This was an incredible video. A lot of us are leaving cities like you said and going home with our parents, and it’s comforting to know we are not alone. Excited to see what is next for you, and just remember your savings account will thank you later!
I've left SF for now too and I'm 25 back at my parents. Saving the hell out of my pay checks. I think you're transition was honestly a smart one. And more journeys to come in the future.
I’m only 21 moved out of my parents house this year after graduating and landing a full time job. I’m still working the job remotely so I could’ve stayed home and saved sooo much 😅
@@Pimp-Master lollllll I wish. My parents are 55, my mom is stay at home all her life, dad works a blue collar job. I'm the first in my ENTIRE family to go to college. So yeah no. I save up and pay for shit myself. I try to be smart with my money
I could 100% relate to this feeling-- just started living in a beautiful apartment in the bay and had to abruptly shut it all down. In retrospect, still happy I got the chance to save x thousands of dollars for rent. Living in my parents' house helps me feel much safer
Aw I’m so sorry girl. It was so nice watching your broll clips of Sf as I used to live in Nob hill for 3 years. Sad. It took me so long to adjust to my nyc apartment probably over a year and I recently just moved into another place but I’m so so happy. You will find the right place for you. You are exactly where you need to be.
When you left your apartment it totally got me thinking about when I’ll leave my college apartment soon :( I’m going back in January but I’ll leave when I graduate, and I know I’ll miss it. It’s going to be a hard transition for everyone our age, but I’m still glad that I had your videos since high school to keep me motivated and inspired. ❤️❤️ Thank you Katherine!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us! I also moved out of Seattle a few months ago and moved back to my parents house in Sacramento. It's nice to see others who are also going through the same thing!
How can you be 24, have minimum salary, and pay $4000.00 per month rent? Well, you can't, and nobody can. But you guys really tried selling this fantasy even though everybody already knows what's going on...except young rich girls. How does it feel to be rich and have absolutely no life?
I loved this video! I'm in the opposite situation right now. I just moved out of my parents home for the first time from the suburbs into the city. It was a conflicting decision because I'm working from home and would be saving a ton of money but I'm just over a month out and I'm feeling the way you mentioned you felt while you were in the car-- feeling like you could be 100% yourself and I'm proud of myself for taking this leap. Hope all goes well for you in the future!!
Just came across your channel and found this video & I am literally in the same boat as you... Left my SF apartment for 3 months with my parents thinking I'd be back in the office and life would go back to how it was... Lost my job, and went back to SF for a month to wrap up the lease and move back home. It is a feeling of mourning! I cried so much thinking I'd never see that city, that apt, and my friends.. I know change is good and change is inevitable, so I'm trying to stay hopeful about my next moves. Thank you for sharing!
people will move out of cities (temporarily)- it will create lower prices -- reset if you will and new people will move in - remote work will become normal and hybrid will be the new model
I loved that you showed what your room really looked like mid-move. I feel like most moving clogs show an overly clean and orderly process, which just isn’t real
cant wait to see what else you do. :) im a senior in college living at home and a lot of companies will be starting new grads out remotely. i feel like everything going remote kind of hinders my growth but recently decided to change my perspective and make the most out of living in the moment, being present, and allowing to give myself closure to my childhood room. something that comforts me is realizing that everyone is going through the same thing and we're all sort of lost together. good things are coming, truly. i cant wait to see where you are a year from now.
You are resilient and mature for your age, your parents must be very proud of you. I love San Francisco, used to live there with my dear Aunt, she’s no longer here on earth. I have lots of good memories of San Francisco because of my aunt, R I P….
I always get emotional when moving too!! In February, I took the leap to move to Portland and because of how this year has turned out, it looks like I'll be moving back to my parents in the Bay Area when my lease is up. This year has been really really hard, but it's comforting to know there are many others like me out there too and i'm not alone. Thanks for sharing :)
Home is where the heart is! Although it probably won’t be in that apt, you could always move back to SF in the future if it makes sense in your life.. Best wishes on your journey
Be excited for the future. There is no way to know what it is, but if you make it good, you will be very happy. When I was your age, my company gave me a one way ticket to Japan and I was scared to death. I spent two great years there and made some fantastic friends.
I moved back in with my parents for school last March too! It’s been rough but financially makes the most sense! I have to say I’m glad the prices are dropping. I’m taking a teaching job for the new school year in the city and Im loving all the options/prices of places to live.
