San Francisco: Wasteland or Wonderland?

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  • Опубліковано 17 жов 2024

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  • @chehogg
    @chehogg 3 місяці тому +23

    I have lived in SF for many decades, in the last five years, property crime has increased. I get my Vespa rear view mirrors stolen so often, I don't replace them and this is a safety risk when i ride my Vespa. Also, i used to be able to keep my bike rack on my truck but multiple thefts, makes it so I have to put on my bike rack each time I want to transport my bike. This is all very annoying, but at least I don't have a long commute to work, so I stay here. But property crime makes SF more difficult to live in, period. And I live in an upscale neighborhood.

  • @lauraklabunde9248
    @lauraklabunde9248 3 місяці тому +67

    The cybertruck looks like a dustbuster on wheels.

    • @jaminova_1969
      @jaminova_1969 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm wondering why the door was dented?

    • @wmtrader
      @wmtrader 3 місяці тому +5

      Looks like something out of a 1970s low budget sci-fi movie.

    • @Mr2pissed
      @Mr2pissed 3 місяці тому

      The cybertruck looks like the stainless steel urinals on the beach in San Diego.

    • @apocyldoomer
      @apocyldoomer 3 місяці тому +4

      It basically is.

    • @ImAGoldenGod-yx6by
      @ImAGoldenGod-yx6by 3 місяці тому +2

      @@wmtrader Logan's Run (Exactly)

  • @darthmatt4120
    @darthmatt4120 3 місяці тому +86

    Every city has homeless. The problem is when the city announced they are a sanctuary city. And announcing “don’t call the police for theft and robbery

    • @jimcrump2659
      @jimcrump2659 3 місяці тому +18

      Yeah, go to Portland and walk around the worlds largest open air mental facility! 😄

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 3 місяці тому

      Every city has them.. But the conservative type of people are always offended at looking at them and criminalizing them. If you look at the clickbaits and whos its geared towards.. its always those caucasian conservatives types, where they drum up easy $$$ clicks, as its easy to "scare" them with minorities/homeless; its easy to tell by peoples "comments", on how fragile they are. People forget this is "corporate" conservative america, where the rich profits and enjoy the good life.. While other few* actual "real" liberal countries, they have no homeless or drug addicts and are very strict against immigration, and less "religious rates, due to high education standards.

  • @TimNoel2
    @TimNoel2 3 місяці тому +51

    My funniest memory of San Francisco was back in 1986. I was 5 years old and my family (from near San Diego) and relatives (from Redding) all decided to meet up there that summer. Just a few days before, I had my very first taste of nachos and loved them. So while in San Francisco, we decided to have dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. Being 5 years old, not realizing, I asked the waiter for some nachos 😆

    • @deanperry4274
      @deanperry4274 3 місяці тому +5

      I like SjF
      But after about 1 day, I can't wait to get back to Nevada.

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 3 місяці тому +9

      I was born and raised in San Francisco. I had a friend whose family owned a restaurant in Chinatown. I met him in junior high. We hadn't been friends long when he invited me to his birthday dinner at the restaurant. It was big with a bunch of relatives. They were all of Chinese ancestery and treated me like family. After dinner they all got quiet when they brought me out my fortune cookie. I opened it and it read "That wasn't chicken." A giant laugh went up when they all saw the look on my face. They went to the fortune cookie factory and had that cookie specially made up to give to me. That's the San Francisco I remember.

    • @carlrice6989
      @carlrice6989 3 місяці тому +6

      Next time ask if they have Carne Asada Fries,,,

    • @lvsluggo007
      @lvsluggo007 3 місяці тому +5

      @@LuckyBaldwin777 I, too, was born/raised in SF. Lived out in the Mission District, near Mission/Valencia till I was 9, (1959) at which time, we moved to San Diego. From Sarah's tour of SF, I tend to agree with her on the notion that the claim that SF is a cesspool is mostly hype. I now live in Las Vegas, left San Diego in 1996, but before that, we used to make a trip to SF every few years. Now when I hear Tony Bennetts "I left my heart in SF" I get a lump in my throat.

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 3 місяці тому

      ​@lvsluggo007 my grandmother used to say "the sun always shines on the mission." She explained the city's best weather was in the fall because that was God's way of thanking San Franciscans for putting up with the tourists all summer. Tony Bennet's tune gets me too. Especially the line "where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars."

  • @briang70
    @briang70 3 місяці тому +38

    That other youtuber must have sent his followers to your channel to dislike this video. Screw them, if that's the case. Your true fans love what you do, Wonderhussy! ❤❤❤

    • @MACMAMI
      @MACMAMI 3 місяці тому

      I still am not sure what this "other UA-camr" is. I know Michael Shellenberger is making a living crapping on the city, but I doubt it's him in this instance because Wonderhussy mentioned the UA-camr specifically covered the Fisherman's Wharf.

    • @antoniosalazar4972
      @antoniosalazar4972 3 місяці тому

      Yup

    • @Cragozy
      @Cragozy 2 місяці тому

      @@MACMAMI Could be Metal Leo's channel? Ive seen a few videos from the channel and it seems skewed a bit. It does look like the videos were shot on an early Sunday morning when no one is awake. Also, he seems to only go around tourist areas. Other parts of the city like GG Park and around Irving St are still alive and well. Many businesses there are still open and filled with locals. I think hes just making these videos to "confirm" all the SF hater's perceptions.

  • @johnthomas1422
    @johnthomas1422 3 місяці тому +38

    I would hope that staying in a small house worth well over $1,000,000 isn't that horrible of an experience. Many businesses have abandoned SF, and goods are behind lock and key because they are stolen otherwise.

    • @tomtaber1102
      @tomtaber1102 2 місяці тому +3

      Almost every house in San Francisco is worth more than $1,000,000.

