It’s a shit-hole. Live there for 35 years so happy I left the city. People are rude and can kill your over an argument of a parking space. Rampage crimes and police and DA don’t be crap. My buddy just mugged by 4 black dude by gun point last month. My sister before she moved got beaten and robbed. People who live there long enough will give you the SF experience unless they live in the Richmond or sunset districts which is a little more safe but expensive to live. Even pacific height nowadays it’s not that safe.
Nice video. Thank you. I give it a 7/10 to live, 10/10 to work. 6.5/10 for climate. 7.5/10 for diversity of ethnicity, 6.5 for economic diversity. Your experience strongly depends on neighborhoods. It is a segregated city sadly. I work in Pac Heights. Fantastic neighborhood with educated professionals, a lot of wealth and nice restaurants and boutiques and almost no homeless or visible drug use. Contrast with Tenderloin, union square, Soma, Hunters point , even parts of the mission. Many years ago we opted to move to San Mateo, 20 min south. Quality of life is way better tbh, especially if you have a family. Sunny CA weather vs cold wind and fog in SF. Very little if any crime in our neighborhood, 15+ Michelin starred restaurants, fantastic accessible other restaurants and cheaper cost of living than SF, though not cheap compared to the rest of the country. Ton of tech and biotech jobs. 10/10. What keeps those of us in SF to live and work is the enormous opportunity for career explosion. So few places like it in the world if you are driven and entrepreneurial.
SF Native here. I did noticed that everyone you interviewed were in the nice neighborhoods, also none of them actually grew up here, including Humphrey. It might be a completely different video if you interviewed people living in the Bayview, Mission, Excelsior, Tenderloin lol
Every SF video online highlights these neighborhoods and it’s really refreshing for someone to showcase the positives of this great city. Not everything needs to be negative to get views/clicks and as someone who lives in SF I really appreciated this video!
There are bad parts of any city where people generally want to avoid. I think this video was helpful because many people who are considering moving to SF may assume the whole city is overrun with homeless people and crime, but in reality many people live a comfortable life. I lived in Chicago for several years and they have a similar issue. There are dangerous neighborhoods and there are safe neighborhoods.
I'm glad I got out of America parttime he said $2900 is a good deal lol . I have 2 spots I rent out in the Philippines 🇵🇭 for less than $1,000 a month you people better wake up and start looking over seas before this Snow ball of the America dream really get out of hand.
@@BillyTimes-dw7vs I'm paying $2200 for a 2500sq ft home on 1acre lot in the Midwest. On the outskirts of a major metro area. For comparison. For some reason people are willing to pay a premium to kind of sort of be near the ocean and have some warmer weather year round.
Lived in sf. Built a wonderful community of friends, moved there for the gorgeous mixture of nature and city life. Moved out cause of the insane amount of homelessness, drug problems and mental health issues. Felt unsafe in many neighborhoods. Was sitting in my car and had a crazy lady walk by and throw a rock at my window. Seen my share of people with mental health issues roll around in tar, break into peoples cars, etc. it was a love hate relationship with the city, I moved away at the beginning of the pandemic.
"nsane amount of homelessness, drug problems and mental health issues. Felt unsafe in many neighborhoods" Really only the tenderloin is like that. And I doubt you were living in that area. I think it was more that you couldn't afford SF. One thing you might not be aware of is that most of us who can't afford our own apartments or condos in the Bay Area share housing. Check out craigslist, that's where everybody looks.
@@georgehenderson7783 " I know several people who moved from CA to TX and FL." Those would be maga people. You couldn't pay me to move to Texas. Look at the governor with his razor wire in the Rio Grande. Openly racist stuff. And people voted for him, which means the majority is racist.
Coming from Australia, one thing I find with American's is they're getting more and more use to death and crime around them. Then they just go on about their day being numb to it. The homelessness situation has been happening since I was there in the early 90s. It was just shocking to see so much homelessness, drugs and human defecation out in the open.
@@thekid1597 What's the alternative though? It's no different than people in other developing countries. You mind your business and do what you have to do.
We are from San Francisco but retired recently to a planned community in the So Cal desert. Do miss good Asian restaurants and diversity and fog. Do not miss the cost of living, the homeless, and the constant fear of getting car broken into. We do go back up to the Bay Area every 6 weeks or so to visit family.
As someone who lived in San Francisco during the 80s and 90s, and later in Sausalito until 2015, I had the privilege of experiencing this city in its prime. Back then, San Francisco had a unique soul-vibrant, eclectic, and unapologetically bold. It was a place where creativity thrived, communities were tight-knit, and the city’s character was woven into every street corner, every hill, and every foggy morning. While living in Sausalito, I regularly crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, either on my bike or via the ferry, which I loved. That routine was more than just a commute; it was a connection to a city that felt like home, a place that was alive with possibility. But what I see now is a shadow of that San Francisco-a city that has lost much of what made it extraordinary. The changes haven’t happened overnight. It’s been a slow, almost imperceptible shift-much like the frog in the pot of water, slowly taking the heat, making up excuses until it’s too late, and it succumbs to a slow death. That’s what’s happening to San Francisco. The city has been slowly boiling, and those who haven’t lived here long enough can’t see the changes taking place. They’re like the frog in that pot, unaware of the steady erosion of what once made this city great. San Francisco is still beautiful, still iconic, but there’s a hollowness now where there was once vibrancy. For those of us who remember what it was, it’s hard not to feel a deep sense of loss. -- Max McByte
I live in Pleasanton. Not too far from you. I used to go out to Walnut Creek back in the day but the attitude of the people kinda turned me off. Danville it’s the same thing. Maybe worse. Financial success makes a lot people become stuck up.
San Fran been expensive for a long time. But too many transplants are there now that dont see SF as home. Rather, they see it as a cool place to get paid and have a good time for a while. Meanwhile, natives are stuck dealing with the inflation and crime.
@@raidergainzx5290 Be be fair Los Angeles has a lot of transplants too for those breaking into the entertainment industry. They have a small tech presence called Silicon Beach but it is nowhere near the size of Silicon Valley.