Katherout hahaha ikr 😆 I’ve been a fan of your videos since I was in hs & you really do great work so I just might stick around lol. Keep doing your thing! 👏🏾
Love the new editing style ❤️ Also as a new grad about to move to SF before Rona hit your videos were so helpful to give me perspective and reality on the situation. Appreciate the genuine content
Thanks for sharing. I lived in San Fran 2005 to 2013; moved back to Texas to help my folks with their Tiny Ranch and always thought I would return, unfort I got STUCK in Texas (sigh) but I still dream of returning one day.
I’m moving in two weeks to an area I’ve always wanted to on the border of New York! I’m very excited but nervous about quarantining for two weeks in my new apartment alone. But I was living in Rhode Island.. pandemic hit and I moved back in with my parents in Georgia and for some odd reason the pandemic opened up a lot of housing opportunities and I feel great about it. Thankfully 3 of my roommates live in a separate apartment upstairs so I won’t be completely alone. And I plan on being in this ideal area and new city for me for years.
Loving the edits on this vid! I started watching you 4 years ago and my first vid of yours was your college move in vlog! I think you make a good move by leaving sf! I'm staying home with my parents to save money as well 😁
You are a 'Great' tenant, but probably a sensational person. Your parents nurtured you well! Happy you enjoyed your time in The City of various cultures. Your home will always be where your heart is, as life's journey will no doubt expand to new horizons.
Born and raised there, left in the early Bush years, and I could see....changes coming. Don't look back in anger, really, the Bay has always been the Barbary Coast and has had it's ups and downs, it's made like that. Great post.
a long time ago I left San Francisco to live in Germany and I cried on the airplane the day I left , never went back to the city to live ...now I live in the south bay , San Francisco in general has lost its charm in crime and poverty/high prices
This a trend happening all over the world I think. I live in a big, expensive city in Brazil, and I'm also thinking about moving out because my work is now remote
I live in San Francisco’s Richmond District and pay $600. Always wanted to move to Russian Hill as it’s closer to my swimming buddies in Aquatic Park. My neighbor offers me dumplings 🥟 and has set up a Covid friendly outdoor space. Aunty used to cook for me, but she sadly passed away. Got to put that mask 😷 on to visit the Ferris wheel 🎡 in Golden Gate Park today.
What you said at 9:00 are EXACTLY my feelings when I moved out of SF 2 weeks before you. Such a roller coaster. Thanks for sharing, it validates what I was feeling too.
Day in the life of a Taxpayer in San Francisco: I wake up in the early morning hours to the sound that has become my unofficial alarm clock: the homeless guy and his drunk girlfriend, noisily arguing as they push their cart full of clanking bottles down the sidewalk. They stop, as usual, to rummage through the trash can on the street corner, and I hear the crashing of glass and garbage being thrown onto the sidewalk. I hop into the shower and lather up. The mandated low-flow showerhead the landlord installed has slowed the water to a trickle, so I have to spend a lot longer in the shower in order to wash away all the soap. After I wash down my estrogen-packed tofu sausage links with some free-trade organic brew, I get dressed and head out the door for work. I walk by the neighborhood park on my way to the bus stop. The city just spent $14 million renovating it last year. I shield my eyes from the local crackhead taking his morning dump, crouched in the corner of the park. It is too bad that none of the neighbors ever use this park. What a waste. I don't blame them though. You are likely to find broken glass, used condoms, feces, used needles, and drug baggies strewn in the grass on any given day. Since ordinary citizens are too scared to use the park, it has become a haven for the homeless, the addicted, and a place for prostitutes to turn tricks at night. I can't remember the last time I saw a cop on this block. No one ever calls the cops to report the crimes at the park, because the crimes are committed by the disadvantaged and disenfranchised. They have nowhere else to go, so we let them hang around in the middle of our block, where the median condo price is $750,000. I walk to my car and curse the fact that I have yet another street cleaning ticket. It's hard to avoid them when the sweepers come at 6am, down one side of the entire street, and there are absolutely no available parking spaces to move to. It's like they expect 50% of the cars parked on the street to temporarily vaporize overnight. Heck I drove around for 25 minutes just to find this spot in the street cleaning zone. Oh well, I'll just pay it. But I quickly think about the fact that if they ran the street cleaners at 9am, everyone would already be gone to work, and their cars would not be in the way. I guess if they did that they wouldn't make so much revenue off of these street cleaning tickets. It's strange that so much money is spent on street cleaning in this town, and yet my sidewalk is still always filthy and piled with discarded junk. It's been declared another "Spare the Air Day". I guess that means that even though we spend the most on environmental regulations, the city still has the