    • @AJP2565
      @AJP2565 2 місяці тому

      @@tomtaber1102
      “One Million Dollars!”

    • @andrewzenn1719
      @andrewzenn1719 2 місяці тому +2

      $1,000,000 ? I'll take two. SF was ripe for businesses to leave because of high rent. All real estate has cycles.

    • @Qthepug
      @Qthepug 2 місяці тому

      @@andrewzenn1719places like Grant and Sutter have a ton of open rental space right now. But moving in are high-end and boutique shops. If I had the capital I’d buy as much as I could because you can get great deals with this many vacancies.
      Once the place starts to fill up prices will skyrocket.

  • @georgealvarez8967
    @georgealvarez8967 3 місяці тому +37

    Well done. Your thoughtfulness and objectivity shined. Cable cars and self-driving Jags, go figure.

    • @Jeff-jg7jh
      @Jeff-jg7jh 3 місяці тому

      that wasn't much of a Jaguar.

  • @genehart261
    @genehart261 3 місяці тому +12

    I am a transplanted Californian, have lived in Nevada for 23 years. California is the state that people love to hate and they especially love to hate San Francisco.

    • @bjorn2run
      @bjorn2run 3 місяці тому +8

      They're jealous!

    • @Tom6649-pt7js
      @Tom6649-pt7js 2 місяці тому

      @@bjorn2run jealous of commifornia? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha put down that crack pipe blue

    • @dittohead7425
      @dittohead7425 2 місяці тому +1

      Hope you didn't bring your politics here. I ve been in Nevada since 85 and californians and other out of staters have screwed it up. Increased prices, traffic and a now mostly democratic legislature...

  • @biscuitstosoakupthegravy8952
    @biscuitstosoakupthegravy8952 3 місяці тому +151

    worked in the city for 30 years...I can show you the shit holes.two blocks away from downtown...

    • @bearmcquade2846
      @bearmcquade2846 3 місяці тому +36

      I believe u cause every city i have lived in has a shit hole 😅 Texas has its share. BUT Nothing as Beautiful as S.F. .❤

    • @johnathandavis3693
      @johnathandavis3693 3 місяці тому +23

      I worked up there thirty years ago. There have ALWAYS been shitholes.

    • @moisesperez4605
      @moisesperez4605 3 місяці тому +18

      Every city has its shit holes, I could see where you live, might have its shit hole of its own.

    • @bearmcquade2846
      @bearmcquade2846 3 місяці тому +10

      @@biscuitstosoakupthegravy8952 life without a shit hole, just wouldn't be living.

    • @carolynaranda8032
      @carolynaranda8032 3 місяці тому +6

      I totally agree not hard to look up...on the internet

  • @megaomega46
    @megaomega46 3 місяці тому +9

    This was such a fun video! Your reaction to the Waymo's was hilarious. The first time I was sitting at a stop light, looked over and saw a car in the lane next to me with no driver, I was like WTF?! They have always creeped me out too! You are super fun to watch, I look forward to your next video!

  • @JC-tq8gm
    @JC-tq8gm 3 місяці тому +26

    I went there several times in the 80's when I was in the navy. We would tie up at the wharf and be very close to all the tourist activity. In fact, we would be part of it. Our ship would give tours to tourist while we were there. The city was beautiful, bustling with people from all over the world and at night it was a sailors dream. There was the under belly if you will, but there was a great night life for everyone else and if you didn't mind spending all your money, you could have a blast!

  • @kylerdad123
    @kylerdad123 3 місяці тому +4

    Thank you for taking along your tour of San Francisco! It was nice a nice to have you as a tour guide leading us on a tour of the city. It does reminds me that I have to visit the city soon. The weather looks great and it must have been fun! Looking forward to the next veg! Stay safe and smiling! 😀

  • @jadasakura
    @jadasakura 3 місяці тому +66

    This reminds me of when I used to live in Oakland. I miss it so much, I used to go to SF all the time 💔 my two cents on the safety of the Bay area? I moved out there completely by myself at 18. I lived on a college campus for a little over a year, then I moved into an apartment with an engaged couple who worked across the bridge and were never home and needed someone to watch their dog (we had opposite schedules). I was completely safe when I lived in Oakland, way safer than before I moved. I came from rural Ohio and NC, where the crime rate was supposedly low but unspeakable horrors happened to me constantly. In Oakland, I finally received help and safety. (And before anyone tries to claim that I had a different/privileged experience or thinks I was living off rich family, I lived below the poverty line for the first 18 years of my life and funded my move by getting a full ride scholarship by staying at the top of my class despite what I was surviving)

    • @Gregknows-uj8gg
      @Gregknows-uj8gg 3 місяці тому

      I live in rural America. It is not safe. There are people in them woods that are not in their right mind and will shoot you if they see you. In their minds you are a claim jumper or the Revenue agent come too take their moonshine or pot. It is safer in a city around decent folks but the dive bars in small towns also are not safe because of the town Bullies hang out there and like too sucker punch unsuspecting men and think they are tuff because they blasted a guy with a sucker punch from behind and then beat the crap out of them makes them fell tuff. Of course nobody saw nothing. Even though there was ten people there when it happened. They all cousins and business partners.

    • @williamjenkins9
      @williamjenkins9 3 місяці тому +3

      You seem more realistic and honest … and I don’t think anyone can get the realistic picture in a day or two, especially when it involves public policy….

  • @JEM133
    @JEM133 3 місяці тому +7

    10 minutes in,and you're right,its nothing like we've been hearing. Where's all the homelessness, the poop on the sidewalk and overall dysfunction?
    Hi Hussy!

  • @gregpatterson1988
    @gregpatterson1988 3 місяці тому +88

    Stay out of Oakland. Free advice.

