yoc land Years ago I lived in the City and worked minimum wage/went to college and lived on Filbert St near Van Ness. It was so affordable then. What happened?
you SF'ers think you're cool and open minded, but really you're close minded snobs who can't and won't accept anyone who doesnt act and talk like you. personally you all can move out. good bye
Im from Oakland and bought a condo for a 100k in 2010 now its worth 500k and i work in the city ... these new snobby people are not from the Bay Area these are out-of-towners taking over and changing the flavor
I’ve lived in San Francisco my whole life. It’s honestly a shame what happened to this city. We have a huge homeless problem that needs to be fixed. Trying to save up enough money to move out of this city
No need. Ever since Fox news did that story of human waste on the streets of SF, every time I do a video about anything near SF 30 people bring it up. Side Note: I actually saw a homeless man drop his pants and take care of business in Oklahoma City. It is everywhere you have homeless.
@@scoobycarr5558 There's nowhere like Prichard, Ala., and there's reason for it. There's a saying: "Prichard puts the fear of God in an atheist's heart."
@@lawrencewright2816 they said they lived in the bay area not San Francisco sooooooooo maybe they're close enough to the city to acknowledge these things are true but they don't actually live under those conditions? How fucking weird huh?
A $300k home in California would not sell for $100k in Texas. Our $300k home is equivalent or better than a California $800k home. Couple that with far lower taxes and you can see why people from California are invading Texas. I hope they dont come and ruin our great State..
I was born and raised in SF and moved away in 2012. Even back then, that place was filthy and lawless. It was always cold and damp, but I could live with that, but not the filth. It's gotten worse since I left and hate to visit that place now.
I grew up in the Bay Area in the 1980's. I've been back about once a year for a few days since the early 1990's. I stopped going to the SF Bay Area all together in the 2010's. It's gone down hill so much that unless absolutely necessary, I'll never return there again. I've lived in 5 states and one foreign country since the 90's. The SF Bay Area is the worst of all of those places. Don't let all of these techy boys and idiots tell you about "California being the 6th largest economy in the world". That means nothing to the general populace that lives and works in the area. I've lived in California for 35 of my 47 years, every state I've lived in other than California (Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Georgia) were all safer, cleaner, and much better quality of life.
Melanie Garcia at lease 2500+ for 3 bedroom house(1hour drive from SF). In the city, 3 bedroom starting at 3200+. 1 bedroom apartment in SF can cost 1800-3500.
Jay Pls don’t move to San Francisco. It’s not the city that you can live a ‘normal’ life. Everything is expensive here. My family moved from SF in 2012 to Denver, Colorado.
I had a rent controlled apartment in SF (Pacific Heights) from 1995-2005. Loved it. Rent started at $830.00 and ended ten years later at $955.00. Oh, the days! I was working as a bartender and had plenty of money and could travel the world. Now the city is too expensive and too dirty for me. I'm back in SoCal L.A. and it's bad here too. Hard to make a living!
I spent a lot of time in SF and Bay area and it has the best summer climate in the entire nation . Cool breeze , no smog and just clean air .. yes it gets foggy but mostly during winter months .... and no the beaches are NOT dirty like how it was shown here , not by a long shot , but the water is cold , yes .
What? It is was cold and foggy almost every day this summer. There was no summer and some days smoke . Delores street all the grass is dead from the drought. Trash and graffiti every where.
That is not true! SF's summer is bad! Is only fog and fog and more fog... Spring in the city has much better weather. LA, Portland, Seattle have WAY better summers.
Your videos have so much great information about all of these US cities (and states). You're doing an excellent job. I just love all of them. Thank you very much. You really don't get the credit that you deserve. Well, maybe you do, from all the followers you have!
Lived and worked there during 80s. What a great town back then, 3 bedroom noe valley flat, garage, backyard, plenty of people stopping by from out of state. 45k king of world then.
I live in San Francisco and this list is pretty spot on. It can be challenging to live here. The weather is awesome though, there are lots of great things to do, and I love the multicultural aspect.
Yes, that is how an economy works. That is how it is with all cities and states. If any major industry leaves an area it would suffer. Why are you saying that like it would be exclusive to California? The auto industry did it to Michigan. If the energy sector left Texas they’d be screwed.
Just subscribed! The 89 quake was in Santa Cruz/Hollister so that's why you felt it in Fort Ord! SF just got all of the news coverage while downtown Santa Cruz was devastated and remained that way for at least 20 years! You may want to bring this topic forward a few years past Covid because now things are clearing out but nothing is getting "more affordable" by any means! Enjoy your channel!
The epicenter from the 89 earthquake is in Loma Prieta which is in Santa Cruz mountains. One of the buildings at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was destroyed during that earthquake.
@@anthonysalgado-nava3572 Now I don't blame you. SF is Your home. Hope it doesn't turn in to another Silicone Valley. No I'm not a techie, but I do know alot of them, just out of school, going there to hopefully make their fortune. Not me.
Sean Gonzales your absoulety right earthquakes can happen any where in the world. There's fault lines all across the U.S I bet alot of people don't know about that.
@ exactly tell these people! I garuntee you all they do is repeat what they hear on fox news. "cOmMiEfoRnIa" "I hAtE tHis StAte" "LiBeRtaRds" and they always gotta make some stupid comment telling you how much they hate California and how they're glad they moved out like okay we get you hate california and you moved out good for you! More state for us! Have fun in boring flat texas or wherever tf you moved to, outside the coast like sacramento cali isn't that expensive and you can still access all the beauty this state has to offer, and for a nice house its only 350,000, how could you go wrong with that?
There's lots of problems with San Francisco. Too expensive for no reason, the fact stores are closing because people keep stealing from them, the drug problem, people that keep using the street as a toilet. It's a disgusting city and I will never move back there. I moved out of San Fransisco in 2012 and I'm glad I did. I may have only lived there for 2 years, but that was 2 to many.