worst air quality around. That's cool, I usually take the bus to work anyway. The streets are nearly undriveable. Unfortunately on Spare the Air Days, we get a demonstration of how our public transit system would be totally inadequate if larger numbers of people actually used it. We are a "sanctuary city" for illegal mexican, guatemalan, and chinese immigrants. Putting a million of these people behind the wheel on our streets, with no training and questionable licensing, wasn't the best idea. The numbers of hit-and-runs and drunk driving fatalities are staggering. Even my most politically correct friends will admit that illiterate laborers and senior citizens from third world countries do not have the driving skills necessary to successfully integrate into orderly American street traffic. One thing that scares me is that it's practically a cultural tradition in Latin America to drink during the daytime, and to drive drunk, so they see nothing wrong with it when they come here. And of course, they do not have any proof of their name, let alone car insurance, so if you are hit you're on your own. I go to my bus stop but stand a few yards away from it. It's crowded by a group of unruly "youths". These kids are always making trouble. Since I am legally barred from defending myself in any physical way, I'd rather just steer clear of anything that could be dangerous. Today they are blaring rap from a boom box and getting all riled up, so I want to keep my distance. 4 or 5 of them loudly chant the offensive lyrics in unison "I'ma cut a bitch, I'm a kill a motherfucker, Don't fuck wit me nigga!"... that's all I could make out. I feel sorry for that little old white lady waiting for the bus. She looks like she's 90 years old. What must she be thinking? A bus pulls up but it's packed to the limit and sails right by our stop. Fifteen minutes later, a convoy of three buses in a row pull up. All the same bus line. The first one is packed, and the other two are empty. I sure wish they'd space them out a little better. Unfortunately, if we complain about anything related to the bus service, their union bosses and friends in city hall block any calls for change. I heard that a city bus driver can fail to show up for work, without calling in sick, dozens of days in a year without being disciplined or fired. I read in the paper that on any given day, up to 30% of all transit workers called in sick. Where can I get a job like that? I guess the government is the only place they exist. I try to get on the second bus but the crowd of youths push and shove their way ahead of everyone. All of them pile onto the bus through the back door, none of them paying fare. The driver watches all of this through his mirror but says nothing. All of the adult workers and students enter through the front and pay their fare. The youths sit in the back of the bus, with their boom box still blaring, still chanting the lyrics. Many of them are also eating candy and fast food, throwing the trash on the floor. Don't they know that Rosa Parks fought for their right to NOT sit at the back of the bus? Several of the boys make sexual comments to a 30-something female office worker sitting a few seats away. They are breaking almost all of the rules for bus riders, but no one says anything. For a quick second, I marvel at the ridiculousness of 40 full-grown adults being intimidated by a dozen 12-year-olds. The issue is that we are racially sensitive, and understand that these children probably had less opportunity than we did, so we silently endorse their antisocial behavior because we don't want to rock the boat. It seems that property taxes around here are awfully high, and school funding is among the highest in the country. I can't help but wonder, then, why are these kids not riding a big yellow school bus to school, instead of cramming onto a city bus with the rest of the morning commuters? Finally we pull up to the middle school and the kids bail out. I look out at all the children playing on the school blacktop. I can't help but notice that among a sea of black and brown faces, there are only three white children that I can count. None of my friends can afford to have kids, so maybe that is why. My friends are mostly professionals who make around $65k a year. I wonder how all these black and hispanic families are able to afford so many children, since it's well-known that they make even less money than whites. The school looks kind of depressing, surrounded by razor wire, littered with trash. I am all for racial understanding and tolerance, but I have to admit to myself that if I had a white child, I wouldn't dream of condemning them to schools like this one. The kid would probably be bullied because of his race. I would move to the most upscale neighborhood I could find to put them in school - so what if that also means the whitest neighborhood. I want nothing but the best schools for my own children. We can teach them about diversity, so they don't have to experience it firsthand. These thoughts are snuffed out by the need to claw through 30 other passengers to get to the door of the bus. My stop is coming up. I step out, feeling like I was just molested in a crowded elevator, and head to another day of working hard so I can pay my taxes and keep this whole shit-show running smoothly. After dodging 4 aggressive panhandlers in the city's upscale financial district, I reach my office, log in to Daily Kos, and start "working".