    • @bennybeeeee
      @bennybeeeee 3 місяці тому +6

      Croakland.

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah like see you "Raider"...woops they moved

    • @MikeKelly-ku6rq
      @MikeKelly-ku6rq 3 місяці тому +2

      Jen Angel, beloved Oakland bakery owner and social justice community activist approves this message..

    • @marci.5597
      @marci.5597 3 місяці тому +5

      Many parts of Oakland. My uncle has a house in the Oakland hills amongst the multi-million dollar mansions above the Fairmont.

    • @Koji-888
      @Koji-888 2 місяці тому

      Oakland Chinatown rocks. Best Dim Sum.

  • @2moosepie
    @2moosepie 3 місяці тому +38

    Nothing in your car and leave it unlocked so the window doesn’t get broken

    • @FredNorton-gi4qh
      @FredNorton-gi4qh 3 місяці тому +14

      better idea, don't go there in the first place.

    • @fred1barb
      @fred1barb 2 місяці тому +4

      Does not work. I know from experience, that burglars are not that smart. They will punch the lock on an unlocked door and pry open an unlocked glove box.

    • @COO415
      @COO415 2 місяці тому +2

      Isn't that common sense across the United States?.

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 2 місяці тому

      looked like 10% of the people who were there 7 years ago.

    • @MrCanucklehead75
      @MrCanucklehead75 2 місяці тому

      @@FredNorton-gi4qh why, because you fell for the republican lies? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @willie6185
    @willie6185 3 місяці тому +7

    I moved to San Francisco in 1968. I missed the summer of love by one year. I lived in the mission district. Also I was a bicycle messenger in the downtown area. When I lived there the cable car was only 25 cents and you could get a transfer to ride the other means of transportation. About 5 years ago I looked on the internet and the cable car was 5 dollars to ride. I loved San Francisco. There so many things to do. As a matter of fact I met Carlos Santana at hippie hill in Golden Gate Park. Eventually I moved to Oregon and have been here every sense. BART was under construction the hole time that I lived there. Saw a lot of good concerts at the Fillmore West.

    • @danielschear556
      @danielschear556 3 місяці тому +1

      "Missed it by THAT much!"...Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV sitcom "Get Smart."

  • @majorpayne8373
    @majorpayne8373 3 місяці тому +16

    The coldest Winter I ever spent was a Summer in San Francisco. - Mark Twain

  • @wdjones4735
    @wdjones4735 3 місяці тому +6

    I lived in SF for 30 years and everything looks pretty “normal” to me! I’ve been away for 10yrs. Thanks for the update and sharing a great cross-section of many neighborhoods👍🏻🙂

  • @richierich1776
    @richierich1776 3 місяці тому +19

    One of your best vids, yet, Wonderhussy...I'm born, raised, educated and employed in the City, and lived in the SF Bay Area my entire 72 years "and counting" of my life and plan to die here, too....and for all the good and bad, there is no place better, over all, and even in spite of the higher cost of living...you get used to it and adapt, and the trade offs, in my opinion, would be TOO much to give up...!!! Nice to hear and see you enjoyed your time here....come back again, there's so much more to do and see throughout the entire Bay Area...!!! 👍👍

    • @victoriabaker4400
      @victoriabaker4400 3 місяці тому +3

      I lived in the Bay Area, including SF, for 30 years. I miss it.

  • @patcaribou
    @patcaribou 3 місяці тому +132

    This is first rate reporting, right here. Another prime example of why Wonderhussy Public Media should be at 2.69M followers, not 269K. I drove down the Pacific Coast highway, once and had no intention of stopping in San Francisco, but when I took in the view of the Golden Gate Bridge, it was just too irresistible to pass up. I booked a bunk at a hostel and found a parking garage about 5 miles away where you could park for $20 a day, and then walked everywhere - dinner in China town - not.a bad cup of coffee anywhere to be found (other than Starbucks). Hands down, the most beautiful city in these whole United States - there's no close 2nd. I could never afford to live there, but would if I could. Maybe when enough tech bros leave for their low-tax capitalist Utopia of Texas, the rents will come back down again for normal people.

    • @BakersfieldGuru
      @BakersfieldGuru 3 місяці тому +8

      I ❤ her tooooo.

    • @TheBandit7613
      @TheBandit7613 3 місяці тому +10

      Just because of simple geography, San Francisco will never become a Detroit.

    • @williamjenkins9
      @williamjenkins9 3 місяці тому +2

      Yes, but isn’t that the point !! It is definitely out of realistic expectations for us normal “ textile’s…..

    • @nightcrawleroriginal
      @nightcrawleroriginal 3 місяці тому +5

      @@patcaribou Rent will come down? Lol, not likely, you under estimate the greed of people.

    • @elliewessa1903
      @elliewessa1903 3 місяці тому +4

      PCH is a mice, nice ride. When I drove it, there was a point where the speed limit went really low. Couldn't understand as there was beach to my left and grassy fields to my right. Then I saw the 2 cows. On the beach. Apparently the PCH was built through a farm /ranch and the cows had beach rights! Lol. California cows are happy cows. I can see why.

  • @cargotrailerkenny4481
    @cargotrailerkenny4481 3 місяці тому +7

    Excellent video WH. I've hung out in San Francisco many time and have always enjoyed myself. 1 of my more favorite cities to visit

  • @MargaretJanes
    @MargaretJanes 3 місяці тому +21

    I remember being down at fisherman's wharf as a kid and seeing the original Herby the Love Bug.

  • @ElDiabloTheExplorer
    @ElDiabloTheExplorer 3 місяці тому +18

    After living in Vegas for 15 years, nothing fazes me anymore!

