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.
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.
It's so empty because many reasonable people decided to get out of a terribly liberal state and are moving to places like Texas and Alabama to get away from the destruction that the current party is causing. You couldn't pay me to live in California.
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.
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!
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!!!”
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
Bottom line - crime, homelessness, drugs, high taxes, over regulation, and horrible political policies. San Francisco is dying, and it won’t come back until these issues are addressed, not political lip service, but actually addressed.
@@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.
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.
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.
@@YomiLopez-y1z 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.
@@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.
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?
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.
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 👆🏽
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.
I have absolutely no sympathy for the residents of SF. They rallied to have the police department defunded. They chose to elect leaders like (Kamala Harris) who were more concerned about being in a position of power as oppose to being actively involved in in protecting AND saving their cities. No sympathy. If you don’t like what you’re experiencing, MOVE! It’s sad that the richest homes, and majority of All celebrities live in California. And yet, the state is crumbling.
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9 out of 10 relatives I know said they support Harris as president.
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.
Not going to happen. The people who live in S.F. have marinated in leftist drivel for 60 years. They will eventually die off. The city will be mostly a ghost town. The population will drop to 100,000, mostly on welfare. Eventually $20 million dollar buildings will sell for $1. Some entrepreneurs will see an opportunity. This could take 100+ years. Look how many decades Detroit has been a hell hole. It is just now starting to return. Probably will take another 50 years to get close to what is was in 1950. Same story for S.F.
I lived in SF back in 2018 for a few months for a work related project. I was initially shocked to see homeless people pooping in front of the Apple store. But then over the next few months I saw drug dealing in broad day-light in various places. And people pushing in needles in broad daylight. This is NOTHING to with the pandemic.
We have family there. We spent thanksgiving with them back in early 2000’s and my husband took my kids to one of the beaches ( too cold for me. I am a warm climate person ) and there were used needles laying on the beach. He said it was horrid. Downtown was still ok. We went shopping and it was Nice. It isn’t now. Very sad.
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.
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.
The main issue, time and time again, is suburban living. A city should be where offices are located, where people work, live, and go out. It should be a place where shops and services are within walking distance. Like Paris, you can get to everything within walking distance from your home. Most American downtowns are becoming ghost towns because they are designed as office spaces and not as cities where people live.
That's exactly the same problem that we're facing in the big cities of Brazil. Our previous leaders always copied the American model, now our downtowns are sketchy and the business keep closing or moving far away from the city centers, nobody wants to live in the city centers anymore, even though these areas have the best transportation network. It's ironic and sad to see dozens of thousands of EMPTY apartments while the streets are full of homeless people and the working class can barely afford to pay rent.
People don’t want to live in a city with drug addicts and homeless roaming around it’s dangerous and humans need to be in nature . The entire system needs to be over hauled. Nature is what humans need
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.
Would never in a million years live there again. I live in La Jolla by San Diego and every time I have to fly up to SF for work meetings literally feel like I’m on set of the walking dead. It’s atrocious.
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.
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.
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?
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.
@@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.
@@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?
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.
San Francisco has been one of my favorite cities sense I was a kid such a beautiful city. But we do need to be tougher on crime and solve the homeless problem which has gotten worst sense 2020
@@jamiekatesalcedo6301yup. our malls here in Philippines are expanding. We are a 3rd world country. All malls have security guards. And no crazy people stealing from malls
I went to SF the first time in 1992. And then again with my family in August 2022. I heard about all the crime, homelessness, drugs and the likes and was expected to be shocked. Yet, there was very little difference with 1992 on all these issues. Some homeless in some areas in downtown, like in any other US city (sadly). I understand that retail has been hit further since I went there 2 years ago, but overall we had a great time in SF, most parts of the city are extraordinary and we felt very safe at most times.
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.
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…
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.
@@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
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.
Here in Chicago, things are pretty normal. There are still some scars from the pandemic and it isn't back to what it was in 2019, but Downtown has huge crowds with lots of summer tourism and our transit system, the CTA, has very full trains. Those few areas on the south and west sides that were always struggling are still doing so, but when I am in those areas, as long as I mind my own business, nobody gives me trouble. I hope SFO sees a rebirth.