I looked into moving to Phoenix between a few other job locations (Boise area, Modesto area, Santa Cruz because I am dumb, and Beaverton), but the weather there.... no way in literal hell. I get heat exhaustion quicker than a dried-out piece of chicken in a microwave, lol. 😂
I don’t buy the “death of SF” narrative. Higher education. The fact that UCSF, UC Berkeley and Stanford are located close to SF means there will always be an influx of talent, new ideas and new companies. Universities will not be leaving the Bay so companies will always try to locate nearby to attract that talent. The pandemic is temporary that is simply make rent and real estate cheaper for a brief period in time for those willing to stay
"The City" hasn't been a livable urban environment since the 1950s. I watched the Flower Children inflict the initial damage in the 60s and it has been downhill every since.
Some of us have paltry options to pack up and move to another state or city. It is not about money at all. We can deal with the demons we know, and so we stay put. Societal problems, employment prospects may be a tad better in places like San Francisco.
Your title for the video literally says why you're leaving and then in the video you say that if we want to find out why you're leaving we have to go to another video??? bruh....
I left San Francisco after nine years. Beautiful. Miss it. The politics screwed it up. Florida is great. No masks...... Lower Covid rate than CA. It's the politics. Don't take your politics with you when you leave SF. If you stay Liberal, stay in SF.
Thank you for sharing your journey. The truth is that a lot of people are leaving California because the state is governed extremely badly. It's expensive. It has high crime. The state refuses to allow more housing to be built. Fuel is too expensive. Taxes are too expensive. They regulate everything. I also made a video about this. Keep up the great work! Glad to see other people are saying no to this state.
I LOVE HOW YOU FILMED AND EDITED THIS! It’s kinda like a documentary
It’s always a good day when there’s a new Katherout vlog in your UA-cam feed!! 😁
I’m so proud of you & so respect how smart you are about saving money and making smart decisions! Can’t wait to see what the future holds for you 💕
This was an incredible video. A lot of us are leaving cities like you said and going home with our parents, and it’s comforting to know we are not alone. Excited to see what is next for you, and just remember your savings account will thank you later!
THANK U FOR THE SUPPORT :’)
It's not comforting. Don't you realize that your life is totally over? Put a happy face on that!
I've left SF for now too and I'm 25 back at my parents. Saving the hell out of my pay checks. I think you're transition was honestly a smart one. And more journeys to come in the future.
I’m only 21 moved out of my parents house this year after graduating and landing a full time job. I’m still working the job remotely so I could’ve stayed home and saved sooo much 😅
@@rhiannad7252 aw man what timing! At least you get some independence living away. Always silver linings!
Take others with you!
Yeah, both your parents are 49 and rich, but you're home "taking care of them," right? hahahaha...
@@Pimp-Master lollllll I wish. My parents are 55, my mom is stay at home all her life, dad works a blue collar job. I'm the first in my ENTIRE family to go to college. So yeah no. I save up and pay for shit myself. I try to be smart with my money
this year truly has been one huge shuffle for everyone! you captured your own process of moving and your own reflections so gracefully.
BIG! OLE! SHUFFLE!
I could 100% relate to this feeling-- just started living in a beautiful apartment in the bay and had to abruptly shut it all down. In retrospect, still happy I got the chance to save x thousands of dollars for rent. Living in my parents' house helps me feel much safer
I love san Francisco, im in high school and i would love to live there one day if the prices drop, its such a dreamy city
there was so much hiking in that area. with nobody around...
Aw I’m so sorry girl. It was so nice watching your broll clips of Sf as I used to live in Nob hill for 3 years. Sad. It took me so long to adjust to my nyc apartment probably over a year and I recently just moved into another place but I’m so so happy. You will find the right place for you. You are exactly where you need to be.
When you left your apartment it totally got me thinking about when I’ll leave my college apartment soon :( I’m going back in January but I’ll leave when I graduate, and I know I’ll miss it. It’s going to be a hard transition for everyone our age, but I’m still glad that I had your videos since high school to keep me motivated and inspired. ❤️❤️ Thank you Katherine!
transitions be difficult!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us! I also moved out of Seattle a few months ago and moved back to my parents house in Sacramento. It's nice to see others who are also going through the same thing!
I moved back to Dallas, Tx. I make the same paycheck as if I was in San Francisco. 🤑
How can you be 24, have minimum salary, and pay $4000.00 per month rent? Well, you can't, and nobody can. But you guys really tried selling this fantasy even though everybody already knows what's going on...except young rich girls. How does it feel to be rich and have absolutely no life?
I loved this video! I'm in the opposite situation right now. I just moved out of my parents home for the first time from the suburbs into the city. It was a conflicting decision because I'm working from home and would be saving a ton of money but I'm just over a month out and I'm feeling the way you mentioned you felt while you were in the car-- feeling like you could be 100% yourself and I'm proud of myself for taking this leap. Hope all goes well for you in the future!!