II-5P00K-IIツ i dont consider those places all the way bad they just get a bad rep. I just want people to know not everyone from San Francisco is some rich arrogant prick
The people talking shit have not lived there. They watch Fox News and think there is human feces all over the place. There is no use telling them that the feces are mostly in Downtown, Tenderloin, and South of Market, and maybe some out in the Mission. They don't want to be educated.
Wow . Such a big change from the laid back vibe in the early 1970s . I loved living in the city and i took buses and trolleys everywhere for 25 cents a ride . I love your videos by the way . I armchair travel lol
Well done. You've got my fav list video channel. I moved from San Francisco to Berkeley and after a year here will probably pull up stakes and keep moving.
I know a guy who has a cousin that’s a neurosurgeon in the Bay Area and he’s struggling just to make ends meet! Imagine that, making over 200,000 a year and struggling! And the vibe I got of the bay area in general was pretty snobby and stuck up, much like the Los Angeles area. I think San Diego and the surrounding area is far better, even though they’re not much cheaper
@@roberttelarket4934 I guess it’s all relative. Poverty level is less than some $110,000 a year in San Francisco, but I’ve spoke with seemingly middle-class people in nearby San Ramon that live just fine in nice homes. They’ve been there in the same home for a long time and used to a high cost of living and know how to cut corners and stick it out.
You know, it's kinda surprising how long it took you to make this video. San Francisco is definitely and overpriced and overrated city. So much that I thought you already did a video about it
@ This is a great look for San Francisco, but as someone who lives in San Francisco, I've met many people who have been a victim of gentrification . We need regulations in place, it's killing our culture on what San Francisco is truly about.
Holy Shit!!!! Thats me holding the " Homeless Grateful for any help" sign at the 4:07 mark!!! Thats on Powell st where the cable car turns around. A sad time in my life. Im no longer in San Francisco and no longer homeless.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM A LOCAL’S POINT OF VIEW: Filth: It can be seen, especially in the Financial District, but have you ever been to NYC or LA? It is the same thing, what can you do.. Homelessness: Really, San Francisco is only the 6th city with most homeless, guess who’s number 1? Yes, NYC, but the thing is that they actually have shelters over there and only 15% of their homeless population is on the streets of a 315 sq mi city. It is big! San Francisco is only 46 sq mi! Drugs on the streets and poop: Yea, this is a major problem here.. needles have been spotted in parks all across The City and feeces are a real problem in the Tenderloin district, along with trash and some homeless here and there... And yes, this city has the most expensive housing in the US, on par with Manhattan, but the cost of living overall is lower than Manhattan. Otherwise, it is a pretty cool city, especially for tech jobs and the fact that it is so beautiful!
Just moved from Arkansas to SF. It’s a pretty great place aside from the corrupt politicians and high taxes. Most of the problems they have could be solved with new leadership.
I do not agree with all of his comments. Lot of them are true. I was born and raised in the mission district of S.F. Lived there for 34 years. I could afford to go back and live there. But I won't. Wondering why? S.F. is too COLD !!!!. Didn't bother me when I lived there but living in the warm and sunny East Bay has changed my mind. FOREVER !!!!!
I know,right?I grew up in Berkeley and always longed to move to the City since the earliest years ....it always reminded me of a Christmas tree or castles climbing up the hill as we drove across the Bridge. A magical City, seeming to float sometimes on a sea of violet mists. But when I moved there I realized what Mark Twain is supposed to have said: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". As much as I loved the City, I was used to the hot East Bay Summers and swimming in Lake Anza. Now I live in Santa Rosa - almost perfect weather year round.
Due to housing prices, you can sell a home in SF, move to a cheaper state, buy a decent home cash, then live on the extra cash for 10 years while you “think” about getting a job.
I lived in San Francisco all my life. We had a home, so economic conditions didn't affect us. The quality of life has collapsed and violent criminals roam the streets. Crime isn't just rampant, it's universal. In November 2018, we left California and now live elsewhere.
I know a couple of gals that I attended community college with and they rent an apartment up there. One works for a tech business and another for the Golden State Warriors. They are well educated & have outstanding careers. Both have been living in an apartment for at least 5 years. Their careers must keep them up there because both are gainfully employed.
Good advice. I'm from Alameda and stayed away from the city because of traffic, high cost of living, but I did like going to pier 39 and the sea food areas. That's about it, never felt safe there.
Briggs, your spot on. I retired as a cop in southern CA and moved my family to TX in the '90s but just a decade later my younger, upwardly mobile wife got promoted to Frisco (oh, and they hate when you use that term Frisco) where we had to live 40 miles away from her job as Frisco' housing and Apt' were too expensive. We still could not afford a house and rented a 3 bedroom apartment (1300 SQ FT) for $3500 a month. It took 8-years but she got promoted to northern Virginia where we bought a big ass house and pay less than that damn apartment.
I've lived in San Francisco for 42 years and giggled all through this video. If these ten points are enough to scare you away from this breathtakingly beautiful, magnificent city -- warts and all -- then you should most definitely stay away. You're better off in the burbs, where things are nice and ordinary.
2 acres, 3 bedrooms house, 2 cars, 1 truck and a camper for traveling and according to San Francisco I should be living, sleeping and pooping in the streets.... yeah no thanks.
It's the streets of poop because you self-righteous obnoxious condescending annoying techies are letting your dog's crap all over the sidewalk + and yes the homeless due to but don't blame them for everything !