Funny, my daughter who now lives in Japan took her Japanese boyfriend to San Francisco a few years back. The first day they walked out their hotel to be greeted by a homeless person defecating in the street right in front of the hotel. Her boyfriend was shocked and disgusted and said is this normal? My daughter said she heard of this but never actually saw it in person. My daughter said they stayed 3 days and couldn’t believe the homeless problem
This comment section and video is hilarious. Truly showing a side of SF that is non existent for 90% of the population in this city. The delusional wealthy individuals who never leave their fancy apartment because they work from home refuse to help the community who is begging for someone to help. Open air drug market on the streets as well as fentanyl zombies everywhere. Very sad.
1st reviewer mentioned this, the hotels are at Union Square, Union Square is bad. It's like you didn't listen. also Japan is generally a terrible place for lucrative careers, be it woman or gaijin. Apples to oranges.
Had that one man not pooped in front of your daughter, she might have a whole different takeaway from the city. Damn that man. I've lived in SF for over a decade and have never seen someone defecating in the street. That could change tomorrow, but you can't sum up a city by one area of it or what a few people do. Every large city has its... crap.
@@ctube. So you think a majority of the community who lives in the city is just lying about the feces? I've walked down embarcadero and have seen homeless taking a shit on the side walk and using their hand to wipe their ass to then proceed to wipe their hand on the nearest door lock so that business owner can lock up their shop with feces all over
Love this video Charlie! Appreciate you going around the world to bring us viewers more perspective. I'm a San Francisco native who grew up in the hood (Outer Mission). I think the media disproportionately gives more coverage to SF's drug, homelessness, and cleanliness issues - which primarily take place in Downtown and FiDi. There's so much charm to the Sunset, Richmond, Portola Heights, Little Italy, etc - that people maybe aren't seeing as much in the media. Separately, SF is like New York but more chill - a great place to balance social life and rest.
I'm from the Fillmore District, been here over 30 years. How are you going to say the media is disproportionately giving more coverage to SF's drug and crime rate? If anything there isn't ENOUGH. Our community members are begging for someone to do something about this. The streets are filled with drug addicts and crime. It's a literal open drug market out here. The police only ever stay around the nice areas that only the rich techies hang out in. SF is NOT the more chill NY. I was just there last month and I didn't see one fentanyl zombie walking the street with their ass hanging out.
Sure, sure....such balance...as ling as you're an Elite....then you can rest. Thise folks that were interviewed were all from nicer communities...and EVERY ONE had some fairly knarley story to tell....but then...that's just 'city life' I suppose... ....once you get used to Liberal rules, getting beat up, carjacked, rampant retail theft....geez, I mean even every random person had a shithole City story to tell.🤷♂️
You mean "crime" not charm. The areas you described are slowly getting absorbed. What else did people think was gonna happen? Whens the last time you were there? And haven't you been paying attention to what's going on in NYC??? Your post sound like it was written by those animals that bury their head in the sand
I’m a native San Franciscan that moved away the first chance I got and every time I visit I stay in my neighborhood and sometimes venture downtown and is it so gross. Humphrey is right about the nightlife, is it weak at best, even before Covid. Most places close by midnight, even clubs.
@@nikkei325i Shanghai, China 🇨🇳 been here from 2011-2019, then went back home (San Francisco, around the glen park area) for four years due to the pandemic, and just moved back to SH in march
Not really, I went to DNA lounge after lockdowns and left at 330am lol. Places are open but it’s not like major party cities where everyone knows where to go like Miami or LA. It’s more like you need to be “in the know” which it shouldn’t be like.
I could call myself a San Franciscan. Immigrated from HK and have lived here over 50 years. I have traveled to different parts of the country and outside of USA and went back to HK to visit. I have to say SF is the best city that I have live. It is so convenient with Public transportation and convenience to groceries, banking and mall.
sounds a bit like Bruce Lee (born in San Francisco - but as a baby only, he was given birth and returned to Hong Kong, raised in Hong Kong and lived his adult life in San Francisco)
I am from Vancouver Canada and I live in sf for five years. I think the parks, the hills, the water, and the bridges make it one of the most beautiful cities in the entire world. Unfortunately the city and state are not taking petty crimes and drug use seriously, and so I could not make that city my forever home. I really wish nothing but the best for SF, I love it.
according to what I've seen in videos about Canada, Vancouver kinda suffers from something similiar to San Francisco (homelessness and drug addiction - like those footages seen in Hastings St., expensive housing and cost of living in general, etc.)...is it really that bad?
@@user-1rg9f2-g3l6d Yup. It has. I live in East Vancouver...the drug & homelesss problem is really bad. There's a co-op housing for people who are "recovering", but they just use that place to sleep. They really fucked up the neighbourhood and park across the street from that place. And, housing is bad. I can't belive the prices my friends are paying for a 1 bedroom. Vancouver is just as bad or same level as SF. It's disgusting.
SF is just a microcosm of what's happening in the US in general. Wealth is being concentrated with a small group of people at the expense of the working class. Gentrification has made homelessness and poverty rampant in the Bay.
@@melodazzzeoh. yes. I see your point, the lawyer right? I at first thought her saying "but we'll deal with it." meant "but we're helping our fellow humans." and then realized "deal with it" meant obliterating or obscuring her fellow humans, challenged likely to pay the six grand she does for a monthly abode.
i know! a 1000sf house on half an acre by a natl forest, 2 miles from a small town w/everything he mentioned, from yoga studios to restaurants, costs me literally UNDER $8k/ a year, including utilities, groceries, transpo (20 yr old chevy), & property taxes as a homeowner. no hoa or condo fees or parking shortage or homeless prob. deep south 2024. only drawback: theyr still into tobacco, alcohol, firearms culture, no weed or dancing, which i miss about cali. but u can find houses all over the u.s. for 100k, outside of urban meccas... i met ppl 20 yrs ago in az who fled sf then, & it only seems to'v gotten worse
@@schnertblatt what r 'negative externalities'? ghettos, ppl using streets as sewers, $6/gal gas? vs what, old chevies & surrounded by forest, $2.79/gal gas...