    • @fugoogle5345
      @fugoogle5345 3 місяці тому +1

      😂 yeah and then after you move to a 114-134 degree location, your tolerance perspective I would think changes even more.

    • @JTA1961
      @JTA1961 3 місяці тому +1

      I'll "BET"😂

    • @lewokejames
      @lewokejames 2 місяці тому +1

      Try Stockton, CA for 49 years !!!

  • @tomtaber1102
    @tomtaber1102 2 місяці тому +3

    Amazing to see a UA-cam video that tells the truth about San Francisco.

  • @SteveCragg-jn2vw
    @SteveCragg-jn2vw 3 місяці тому +3

    Thx for a stroll down memory lane. Grew up in The City and attended school and university there during the 1950’s through to 1970. I often get nostalgic for my home town and your post filled me with a sense of joy and hopefulness as The City, aside from some negative publicity, looks very much the same with its quirkiness and modernity. Thank you. Safe travels. S

  • @tw6570
    @tw6570 3 місяці тому +44

    Native Bay Area kid here. SF has its ups and downs, but she always bounces back. And all cities have homeless problems right now. People like to dis on SF, and I’ve noticed that lots of them haven’t even ever been here. Really, we’re doing okay out here, come out to see for yourself.

    • @briandbenson
      @briandbenson 3 місяці тому +9

      I love San Francisco. I try to go at least twice per year, and always enjoy it and feel jealous of you guys who get to be there full time. One of these days I’ll move out there for a while! ❤

    • @LanceBeckman
      @LanceBeckman 3 місяці тому

      Nice try, bum

    • @flameofthewest6196
      @flameofthewest6196 3 місяці тому +4

      Well, I'm a native and I disagree. See my comments .

    • @L4M858
      @L4M858 3 місяці тому

      Lol.... Hey lib, all is not well there and everyone knows it. Why do you delude yourself?

    • @mamathamutyala3327
      @mamathamutyala3327 2 місяці тому

      ​@@flameofthewest6196 so not true

  • @jburnett8152
    @jburnett8152 3 місяці тому +16

    Good job WH. I am dropping my usual response on line in reference to SF. It certainly didn't look any worse than any other major city in the U.S. Safe travels.

    • @lvsluggo007
      @lvsluggo007 3 місяці тому +2

      Actually, I took a trip to Seattle in 2018, and I saw FAR more tents on the sidewalks and just plain homeless than I saw in Sarah's tour. Unlike SF, Seattle gets downright COLD in the winter, and I wonder what the homeless in tents do then? Freeze to death?

  • @tra757200
    @tra757200 3 місяці тому +74

    IF you surrendered yourself at the fire station, I would adopt you.

    • @JulieWilsonBullard
      @JulieWilsonBullard 3 місяці тому +7

      Aww how sweet you are ❤

    • @doylemontgomery3944
      @doylemontgomery3944 3 місяці тому

      O no I would ask Sarah out to dinner,then ask her were the nearest nude hotspring was to take a soak

    • @scottymac5174
      @scottymac5174 3 місяці тому +6

      California Bureaucracy.
      Wonderhussy being given to a family in Fresno.

    • @JerryRowland-z9h
      @JerryRowland-z9h 3 місяці тому

      me too cfc

  • @Lululila67
    @Lululila67 3 місяці тому +21

    go to the mission and other parts of san francisco and you'll see lots of homeless and tents. They clean up the tourist areas. Next time go to the tenderloin at night and some of the surrounding areas and you will see lots of things you dont want to see. Just dont go alone. Amazing job on the video sarah!

    • @Dylansesco
      @Dylansesco 3 місяці тому +3

      So the same as every other city?

    • @Daniel-bx7ej
      @Daniel-bx7ej 3 місяці тому

      @@Dylansesco lol, come check it out.

    • @Dylansesco
      @Dylansesco 3 місяці тому +3

      @@Daniel-bx7ej check what out?

  • @ScottMaytham
    @ScottMaytham 3 місяці тому +56

    Didn't hear any gun shots for about a half an hour, sounds safe to me.

    • @Chrisb8s
      @Chrisb8s 3 місяці тому +4

      Do you really think San Francisco has a problem with guns ? Lol

    • @deancorpuz7349
      @deancorpuz7349 3 місяці тому +4

      @@Chrisb8sRight? @ScottMaytham doesn’t want to admit that SF is one of the safest American big cities for violent crimes per capita. It ruins his hype parade.

  • @PenguinGambling
    @PenguinGambling 3 місяці тому +2

    I enjoyed your video! I've visited San Fran a few times and always had a good (and safe) time!

  • @jacksrbetter1870
    @jacksrbetter1870 3 місяці тому +10

    Howdy Sarah! Thanks for sharing another awesome journey, stay safe out there! 😉

  • @oscaranderson1822
    @oscaranderson1822 3 місяці тому +4

    Sometimes I watch videos more than once
    It's not that I'm a dirty old man.. well I'm not that old
    I watch them at work and sometimes I miss some. So I have to watch it again to make sure I didn't miss the latest edition of wonderjussy. All the bad news in the world and you don't cover any of it. As a veteran I thank you for not having a bunch of violent stuff on here
    ! Salute

  • @Donnasuemcguire
    @Donnasuemcguire 3 місяці тому +63

    WOW Wonderhussy wonderful footage! Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement for Our wonderful state of California. Your work is outstanding and you deserve all of the best in your life and more!! Love watching your videos!

    • @drakethomas4126
      @drakethomas4126 3 місяці тому +3

      May I add fantastic editing? This was awesome for me to see all the way from the east coast.

  • @gordierock4106
    @gordierock4106 3 місяці тому +3

    Great upload Wonderhussy really enjoyed your latest adventure. Thanks! Cheers!!