Jordan Dennis sooo do you a adult live there or did you just watch that over exaggerated Fox News clip where they show the same needle over and over again
I'mma have to disagree with you this time. San Francisco is my favorite city in the world and I've traveled to many places. The cost and the homeless is getting outta hand tho but most big cities have homeless problems
Absolutely love you! I work bi-coastal like a lot of nurses. We work Cali and beautiful homes in other states....I refused to pay 1 million for a 2000 sq foot house no land when I can buy a 7000sq ft house brick 3 stories for $350,000 to $700,000 with 10 acres, golf, gated, Pvt pool, and etc.
Living in LA and have visited both SF and NYC many times. Honestly, LA is expensive but still way more affordable than SF/NYC. If I won lottery, I would take NYC over SF and do NYC/LA bicoastal, spending the summer and winter in LA, spring and autumn in NYC. Don’t get me wrong, SF is incredible, SF is lovely, I love Presidio, I love Sausalito, I love Nob Hill, I love the North Beach, I love the hipness in Castro, but the city itself is small comparing to LA/NYC. I’m afraid I will eventually run out of things to do in SF.
Bill Chen you have access to the entire Bay Area though? Sure it’s a long drive but I’ve been to majority of the places here and still have so much more to visit. But then again I’ve lived here my entire life so 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I got time haha
@@seangonzalez9025 He worked out there. He would fly back home (to Chicago) every other weekend. He ended up getting a job in Chicago. He liked San Francisco at first, but after a few months, he got sick of it. I think he stayed because he liked his job and he made good money. And this was also around the same time that my parents got divorced. I liked visiting him, and I like the architecture in San Francisco, but I would never want to live there, or anywhere in California. I'm not even sure if I'll move back to Chicago after I finish college. I might consider moving somewhere down south, or maybe living in Indiana, maybe somewhere around Dyer or Crown Point if I wanted to work in Chicago
Im retired & live in a 5th wheel trailer. I stay in National Forest, & BLM, and I get to move every 14 days... Nice clean air, no close neighbors, very low overhead expense... The best is, I Get To Pick Where I Live every 2Weeks... ThanksFor Your Video’s !!!
Lived for three years in San Francisco in the 1980s and was able to swing it on a non-profit salary. Had a blast. Now when I visit it does seem grimier and grittier and way more expensive. (But maybe that's because I'm an old fart now!)
I went to san fran this year and I thought it would be glorious and amazing, I'm never going back there again, dont get me wrong it was cool just a lot of traffic and it seems packed with people
There isn't enough land to build homes and there's already too many people living there. Supply and Demand. Factor that in with corrupt politicians who don't really do anything to solve the city's problems and overly strict zoning laws even if they DID want to build more homes.
I grew up in neighboring South City and San Bruno back when blue collar jobs were plentiful. Places like United had (I think) their largest maintenence hub, filled with great paying union jobs, right there in our town. (SFO isn't in SF proper, for those who don't know. it stradles South City and parts of San Bruno) Once that first wave of yuppies hit SF in the 80s, the area started to change for the worse. It never fails to amaze me how flooding a market with new wealth f*cks up an entire region. Now, instead of multi-generations establishing neighborhoods and bringing flavor to our lives, total strangers are mindlessly pushing property costs sky high while ignoring the very fabric of the local scene. The great clubs are closing. The neighborhood bars are closing. It's all gentrified into boring nothingness. SF used to be a true lady on the streets and a freak in the sheets, but now it's just thin facade of it's former glory. Without the adventurous nature of some of it's glosious former residents of note, we wouldn't have free speech as we know it today. I love this vid but hate to see what has happened to my favorite big city. * * * Anyway, how are you doin, Briggs?
I am great. Your videos are awesome. As a California native, I left in 87, I enjoy your perspective on the more painful aspects of our home state. Driving and parking really do suck in SF. Thanks for asking how we all are. Dave in Tennessee.
Thanks Briggs..A few things, there are 16K homeless in San Francisco and more everyday. 8K is on the streets and the other 8K is in homeless shelters. Also the traffic is sooooo bad because of Lyft and Uber here is over 50K of them and they don't know how to drive here in the city. there are so many other things why anyone should NOT move here but your info is a great start. Thanks again..
That's what's destroying san Francisco actually!... Tech businesses over populatating and making real estate go up. My older brother is a police officer out there and says drugs and homelessness is really bad but not because of the housing market. It's because the legalization of cerrain drugs and addiction are the real reason. The mainstream media just wants ppl to think it's about financial reasons. America is what sucks
hey Briggs great video doing great btw you might not though after learning this ! #1 should have been the human feces problem in SF they have an app to map out where its at .
I used to live in SF, the city I love and hate equally. I waste no time condemning that town but I was just there for a few days and didn't see anyone shooting up or defecating on the street. I did come across new public bathrooms.
@@99999myk when there is an app for human feces i would probably skip that town all together unless i had a bio hazard suit to stroll through the town.
@@NatureRecycleFlorida I know that and I, myself, have been blessed to see some worthless bum defecate on my street but don't be fooled by the exaggeration. Shit doesn't coat that town. What really pissed me off, which is NEVER mentioned in any anti-SF video, is the fact that one can get in trouble by the thought police there. I got in trouble at work for saying Christmas and when I complained about it to the so-called liberals, they sided with my boss. Me: I'm a thought criminal. Wanted in San Francisco, Seattle and NYC.
The bay area, the only place where you can make 1200 a week and live like a bum. Like myself.
daniel downs not even in SF and the rent across the bay is still ridiculously high ugh. Time to move out...I’ve been here too long
@@phant0m0th_ ive been thinking about it too
🏃💨🏃💨🏃💨 and don't ever look back
yoc land Years ago I lived in the City and worked minimum wage/went to college and lived on Filbert St near Van Ness. It was so affordable then. What happened?
Then live outside the bay area, thats the onlyway you survive.
"11TH REASON MOST OF THE REAL NATIVES ORIGINALLY FROM SAN FRANCISCO THAT MADE THE CITY COOL ARE GONE "
Where are they?