@@schnertblatt no seriously, whar r 'negative externalities'? is that a term to mask some bias or prejudice or what? ur not a nature lover, u need the external surroundings of concrete jungle/city? then say that, instead of code. just what r these 'externalities' to which u obliquely refer...?
basically if you don't drive and don't mind sketchy places and situations and don't expect it to change but are optimistic, you're ok to visit or live in SF
Haha, all weirdos and Millennials, putting up with shit for a few years until they figure out a better plan. Much like an airport - always busy, always a ton of energy, but everyone will swap out in time.
Born and raised in sf, bought my first home, got married and had all my kids in sf. Once my kids got a good school assignment, it was wonderful in terms of their peers and curriculum. Then Covid happened and we needed a bigger house so we moved away. No regrets on how bad it has got.
I work in SF and walk around a lot, even at night.. Most places are safe in SF. There are just a few places that are skid rows that you should avoid such as the Tenderloin and parts of downtown. I would say the majority of the city is fine.
Since Covid the city been on an insane decline. Crime being an issue is an understatement. It’s beyond an issue since not only it concerns one’s safety but also drives the cost of living since stores are forced to increase their prices . Car break ins are normal and encouraged by the government. Drug is a massive issue that contributes to the homeless issue.
$2950 for a 1B1B apartment is NOT a "pretty good deal"! Holy fuc*. The retired school teacher living in a studio, with nothing else to her name makes my heart hurt.
In San Francisco rent could be around $6000 for a 3 bedroom apt. There are some houses over $10k a month. It's INSANE ! How does anyone live there ? The crime is out of control, and you need to net about $8,000 a month in order to live by the earn four times your rent rule. My buddy lives in Athens, GA has a 4 bedroom house on an acre of land and pays $700/mo.
first guy lying. There is a Home Depot in SF. The city is 7 miles wide. How is the nearest one 25 miles? Also obvious he moved to the city for the uh um bath houses
My family that lived in SF for decades recently moved the heck out! There is nothing more precious than safety and freedom from tyrannical government, and in SF you have neither.
Wow, what a fantastic interview. Thank you for doing this you touched on all age groups and it was so detailed I love listening what everyone said and it gave me a completely different opinion. I haven’t been there since 2013 and it was so depressed about the news about what happened to San Francisco. I used to stay at the chancellor hotel which I love so much. I had the best New Year’s there in 2013 so this was interesting.❤
I love San Francisco. Can the people be crazy, yes. Are the laws kinda wild yes. But it’s still a very pretty city with I think a lot of potential and diversity.
I think the least controversial area in SF is the sunset. But it is nearly impossible to rent there since they are single family houses which is nearly impossible to rent unless you have friends you can live with.
I grew up in the SF area and now living in Asia. It's incredibly sad to see how crimes, murders, homelessness, lawlessness are normalized. Here in Asia, the cost of living is about 1/5 of that compared to California and I live among the most kind, peaceful, civilized, law abiding humans with far more amenities than in the US. I would never go back to the bay area (or anywhere in the entire USA) even if the cost of living is 1/10 of what it is today. It's just not worth worrying about getting robbed, shot, or stabbed at anytime. California has become a criminal heaven.
@@xellex1911 I live in Kuala Lumpur. You obviously have not traveled to Asia. Which countries in Asia is less luxury than San Francisco? Some rural parts of Asia are certainly less developed than SF but they are a thousand times CLEANER and SAFER than SF.
@Tummie39 I live in SF and have been to all the countries in Asia, including Kuala Lumpur where you live. I guess you haven't been to Manila & New Delhi because it's a lot more dirty and has a worse homeless problem than SF
It’s still a very beautiful city . Been here for the past 11 years . I was would say 2013-2016 were it’s peek years for many industries then it got overblown with displacements , costs , property crime . I love it here , it’s not for everyone . Keep an open mind. It’s for career minded people , creatives , and healthy folks .
I suppose opposites attract because it it also a place for unemployed, destructive, ill addicts as well. 🤷🏼♀️ (I grew up in the SF Bay Area, parents are Bay Area natives, and have been going to SF my whole life- mostly as a single woman. I stopped going after about two dozen people tried to sell me heroin in Civic Plaza years ago, and there was a shootout outside of the church I attended.)
It's crazy the different experiences people have, I was so scared to move to SF because of all the news I was hearing, and how expensive. I make less than 2k a month and live comfortably enough, I only pay 1k for rent in a nice part of sf, I will say you might have to be mindful about how much you spend but ive made it work, you really don't have to make 8k like said in the video unless your living in a super nice apartment. Im also a 5'0 girl and alot of the times walk by myself, I haven't experienced anything to crazy, you'll occasionally get some weird people come up to you but ive had that happen everywhere. I love sf ! there's definitely alot of problems don't get me wrong but they are the same problems all over the US.
Yes I’ve gone to visit a lot & I’ve been walking everywhere with my 3 kids & I’ve seen nothing at all ( Thank God I haven’t ) . I love sf my kids do too !
How are you surviving on less than 2k a month? That's practically a minimum wage income these days. To live comfortably in a city like LA you already need to make at least $130-150k a year. In SF it has to be waay higher and ain't rent on average $3k-5k out there a month?
@@tubby_1278 depends where you live and if you have roommates it makes it cheaper also my definition of comfortable is different coming from a low income family.
Interesting comparison. Growing up in the 80s/90s in California, San Diego was a dangerous, poor, high crime city while San Francisco was beautiful and expensive. Now it seems like they are switching places.