I was there last week on vacation (for the first time in the USA). And when I took an Uber through Tenderloin (because I was too afrait to walk), I counted 16 police cars in 2 minutes and easily 50 drug-addicted homeless people. As a german its non imaginable for me to have this kind of no go areas. The closest we have is the station district in Frankfurt.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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 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
0:50 as a Crown Vic owner, I'm pretty sure that SFPD squad car was built before 2004, I can tell from the taillights, the rims, and the rear chrome piece. They are still using the same car from 20 years ago?
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?
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
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.
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.
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?
Very true, I wanted to stop at a coffee shop when I visited I had to switch drivers with my girlfriend and make her drive around the block while I got a coffee lmao it’s a joke
Even if the crime was dealt with, SF would still need to focus on getting the tourist back first, as a city that doesn't interest tourist is not the type of city that high end businesses are willing to pay high rent in for their executives; it needs to be a special place again before it can recover. Easiest way to get tourist back is to rebuild the Sutro baths on the beach and create an entertainment zone with no last call out of some of the empty blocks downtown and also provide subsidized housing for performing artists (yea i know it sounds crazy, but subsidizing business's is how the city landed some of their biggest tenants.)15 years ago the city had a legendary night life, but as the tech workers moved in displacing the artist, the city lost most of its night life even pre-Pandemonium. Food delivery services are wiping out restaurants that depended on alcohol sales, they need to draw people into their doors again. As far as filling up downtown with offices with ai businesses , its not looking to good, as ai technology actually dissolves the need for office personnel (finance and legal services where once the majority of downtown offices.) ; but once tourism is restored ( read: safe, clean, entertaining,) with new leadership the city can forge new relationships with new high tech manufacturing firms, returning to their traditional entrepreneurial spirit
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.
@@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.
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)
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.
@@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
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.
when you talk about remote work online there is also something to take into account, it's that you don't have to take your car to go to your office = you don't use gas = reduce your cost = increase your revenue. That give an extra argument to recruteurs :"hey we don't pay more than others, but at least you will be spending less, meaning you'll keep more money working with us" That might also be an incentive for people to look for remote work, and unfortunatly make those offices downtown empty, leading to less customers for shops and restaurants
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
It’s not just San Francisco. The whole country of America is not America anymore. It blows my mind to look back at when I was last in San Francisco in February 2020 during the Covid invasion and seeing that it was a whole different world compared to what it is nowthe whole country just looks like Skid Row has expanded all across America
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 😢?
I visited SF in early 2018 and I madly fell in love with the city. Back then, the city was beautiful, there was some food festival, Macys was functioning, it felt way safer than LA. I remember joining a walking tour and visiting gardens located on the rooftopf of the building downtown. We were told it's a city requirement for offices to organize green spots on roofs which I admired. I am very heartbroken watchning what my dream city has been turning into ever since the pandemic. However, I do not think that making workers get back to work from the office is the right solution. I mean, of course it is the most obvious and easiest one but it doesn't make it right. Workers shouldn't sacrifice life quality in order to save the economy even if an entire city is at stake. IMHO the problem is not that workers do not come back to offices anymore. The problem is the reason why the workers don't wanna stay in SF when they do not have to go to the office in the city. Why if they have a chance they take off asap without a regret? Just off the top of my head, affordable housing to attract new residents including those who in fact work remotely, increased safety measures, social programs targeting poverty and drug addiction, better infrastructure might have a positive impact. I really hope that SF will be able to reinvent itself. Maybe it will be one of the first megapolises perfectly adopted to remote workers' needs and will become famous again but this time for being the capital of freelancers. Or any other more sustainable "business models". I'm wishing SF a bright future and hoping to see the city prosper. Would be a great loss otherwise.
Unfortunately this is what happened to all cities in the US after the pandemic. Getting people to work out of their homes destroyed the entire fabric of society with restaurants & office spaces closing. Once this happened it encouraged homeless and drug addicts to move into these empty spaces. Also reducing jail time for crimes did not help with the pretext that it targeted minorities. A crime is a crime no matter who commits it. A strong leader is needed to help california become great again!
I was in SF in 2005 (as a tourist from Belgium) and really enjoyed it. Tranquil, unique vibe and didn't feel any distress... Fast forward to 2 months ago, visited it again for work and couldn't believe my eyes. Fentanyl-zombies, homeless people, aggressive people and buildings that were rundown and closed. Such a shame to let it all go down the drain... And I wonder what the underlying (main) reason is : politics?
@@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.
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!