It went to hell after Herb Caen died.
you SF'ers think you're cool and open minded, but really you're close minded snobs who can't and won't accept anyone who doesnt act and talk like you. personally you all can move out. good bye
I'm not moving. 415 4life! Much love to ya! Stay sucker free
Im from Oakland and bought a condo for a 100k in 2010 now its worth 500k and i work in the city ... these new snobby people are not from the Bay Area these are out-of-towners taking over and changing the flavor
It's so sad.
If you sold your condo and tried to buy in today's market all you'd be able to afford is another condo.
Transplants!
We who live in the bay area know who the out of towners transplants are. Theyre not an asset
They are called hipsters! We hate them
I’ve lived in San Francisco my whole life. It’s honestly a shame what happened to this city. We have a huge homeless problem that needs to be fixed. Trying to save up enough money to move out of this city
Did you get out yet
Yeah that place sucks, same thing happened to Seattle I had to move out
Grossest, filthiest city on Earth
That place is run by Nancy Pelosi
Good luck!! Sending giid vibes!
Should’ve mentioned the human waste and needles littering the streets. Real shame what’s happened to this city
I know! My dad used to complain about it when he lived in San Francisco. Thankfully he moved!
No need. Ever since Fox news did that story of human waste on the streets of SF, every time I do a video about anything near SF 30 people bring it up. Side Note: I actually saw a homeless man drop his pants and take care of business in Oklahoma City. It is everywhere you have homeless.
World According To Briggs So true.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs and daily mail and local stations but whatevs
World According To Briggs yeah but at least you can walk into every other city knowing there’s no human crap on your shoes
I was offered 65,000 to work in San Francisco. I laughed them off the phone.
gleaming999 😂
San Francisco? No thanks, I'll rather stay right here in the Great Village of Carpentersville in IL.
gleaming999 I got offered 90,000
@@scoobycarr5558 There's nowhere like Prichard, Ala., and there's reason for it. There's a saying: "Prichard puts the fear of God in an atheist's heart."
@@scoobycarr5558 yeah stay there witj your 77% of a crime rate higher than most of the cities and towns
Watching this while I live in San Francisco
Xil lol
That's tuff
Same lmao
Xil same
I live about 10 miles south of SF and all of this is true
Born and raised in SF and I love my city but this list is on point. 😒
It is very true, especially with all the NIMBYs.
I live in the Bay area. And unfortunately, your video is 100% correct.....
Olivier DeVries
OK...Why are you still there?
@@lawrencewright2816 they said they lived in the bay area not San Francisco sooooooooo maybe they're close enough to the city to acknowledge these things are true but they don't actually live under those conditions? How fucking weird huh?
I'm agree and It's really sadly☹️ but SF still haves beautiful places
Unless you make at least 200k, moving to SF is just a waste of your life.
That's like minimum wage. You need 350k just to be able to buy a home
Slick Awesome no bro 300k got you a home back in the 00’s. Try 800k for Oakland
U need 300k minimum to make it in anywhere in california
A $300k home in California would not sell for $100k in Texas. Our $300k home is equivalent or better than a California $800k home. Couple that with far lower taxes and you can see why people from California are invading Texas. I hope they dont come and ruin our great State..
@@mobregonjr I'm from Canada. I'm moving to Texas. I'm well educated. Promise not to be a bumm..
I'm doing great today. Thanks for asking. How are you doing Briggs?
Kaneki, what makes you think he didn't reply? Maybe I got a reply in private.
He always did like you better!!~
he replies sometimes he might be busy.
he already said that he is doing fine in the beginning of the video
I was born and raised in SF and moved away in 2012. Even back then, that place was filthy and lawless. It was always cold and damp, but I could live with that, but not the filth. It's gotten worse since I left and hate to visit that place now.
Nobody noticed you are gone.
@@eliassalcedo5229 Stfu
It's not Cold lol. Chicago and Boston are cold.
"It's like Geico's your landlord." Too funny
Or State Farm ...
Michael Serby how was your trip?
Michael Serby I’m going next month, mainly to visit places outside of the city
I grew up in the Bay Area in the 1980's. I've been back about once a year for a few days since the early 1990's. I stopped going to the SF Bay Area all together in the 2010's. It's gone down hill so much that unless absolutely necessary, I'll never return there again. I've lived in 5 states and one foreign country since the 90's. The SF Bay Area is the worst of all of those places. Don't let all of these techy boys and idiots tell you about "California being the 6th largest economy in the world". That means nothing to the general populace that lives and works in the area. I've lived in California for 35 of my 47 years, every state I've lived in other than California (Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Georgia) were all safer, cleaner, and much better quality of life.
6:20-rent is only 1500 bucks a month? When did you make this video, 1989?
Karl Fonner how much is rent nowdays ?? I’m planning to move there but now idk about the rent ...
Melanie Garcia at lease 2500+ for 3 bedroom house(1hour drive from SF). In the city, 3 bedroom starting at 3200+. 1 bedroom apartment in SF can cost 1800-3500.
Lmaoooo
Jay Pls don’t move to San Francisco. It’s not the city that you can live a ‘normal’ life. Everything is expensive here. My family moved from SF in 2012 to Denver, Colorado.
violating tos is your inherent piece. man.
I had a rent controlled apartment in SF (Pacific Heights) from 1995-2005. Loved it. Rent started at $830.00 and ended ten years later at $955.00. Oh, the days! I was working as a bartender and had plenty of money and could travel the world. Now the city is too expensive and too dirty for me. I'm back in SoCal L.A. and it's bad here too. Hard to make a living!
I spent a lot of time in SF and Bay area and it has the best summer climate in the entire nation . Cool breeze , no smog and just clean air .. yes it gets foggy but mostly during winter months .... and no the beaches are NOT dirty like how it was shown here , not by a long shot , but the water is cold , yes .