As a native from San Diego I can tell you rent is pretty high so many people are struggling to get the bills payed and there are homeless people and drug addicts everywhere from the alley behind my apartment to downtown San Diego the streets are covered in trash and feces as well so I would say it is similar to SF there are only some nice neighbors predominantly white and even more expensive 🥲
I've been here for a year and it has been the most disgusting, tragic experience EVER!! To see so much suffering on a daily basis is something I will NEVER get used to. I literally see people smoking pipes in broad daylight on a regular basis. Though I usually walk with my head high, here, I HAVE TO keep my eyes on the ground to be certain that I don't step in human poop among other disgusting things. I've seen people stretched out on the ground. I'm slowing to make sure that there's signs of life, while everyone else just walks by like they aren't witnessing the same thing. It seems like people are so desensitized to this. As an empath, it's impossible not to see and feel this on a really deep level. Again, I will NEVER get used to this. I've seen notes on car windows alerting people that there's nothing in their cars to steal so please don't break their windows. And don't even get me started on the cost of living. I feel like I'm living in a twilight zone. I'm really happy that the people in your video have such great experiences here. That is definitely NOT my experience. I only came here because my daughter got an incredible opportunity that I couldn't let her miss out on, and she was too young to come alone. But I am counting down the days when she's old enough for me to get far, far away from here.
I grew up going to the City for events. If you have the money and attitude it is a beautiful place to live. It seems if you can overlook the homeless, drugs, and business that have closed then you will have a good time.
SF rules. I used to work there before covid for 6-7 years. if only the druggies, homeless, and transplants in tenderloin would go away, everything would be great. other parts of the city are very nice.
Lived in SF, and made it my second home from 93-2003… Loved it. Moved to Japan, and Yokohama has become my 3rd home. Miss my memories of SanFrancisco and the 90’s. Don’t think I’d recognize it today…Sadly.
Moved from LA to Benicia in April of this year and it was the best decision. I ended up getting a job making more and live in a really good area with the option to take the ferry in Vallejo to go to SF and not worry about my car getting broken and not dealing with traffic
I went to high school in Vallejo in the 80s. Most of my oldest friends are from that area. It's nice, affordable, and the weather is good. Glad you found a good life there!
I used to live in SF for many years. It is a very beautiful city. One thing people forget though, the homeless, drug and crime situation are way worse today than it was then. Sad that the politicians (voted by the people who live) is destroying it.
Drug use and crime were way worse in the 60s all the way into the late 80s. Reminder: Haight-Ashbury is the birthplace of the hippie movement and it was completely fueled by drugs.
@@qiii I agree about drugs, not so sure about crime. I used to work in Haight Ashbury area too for many years, so I understand its history. The current danger is fact that the municipal and state laws are being soften which enable society to go down hill, and at the same time, demoralize the police units. So I am not certain it will get better until those laws are changed/retracted.
@@qiii way worst??? They didn't have fentanyl in the 60s and Marijuana THC level was 10% of what weed is now. Plus, the used to prosecute criminals, now they are roaming freely.... So your way worst is way wrong....
There is a good amount of people who are down to stay in a shithole conditions of a city no matter how bad it gets. It’s like their identity is attached to the city. That goes for SF, NYC, Chicago, LA etc.
I often work in the Baltimore area. The people who you described are very real, and it's mind-boggling. The make their entire existence a justification for why they willingly live in such a cesspool and why everyone else should want to, too. It's so fckn weird.
This exists, of course. However, if you have the $ to avoid the cesspool, have access to the luxuries, and you work in the city then there's nothing better. Short commutes, lively social amenities, clean neighborhoods - cant beat it.
Where I live isn’t a “shitthole”. SF is a big city and really only the downtown area has gotten worse . There are a bunch of areas that used to be terrible that are much better and safer now . I wouldn’t believe in the hype
@@ninerempire3398”there are a bunch of areas that used to be terrible but now are safe and clean now.” Uhhh yea that’s called gentrification. Kinda sucks when new sterilized restaurant and entertainment venues show up and the prices seem to be tolerated by the tech swarm that settled with the tech boom of the last decade.
I'm also a San Francisco Native too and totally agree with everything they have mention too!! Love your content @CharlieChang. Hope you have an incredible day too and If you're still in SF, Hope to connect about UA-cam too!
San Francisco is not for everyone, not perfect city but I love living here . Weather, food music, arts, jobs, nature and the culture. Science and tech are here as well ! So much to enjoy not only in the city but also outside the city.
Eh actually you're wrong, San Francisco is for everyone, and everything you stated in your comment is what makes it a welcoming place for everyone to live or visit. I can name you a lot more other cities that are indeed not for everyone.
I live in Northern California but not in SF. It sounds awful. I own a 3 bedroom house and pay less than $2k/month on the mortgage. I can't imagine paying $3k for a 1 bedroom apartment.
WTH!! I think San Diego has topped SF for rent prices. We are paying $2,700 + $100 for parking and that is considered cheap compared to what other people are paying. Everyone else we know pays $3,000-$3,500 for a 650 to 850 sq ft apartment. Some people are paying $200 for parking. Also, we have A LOT of homeless drug addicts here as well and they are all over (not just in one area).
I was also thinking that those rent prices were cheap. I thought SF was higher. I’m in north county San Diego. I imagine buying is more expensive up there, though, at least than in SD county
As someone who grew up in SF (Filmore district), they are telling the truth. It is fun for young people, and you do get lots of exercise from walking around. However, homelessness has always been a problem. Crime has shifted over the past few decades. There used to be more violent crime, but it has transitioned toward more petty crime (car break-ins and drug store theft). I moved out to the Suburbs of the Eastbay. I walk less and don't party (being in my 40s), but I don't have to worry about crime. For exercise, I try to make up for it by going to the park on weekends with my daughter or home exercises.
I used to live in San Francisco and attended SFSU. The best time of my lifffeee. I now live super far away from the Bay Area in a small town. Every year that passes now is very unmemorable while I still remember moments in SF vividly ^_^ My favorite memories of being in the city were watching movies by myself at a theater. I'm glad to see the reviews of people still there because all I have now are sad news stories and that my theaters are closing down :(
@@RebekahCurielAlessi Hi! I used to visit a theater next to SF State, the Westfield Cinemark one, and a few in the Financial District. Ahh, I'm 37 now, and it's been so long since college that I don't remember their names.