I've been to several cities in different countries since the pandemic, and they don't have all the empty storefronts and ghost-town feel (or the street squalor) that you see in San Francisco. I saw thriving small businesses selling clothes, food, independent coffee shops, bookstores, etc. and the malls weren't empty, either.
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.
What you said was not accurate, “Crime is going down”. Crime has gone up, but the reporting of crime has gone down. Citizens see no reason to report crime, when police or prosecutors will do nothing.
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
OP is def not from the bay area. tenderloin was always needles on the ground. the amount of closed stores in sf is kinda sad though. used to take the bart with my mom to shop there.
I call bs. Just type san fransisco closing and anyone can see almost everything is closed everywhere in san fran and surrounding cities. If if was so great than explain why every business is leaving?
@@vincentl3911 OP literally interviewed people who were just in town for a conference and not actual people who live or are from the Bay Area. Stores are closing in the mall and union square, which is RIGHT next to the Financial District where people are working from home nowadays... Less people coming into the office means less people spending in the surrounding areas. OP basically goes to touristy areas of SF rather than the vibrant areas where locals go to
I lived in the Bay Area back around 2000, and I have followed the videos about its demise. I hear/see everyone complaining about Union Square, Tenderloin (which was NEVER a vibrant entertainment area), Financial Disctrict, Market Street, etc., But what about the Sunset, the Castro, Noe Valley, the Richmond? Truthfully, I never went downtown unless I was showing friends around Lombard St. and Coit Tower (which I still miss😪😪) .
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!
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.
California and cities like san francisco keep voting for this idiocy. Soft on crime policies are destroying this kind of city.
There are no fair and free elections. The Bolsheviks have taken over, once again. History does repeat itself!
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...
Agree. But believe it or not some people would disagree with your comment, especially liberals.
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.
@@jeanacunapizarro1695most republican states are doing fine if u look up
Dudes doing coverage that Bloomberg and Reuters avoid. Thank you bro,great coverage
it's always my pleasure to show what the media doesn't really show to the public.
10 out of 10 criminals voted SF as best city to live in
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.
@@bosorotthey are closing because of rampant looting ,less foot traffic, drug addicts around. Who will visit SF in its current state?
Really? dont know, I am in Seoul.
Most homeless live in SF weather is beautiful and lots of free stuff so addiction is going well for them.
Oakland is MUCH WORSE!!!!!!
I'm from San Francisco too and it is Insane what SF has become!! Thank you for covering this!!
Thanks!
It's so empty because many reasonable people decided to get out of a terribly liberal state and are moving to places like Texas and Alabama to get away from the destruction that the current party is causing. You couldn't pay me to live in California.
Same
They need to be tough on crime and clean up the homeless
Agree!!
ABSOLUTELY AND DEFINITELY AGREED 1000%!!!!!!!!!!
If u keep voting democrats then it'll stay the same
From a Mexican tourist: I totally agree, plus get rid of the law who permits shoplifting; follow NY example)
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.
This is what happens to a city when crime is ignored.
It's not true. The crime rate has dropped significantly recently.
@@demitri1011 Or has it? 🤔
@@demitri1011 when everything closes and they just let people to do whatever… then crime will be down.
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!
Definitely agree!
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!!!”
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.
Peter Santanello said downtown Detroit looks better than downtown San Francisco these days.
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!
Drove through the Tenderloin District last week. That place IS the zombie apocalypse.
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.
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
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.
So what’s the solution then ? Everyone knows the problems what are real and attainable solutions?
Okay jd Vance whatever you say
Look at China. They have hundred other problem but drug abuse is not one of them. And that's makes it lot easy to deal with other problems they have.
IT NEEDS GAVIN NEWSON OUT!!!
- TAKE CARE OF HOMELESS
- GET RID OF THOSE RIDICULOUS LAWS
- STOP THE CRAZY TAXING
Soft on crime is what makes it difficult for tourists to visit & workers to want & come.
Just returned from aSan Fran business trip. I’m traumatized. It’s beyond horrific.
Why ???
There's only 3 bad areas.. tenderloin, SOMA and lower polk..
I visited in March and used public transport to go throughout the city. Not nearly as bad as I thought it'd be. This is dramatic as fuck
More Military veterans will never go to Cali. They’d prefer to be on a base in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Probably only saw a glimpse of it.
The politicians definitely have destroyed this beautiful city. It's so sad!