  • @13cindys
    @13cindys 3 місяці тому +3

    You have such a good way with words! Love your videos 😎

  • @Vanyoung66
    @Vanyoung66 2 місяці тому +1

    i am glad you enjoyed SF, Wonderhussy. I've been a resident since1975. Came here when I was 7.
    SF today is no worse than any other city, perhaps better. The last place you visited in your video was The Great Highway (lower Great highway). it's not that bad there. Just transients mostly trying to figure things out. There are worse parts of town but overall I feel that it is a safe city. overnight parking is challenging to say the least. It is still a charming place to visit. keep it up.

  • @ty70359
    @ty70359 3 місяці тому +9

    If you’re Elite White and Rich San Francisco is your type of town !😮

    • @deancorpuz7349
      @deancorpuz7349 3 місяці тому +5

      And yet white people aren’t the majority of S.F. It’s actually one of America’s most ethnically diverse cities.

    • @ty70359
      @ty70359 3 місяці тому +1

      @@deancorpuz7349
      40% White Rich Elites live in San Francisco not everyone lives in a 3 million dollar home..😯

  • @lancesimmons3069
    @lancesimmons3069 3 місяці тому +1

    As always, honest, original, insightful, intelligent. And most of all entertaining. So apparently San Francisco is surviving. Good to know!

  • @murrayhelmer8941
    @murrayhelmer8941 3 місяці тому +6

    Awesome video WH. In 84 i was on a solo motorcycle trip. Making my way to SF when i stopped a little town. Moro Oregon. Went to the local watering hole for something to eat and a beer. Got talking to a local farmer and he said staaay away from SF “They’ll steal you blind”. So that story has been going for at least 40 years. Wish ida kept going. 🙂

    • @victoriabaker4400
      @victoriabaker4400 3 місяці тому +5

      Exactly. And you've never been able to leave anything visible in a car in that city or any other.

  • @ethanesmith
    @ethanesmith 2 місяці тому +1

    Hey there, Wonderhussy! I was born in the Washoe County Medical Center and got my bachelors degree from SF State in the 90s. I even sang at the SF Opera once upon a time. My wife and I were just back in SF a week or so ago and it doesn’t seem like much has changed. I lived in the Mission Dist. It was kind of scary then, it’s kind of scary now. We had drinks at Zombie Village in the Tenderloin Dist. It was scary then, it’s scary now. We did park our car at our hotel in Union Square so we wouldn’t get robbed and it was fine. All those Waymo Jaguars are in L.A. too and park right outside people’s condos with loud reverse beeps and super-red brake lights on (ask me how I know!). Anyway, long-time watcher, first-time commentator. Keep up the good work!

  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 3 місяці тому +17

    About 16 minute mark: Wonderhussy is on the Embarcadero, about a half mile north of the Giants ballpark

    • @AndrewLumsden
      @AndrewLumsden 3 місяці тому +2

      Wow, nothing gets past you! 😂

    • @michaelbaucom4019
      @michaelbaucom4019 3 місяці тому +9

      @@AndrewLumsden i made the comment because people who don't know SF might have thought she was still at Fisherman's Wharf

  • @stevegiblin270
    @stevegiblin270 3 місяці тому +1

    Nice video 😊 be careful out there ! Wow! That driverless taxi was awesome 😎

  • @rong0257
    @rong0257 3 місяці тому +4

    Thank you Wonderhussy! I did see that other UA-cam video last week, Mr Gloom & Doom didn’t thrill me. Chamber of Commerce should pay you for this one.
    I’m a long time fan, 30 miles south of SF in Menlo Park.

  • @MACMAMI
    @MACMAMI 3 місяці тому +1

    As someone who currently lives in another major West Coast city that is constantly beleaguered in the media (Portland, Oregon)...............I really like your approach to exploring and objectively weighing the overall appeal of a given place. 🙂
    I'm admittedly beyond burnt out and sick of Portland here and am in the pre-planning stages of moving to Las Vegas, but it's more a reflection of me having lived here for nearly two decades, losing a lot of community here that used to be closely-knit and just desiring a major new shift in life than a reflection of the city being a terrible place or anything like that. I've just changed and outgrown the city, but I'd still recommend it to some specific people and personality archetypes just as many can still appreciate San Francisco even if they're over it for the most part. 😊

  • @kefitz
    @kefitz 3 місяці тому +7

    Great job presenting a balanced view the city. It has a lot of issues that lots of big cities are experiencing. But it is also an amazing vibrant place to live. The income disparity actually is a bit more than many places but it is nowhere near the apocalyptic wasteland some would like you to believe it is. Good job!!

  • @katherinespencer2633
    @katherinespencer2633 3 місяці тому +1

    I’ve had the chance to visit San Francisco, several times. Great experience, so I can honestly say, “I left my heart in San Francisco “!’

  • @scottsimpson2265
    @scottsimpson2265 3 місяці тому +8

    Highs and lows everywhere. Enjoy the ride…god bless America.

  • @maxvanrunkle1052
    @maxvanrunkle1052 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the report Sarah Wonderhussy!! Great good news to see things are still OK at San Fran, always loved that city!! XO, Max (long time subscriber and denizen of The Mojave Desert.....)

    • @lorrie5881
      @lorrie5881 2 місяці тому

      Things are not " ok" in San Francisco...yes it was busy when Sarah shot this ..but businesses ARE leaving in droves...and in the Tenderloin it's an open air drug market...bc it's an election year, the powers that be are doing some damage control...it IS nice to see tourism isn't 💯 dead yet...but I wouldn't waste my $ going there, unless like Sarah, I had a free place to stay, and off street parking... I've been several times anyway

  • @eileenjacobson2541
    @eileenjacobson2541 3 місяці тому +17

    I stayed near Fisherman's Wharf last year for a staycation and had no issues. I am going back next month.