Maybe San Francisco needs bad weather so the homeless will move out.
What? It is was cold and foggy almost every day this summer. There was no summer and some days smoke . Delores street all the grass is dead from the drought. Trash and graffiti every where.
That is not true! SF's summer is bad! Is only fog and fog and more fog... Spring in the city has much better weather. LA, Portland, Seattle have WAY better summers.
@@romulosantos8359 LA is blazing hot in the summer unless you live on the west side.
Your videos have so much great information about all of these US cities (and states). You're doing an excellent job. I just love all of them. Thank you very much. You really don't get the credit that you deserve. Well, maybe you do, from all the followers you have!
Lived and worked there during 80s. What a great town back then, 3 bedroom noe valley flat, garage, backyard, plenty of people stopping by from out of state. 45k king of world then.
45K annually will only get you an efficiency room with a shared toilet in SF today.
Even in 1990 I had a 2-bedroom apartment on Haight St.across from Buena Vista Park for $450/mo.
Visited in 94 4th July weekend. Stayed at the presidio. Lovely city but was really chilly.
....aaaaand I still LOVE IT! :DDD It's good that we have people like you to change people's mind not to move here
Filip Todd can I poop on your sidewalk?
Enjoy the rest of the countries homelessness 😃. We will send them your way
I live in San Francisco and this list is pretty spot on. It can be challenging to live here. The weather is awesome though, there are lots of great things to do, and I love the multicultural aspect.
@ LOL.
Sound like you're a good fit for living in SF.🤪
@ false. You guys have massive political issues. CAPITALISM is small government NOT big. Big GOVERNMENT is socialism.
@ you guys are slaves to Ellon musk and Hollywood and tech companies. If they leave you all suffer
Yes, that is how an economy works. That is how it is with all cities and states. If any major industry leaves an area it would suffer. Why are you saying that like it would be exclusive to California? The auto industry did it to Michigan. If the energy sector left Texas they’d be screwed.
Just subscribed! The 89 quake was in Santa Cruz/Hollister so that's why you felt it in Fort Ord! SF just got all of the news coverage while downtown Santa Cruz was devastated and remained that way for at least 20 years! You may want to bring this topic forward a few years past Covid because now things are clearing out but nothing is getting "more affordable" by any means! Enjoy your channel!
The epicenter from the 89 earthquake is in Loma Prieta which is in Santa Cruz mountains. One of the buildings at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was destroyed during that earthquake.
I’m from the bay we don’t even want y’all moving here to begin with!
Anthony Really??? You don't need to fret!😅
Janice Crose aye man when you got all the techies moving in and pushing native SF people out you’d feel uneasy too. Lemme find out you a techie
@@anthonysalgado-nava3572 Now I don't blame you. SF is Your home. Hope it doesn't turn in to another Silicone Valley. No I'm not a techie, but I do know alot of them, just out of school, going there to hopefully make their fortune. Not me.
I was a tourist...the city is nasty full of shit
😂😂😂😂😩😩😩
Car Chases: Steve McQueen's Mustang GT 390 vs. the '68 Dodge Charger in "Bullitt." The standard by which all other movie car chases are measured.
History Teacher Gone Rogue ooooh jaaaas love that scene
68 Mustang is my favorite car. 2nd is a 1969 Charger but I would take a 68.
The 7-UPS,Roy Shnieder was a hell-of-a-car chase...see if you can rent it.
It's on UA-cam..Roy Scheider was awesome
Rent and with earthquakes are a reason I won't move to San Francisco
You ppl can't escape mother nature. Earthquakes happen everywhere. Hence why their called EARTHQUAKES!... WoW
You like tornadoes and hurricanes better?
@@jenniferdynes9833 At least I can see them and get enough time to prepare for them
Nancy Pelosi is from San Francisco. That's all the reason I need to stay away.
Sean Gonzales your absoulety right earthquakes can happen any where in the world. There's fault lines all across the U.S I bet alot of people don't know about that.
Thanks for asking. I’m having an amazing day here in Boston
Jane Rainsford Boston gross
I wanna move back mannnn if only I had a salary of 300k
just another San Francisco refugee, I feel your pain.....
It will go bankrupt first. Once the tech companies leave.
As a 24 year resident of San Francisco I’d like to thank you for scaring people away from the city and thereby lowering the traffic congestion.
I moved out of California the rusted state a long time ago. Smartest move ever! You are doing a great job!
"rusted state"?
@Joe
That’s your opinion.
@ Cost of living and taxes are way too high in California. Would just rather live in other states with low taxes and housing.
@ amen to that! Ive tried living elsewhere but always homesick for Ca. Nothing compares
@ exactly tell these people! I garuntee you all they do is repeat what they hear on fox news. "cOmMiEfoRnIa" "I hAtE tHis StAte" "LiBeRtaRds" and they always gotta make some stupid comment telling you how much they hate California and how they're glad they moved out like okay we get you hate california and you moved out good for you! More state for us! Have fun in boring flat texas or wherever tf you moved to, outside the coast like sacramento cali isn't that expensive and you can still access all the beauty this state has to offer, and for a nice house its only 350,000, how could you go wrong with that?
There's lots of problems with San Francisco. Too expensive for no reason, the fact stores are closing because people keep stealing from them, the drug problem, people that keep using the street as a toilet. It's a disgusting city and I will never move back there. I moved out of San Fransisco in 2012 and I'm glad I did. I may have only lived there for 2 years, but that was 2 to many.