ABSOLUTELY AND DEFINITELY AGREED 1000%!!!!!!!!!!
The Dems there are like the Mafia!!!!!
It's not sad at all. Ya'll are enjoying your utopia. Alternative lifestyles, right?
The people who keep voting for those politicians have destroyed the city, and they're too proud or deluded to consider voting any differently
More like the voters who got these politicians in
Thank you and other UA-camrs who are telling us the truth.
The MSM is not talking about it.
All those city council members ran the city to the ground.
And Gavin. And Nancy.
Bottom line - crime, homelessness, drugs, high taxes, over regulation, and horrible political policies. San Francisco is dying, and it won’t come back until these issues are addressed, not political lip service, but actually addressed.
Union Square was once the top 5 retail hub in the U.S. Now it's empty.
You can thank online shopping like Amazon for that !
@@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.
@@RobertJohnson-bj5lk I concur ! It seems San Francisco must re-invent itself, because it's still one of the most beautiful cities in America !
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.
Agreed
@@konohaninja1985I don't know man, I go to other parts of America and it's not like San Francisco or California.
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.
@@YomiLopez-y1z 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.
@@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.
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?
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.
Precisely
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 👆🏽
Then they will vote for kamala. Common sense
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.
I have absolutely no sympathy for the residents of SF. They rallied to have the police department defunded. They chose to elect leaders like (Kamala Harris) who were more concerned about being in a position of power as oppose to being actively involved in in protecting AND saving their cities.
No sympathy. If you don’t like what you’re experiencing, MOVE!
It’s sad that the richest homes, and majority of All celebrities live in California. And yet, the state is crumbling.
9 out of 10 relatives I know said they support Harris as president.
There's a lot of closet republicans...
Billions of dollars in tax revenue and it still isn't enough to avoid a deficit.
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.
Won*t happened. SF people like crime and homelessness. So do the mayor and city council.
Not going to happen. The people who live in S.F. have marinated in leftist drivel for 60 years. They will eventually die off. The city will be mostly a ghost town. The population will drop to 100,000, mostly on welfare. Eventually $20 million dollar buildings will sell for $1. Some entrepreneurs will see an opportunity. This could take 100+ years. Look how many decades Detroit has been a hell hole. It is just now starting to return. Probably will take another 50 years to get close to what is was in 1950. Same story for S.F.
I lived in SF back in 2018 for a few months for a work related project.
I was initially shocked to see homeless people pooping in front of the Apple store.
But then over the next few months I saw drug dealing in broad day-light in various places. And people pushing in needles in broad daylight.
This is NOTHING to with the pandemic.
Sf was ruined long before the pandemic
We have family there. We spent thanksgiving with them back in early 2000’s and my husband took my kids to one of the beaches ( too cold for me. I am a warm climate person ) and there were used needles laying on the beach. He said it was horrid. Downtown was still ok. We went shopping and it was Nice. It isn’t now. Very sad.
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.
Ok that's a bit harsh
@@thndr_5468 better than living in city with high crime
@thndr_5468 wrong
The vast majority of vacated retail spaces will never fill up again. Too many factors working against retail.
One FACTOR; GAVIN NEWSOME
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.
Went in 2014 didn't care for it had to move to cali and I refuse to vist sf
Crime and corruption are Gavin’s legacy.
Kamala, Nancy, … the list goes on. Most people who live in SF are brainless.
Absolutely
He could care less. He wants the White House!!
Slimy mofo. Him and his evil aunt.
San Francisco has ties to Harris,newsome and Pelosi. The axis of evil
That does not bother Gavin nor his minions.
The main issue, time and time again, is suburban living. A city should be where offices are located, where people work, live, and go out. It should be a place where shops and services are within walking distance. Like Paris, you can get to everything within walking distance from your home. Most American downtowns are becoming ghost towns because they are designed as office spaces and not as cities where people live.
That's exactly the same problem that we're facing in the big cities of Brazil. Our previous leaders always copied the American model, now our downtowns are sketchy and the business keep closing or moving far away from the city centers, nobody wants to live in the city centers anymore, even though these areas have the best transportation network.
It's ironic and sad to see dozens of thousands of EMPTY apartments while the streets are full of homeless people and the working class can barely afford to pay rent.
actually it's because America is africa.