I lived in the bay area for 6 years and saw SF change so much in that time. It progressively got worst. So much crime and homeless. I use to go watch plays at the Orpheum and saw 1 or 2 homeless folks but by the time I left, I had to walk in the street because the whole sidewalk was taken over. Also the people can be horrible. Saw a man spit on a Marine recruiter also saw lots of intolerance in general. Definitely very very expensive to live there. Ok to visit but I would never live there.
I've been in the Bay for the past 4 years and just got spit on by a homeless guy today in Berkeley smh (thankfully just got on the jacket and threw it in the washer right after). I definitely want to get out of here and move back to the east coast. The nature and events are great in the Bay, but the crime, homelessness and cost of living is too ridiculous to keep dealing with long term.
I was born in SF and my mom still lives on the Peninsula. I'm so glad I got out when I did. I'm despondent about what has happened to SF since I left in the mid 1980's. It is now such a freak show!
I noticed that the 2 older people said you could get on just fine if you don’t have a car, and the European woman had an amazing point about the bad things of a city contributing to its own unique universe. I really think that Americans are kind of used to having a car everywhere and eating out all the time. When I lived in Europe almost everyone walked most places, cooked at home, and it’s almost unheard of to live alone. In exchange people benefit from having close relationships with people, living in a place with a rich culture and hundreds of free or discounted attractions. I know things are getting way more expensive (I live in San Diego and I’m a local) but I enjoy that depending on other people to help save money has helped grow my friend circle and gotten me out in the world more.
Born and raised in SF, moved away when I was 25 and every year I go back to visit family it has gotten worse and worse. I dread going there especially with my kids. There are needles all over the ground along with human crap. There are druggies wandering the streets and crime has skyrocketed. I don’t feel safe there it’s a scary place. Used to be kind of nice now it’s disgusting
Thank you so much for this! I am from The Netherlands and lived in SF in 88/89. I give it an 11. The best time of my life! And yes I got mugged, chased, you name it. That was mostly at night in shady neighbourhoods in the wee hours. And the earthquake. Things happen. But I give everyting to live there again. The people most of the time are so friendly. If you ask the way in NY? They are almost annoyed...., definitely not friendly(most of the time) In SF they say: oh you no what? I walk with you over there! And after all the bad news about SF. (my heart was aching) I am so happy to hear people say the lovely things about my all time favorite City!!!! (I lived on Pacific/Leavenworth, Polk/Chestnut/ and Sacremento and Hyde) Walked all over the place. Worked at Little Joe's on Van Ness. Best time Ever!!! (payed 500 dollars in rent, for a one bedroom app.)
I have an Aunt that lives in San Mateo, but used to work for the City of S.F. for 40+ years, and a resident there since the mid 1960's. She absolutely tells everyone NOT to come to San Fran now. 15 - 20 years ago she would invite everyone out to visit. Now, she is a staunch opponent for us coming for a visit etc. Very sad.
Moved away from the bay in 2011 for nyc. Still there. Best Decision I ever made. Parents still in the bay so I come home to visit. That’s the only reason I go back honestly
I lived in SF between 2010 through 2013. There was always homeless people back then but I guess it's gotten worse, I dunno. The thing is, people talk about the homeless population and the high prices, but i don't think people mention how San Francisco can be such an isolating city. That song by Tony Bennett where he talks about feeling alone and forgotten in Manhattan" in that song I Left My Heart in San Franciaco, was exactly how I felt about San Francisco. I dunno. SF is like a big club that you're not invited too. And no matter how many times you say it, the people who live there, who are a part of that club, don't want to admit to it. I feel that LA is kinda the same way. At least, once you get to Hollywood and Los Feliz/Silver Lake area. It's like a big playground for the privileged and wealthy. Don't get me wrong. So much to love about SF. From its history, to its architecture and its bygone culture, I wanted to fall in love with it like so many did. But that city just didn't seem to want me. I've spent plenty time in Chicago and Brooklyn and I never felt isolated or depressed the way I felt in SF. I have friends who felt exactly the same way I did when they lived out there.
Remembering how the city used to be compared to how it is now is depressing. The crime, drugs, and homelessness are out of control. Stores are closing left and right. Embarcadero is a ghost town now. Why anyone would want to live in an area where your car is constantly broken into, expensive rent to live in a closet just so you can walk around and see trash everywhere, smell shit and piss on the streets, is beyond me. I used to love hopping on the ferry or bart and spending the day there, but not anymore.
Homelessness, crime, drugs, the smell of feces and urine on the sidewalks have been accepted as a daily life by all the interviewees of this video. That's why they all scored SF a seven or higher. I lived in SF when there was absolutely no homeless anywhere, but only an occasional prostitute.
Perspective is actually opening your mind to understanding the SF Market. They mean fair or good deal For SF. Not for the rest of USA. However $3,000 for 800 SQ FT does not seem worth it but it is what it is
I paid $900 to live in a 1,000 sq ft. 1 bedroom in Baldwin Hills/Southern California, for 9 years. Person living there now pays $2,000 with no parking space. Ridiculous rents!!! Paying the landlord's mortgage and bills. Sheer greed.
Charlie , excellent interview and a good counterpoint to the negative comments that are seen on some UA-cam videos I like the way you interview people and the questions that you ask. Good job.
I lived in SF for 11 years on a very low budget, probably never more than 30k a year and it wasn't too great. It looks like everyone interviewed here are nepo-babies from very privileged backgrounds or older residents on rent control. It would be interesting to see how answers vary across different demographics and people of lower economic backgrounds.
High cost, high crime, High CA taxes. I was there once about 7 years ago. Guys using outside our hotel room door while my young kids were trying to sleep. I expected at the very least a decent time at the tourist spots, but no - dodging feces on the sidewalks and sketchy people all over. I vowed never to go back, even if it was professionally. I haven't and never will. Not worth it.
I am a SF resident. It, like all cities, has issues. I won't deny that. Many SF residents want London Breed (the Mayor) out. She doesn't get it. But, it's a gorgeous place to live. We need a new mayor. But it's still a unique and lovely place. It is a walking city, and that's hard to find in America. Most American cities are car-reliant. And the ability to walk everywhere or catch a bus, is a big game changer.