Lived out here my whole life🤦🏽♂️ always in the lower income side. The city has changed alot but it still hurts people talking down on my hometown
Bank Robba Thass facts the ppl who made this vid don’t know why u only taking bout downtown when there worst places like hunter point or sunnydale
II-5P00K-IIツ i dont consider those places all the way bad they just get a bad rep. I just want people to know not everyone from San Francisco is some rich arrogant prick
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They say the TRUTH hurts buddy😢
The people talking shit have not lived there. They watch Fox News and think there is human feces all over the place. There is no use telling them that the feces are mostly in Downtown, Tenderloin, and South of Market, and maybe some out in the Mission. They don't want to be educated.
You forgot the HUGE car break in problem the most in the U.S yearly
Wow . Such a big change from the laid back vibe in the early 1970s . I loved living in the city and i took buses and trolleys everywhere for 25 cents a ride . I love your videos by the way . I armchair travel lol
Well done. You've got my fav list video channel. I moved from San Francisco to Berkeley and after a year here will probably pull up stakes and keep moving.
Keep moving.
I know a guy who has a cousin that’s a neurosurgeon in the Bay Area and he’s struggling just to make ends meet! Imagine that, making over 200,000 a year and struggling! And the vibe I got of the bay area in general was pretty snobby and stuck up, much like the Los Angeles area. I think San Diego and the surrounding area is far better, even though they’re not much cheaper
Oh bullshit! $200,000/yr. you can live wonderfully. In fact a single person can live on $75,000 here.
@@roberttelarket4934 I guess it’s all relative. Poverty level is less than some $110,000 a year in San Francisco, but I’ve spoke with seemingly middle-class people in nearby San Ramon that live just fine in nice homes. They’ve been there in the same home for a long time and used to a high cost of living and know how to cut corners and stick it out.
@@jondstewart: Exactly! As you said it's relative.
You're lying I'm sure you know no one who's a neurosurgeon even 20 of your aquintances one of them know any neurosurgeon
I’ll probably go to hell for laughing but died at the geico is your landlord remark 😂
Thanks for watching.
I lived there for two years, your list is pretty accurate except I think all the hills in the city are pretty cool
7500 homeless in San Francisco. 60,000 in Los Angeles. What’s going on in California?
Laziness Is what's happening
Homeless like where it doesn't snow and freeze.
You should have told him to “stop typing” 🤣. By the way, I am doing great this evening, thanks for asking! Keep up the good work.
I like your videos.
I think you are Spot On regarding San Francisco.
You know, it's kinda surprising how long it took you to make this video. San Francisco is definitely and overpriced and overrated city. So much that I thought you already did a video about it
Ricky911 Overpriced for sure, not overrated.
comparatively overrated compared to some other great cities that don't get their fair share of attention.
@@notsure6187 Um No, We don't believe that we're overrated.
@ This is a great look for San Francisco, but as someone who lives in San Francisco, I've met many people who have been a victim of gentrification . We need regulations in place, it's killing our culture on what San Francisco is truly about.
@ aha , no worries. The Land Of The Free am i right ?
Holy Shit!!!! Thats me holding the " Homeless Grateful for any help" sign at the 4:07 mark!!! Thats on Powell st where the cable car turns around. A sad time in my life. Im no longer in San Francisco and no longer homeless.
Good to hear man. May god bless you
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Briggs!! You should do a video talking about your first impressions and opinions on every state!!
I would love to see that video.
OR Maybe how his first impressions were wrong🤯
I CAN TELL YOU FROM A LOCAL’S POINT OF VIEW:
Filth: It can be seen, especially in the Financial District, but have you ever been to NYC or LA? It is the same thing, what can you do..
Homelessness: Really, San Francisco is only the 6th city with most homeless, guess who’s number 1? Yes, NYC, but the thing is that they actually have shelters over there and only 15% of their homeless population is on the streets of a 315 sq mi city. It is big! San Francisco is only 46 sq mi!
Drugs on the streets and poop: Yea, this is a major problem here.. needles have been spotted in parks all across The City and feeces are a real problem in the Tenderloin district, along with trash and some homeless here and there... And yes, this city has the most expensive housing in the US, on par with Manhattan, but the cost of living overall is lower than Manhattan. Otherwise, it is a pretty cool city, especially for tech jobs and the fact that it is so beautiful!
When it comes to the tech sector, I can name at least two well known firms - Deviantart and Pinterest.
Just moved from Arkansas to SF. It’s a pretty great place aside from the corrupt politicians and high taxes. Most of the problems they have could be solved with new leadership.
It's also a great place to shit in the streets and shoot up heroin in public.
@@spicecrop Any place is if you're adventurous enough.
I think you made a BIG mistake, for several reasons--not just the ones mentioned in the video.
I agree
@@margietucker1719 San Francisco is great. I've been living here for years and I cant imagine living anywhere else
I lived in the Tenderloin on Turk St. Armpit of the entire City.
Hey Biggs .... ya it’s hard to communicate with ya lol 😆 love the Sarcasm..!
I do not agree with all of his comments. Lot of them are true. I was born and raised in the mission
district of S.F. Lived there for 34 years. I could afford to go back and live there. But I won't.
Wondering why? S.F. is too COLD !!!!. Didn't bother me when I lived there but living in the warm and sunny
East Bay has changed my mind. FOREVER !!!!!
Charles Calkins i moved east bay now much better !
Lot of them are true...but you don't agree with them. Makes sense.
What you do for a living you must make alot
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”
― Mark Twain
I know,right?I grew up in Berkeley and always longed to move to the City since the earliest years ....it always reminded me of a Christmas tree or castles climbing up the hill as we drove across the Bridge. A magical City, seeming to float sometimes on a sea of violet mists.
But when I moved there I realized what Mark Twain is supposed to have said: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". As much as I loved the City, I was used to the hot East Bay Summers and swimming in Lake Anza. Now I live in Santa Rosa - almost perfect weather year round.
Blessed to be fine!