YES GYAL
Just came across your channel and found this video & I am literally in the same boat as you... Left my SF apartment for 3 months with my parents thinking I'd be back in the office and life would go back to how it was... Lost my job, and went back to SF for a month to wrap up the lease and move back home. It is a feeling of mourning! I cried so much thinking I'd never see that city, that apt, and my friends.. I know change is good and change is inevitable, so I'm trying to stay hopeful about my next moves. Thank you for sharing!
people will move out of cities (temporarily)- it will create lower prices -- reset if you will and new people will move in - remote work will become normal and hybrid will be the new model
Awww we will miss you in SF! 🤍🤍🤍 Don’t cry, a new and great chapter is coming. ☺️
Love this. Thank you for sharing your journey with us 💛💛💛
Totally unrelated but I love you Tiffany!
LOVE YOU BB thank u for watching 😢
I realize it's quite randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to watch new movies online?
@Emory Baker try Flixzone. Just google for it =)
LOVE the editing here. Definitely living for the moving back home in your 20's content!
YAY
I loved that you showed what your room really looked like mid-move. I feel like most moving clogs show an overly clean and orderly process, which just isn’t real
oh it was relentlessly messy for a month LOL
cant wait to see what else you do. :) im a senior in college living at home and a lot of companies will be starting new grads out remotely. i feel like everything going remote kind of hinders my growth but recently decided to change my perspective and make the most out of living in the moment, being present, and allowing to give myself closure to my childhood room. something that comforts me is realizing that everyone is going through the same thing and we're all sort of lost together. good things are coming, truly. i cant wait to see where you are a year from now.
Oh man Katherine I totally relate to all your feelings right now. Thanks for sharing this weird time of your life with us :)
always always 😌
You are resilient and mature for your age, your parents must be very proud of you. I love San Francisco, used to live there with my dear Aunt, she’s no longer here on earth. I have lots of good memories of San Francisco because of my aunt, R I P….
I always get emotional when moving too!! In February, I took the leap to move to Portland and because of how this year has turned out, it looks like I'll be moving back to my parents in the Bay Area when my lease is up. This year has been really really hard, but it's comforting to know there are many others like me out there too and i'm not alone. Thanks for sharing :)
There are such great shots in this video! I'm a fan of this new style! Excellent video, Katherine!
YES I’m so glad u enjoyed!!
So nice of your dad to help ♥️
very generous with his time I love the man
love this new filming style; very high quality content!
THANK U i overthought it for 2 months and then took the plunge to edit lmao my brain
I guess KatherOUT of sf
u...... u know what
Change is so hard. I really felt for you during your midnight car chat. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for leaving the bay 😍
Brightening up my Wednesday yayyy!!!! OMG I am so early
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Katherout omg thanks for responding 🥺🥺
Hope this new chapter of your life goes amazing! Also very excited to see more videos comming 🙌🏻
thank u!!!!!!
This is so well done! Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
Home is where the heart is! Although it probably won’t be in that apt, you could always move back to SF in the future if it makes sense in your life.. Best wishes on your journey
Katherine your skin is glowing gurl! Best of luck on your next steps! 🤗🤗
:’))
Be excited for the future. There is no way to know what it is, but if you make it good, you will be very happy. When I was your age, my company gave me a one way ticket to Japan and I was scared to death. I spent two great years there and made some fantastic friends.
I moved back in with my parents for school last March too! It’s been rough but financially makes the most sense!
I have to say I’m glad the prices are dropping. I’m taking a teaching job for the new school year in the city and Im loving all the options/prices of places to live.
I’m so happy there’s a video!!!! 😊🙌🏾 I keep coming back every week checking to see what’s up lol
omg the dedication
Katherout hahaha ikr 😆 I’ve been a fan of your videos since I was in hs & you really do great work so I just might stick around lol. Keep doing your thing! 👏🏾
Love the new editing style ❤️
Also as a new grad about to move to SF before Rona hit your videos were so helpful to give me perspective and reality on the situation. Appreciate the genuine content
thank you!! 💓💓
S.F. is not worth the expense anymore. Hasn’t been worth it since the 90s.
Thanks for sharing. I lived in San Fran 2005 to 2013; moved back to Texas to help my folks with their Tiny Ranch and always thought I would return, unfort I got STUCK in Texas (sigh) but I still dream of returning one day.
Just watched this video and did not hear a single reason explaining "why I'm leaving" ... what part of living in the city was no longer tenable?