Born and raised. Got priced out during the tech boom and have lived happily on the penninsula for years but I still dearly love my hometown. San Francisco still has way more good than bad and we still go on the regular.
Wow, you've dispelled a lot of things for me about SF. It's not as bad as the media portrays it to be, and that lady who just turned 75 looks fantastic! But maybe because she never had a child, she didn't have to spend so much energy taking care of another being
@@Thebluesky0311 not true. please visit the entire city before making such comments. These interviewers (who are living in SF mind you) already demythed how the media exaggerates reality.
@@nikkei325ilol i take what they say with a grain of salt. Most of them seem to display reaction formation. Software developer at his age and live in a 440sqft room, come on really? Does yoga and herbal teas. Obviously something aint right. Not a quality life there and he can suppress it all he wants.
You only went to the protected areas. Those parts will never change. Mostly all of the people you interviewed did not grow up around the city. It’s like you Monday morning quarterbacked a game the media was calling in real time and calling them overblown. Oh yeah they started decriminalizing car break ins way more than a few years ago.
Thank you so much for this. You got the opinion of all age brackets. I visit SF each yr when I can. I always have a good time. I can actually breath there if that makes sense. Keep up the good work. Much Love.
The teacher, and I got to SF at the same time period. Paying $900 for studio in the aves and working the city was great. I biked to work in my single speed. Had bar just cross from my work. I left because of what they said...and this was 2011...😢
I just visited SF with my daughter and for the most part we had a wonderful time and it was very beautiful. Yes , there are homeless people but I was aware to stay away from the tenderloin area. My rent a car window did get busted but I didn’t let that ruin our trip .
@@roberttassone7676 LOL! We had a wonderful time…other than our car being broken into. And somehow, everyone here seems to think that’s just “part of living in a city.” It isn’t; it’s only in liberal cities that don’t or won’t enforce laws.
Bay Area subscriber here, Charlie. I used to go to downtown SF a decent amount but definitely not anymore unless absolutely need to. I still go in the other neighborhoods in SF like Sunset and Richmond area as those can be sketchy sometimes too. Great video.
I was born at general hospital sf, was raised on the top of the hill area of Daly City… lived in the outer mission for the rest of mid 20s w my fam. Now I moved away with my bf to LA. I love sf. It’s always gonna have a special place in my heart. I had so much fun with My friends (we’re Hispanic & black) that are also natives there. We def got a different perspective. Don’t wanna say we were hood but we also didn’t grow up in noe valley or marina. Hopping bart, clubs / bars around the city, going to the views. Sf natives are chill af
SF is not that bad, It definingly has the good and bad-but it all depends which area you are in. I drive into SF once a week, sometime I purposely drive into the Tenderloin to see some interesting activity. Or I can take a different route down Grant ave which leads me to Chinatown then into Nob hill to see something more uplifting. It all deepened how i feel that day and that's what make a city great.
I was born and raised here. I have traveled all over the world I still believe San Francisco is one of the best cities in many metrics. It is one of the most beautiful cities and with a touch of common sense, you will be fine coming here. It has its problems like all large cities but I never feel like I'm unsafe and in most ways it is well functioning and amazing place. All you have to do, to remain safe is stay out of a few areas late a night, places you would have no reason to go anyway.
Sometimes I feel like I waste money then I hear people paying $5k-$6k a month for their rent. Making above 6 figures definitely seems like a requirement which explains why so much theft happens there as many people are not making enough to sustain themselves/families.
SF native here who lives in a tiny apartment in SF. 1bd for 1700. Pros - pay is high, jobs are everywhere and got alot of choices in regards of shopping, having fun, food, and more. Cons - homeless, shit everywhere, drugs everywhere, crime everywhere, and yet the price is HIGH that $50/hr is still not enough to survive. Moving across the country after the lease is up because a tiny house in SF with nothing is $5 million while other states is a 2 bdroom house with land for $1 million.
Someone came up to me on the street in SF and gave me a book called "You Suck" by Paulie Amigo. At first I thought it was an insult or joke, but the book was actually helpful for me at the time. It was cool.
Oh my Gosh! When did you come to the city?? I wish I could've seen you, cause I pass through some of those places in the video quite frequently! I just moved here in August for school at USF. Yes, homelessness and drug use over here is so crazy compared to where I'm from. But I do love the Muni system cause you can literally go anywhere with it, especially as someone who has no other means of transport, but sometimes we get some weird people on it, I won't lie lol.
I went there last summer for a day just passing through and alot of businesses were closed down, it was obvious that there was a major drug problem and that homelessness was a big issue. The weather was nice and the food in Chinatown was very good.
@@veritassumma5728 it wasn't a touristy place at all. I forget the name but they had really good spicy duck blood soup. People were setting off fireworks in the middle of the street and scared the crap out of us while we were eating.
SF is the best! Culture, beautiful parks, friendly and interesting people, animal friendly and always something to do. I moved here 22 years ago, from Phoenix, found a rent controlled apartment and never looked back. The weather is perfect snd the beauty of this city is inspiring. ❤
This was a fun video to make! What do you guys think about SF? Would you move here?
Hope you have an awesome day!
-Charlie
I think you should create a video asking ex-San Franciscans why they leave SF. For the sake of reducing "sampling bias".
It’s a shit-hole. Live there for 35 years so happy I left the city. People are rude and can kill your over an argument of a parking space. Rampage crimes and police and DA don’t be crap. My buddy just mugged by 4 black dude by gun point last month. My sister before she moved got beaten and robbed. People who live there long enough will give you the SF experience unless they live in the Richmond or sunset districts which is a little more safe but expensive to live. Even pacific height nowadays it’s not that safe.
Funny, you did all your interviews during the daytime, go out and night and see how dangerous SF can be....you might get some different answers...
Nice video. Thank you. I give it a 7/10 to live, 10/10 to work. 6.5/10 for climate. 7.5/10 for diversity of ethnicity, 6.5 for economic diversity.