    • @JC-tq8gm
      @JC-tq8gm 3 місяці тому +4

      So, how many of the stores are open? I saw a video of a guy walking through the tourist area and he was showing that all the stores were boarded up (like 90% of them). Is that true? He said there was only 1 Target left open in the city and everything in the store was locked up in plexiglass boxes so you had to get an associate to get it for you.

    • @eileenjacobson2541
      @eileenjacobson2541 3 місяці тому +2

      @@JC-tq8gm I didn't find it so at Fisherman's Wharf. Pier 39, and the Embarcadero last year. This year, it can be true near MOMA and Saluhall (IKEA building).

    • @feistyqt1
      @feistyqt1 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JC-tq8gm I was born and raised in SF and still live here (right next to Golden Gate Part). There are actually 3 Targets open in the city. The one that guy was talking about was downtown- high tourist area. The other two are in non-tourist neigborhoods: Stonestown and in the City Center, which also has a Whole Foods that will be opening up there soon.
      Yes, so stores have plexiglass cases, but when I google plexiglas, locked up, stores, an article about the Twins Cities pops up about why detergent is locked up. It seems like it's not only a trend in San Francisco, but other cities across the US.

  • @jlbraswell5961
    @jlbraswell5961 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video about San Francisco. I really enjoyed it!

  • @Brent26willie
    @Brent26willie 3 місяці тому +25

    I have a lot of fond memories of San Francisco but haven't returned in ages because I believed the dystopian UA-camrs who get millions of views by emphasizing all the homelessness and crime. Wonderhussy and also Dave Lombardi have portrayed a city that is closer to the one I remember. I will be travelling there soon.

    • @MyName-ln6mk
      @MyName-ln6mk 3 місяці тому +3

      Don't leave your valuables in your car.

    • @briandbenson
      @briandbenson 3 місяці тому +1

      It’s a great place! You’ll have a blast if you plan it right.

    • @sup1e
      @sup1e 3 місяці тому +3

      @@MyName-ln6mk That's a pretty good idea all over the country lol

    • @jimmywheeler5122
      @jimmywheeler5122 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@briandbensonplan not to bring any valuables plan not to bring your own car and if you do leave it unlocked cuz they will break your window. friend and I went to San Francisco he left a candy bar on the passenger seat they busted the window for the candy bar.350.00 for the window 150.00 each for drinks and diner. won't ever be back

  • @roccosims
    @roccosims 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow I missed you. That would have been something to run into Wonderhussey on the streets of San Francisco. Thank you for coming and showing some good things. Those channels that only go to the worst parts are click bait.

  • @johnmor2
    @johnmor2 3 місяці тому +6

    Gold was actually discovered in 1848. The people that were already here were able to pick gold up by hand on the suface

    • @ResortDog
      @ResortDog 3 місяці тому

      and the mexicans and Chileans knew what was what and rushed up there for the FIRST year then were all run out by racist laws the next year.

  • @fouquieriasplendens9059
    @fouquieriasplendens9059 2 місяці тому

    Hi Wonderhussy, so glad you made a visit to SF! You even made it down to Ocean Beach, in my neck of the woods. The RVs you were looking for are further south around San Francisco State University, and this has been the case since the shutdown. So many were tossed out of the dorms and had to find alternate housing. Now they are joined by others who have found it very costly to live here, despite still having jobs in the city. SF is making the best of a bad situation, but with so much vacant office space it may be a long time.

  • @janibeg3247
    @janibeg3247 3 місяці тому +12

    I was in San Francisco decades ago and really liked it. Amusing that you conflate Ann Arbor, Michigan with Mayberry. Ann Arbor is one of the most liberal cities in the USA and is the home of the University of Michigan. The ultra left Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) first met in Ann Arbor when San Francisco was run by Republicans.

    • @danielschear556
      @danielschear556 3 місяці тому

      "...when San Francisco was run by Republicans..." = "...when dinosaurs ruled the Earth..."

    • @mikeviall811
      @mikeviall811 3 місяці тому +2

      @@janibeg3247 I was a Dem for 30 years when it was the anti-war, pro free speech, small gubmint party. My my my how things have changed.

  • @Sonicsx23
    @Sonicsx23 2 місяці тому +2

    Overall city is more than fine, except few streets. I hope most of the issues will be solved. Great video! And yeah, haters gonna hate 😅

  • @oldsport500
    @oldsport500 3 місяці тому +8

    We had a similar experience last year around fisherman's wharf and Garadelli Sq. And we went on a Tuesday morning. Later when I was telling a relative, he about had a cow saying I was making it all up and that SF is a dump. Of course he hadn't been there himself in years

  • @gingerreiter5072
    @gingerreiter5072 3 місяці тому +2

    I've seen alot of videos of San Francisco and have been heartbroken to see what had become of it. I'm a Vegas girl like you and like you I enjoy travel. My favorite drive is up the coast of California. Before the pandemic I made that drive from Vegas to Sebastopol with my grandkids and it was wonderful. After seeing those videos I'd decided not to make the trip again. You just changed my mind while Californians say Vegas is a nice place to visit but they wouldn't want to live here ( many of them have moved here) I love to visit California but I love my Vegas and wouldn't want to relocate to Cal.. Thanks for this video.

  • @robertf4540
    @robertf4540 3 місяці тому +7

    Interesting video. Sarah.
    I guess all big cities have their problems.
    There are lots of areas in LA that look way worse than anything you showed us. San Francisco has some cool stuff and some crazy stuff too.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Safe travels.

  • @skyepilotte11
    @skyepilotte11 3 місяці тому +1

    Thx Sarah for a fair, objective view of the city by the bay. Didn't look half as bad as downtown L.A .
    Happy, safe trails.