People don’t want to live in a city with drug addicts and homeless roaming around it’s dangerous and humans need to be in nature . The entire system needs to be over hauled. Nature is what humans need
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.
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.
Would never in a million years live there again. I live in La Jolla by San Diego and every time I have to fly up to SF for work meetings literally feel like I’m on set of the walking dead. It’s atrocious.
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.
Define "always"
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.
Dude has no idea what he’s talking about
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.
@karnubawax 100 years ago yeah. Since the 70s it's been grimy.
0:21 "it's somehow better, yet somehow worse" ... sums it up well
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?
That’s what I’m saying. Tenderloin has been had since the 1970s. Theater life was like 1920-1950.
@@gillynova Yeah. There was the "theatre district" adjacent to the Tenderloin that had some nightlife, but the Tenderloin has been seedy for decades.
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.
@@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.
@@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?
Some years ago my wife & I had a wonderful holiday in San Francisco. I just find this all very sad. The city deserves better.
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😢
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!
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.
SF has a moral crisis
Sf has an attractive people problem
How much is the average monthly rent?
San Francisco has been one of my favorite cities sense I was a kid such a beautiful city. But we do need to be tougher on crime and solve the homeless problem which has gotten worst sense 2020
And someone thinks Gavin Newsome should be president
So the whole country will look like SF the Golden state not so golden anymore but called wasteland
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
@@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?
NEWSDUMB. not Newsom
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.
I was there June and 2024 and what a mess. People just stealing from target and walking out with out getting in trouble
So scary
Facts 💀
Worse than 3rd world countries
@@jamiekatesalcedo6301yup. our malls here in Philippines are expanding. We are a 3rd world country.
All malls have security guards. And no crazy people stealing from malls
@dianaverano7878 Filipina uooohh 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I went to SF the first time in 1992. And then again with my family in August 2022. I heard about all the crime, homelessness, drugs and the likes and was expected to be shocked. Yet, there was very little difference with 1992 on all these issues. Some homeless in some areas in downtown, like in any other US city (sadly). I understand that retail has been hit further since I went there 2 years ago, but overall we had a great time in SF, most parts of the city are extraordinary and we felt very safe at most times.
That’s good to know!
First create a safe and trustworthy environment for businesses then they will flock to a once great city like San Francisco
Since when was it OK to say "less people", rather than "fewer people"?
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.
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…
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.
@@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
Need to vote out Biden and will be change
Sodom and Gomorrah being judged for its sins, nothing to see here. (Used to live in Daly City)
California politicians are doing a very good job promoting business, keeping things safe and fixing the homeless issue. Great leadership
Lolzzzzzz
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.
$20 000 000 how much is that? A piss in a bucket. That is a budget for like 10-20 officers you think that would have made a difference?
Idi0t
They don*t care and don*t regret cutting the budget. These people are not sane.
Here in Chicago, things are pretty normal. There are still some scars from the pandemic and it isn't back to what it was in 2019, but Downtown has huge crowds with lots of summer tourism and our transit system, the CTA, has very full trains. Those few areas on the south and west sides that were always struggling are still doing so, but when I am in those areas, as long as I mind my own business, nobody gives me trouble. I hope SFO sees a rebirth.
Not as many people go downtown, but SF residents shop and dine in their local neighborhoods.
I was there last week on vacation (for the first time in the USA). And when I took an Uber through Tenderloin (because I was too afrait to walk), I counted 16 police cars in 2 minutes and easily 50 drug-addicted homeless people. As a german its non imaginable for me to have this kind of no go areas. The closest we have is the station district in Frankfurt.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
What did you do then? I’m sure that scared both of you!
@@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
0:50 as a Crown Vic owner, I'm pretty sure that SFPD squad car was built before 2004, I can tell from the taillights, the rims, and the rear chrome piece. They are still using the same car from 20 years ago?
Yeah those things are tanks last forever with good maintenance.
Modern San-Francisco looks literally like Soviet anti-American coldwar prophaganda posters
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?
No, it can’t . We have Nacy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom, Kamala & Adam Shift.
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.
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
Basically, meth is responsible. The government introduced Mexican cartel meth onto the markets post 2010
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.
you think police are not corrupted? think again!
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.
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?
I used to love San Francisco because of the cool weather. It's sad that it's beauty has been demolished ❤🕊️
Also parking SUCKS in SF. Makes it very hard to impossible to shop at the stores or go to a restaurant or deli.