Yay! So glad to see a vid from you today!
:’))
I’m moving in two weeks to an area I’ve always wanted to on the border of New York! I’m very excited but nervous about quarantining for two weeks in my new apartment alone. But I was living in Rhode Island.. pandemic hit and I moved back in with my parents in Georgia and for some odd reason the pandemic opened up a lot of housing opportunities and I feel great about it. Thankfully 3 of my roommates live in a separate apartment upstairs so I won’t be completely alone. And I plan on being in this ideal area and new city for me for years.
Loving the edits on this vid! I started watching you 4 years ago and my first vid of yours was your college move in vlog! I think you make a good move by leaving sf! I'm staying home with my parents to save money as well 😁
omg it’s poetic
I get the same paycheck for not living in San Francisco. Loving life.
you should have titled this movie 'Escape From Frisco'
You are a 'Great' tenant, but probably a sensational person. Your parents nurtured you well!
Happy you enjoyed your time in The City of various cultures.
Your home will always be where your heart is, as life's journey will no doubt expand to new horizons.
Thank you for being honest. This video is great!
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I love this video - excited for it to be a series!
THIS!!!!!!!!!!
love love love this editing!!
TYSM :’)
Moving was such a good choice imo
Girl I’ve been watching you since I was at SC. I left too LA too last year. It was hard but I had to do it.
Please leave, we don’t want you here.
Same here. Packing up and leaving LA end of November. Heading to Pennsylvania to be with family while I WFH.
Born and raised there, left in the early Bush years, and I could see....changes coming. Don't look back in anger, really, the Bay has always been the Barbary Coast and has had it's ups and downs, it's made like that. Great post.
a long time ago I left San Francisco to live in Germany and I cried on the airplane the day I left , never went back to the city to live ...now I live in the south bay , San Francisco in general has lost its charm in crime and poverty/high prices
this was so raw and real and wow i adore u
GRACE!! u the best 😢
Same here. Leaving my incredible place in DC for the same reason. Moving back home until things get figured out. Sad. :(
Aw Katherine! Thank you for sharing your journey! I have had to getting my college degree on hold for now, so I more then get where your coming from.
This a trend happening all over the world I think. I live in a big, expensive city in Brazil, and I'm also thinking about moving out because my work is now remote
Luv U Katherine 💜
We are happy you have left The City 🙏- SF Native
Just watching this now, and we were literal neighbors but you left RIGHT as I moved to Sac & Hyde lol!
nice video the background music scard me like a horror movie at beginning but didn't last long.
I loved this video so much!
:’)
I live in San Francisco’s Richmond District and pay $600. Always wanted to move to Russian Hill as it’s closer to my swimming buddies in Aquatic Park. My neighbor offers me dumplings 🥟 and has set up a Covid friendly outdoor space. Aunty used to cook for me, but she sadly passed away. Got to put that mask 😷 on to visit the Ferris wheel 🎡 in Golden Gate Park today.
Your skin looks amazing!!
ultimate compliment 🥺
I need to move out and try experience a different place. wish you the best with your situation
Well done. What camera do you use? Just a phone? Thanks. Congrats on leaving SF.
Awesome; thanks for your sharing
did you have to pay out the rest of the time on the lease when you broke your lease?
Amazing video!
Everyone's moving these days...sigh. Hope the move went well!
it rly feels that way doesn’t it
Save as much $$$ as you possibly can. Live minimal..invest in Stocks(IRA) & buy A House in a desirable place. You will be set @ age 50.
Smart decision. Corona brought families together. Kids should never be a burden to the parents and vise versa.
I love your vlogs!!
YAY thank u 😇
Best wishes to you. Btw, you can repaint that dresser, change pulls and give it a new life, in your new life. All the best!
What you said at 9:00 are EXACTLY my feelings when I moved out of SF 2 weeks before you. Such a roller coaster. Thanks for sharing, it validates what I was feeling too.
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Day in the life of a Taxpayer in San Francisco:
I wake up in the early morning hours to the sound that has become my
unofficial alarm clock: the homeless guy and his drunk girlfriend,
noisily arguing as they push their cart full of clanking bottles down
the sidewalk. They stop, as usual, to rummage through the trash can on
the street corner, and I hear the crashing of glass and garbage being
thrown onto the sidewalk.
I hop into the shower and lather up. The mandated low-flow showerhead
the landlord installed has slowed the water to a trickle, so I have to
spend a lot longer in the shower in order to wash away all the soap.