Thanks for asking.
Rick Quist Whatttt????
@@QPrince2024
Briggs asked how we were doing.
I answered.
(perhaps in an unconventional way!)
Due to housing prices, you can sell a home in SF, move to a cheaper state, buy a decent home cash, then live on the extra cash for 10 years while you “think” about getting a job.
Thanks for your service and the best of health and happiness to you my friend!!
🇺🇸Grandpa🇺🇸
I lived in San Francisco all my life. We had a home, so economic conditions didn't affect us. The quality of life has collapsed and violent criminals roam the streets. Crime isn't just rampant, it's universal. In November 2018, we left California and now live elsewhere.
Bill Cereske : what high school did you attend and when?
I know a couple of gals that I attended community college with and they rent an apartment up there. One works for a tech business and another for the Golden State Warriors. They are well educated & have outstanding careers. Both have been living in an apartment for at least 5 years. Their careers must keep them up there because both are gainfully employed.
Sup. Doing 👍. Thanks again for the Jax video.
He made your wish come true👏
@@heidimarchant5438 he really did.
I'm doing well. Thank you for asking. i moved out of San Francisco to Oregon two years ago and my life improved immediately.
I enjoy visiting SF, but I'll stay living in affordable in Louisville, KY. I'm doing great, thank you! You can live like a king/queen here.
What is KY ?
What is KY?
@@lucasnyeinchan399 Kentucky
I’d be bored to death if I had to move to KY.
First of all the most polite diss… then the flex at the end “looking at his hometown “ like he’s doing him a favor after all 😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️
I live in San Francisco in a $2,200.00 a month studio apartment. I absolutely love living here!
What a weirdo
G'day Briggs, I am buggered! i hope you are doing awesome!
We have the best beaches and a LOT of them!
You hit it out of the park with this video. Agree 100 %
Good advice. I'm from Alameda and stayed away from the city because of traffic, high cost of living, but I did like going to pier 39 and the sea food areas. That's about it, never felt safe there.
Briggs, your spot on. I retired as a cop in southern CA and moved my family to TX in the '90s but just a decade later my younger, upwardly mobile wife got promoted to Frisco (oh, and they hate when you use that term Frisco) where we had to live 40 miles away from her job as Frisco' housing and Apt' were too expensive. We still could not afford a house and rented a 3 bedroom apartment (1300 SQ FT) for $3500 a month. It took 8-years but she got promoted to northern Virginia where we bought a big ass house and pay less than that damn apartment.
I live in here..
100% agree with this . But I still love SF.. Such a beautiful city.. Welcome to SF..
I’m doing fine thank you for asking
I've lived in San Francisco for 42 years and giggled all through this video. If these ten points are enough to scare you away from this breathtakingly beautiful, magnificent city -- warts and all -- then you should most definitely stay away. You're better off in the burbs, where things are nice and ordinary.
You forgot the cause of many of these problems. Local Government. They want to help everyone but the people who actually legitimately live here.
Lol - your reply to that Solti! Lus this vid!! Lol! New subscriber here!
2 acres, 3 bedrooms house, 2 cars, 1 truck and a camper for traveling and according to San Francisco I should be living, sleeping and pooping in the streets.... yeah no thanks.
This was a good one, most all are , gotta tell you Brigg's , your good at these man , funny. Keep it up Sir !
The Streets of Poop Francisco. Meh... you can keep it.
It's the streets of poop because you self-righteous obnoxious condescending annoying techies are letting your dog's crap all over the sidewalk + and yes the homeless due to but don't blame them for everything !
@@aldofhister6859 .....meh.
@@aldofhister6859 San Fran is covered in shit.
"If you're going to San Francisco,make sure to have feces in your hair"
Jordan Dennis sooo do you a adult live there or did you just watch that over exaggerated Fox News clip where they show the same needle over and over again
Your videos are very interesting. Good work man!
I'mma have to disagree with you this time. San Francisco is my favorite city in the world and I've traveled to many places. The cost and the homeless is getting outta hand tho but most big cities have homeless problems
Absolutely love you! I work bi-coastal like a lot of nurses. We work Cali and beautiful homes in other states....I refused to pay 1 million for a 2000 sq foot house no land when I can buy a 7000sq ft house brick 3 stories for $350,000 to $700,000 with 10 acres, golf, gated, Pvt pool, and etc.
i LOVE SAN FRANCISCO THATS ALL I CAN SAY!
Its horrible
You put Caps Lock on
I like you always say be nice to each other at the end and the greeting in the beginning. It's just nice.
30 shelters for the homeless. At first I thought that wasn't that many.
30 shelters may seem like a lot, though you have to consider how many beds for homeless people does each shelter have.
Living in LA and have visited both SF and NYC many times.
Honestly, LA is expensive but still way more affordable than SF/NYC. If I won lottery, I would take NYC over SF and do NYC/LA bicoastal, spending the summer and winter in LA, spring and autumn in NYC.
Don’t get me wrong, SF is incredible, SF is lovely, I love Presidio, I love Sausalito, I love Nob Hill, I love the North Beach, I love the hipness in Castro, but the city itself is small comparing to LA/NYC. I’m afraid I will eventually run out of things to do in SF.
Bill Chen you have access to the entire Bay Area though? Sure it’s a long drive but I’ve been to majority of the places here and still have so much more to visit. But then again I’ve lived here my entire life so 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I got time haha
My dad used to live in San Francisco. He would complain about the overcrowding, the homeless people (and their waste), and the insane cost of living!
I think you're father is right but instead of always complaining. Why didn't he pack up and move somewhere else
@@seangonzalez9025 He worked out there. He would fly back home (to Chicago) every other weekend. He ended up getting a job in Chicago.