True, and you will get a broken window.
Very true, I wanted to stop at a coffee shop when I visited I had to switch drivers with my girlfriend and make her drive around the block while I got a coffee lmao it’s a joke
Can you tell me from where this scene was filmed? @4:34 On which building is he on? Thank you!
Its pretty obvious when rents or purchase price for homes is insane, your system will break!
And that will mean something..
NYC, and London, and metro L.A. have their problems…..but they’re FINE compared to ultra Liberal San Francisco.
@@uptini will never buy a home or rent an apartment in San Francisco it is do damn expensive
That’s not true at all. There are plenty of successfully and highly expensive cities around the world.
@@gurupurkha Give it time.
Even if the crime was dealt with, SF would still need to focus on getting the tourist back first, as a city that doesn't interest tourist is not the type of city that high end businesses are willing to pay high rent in for their executives; it needs to be a special place again before it can recover. Easiest way to get tourist back is to rebuild the Sutro baths on the beach and create an entertainment zone with no last call out of some of the empty blocks downtown and also provide subsidized housing for performing artists (yea i know it sounds crazy, but subsidizing business's is how the city landed some of their biggest tenants.)15 years ago the city had a legendary night life, but as the tech workers moved in displacing the artist, the city lost most of its night life even pre-Pandemonium. Food delivery services are wiping out restaurants that depended on alcohol sales, they need to draw people into their doors again. As far as filling up downtown with offices with ai businesses , its not looking to good, as ai technology actually dissolves the need for office personnel (finance and legal services where once the majority of downtown offices.) ; but once tourism is restored ( read: safe, clean, entertaining,) with new leadership the city can forge new relationships with new high tech manufacturing firms, returning to their traditional entrepreneurial spirit
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.
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
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
How was your visit there?
@@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.
Way to go to London Breed and Gavin! Add Oakland, Lost Angeles and Hollywood.
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)
And how are they coping up? Moving to another state?
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.
@@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
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.
when you talk about remote work online there is also something to take into account, it's that you don't have to take your car to go to your office = you don't use gas = reduce your cost = increase your revenue.
That give an extra argument to recruteurs :"hey we don't pay more than others, but at least you will be spending less, meaning you'll keep more money working with us"
That might also be an incentive for people to look for remote work, and unfortunatly make those offices downtown empty,
leading to less customers for shops and restaurants
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
Shown as it is.....Good work...🎉
Other peoples money......GONE NOW....
It’s not just San Francisco. The whole country of America is not America anymore. It blows my mind to look back at when I was last in San Francisco in February 2020 during the Covid invasion and seeing that it was a whole different world compared to what it is nowthe whole country just looks like Skid Row has expanded all across America
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 😢?
Yes.
New music venue opening in north beach 🎼
I visited SF in early 2018 and I madly fell in love with the city. Back then, the city was beautiful, there was some food festival, Macys was functioning, it felt way safer than LA. I remember joining a walking tour and visiting gardens located on the rooftopf of the building downtown. We were told it's a city requirement for offices to organize green spots on roofs which I admired.
I am very heartbroken watchning what my dream city has been turning into ever since the pandemic.
However, I do not think that making workers get back to work from the office is the right solution. I mean, of course it is the most obvious and easiest one but it doesn't make it right. Workers shouldn't sacrifice life quality in order to save the economy even if an entire city is at stake.
IMHO the problem is not that workers do not come back to offices anymore. The problem is the reason why the workers don't wanna stay in SF when they do not have to go to the office in the city. Why if they have a chance they take off asap without a regret?
Just off the top of my head, affordable housing to attract new residents including those who in fact work remotely, increased safety measures, social programs targeting poverty and drug addiction, better infrastructure might have a positive impact.
I really hope that SF will be able to reinvent itself. Maybe it will be one of the first megapolises perfectly adopted to remote workers' needs and will become famous again but this time for being the capital of freelancers. Or any other more sustainable "business models".
I'm wishing SF a bright future and hoping to see the city prosper. Would be a great loss otherwise.
Tenderloin has been bad four decades, not new problems there.
Let me get this straight. They don't clean up the areas where the tourists come and stay....does that make sense to anyone?
Sf has Nancy pants and Gavin Howlsome.
These are part o fthe Getty, family
NewsDUMB 😭😭😭😭
You forgot back door Harris. She got here start there too. What does it say?