After I wash down my estrogen-packed tofu sausage links with some
free-trade organic brew, I get dressed and head out the door for work.
I walk by the neighborhood park on my way to the bus stop. The city just
spent $14 million renovating it last year. I shield my eyes from the
local crackhead taking his morning dump, crouched in the corner of the
park. It is too bad that none of the neighbors ever use this park. What
a waste. I don't blame them though. You are likely to find broken glass,
used condoms, feces, used needles, and drug baggies strewn in the grass
on any given day. Since ordinary citizens are too scared to use the
park, it has become a haven for the homeless, the addicted, and a place
for prostitutes to turn tricks at night. I can't remember the last time
I saw a cop on this block. No one ever calls the cops to report the
crimes at the park, because the crimes are committed by the
disadvantaged and disenfranchised. They have nowhere else to go, so we
let them hang around in the middle of our block, where the median condo
price is $750,000.
I walk to my car and curse the fact that I have yet another street
cleaning ticket. It's hard to avoid them when the sweepers come at 6am,
down one side of the entire street, and there are absolutely no
available parking spaces to move to. It's like they expect 50% of the
cars parked on the street to temporarily vaporize overnight. Heck I
drove around for 25 minutes just to find this spot in the street
cleaning zone. Oh well, I'll just pay it. But I quickly think about the
fact that if they ran the street cleaners at 9am, everyone would already
be gone to work, and their cars would not be in the way. I guess if they
did that they wouldn't make so much revenue off of these street cleaning
tickets. It's strange that so much money is spent on street cleaning in
this town, and yet my sidewalk is still always filthy and piled with
discarded junk.
It's been declared another "Spare the Air Day". I guess that means that
even though we spend the most on environmental regulations, the city
still has the worst air quality around. That's cool, I usually take the
bus to work anyway. The streets are nearly undriveable. Unfortunately on
Spare the Air Days, we get a demonstration of how our public transit
system would be totally inadequate if larger numbers of people actually
used it.
We are a "sanctuary city" for illegal mexican, guatemalan, and chinese
immigrants. Putting a million of these people behind the wheel on our
streets, with no training and questionable licensing, wasn't the best
idea. The numbers of hit-and-runs and drunk driving fatalities are
staggering. Even my most politically correct friends will admit that
illiterate laborers and senior citizens from third world countries do
not have the driving skills necessary to successfully integrate into
orderly American street traffic. One thing that scares me is that it's
practically a cultural tradition in Latin America to drink during the
daytime, and to drive drunk, so they see nothing wrong with it when they
come here. And of course, they do not have any proof of their name, let
alone car insurance, so if you are hit you're on your own.
I go to my bus stop but stand a few yards away from it. It's crowded by
a group of unruly "youths". These kids are always making trouble. Since
I am legally barred from defending myself in any physical way, I'd
rather just steer clear of anything that could be dangerous. Today they
are blaring rap from a boom box and getting all riled up, so I want to
keep my distance. 4 or 5 of them loudly chant the offensive lyrics in
unison "I'ma cut a bitch, I'm a kill a motherfucker, Don't fuck wit me
nigga!"... that's all I could make out. I feel sorry for that little old
white lady waiting for the bus. She looks like she's 90 years old. What
must she be thinking?
A bus pulls up but it's packed to the limit and sails right by our stop.
Fifteen minutes later, a convoy of three buses in a row pull up. All the
same bus line. The first one is packed, and the other two are empty. I
sure wish they'd space them out a little better. Unfortunately, if we
complain about anything related to the bus service, their union bosses
and friends in city hall block any calls for change.
I heard that a city bus driver can fail to show up for work, without
calling in sick, dozens of days in a year without being disciplined or
fired. I read in the paper that on any given day, up to 30% of all
transit workers called in sick. Where can I get a job like that? I guess
the government is the only place they exist.
I try to get on the second bus but the crowd of youths push and shove
their way ahead of everyone. All of them pile onto the bus through the
back door, none of them paying fare. The driver watches all of this
through his mirror but says nothing. All of the adult workers and
students enter through the front and pay their fare. The youths sit in
the back of the bus, with their boom box still blaring, still chanting
the lyrics. Many of them are also eating candy and fast food, throwing
the trash on the floor. Don't they know that Rosa Parks fought for their
right to NOT sit at the back of the bus?
Several of the boys make sexual comments to a 30-something female office
worker sitting a few seats away. They are breaking almost all of the
rules for bus riders, but no one says anything. For a quick second, I
marvel at the ridiculousness of 40 full-grown adults being intimidated
by a dozen 12-year-olds. The issue is that we are racially sensitive,
and understand that these children probably had less opportunity than we
did, so we silently endorse their antisocial behavior because we don't
want to rock the boat.