Your experience strongly depends on neighborhoods. It is a segregated city sadly. I work in Pac Heights. Fantastic neighborhood with educated professionals, a lot of wealth and nice restaurants and boutiques and almost no homeless or visible drug use. Contrast with Tenderloin, union square, Soma, Hunters point , even parts of the mission.
Many years ago we opted to move to San Mateo, 20 min south. Quality of life is way better tbh, especially if you have a family. Sunny CA weather vs cold wind and fog in SF. Very little if any crime in our neighborhood, 15+ Michelin starred restaurants, fantastic accessible other restaurants and cheaper cost of living than SF, though not cheap compared to the rest of the country. Ton of tech and biotech jobs. 10/10.
What keeps those of us in SF to live and work is the enormous opportunity for career explosion. So few places like it in the world if you are driven and entrepreneurial.
I think these people have very low expectations for quality of life.
SF Native here. I did noticed that everyone you interviewed were in the nice neighborhoods, also none of them actually grew up here, including Humphrey. It might be a completely different video if you interviewed people living in the Bayview, Mission, Excelsior, Tenderloin lol
Every SF video online highlights these neighborhoods and it’s really refreshing for someone to showcase the positives of this great city. Not everything needs to be negative to get views/clicks and as someone who lives in SF I really appreciated this video!
Woot woot shout out to OceanView baby! Agree with you! Less and less of us Natives here.
That guy from Civic Center area isn't in a nice neighborhood though.
@@veritassumma5728 Market street doesn't represent the whole city. It's a small part of the city.
There are bad parts of any city where people generally want to avoid. I think this video was helpful because many people who are considering moving to SF may assume the whole city is overrun with homeless people and crime, but in reality many people live a comfortable life. I lived in Chicago for several years and they have a similar issue. There are dangerous neighborhoods and there are safe neighborhoods.
Dude said 2900 is a good deal we California's are officially delusional
I think more outrageous is the girl paying $2,100 a month for a studio. At least she didn't claim it was a good deal. 🤦🏻♂️
I'm glad I got out of America parttime he said $2900 is a good deal lol . I have 2 spots I rent out in the Philippines 🇵🇭 for less than $1,000 a month you people better wake up and start looking over seas before this Snow ball of the America dream really get out of hand.
@@BillyTimes-dw7vs I'm paying $2200 for a 2500sq ft home on 1acre lot in the Midwest. On the outskirts of a major metro area. For comparison. For some reason people are willing to pay a premium to kind of sort of be near the ocean and have some warmer weather year round.
Meanwhile I'm paying $1000 for my mortgage on a home 3x his 😂
Lived in sf. Built a wonderful community of friends, moved there for the gorgeous mixture of nature and city life. Moved out cause of the insane amount of homelessness, drug problems and mental health issues. Felt unsafe in many neighborhoods. Was sitting in my car and had a crazy lady walk by and throw a rock at my window. Seen my share of people with mental health issues roll around in tar, break into peoples cars, etc. it was a love hate relationship with the city, I moved away at the beginning of the pandemic.
Return Her Rock..hard..
@@finddeniro there’s no point in getting into altercations with crazy people. You get nothing out of it
@@destinationrelaxation9768 Are you still in CA? I know several people who moved from CA to TX and FL.
"nsane amount of homelessness, drug problems and mental health issues. Felt unsafe in many neighborhoods"
Really only the tenderloin is like that. And I doubt you were living in that area.
I think it was more that you couldn't afford SF.
One thing you might not be aware of is that most of us who can't afford our own apartments or condos in the Bay Area share housing. Check out craigslist, that's where everybody looks.
@@georgehenderson7783
" I know several people who moved from CA to TX and FL."
Those would be maga people. You couldn't pay me to move to Texas.
Look at the governor with his razor wire in the Rio Grande. Openly racist stuff. And people voted for him, which means the majority is racist.
Coming from Australia, one thing I find with American's is they're getting more and more use to death and crime around them. Then they just go on about their day being numb to it. The homelessness situation has been happening since I was there in the early 90s. It was just shocking to see so much homelessness, drugs and human defecation out in the open.
Yes, especially the younger people, very desensitized 😳very disturbing.
That’s our amazing government doing a really great job! Fine group of people they got running our country and states.
@@thekid1597 What's the alternative though?
It's no different than people in other developing countries. You mind your business and do what you have to do.
@@BearingMySeoul we want to progress not regress
I totally agree!
We are from San Francisco but retired recently to a planned community in the So Cal desert. Do miss good Asian restaurants and diversity and fog. Do not miss the cost of living, the homeless, and the constant fear of getting car broken into. We do go back up to the Bay Area every 6 weeks or so to visit family.
As someone who lived in San Francisco during the 80s and 90s, and later in Sausalito until 2015, I had the privilege of experiencing this city in its prime. Back then, San Francisco had a unique soul-vibrant, eclectic, and unapologetically bold. It was a place where creativity thrived, communities were tight-knit, and the city’s character was woven into every street corner, every hill, and every foggy morning.
While living in Sausalito, I regularly crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, either on my bike or via the ferry, which I loved. That routine was more than just a commute; it was a connection to a city that felt like home, a place that was alive with possibility. But what I see now is a shadow of that San Francisco-a city that has lost much of what made it extraordinary.
The changes haven’t happened overnight. It’s been a slow, almost imperceptible shift-much like the frog in the pot of water, slowly taking the heat, making up excuses until it’s too late, and it succumbs to a slow death. That’s what’s happening to San Francisco. The city has been slowly boiling, and those who haven’t lived here long enough can’t see the changes taking place. They’re like the frog in that pot, unaware of the steady erosion of what once made this city great.
San Francisco is still beautiful, still iconic, but there’s a hollowness now where there was once vibrancy. For those of us who remember what it was, it’s hard not to feel a deep sense of loss.
-- Max McByte
I live in Walnut Creek, only 30 minutes from SF, yet far enough away. It’s nice to go into the city, but I enjoy that I don’t have to live there.
