mind.
Thanks for the good vibes. It's refreshing to get something other than the click bait negativity.
I was born in SF. Lived my young years in the 90s. I love my city with its problems. All cities have problems and it is what it is. Crime is in all cities but for SF it’s relatively low for murder rates.
Where's Joey? , We haven't seen you in months!
I walk around San Francisco almost every day and I have never seen a needle just laying around on the street. Yes... there is a serious homeless problem but that comes from not making homelessness a crime like so many other Republican-controlled cities do. The city is still magical. Except for a limited area in The Tenderloin (our skid row), the rest of the city has clean streets and lovely neighborhood parks. There are sidewalk cafes and restaurants everywhere. Each neighborhood has its own unique character and flavor yet everyone lives in pretty relative peace within the small footprint of the city.There is no city with more diverse and five star food than the city. The weather is amazing with summer temps usually in the 60s and 70s with morning fog burning off to afternoon sun. Yes the city does have problems but there is no where better to live. Those of you attacking San Francisco for its liberal attitudes probably have never been here and are jealous as you sit in your boxy little house or trailer envious of those of us who chose to live here and continue to live here.
Thank you for this video. I love living in this city. It is far from perfect, but has so much to offer and my wife and I enjoy it more than any other city we have lived in. There are so many parks, so much diversity, and so much to see and do.
THANK YOU for this, I agree with every point and I'm not going anywhere either :)
San Francisco will always have a special place in my heart. My wife and I started going out while we were there and we went back there for our honeymoon years ago. Not sure when I will ever go back there but your videos will do it for me for now.
ABSOLUTELY GREAT 👍 I LOVE MY SAN FRANCISCO CITY 🥰4EVER😘
Hey man! Love your channel. I love in the city and I'm currently out of work. I ha e a background in editing, social media, and trends. Hit me up if you need anything!
Another amazing video! Everything is well explained and great points! Definitely walkable or commutable around the city!
Weather. I don't own a snow shovel or an air conditioner.
Beautiful content of my adopted home. Keep doing what you’re doing! 💜 from SOMA.
Thinking of living in SF for a year at least where would you recommend if I can work remote as well?
I’m pretty partial to The Richmond. Slower paced. Local vibes. Lotsa nature nearby.
Dogpatch, Mission Terrace, Outer Judah, Inner Sunset, North Beach but only FAR off of Columbus-
also absolutely love how small SF is. its the coziest and most eclectic city ive ever experienced!
Thank you for this Joey. Once again you warmed my heart with this.
Hi Joey, yes indeed you are very lucky to live in this beautiful city. I was several times in your beloved town and it is a very european city in many aspects (local stores, cafés, restaurants within the city, a good public transportation, a strong sense of local community an a critical awareness for politics and environment) which are so often missed in other parts of the US. Personally I never have seen a more beautiful city - I love also Amsterdam (in fact there are a lot of similarities) but the scenery and views are incomparable in SFO. So it is nice to see that you are aware of it an enjoy it. Best regards
Congrats on 6000 new admirers
Hurry up with your next SanFran video please buddy. I'm dying here. Outdoors action preferred.
"breaking news....san francisco has officially ended. there is no more san francisco ever."
Awesome video. I’ve never been to San Francisco but this makes me want to go as soon as I can. Personally, I’m sick of people saying that cities like it suck, while cities like Nashville (my hometown and current home) are perfect and have no problems... because it’s not true!
Thanks so much Joey! I love it!(born and continue to live here)!!!!!
Francisco Is The Best - Pac Heights Knob Hill And Everything Else - I Love Living There And It's A Great Place. A Boutique City Of Excellence. But Then Again NYC Is Also Amazing And So Are Lots Of Other Cities In The USA. (BAKER BEACH AWESOME THE CASTRO)
Bro, you have to do a video about the Mission District. 24th and Mission is my neighborhood. Like the history, cultures, events, especially walking down 24th street etc etc. I subscribed by the way
Always enjoyable and well done. Thank you, Joey!
You are a brilliant,rich and awesome film maker!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
So, Mr Yee, I moved to SF, when I was barely 18, in 1978. I was instantly infatuated by our city, while working full time, but homeless. I could tell you so many crazy, amazing stories, but here, I have to say, you are the first person, at least in a long time, that has been as enthusiastic as I have, about being in the best place on Earth. I feel like I have known you for years, even though we’ve never met. When I watch your videos, I feel so, at home with you. So glad to have met you…before the mustache, because you’re dashing both ways, but I like it!
If there’s anything I can ever do to help you, let me know. I’m in Sunset, but I’m familiar with very nearly every sq ft.
Damn, your sub count has gone up so much since I last saw it! V nice to see
Nice video. Lots of doom and gloom about SF currently, so it's refreshing to watch something positive. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you Joey-I want to move from DC & don’t buy all the negativity, v happy to have a refreshing perspective of how amazing SF is 📈🪁🇺🇸
I ended up leaving the Bay Area - wasn't for me - but SF has a lot of really amazing qualities. Doomsayers will always cherry pick the worst things.
It is true SF has the good bad and ugly. However, the great facts is that SF has diversity in all its offerings, food, people, neighborhoods, etc.
Thank you Joey for another fantastic video! I have to admit, as a life-long San Franciscan, that I’ve had my darker moods regarding The City over the years. These can be cured easily by traveling to other cities in our country and throughout the world. There truly is no place like home. I’ve been around long enough to know that there’s no such thing as “paradise”, but San Francisco is damn close.