He liked San Francisco at first, but after a few months, he got sick of it. I think he stayed because he liked his job and he made good money. And this was also around the same time that my parents got divorced. I liked visiting him, and I like the architecture in San Francisco, but I would never want to live there, or anywhere in California. I'm not even sure if I'll move back to Chicago after I finish college. I might consider moving somewhere down south, or maybe living in Indiana, maybe somewhere around Dyer or Crown Point if I wanted to work in Chicago
Im retired & live in a 5th wheel trailer. I stay in National Forest, & BLM, and I get to move every 14 days... Nice clean air, no close neighbors, very low overhead expense... The best is, I Get To Pick Where I Live every 2Weeks...
ThanksFor Your Video’s !!!
San Francisco is my favorite city. Beautiful place. I 💘 golden gate bridge.
My day has been good!! How was your day! I love your videos and I also live in sf
Thank you Jade. I am having a great day.
Lived for three years in San Francisco in the 1980s and was able to swing it on a non-profit salary. Had a blast. Now when I visit it does seem grimier and grittier and way more expensive. (But maybe that's because I'm an old fart now!)
You know you’re an SF native if your spine tingles when an out-of-stater says “San Fran.”
I went to san fran this year and I thought it would be glorious and amazing, I'm never going back there again, dont get me wrong it was cool just a lot of traffic and it seems packed with people
Im headed there next week and am not looking forward to it now..
@@cheleo8313 how was it
@@memphisgrizzlies3398 it was better than expected!!
Cheleo 83 I think it’s actually a really beautiful city if you know what spots to avoid
@@nicholash4573 definitely!
You should have mentioned that you don't want to live there if you're conservative, and I'm not bashing liberals. It's a fact.
Is San Francisco really that special enough to cost far more than even NYC? It blows my mind..
It's a great city but it does cost way too much
Its a really nice city
There isn't enough land to build homes and there's already too many people living there. Supply and Demand. Factor that in with corrupt politicians who don't really do anything to solve the city's problems and overly strict zoning laws even if they DID want to build more homes.
California is an expensive state in general.
NO !!!! There are like 3 cool neighborhoods......that's it.
I grew up in the East Bay. Sf was 30 minutes away and even there was hyper expensive. I still dream of moving back there
Hope you're doing well Briggs. Love your videos!
I grew up in neighboring South City and San Bruno back when blue collar jobs were plentiful. Places like United had (I think) their largest maintenence hub, filled with great paying union jobs, right there in our town. (SFO isn't in SF proper, for those who don't know. it stradles South City and parts of San Bruno) Once that first wave of yuppies hit SF in the 80s, the area started to change for the worse. It never fails to amaze me how flooding a market with new wealth f*cks up an entire region. Now, instead of multi-generations establishing neighborhoods and bringing flavor to our lives, total strangers are mindlessly pushing property costs sky high while ignoring the very fabric of the local scene. The great clubs are closing. The neighborhood bars are closing. It's all gentrified into boring nothingness. SF used to be a true lady on the streets and a freak in the sheets, but now it's just thin facade of it's former glory. Without the adventurous nature of some of it's glosious former residents of note, we wouldn't have free speech as we know it today. I love this vid but hate to see what has happened to my favorite big city.
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Anyway, how are you doin, Briggs?
I can hear the flurry of fingers typing already. Lol. By the way I’m doing better everyday. Hope you are too.
I am great. Your videos are awesome. As a California native, I left in 87, I enjoy your perspective on the more painful aspects of our home state. Driving and parking really do suck in SF. Thanks for asking how we all are. Dave in Tennessee.
The ironic thing is: I’m watching That’s So Raven, which takes place in San Francisco
Anthony Penman IF YOU COULD GAAAAZE INTO THE FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE
Thats not irony. Its a coincidence.
Kim Code hehe can I kiss u
I wonder which neighbourhood probably Chinatown
The housing market is absolutely ridiculous. People are making $15/hr paying $3000 a month in rent. What's the point if u cant save money? Zero.
I’m doing good Briggs. Thanks for asking lol
Thanks Briggs..A few things, there are 16K homeless in San Francisco and more everyday. 8K is on the streets and the other 8K is in homeless shelters. Also the traffic is sooooo bad because of Lyft and Uber here is over 50K of them and they don't know how to drive here in the city. there are so many other things why anyone should NOT move here but your info is a great start. Thanks again..
I’m good, coming from San Francisco! Thank you for asking! Also we both know the techies suck around here!
That's what's destroying san Francisco actually!... Tech businesses over populatating and making real estate go up. My older brother is a police officer out there and says drugs and homelessness is really bad but not because of the housing market. It's because the legalization of cerrain drugs and addiction are the real reason. The mainstream media just wants ppl to think it's about financial reasons. America is what sucks
i have never seen trash on the beaches and ive lived here for 13 years
I really enjoyed this. 👌
If you're going to San Francisco be sure to put some flowers in your hair.
hey Briggs great video doing great btw you might not though after learning this !
#1 should have been the human feces problem in SF they have an app to map out where its at .
I used to live in SF, the city I love and hate equally. I waste no time condemning that town but I was just there for a few days and didn't see anyone shooting up or defecating on the street. I did come across new public bathrooms.
@@99999myk when there is an app for human feces i would probably skip that town all together unless i had a bio hazard suit to stroll through the town.
@@NatureRecycleFlorida I know that and I, myself, have been blessed to see some worthless bum defecate on my street but don't be fooled by the exaggeration. Shit doesn't coat that town. What really pissed me off, which is NEVER mentioned in any anti-SF video, is the fact that one can get in trouble by the thought police there. I got in trouble at work for saying Christmas and when I complained about it to the so-called liberals, they sided with my boss. Me: I'm a thought criminal. Wanted in San Francisco, Seattle and NYC.
So glad i came here during quarantine, traffic was nothing here compared to LA