  • @kindcounselor
    @kindcounselor 3 місяці тому +5

    Thank ypu so much for this view of SF. It actually gave me hope.

  • @AlanSenzaki
    @AlanSenzaki 3 місяці тому +2

    i lived in SF for 40+ years. wonderful weather. Great city!!🙏🥰

  • @pdg200lbfb
    @pdg200lbfb 3 місяці тому +11

    I lived in the East bay for 3 years..I loved going to the city!

  • @viviangonzalez2700
    @viviangonzalez2700 3 місяці тому +18

    My opinion is that San Francisco and the Bay Area in general is one of the most beautifull places on earth , I am actually moving there next month . I am from Florida , been here for almost 30 years , and I am in love with North California .

    • @victoriabaker4400
      @victoriabaker4400 3 місяці тому +4

      You are in for a treat. And btw, you've NEVER been able to leave valuables visible in your car in that city or any other.

    • @jameswatt4694
      @jameswatt4694 3 місяці тому +2

      Good move! The "Fall into the Sea" trope is a lot more likely to happen to Florida!

    • @barbarashepherd2834
      @barbarashepherd2834 2 місяці тому

      I have a home in CA (native) but LOVE Florida..so I have a house there too

  • @jchristopher1762
    @jchristopher1762 3 місяці тому

    Just another comment Sarah. With the first rate entertaining video you shoot, you shoot, you should have a half million subscribers (or more) and this video should get 2 million views. Love you and your work!!

  • @Boddav
    @Boddav 3 місяці тому +5

    Great documentary,thanks for the clarification.

    • @Boddav
      @Boddav 3 місяці тому

      I surprised you found a functioning kiosk tiolet. However the demographic you frequently disparage, “old men with testicle hanging down to their knees” should not use the seats.Very unhygienic to submerge the sack if the bowl is at it’s proper levvel.

  • @lisarichards3853
    @lisarichards3853 3 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful shot of the San Fransisco bridge at the end. Loved it!

  • @ToriLynnH
    @ToriLynnH 3 місяці тому +50

    The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

    • @goodson77784
      @goodson77784 3 місяці тому +5

      I can second that. That wind.

    • @michaelbaucom4019
      @michaelbaucom4019 3 місяці тому +14

      Mark Twain quote, I believe

    • @jasoncrum-dn1dn
      @jasoncrum-dn1dn 3 місяці тому +1

      @@michaelbaucom4019 Nope. Nick Nolte. 48 Hours.

    • @scottyo64
      @scottyo64 3 місяці тому +2

      My wife went on vacation a few years back in July and froze, yet I got sunburned. Weirdest weather there during the summer

    • @glennk.7348
      @glennk.7348 3 місяці тому

      I thought of this quote immediately!!

  • @michaelmoore6777
    @michaelmoore6777 2 місяці тому

    Born , raised and still living here 70 years. Thank you for a very nice video of our city. You look very nice also.

  • @darrentaylor1478
    @darrentaylor1478 3 місяці тому +4

    I have to say, I find you and your expeditions to be full of amazing and interesting things. The first vid I watched a couple years ago when I got out of the hospital after being placed in a coma because the powers that be are too useless to look at my med history (at that same hospital) Really picked up my mind and put me in a trance for more more more. Thank you so much for helping me get thru the mess they left me in. Thank you WONDERHUSSY ❤

  • @wayne9979
    @wayne9979 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video, you are an incredibly smart lady. From Aust, we love San Francisco!

  • @richmartin7553
    @richmartin7553 3 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for exposing the real San Fran. It's my all time favorite city. The media presents it as a nightmare. I lived in the east bay area for 5 years, used to go to San Fran often, favorite restaurants in North Beach, the Haight Ashbury with the Grateful Dead house, Golden Gate Park and its culture, the Jefferson Airplane house, Japan Town, China town, it's just a great city. Love its vibe. Thank you again for showing its vibrancy.

  • @ForbinColossus
    @ForbinColossus 3 місяці тому +1

    @wonderhussy *Thank you for setting the record straight. Fear sells better than ethics and honesty*

  • @edwardtraylor3984
    @edwardtraylor3984 3 місяці тому +3

    What a fantastic trip, Wonderhussy! You forgot to take us by the gay side of San Francisco to see the all the rainbow flags and drag queens. Even youtuber Adam the woo took us there on his tour video of this city. I would dearly love to visit this city someday. Thanks so much for the trip.

    • @jameswatt4694
      @jameswatt4694 3 місяці тому +3

      'Gay' isn't as segregated as it used to be which is the way things should be. So many of the commenters here seem to be reading from a Cliff's Notes (not Cliff's Variety) version of SF.

  • @ivycycles
    @ivycycles 3 місяці тому +2

    Perfect episode. Thank you, for your honest reporting. Would love to visit there some day 🙂

  • @brendtoconnell6119
    @brendtoconnell6119 3 місяці тому +35

    Cruisin San Fran on shrooms. That's the way to do it.😅

    • @GeraldBeagan-ee6se
      @GeraldBeagan-ee6se 3 місяці тому +1

      Can't she become chemically dependent?

    • @Boddav
      @Boddav 3 місяці тому +1

      Great documentary.Thanks for the clarification.

    • @michelmoss7559
      @michelmoss7559 3 місяці тому +2

      I was lost in Golden Gate Park for 3 days, once!😅

    • @brendtoconnell6119
      @brendtoconnell6119 3 місяці тому +1

      @@michelmoss7559 Someday I want to travel out there and hop into one of those self driving Uber Jaguar cars completely stoned. That might be fun. Until I get the bill at the end.