Unfortunately this is what happened to all cities in the US after the pandemic. Getting people to work out of their homes destroyed the entire fabric of society with restaurants & office spaces closing. Once this happened it encouraged homeless and drug addicts to move into these empty spaces. Also reducing jail time for crimes did not help with the pretext that it targeted minorities. A crime is a crime no matter who commits it. A strong leader is needed to help california become great again!
maybe those stealing look a certain kind . they known to be in gangs and love to wear sneakers and pants below their waists
All the whites on fentanynl and meth keep deflecting pinkie
I was in SF in 2005 (as a tourist from Belgium) and really enjoyed it. Tranquil, unique vibe and didn't feel any distress... Fast forward to 2 months ago, visited it again for work and couldn't believe my eyes. Fentanyl-zombies, homeless people, aggressive people and buildings that were rundown and closed. Such a shame to let it all go down the drain... And I wonder what the underlying (main) reason is : politics?
I can not see my home town being economically destroyed
The military will be keeping the peace in many cities, starting early next year.
Turn empty commercial buildings into housing. Also, repeal "soft on crime" laws.
Gavin Newsom saying it’s basically ok to steal less than $950.00 worth of merchandise is ok was not helpful
Earlier it was $ 400 why they increased to $950.
It's a lot higher than that in Texas and other states.
@@tomtaber1102 What state ? Name one where it is higher.
@@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.
They want to attract more thieves
harris
just visited SF last week. Was positively surprised!! Live comes back
Russia is smiling. What a $950 law.
George Soros isn't Russian. He is Jewish. He funded Prop 47 and written by Jewish lawyers. Look it up.
Yeah,....try pulling that shit in Russia. You could end up in a Gulag.
@@Tonymanero1960 If you can't take the truth. It's your problem.
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@@pantsritake your rublos elsewhere
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!
people elect at council which does nothing - so blame the voters
placed.
I've been to several cities in different countries since the pandemic, and they don't have all the empty storefronts and ghost-town feel (or the street squalor) that you see in San Francisco. I saw thriving small businesses selling clothes, food, independent coffee shops, bookstores, etc. and the malls weren't empty, either.
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.
Hi, you noticed the food court is empty and closed! 6:32 Ghost town it's like that at la puente California it's empty.
oh wow. many places in SF is like that now
They need to solve the crime first
I wouldn't hold my breath.
But the criminals are running the city and state , they’re endorsing this .
I work in pharma and for most conferences, we hardly even consider holding any meetings in SF.
Imagine you work hard for your money; pay an effective %60 tax only to have the rest stolen by criminals and money printing loooooool
NO !!!!! HERE'S NO HOPE FOR SAN FRANCISCO ANY MORE !!!!!
They say the Devil is the Greatest Deceiver. Can SF outwit the Devil?
What you said was not accurate, “Crime is going down”. Crime has gone up, but the reporting of crime has gone down. Citizens see no reason to report crime, when police or prosecutors will do nothing.
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
Wonderhussy posted a much more balanced video about SF, and her viewers had to admit that they had been gaslighted by the fear mongerers.
OP is def not from the bay area. tenderloin was always needles on the ground. the amount of closed stores in sf is kinda sad though. used to take the bart with my mom to shop there.
I call bs. Just type san fransisco closing and anyone can see almost everything is closed everywhere in san fran and surrounding cities. If if was so great than explain why every business is leaving?
@@vincentl3911 OP literally interviewed people who were just in town for a conference and not actual people who live or are from the Bay Area.
Stores are closing in the mall and union square, which is RIGHT next to the Financial District where people are working from home nowadays... Less people coming into the office means less people spending in the surrounding areas.
OP basically goes to touristy areas of SF rather than the vibrant areas where locals go to
I lived in the Bay Area back around 2000, and I have followed the videos about its demise. I hear/see everyone complaining about Union Square, Tenderloin (which was NEVER a vibrant entertainment area), Financial Disctrict, Market Street, etc., But what about the Sunset, the Castro, Noe Valley, the Richmond? Truthfully, I never went downtown unless I was showing friends around Lombard St. and Coit Tower (which I still miss😪😪) .
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!
well, you got a point there
There isn't mass looting in most parts of the 3rd world, where people have much less opportunity to better themselves. No excuses!!!!
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.
This makes me really sad. I visited SF several times in 90s and has been one of my fav cities in the world…