The unimaginable electric feeling when the fog rolls in!! :) (am a 5th generation Bay native, grew up in Marin and went to Drake High School, whose name we are currently changing!)
I wonder what they will rename the high school but it certainly does not deserve to have sir Francis Drake honored ,if more people only knew the real story of this pirate that stole whatever he could get his hands on whether it was valuables,land, food,- that is what’s buccaneer or pirate does
to survive. Not to mention his participation in the slave trade and I will not be surprised if in order for him to steal things he had to hurt a lot of people 🤔
I can't imagine anyone making nasty remarks. But there are jerks everywhere. Hey, they have to live with themselves. We don't. Peace be with you.
When I visited SF just before COVID hit I instantly felt an energy that made SF different! I recently accepted a fulltime offer and the recent trend of negative videos has made me doubt my decision at times. Thank you for this video!! It has really helped put into words the feeling I felt when I first visited! I'm looking forward to moving there this summer!
Joey, your enthusiasm for SF inspires me to explore all parts of SF. We r so lucky to b in an area with all this richness! I enjoy the energy of the city and I 'll b out there exploring more places and checking out those areas u suggest in your broadcast. Really enjoy all the insight from u and your clear and articulate voice is incredible!. Use that voice to your advantage! Sam
Your videos are very well made. Have you thought about doing San Francisco livestreams, like the Urbanist in NYC?
A lot of negative stuff is from people politically against what they perceive this city stands for. I will only comment that when people slam SF for its homeless issue, do realize this city is caring for not just "our" homeless population, but unhoused folks from all over the country who drift west until they hit the Pacific.
I’m a San Franciscan since 1953. My grandma was a native. My grandfather fell in love with my grandma and moved here in 1945 from NY, and never went back and instilled my deep, abundant love for my city. I’ve been a SF tour guide for 25 yrs now. I’ve been challenged with how to respond to the vitriol and hate hurled on her. You have done it as only a true lover could! I love you for doing it so gallantly. Thank you.
Being a native as well, Diversity is one of the main reasons we stayed here. After toying with the suburbs and a bigger house and all, the lack of diversity outside of SF wasn't going to cut it. now raising the 2ng generation of SF Native
As a Bay Area native who has lived in SF proper for the last 6 years, I really appreciate that your videos celebrate how amazing the city/its culture still is. So much of the national narrative about the city is unnecessarily negative, and seeing content like this that I agree with is awesome
joey you're the best!
I like the music in your vids
And yea if you ain’t from then you prolly wouldn’t understand
OK there is something about your videos that keep us glued. Can't figure it out yet.
I live in San Mateo, but I love visiting San Francisco. It's a great city. It is good to see a UA-cam video about it that is not all negative for a change.
hilly Chinatown. Am from flat NY, but no in hilly Hong kong.
Thank you for yet another wonderful video, Joey. This one is extra important and is exactly how my family feels!
Just signed a lease to move to this area! Would love to know where I can get a shirt like that
Peace, Love & Best wishes from your brother near Alamo Square - Rawk On!
It really is a special place! I experienced love, heartbreak, and having some of the best and weirdest experiences of my life in San Francisco all while eating amazing foods. My favorite is seeing the radio tower and the GG bridge from different vantage points in the city, sometimes big, sometimes small...definitely that warm and fuzzy feeling. Thank you for your videos!
Keep up the great videos about my favorite city in the 🌎
I love sf besides it being very expensive and rent is out of control. Growing up here everything was awesome but now as someone who gotta pay for shit it’s getting out of reach. Homeless ppl r not the best but u get used to them
I like Joey. Number 1 I love food number 2 I love biking.
Thank you, Joey. Brilliant
I love this see you on Clement Street, brotha
Love it! I'm a native, and a "city mouse." I don't even want to live in a nearby suburb.
I feel so lucky that the diversity of a blend of cultures is my comfort zone. My parents always reinforced to us that we were so fortunate to live in a city where we could expand our own international experiences, and education.
A fond memory is of the year that the World Cup was held in the Bay Area, anchored at Stanford. I, too, live in the Richmond district. All over the neighborhood, there were parties with excited fans of every country, cheering loudly, and flying flags from apartment windows. It was like having many days of an international festival.
Excellent video.
Ha! Gag reflex the mention of the Nexdoor App. Classic.
Just subscribed. Love your positivity about the City 💓. I have lived in California on/off for 30 years now (freaking WOW) and have always wanted to live in SF. Guess what?! I'll be living there in May. Dreams really do come true! East Coast gurl living in a West Coast world and loving it. Thanks for the videos!
4th generation native of the Mission, lived in the Richmond for 10 years. Yay Clement Street, which has the best restaurant variety, Green Apple Books and some of the most sincere, unironic shops. I'm staying in SF until Mr. Jesus moves me to Colma. Very heartfelt video, keep it up.
Another great love letter. If you're new to this channel check out the rest of Joey's videos! They are the best videos about this city I know of!
100% Underated Channel
Hi Joey! I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the dedication and work you put into your videos. I am a San Francisco native & I also have a fascination with the Sunset/Richmond districts. To know that someone else also shares a passion/fasciation with those neighborhoods makes me feel less weird about it haha. Keep up the great work!