  • @christinafofina1979
    @christinafofina1979 3 місяці тому +2

    Loved the video! Being born and raised in Sacramento, the northern coast was my second home. Sure do miss my ocean. I think of it daily from this dry desolate, tumbleweed state. 😒Thanks for the road trip and nostalgia Wonderhussy! We love you. 💗💗💗

  • @firemonkey0011
    @firemonkey0011 3 місяці тому +25

    Thanks so much for doing this! I love Metal Leo but a few months ago I saw his video on the Embarcadero in SF and how it was all boarded up. I have fond memories of that place so I went to see it myself and was pleasantly surprised to see it still had life and stores open!

    • @jameshudkins2210
      @jameshudkins2210 3 місяці тому +5

      It is always good to see for oneself. Some peole show doom. It can be very different if you just go and look for yourself.

    • @firemonkey0011
      @firemonkey0011 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@jameshudkins2210absolutely! No doubt many stores/restaurants have closed and SF's drug and homeless issues have gotten worse but there is still a lot of good and beauty here.

  • @Wesley-uo3rn
    @Wesley-uo3rn 3 місяці тому +1

    My dad's favorite word to call my girlfriends those little Hussies. Love it look like you are having fun

  • @AndrewLumsden
    @AndrewLumsden 3 місяці тому +9

    I was in SF in May, for the WNBR and Bay to Breakers race. Several of the restaurants I used to frequent have closed down, and there certainly was a lot of other shops that were lying empty. Somewhat misrepresentative to be in the middle of the tourist centre on 4th July weekend. The ferry building also has several free toilets.

  • @willseeadventures
    @willseeadventures 2 місяці тому +1

    San Francisco is a beautiful city! I actually volunteered at that Rescue Mission a few times back in the day. Every major city has an area like the Tenderloin District.

  • @travisinLA
    @travisinLA 3 місяці тому +11

    I was by city hall and it was really sketchy open air drug use for blocks

  • @mediaxpuppet
    @mediaxpuppet 2 місяці тому

    I went to SF last winter with a similar lens as you, as a Californian that doesn't necessarily agree with the way our state is being run. I found SF to be a city with many issues, but was still doing far better than what the media is presenting to us. You did an excellent job of objectively showing the world what is going on in reality. I think I saw the same video as you where the guy went around at an internally dead part of the da. Love the double-digit miles long walk on psychedelics. You seem to know how to explore a place, and sounds like you had a great time.

  • @Surge_LaChance
    @Surge_LaChance 3 місяці тому +4

    I absolutely adore your adventurous spirit.
    Thanks for another great video!

  • @alltwocustomz6829
    @alltwocustomz6829 3 місяці тому +1

    1997 trip in San Francisco. Was interesting . Especially walking through the park and all the Victorian houses don't forget ride on the back of the cable car

  • @frankgee4851
    @frankgee4851 3 місяці тому +5

    Well said, that's why I work and live in San Francisco. However, I do have a home in Utah to escape on the weekends.

  • @mykirbs2002
    @mykirbs2002 3 місяці тому +2

    In 2005 our family and some friends drove a 32 ft motorhome thru SF talk about laughing until you cry experience.
    Thank you WonderHussy great video as always

  • @Hoppy1946
    @Hoppy1946 3 місяці тому +6

    Thank you. I’ve watched those doom and gloom San Francisco videos and they were depressing as I’d often traveled there from the late 90’s to mid 20 teens on business and always enjoyed the visit. Your video and narration was both enlightening and refreshing. Long time fan…kudos.

  • @percybyssheshelly
    @percybyssheshelly 2 місяці тому

    I’m a local. Your assessment of SF is correct. It’s something in the middle. It hasn’t recovered from the pandemic but it hasn’t lost its charm.

  • @Kittycat822
    @Kittycat822 3 місяці тому +4

    Thanks for sharing. All big cities are having issues. Yes don’t leave anything in your car and be street wise. When you live rurally blight is in your face in the city it is hidden behind the facade of high-rises in bad neighborhoods.

  • @cara4art
    @cara4art 3 місяці тому +2

    I was here right across the street from the Ghirardelli Square complex today, on my daily walk:)

  • @jackmacvan
    @jackmacvan 3 місяці тому +30

    The real crime in san francisco is 400 a night for a best western.

    • @PeeZeeTheDirector
      @PeeZeeTheDirector 2 місяці тому +1

      Only for people who work. For some the W is FREE and so are the drugs.

    • @kchididdy
      @kchididdy 2 місяці тому +1

      You can stay near financial district and chinatown for $175 night in a nice hotel.

  • @sportscastercanada
    @sportscastercanada 2 місяці тому

    If they remade ‘Full House’ they’d call it ‘Empty House’ 😂

  • @jkyontz
    @jkyontz 3 місяці тому +13

    The last time I was in San Francisco, I had a problem with my navigation. It kept telling me to go straight on Castro Street.😊

  • @duck539
    @duck539 3 місяці тому +2

    They Really Cleaned up the Street that runs along the Great Hwy !! Drove through there July 2023 and there was a Shit Load of Detritus for Blocks !! Your friend was Right ! Safe Travels !!

  • @wizloon9052
    @wizloon9052 3 місяці тому +6

    You didn't visit The Castro District. Boohoo, I'm disappointed. Still LOVE your channel!

  • @DenverTI
    @DenverTI 3 місяці тому +1

    You have the best video tour of SFO. Very entertaining!

  • @gypsyminstrels8744
    @gypsyminstrels8744 3 місяці тому +3

    My strongest memories of San Francisco are as a young teen straight from a Colorado mountain town , population 11 , spending a couple of days in the Haight durring the Summer of Love ('67) .As Gomer Pyle would say , "Goll-lly!" Probably best to leave it at that and not revisit nowadays . Enjoyed your video as you don't seem to have an agenda or put a slant on things .