It seems that property taxes around here are awfully high, and school
funding is among the highest in the country. I can't help but wonder,
then, why are these kids not riding a big yellow school bus to school,
instead of cramming onto a city bus with the rest of the morning commuters?
Finally we pull up to the middle school and the kids bail out. I look
out at all the children playing on the school blacktop. I can't help but
notice that among a sea of black and brown faces, there are only three
white children that I can count. None of my friends can afford to have
kids, so maybe that is why. My friends are mostly professionals who make
around $65k a year. I wonder how all these black and hispanic families
are able to afford so many children, since it's well-known that they
make even less money than whites. The school looks kind of depressing,
surrounded by razor wire, littered with trash. I am all for racial
understanding and tolerance, but I have to admit to myself that if I had
a white child, I wouldn't dream of condemning them to schools like this
one. The kid would probably be bullied because of his race. I would move
to the most upscale neighborhood I could find to put them in school - so
what if that also means the whitest neighborhood. I want nothing but the
best schools for my own children. We can teach them about diversity, so
they don't have to experience it firsthand.
These thoughts are snuffed out by the need to claw through 30 other
passengers to get to the door of the bus. My stop is coming up. I step
out, feeling like I was just molested in a crowded elevator, and head to
another day of working hard so I can pay my taxes and keep this whole
shit-show running smoothly. After dodging 4 aggressive panhandlers in
the city's upscale financial district, I reach my office, log in to
Daily Kos, and start "working".
Lots of family and friends moved back to homeland. Staystrong
Amazing quality!!
THANK YA!
Yes Carter Vail!!
Thank goodness.
Try Phoenix, Arizona. Cost of living is a lot lower than in San Francisco.
I’ve seriously been considering Arizona
Phoenix sounds like a cool city.
I looked into moving to Phoenix between a few other job locations (Boise area, Modesto area, Santa Cruz because I am dumb, and Beaverton), but the weather there.... no way in literal hell. I get heat exhaustion quicker than a dried-out piece of chicken in a microwave, lol. 😂
I love this so sad to see you leave SF but it’ll be here when all you amazing “Techies” come back wooot woot
I don’t buy the “death of SF” narrative. Higher education. The fact that UCSF, UC Berkeley and Stanford are located close to SF means there will always be an influx of talent, new ideas and new companies. Universities will not be leaving the Bay so companies will always try to locate nearby to attract that talent. The pandemic is temporary that is simply make rent and real estate cheaper for a brief period in time for those willing to stay
Idk how I came across this channel, but I SEE MY HOUSE LMAO I live a block over.
Too bad you couldn’t spend more time here :(
"The City" hasn't been a livable urban environment since the 1950s. I watched the Flower Children inflict the initial damage in the 60s and it has been downhill every since.
Meanwhile I'm stuck in Bali for the last 10 years.
The vacancy rate problems started way before Covid19.
Some of us have paltry options to pack up and move to another state or city. It is not about money at all. We can deal with the demons we know, and so we stay put. Societal problems, employment prospects may be a tad better in places like San Francisco.
Your title for the video literally says why you're leaving and then in the video you say that if we want to find out why you're leaving we have to go to another video??? bruh....
woah i cant believe how fast people are to leave SF. Its like you never even cared about the city in the first place
Do you think you might move to Seattle post pandemic?
Dads are the best 👍
I left San Francisco after nine years.
Beautiful. Miss it.
The politics screwed it up.
Florida is great.
No masks......
Lower Covid rate than CA.
It's the politics. Don't take your politics with you when you leave SF.
If you stay Liberal, stay in SF.
I just can't leave NYC. But I hope your move feels right nowm
The editing and narrative is unmatched! What great quality content
AW THANK YOU
Hey katherine! Have you decided to move to Montana?
“Your thoughts and feeling” aren’t the truth
Thank you for sharing your journey. The truth is that a lot of people are leaving California because the state is governed extremely badly. It's expensive. It has high crime. The state refuses to allow more housing to be built. Fuel is too expensive. Taxes are too expensive. They regulate everything. I also made a video about this. Keep up the great work! Glad to see other people are saying no to this state.
You know, SF chews you up and spits you out. You're lucky you made it out in one piece.
This is so true!! What is your Hogwarts House?
can I claim slytherclaw lol
@@Katherout I'm a slytherclaw, I knew it when I first saw your video!!
you're smart