@@spikeybabieshow so?
30 minutes away if you are driving there in the middle of the night on a week day lol
@@spikeybabies not true. do not speak on places you know nothing about.
@@spikeybabies not true at all.
I live in Pleasanton. Not too far from you. I used to go out to Walnut Creek back in the day but the attitude of the people kinda turned me off. Danville it’s the same thing. Maybe worse. Financial success makes a lot people become stuck up.
San Fran been expensive for a long time. But too many transplants are there now that dont see SF as home. Rather, they see it as a cool place to get paid and have a good time for a while. Meanwhile, natives are stuck dealing with the inflation and crime.
That euro lady was a fine case in point!
That’s like anywhere?
@tysonristau4995 Maybe cities that have a huge tech presence.
@@raidergainzx5290 Be be fair Los Angeles has a lot of transplants too for those breaking into the entertainment industry. They have a small tech presence called Silicon Beach but it is nowhere near the size of Silicon Valley.
@@raidergainzx5290 Miami has the same case and doesn't have a huge tech presence...
Funny, my daughter who now lives in Japan took her Japanese boyfriend to San Francisco a few years back. The first day they walked out their hotel to be greeted by a homeless person defecating in the street right in front of the hotel. Her boyfriend was shocked and disgusted and said is this normal? My daughter said she heard of this but never actually saw it in person. My daughter said they stayed 3 days and couldn’t believe the homeless problem
This comment section and video is hilarious. Truly showing a side of SF that is non existent for 90% of the population in this city. The delusional wealthy individuals who never leave their fancy apartment because they work from home refuse to help the community who is begging for someone to help. Open air drug market on the streets as well as fentanyl zombies everywhere. Very sad.
1st reviewer mentioned this, the hotels are at Union Square, Union Square is bad. It's like you didn't listen.
also Japan is generally a terrible place for lucrative careers, be it woman or gaijin. Apples to oranges.
Had that one man not pooped in front of your daughter, she might have a whole different takeaway from the city. Damn that man. I've lived in SF for over a decade and have never seen someone defecating in the street. That could change tomorrow, but you can't sum up a city by one area of it or what a few people do. Every large city has its... crap.
@@ctube. So you think a majority of the community who lives in the city is just lying about the feces? I've walked down embarcadero and have seen homeless taking a shit on the side walk and using their hand to wipe their ass to then proceed to wipe their hand on the nearest door lock so that business owner can lock up their shop with feces all over
I doubt a homeless person defected in front of her. Urban myth-sorry!
My favorite one so far. The people were very interesting, positive, real, and inspiring z thanks for this one.
Love this video Charlie! Appreciate you going around the world to bring us viewers more perspective. I'm a San Francisco native who grew up in the hood (Outer Mission). I think the media disproportionately gives more coverage to SF's drug, homelessness, and cleanliness issues - which primarily take place in Downtown and FiDi. There's so much charm to the Sunset, Richmond, Portola Heights, Little Italy, etc - that people maybe aren't seeing as much in the media. Separately, SF is like New York but more chill - a great place to balance social life and rest.
I'm from the Fillmore District, been here over 30 years. How are you going to say the media is disproportionately giving more coverage to SF's drug and crime rate? If anything there isn't ENOUGH. Our community members are begging for someone to do something about this. The streets are filled with drug addicts and crime. It's a literal open drug market out here. The police only ever stay around the nice areas that only the rich techies hang out in. SF is NOT the more chill NY. I was just there last month and I didn't see one fentanyl zombie walking the street with their ass hanging out.
Noe Valley is so lovely and embedded into the hills.
Sure, sure....such balance...as ling as you're an Elite....then you can rest.
Thise folks that were interviewed were all from nicer communities...and EVERY ONE had some fairly knarley story to tell....but then...that's just 'city life' I suppose...
....once you get used to Liberal rules, getting beat up, carjacked, rampant retail theft....geez, I mean even every random person had a shithole City story to tell.🤷♂️
You mean "crime" not charm.
The areas you described are slowly getting absorbed.
What else did people think was gonna happen?
Whens the last time you were there? And haven't you been paying attention to what's going on in NYC???
Your post sound like it was written by those animals that bury their head in the sand
I’m a native San Franciscan that moved away the first chance I got and every time I visit I stay in my neighborhood and sometimes venture downtown and is it so gross.
Humphrey is right about the nightlife, is it weak at best, even before Covid. Most places close by midnight, even clubs.
Out of curiosity where did you end up moving to?
@@nikkei325i Shanghai, China 🇨🇳 been here from 2011-2019, then went back home (San Francisco, around the glen park area) for four years due to the pandemic, and just moved back to SH in march
Not really, I went to DNA lounge after lockdowns and left at 330am lol. Places are open but it’s not like major party cities where everyone knows where to go like Miami or LA. It’s more like you need to be “in the know” which it shouldn’t be like.
Nah. Not is it. Not is it. /
I could call myself a San Franciscan. Immigrated from HK and have lived here over 50 years. I have traveled to different parts of the country and outside of USA and went back to HK to visit. I have to say SF is the best city that I have live. It is so convenient with Public transportation and convenience to groceries, banking and mall.
Yes you can call yourself a San Franciscan. You are one of those who makes that a title very much worth having.
sounds a bit like Bruce Lee (born in San Francisco - but as a baby only, he was given birth and returned to Hong Kong, raised in Hong Kong and lived his adult life in San Francisco)
You do want a car. Big Sur, Monterrey, Tahoe. You just have to have a car, but keep it in a garage.
I am from Vancouver Canada and I live in sf for five years. I think the parks, the hills, the water, and the bridges make it one of the most beautiful cities in the entire world. Unfortunately the city and state are not taking petty crimes and drug use seriously, and so I could not make that city my forever home. I really wish nothing but the best for SF, I love it.
Its not that exciting. Unless ur from somewhere really boring. Theres better cities out there
according to what I've seen in videos about Canada, Vancouver kinda suffers from something similiar to San Francisco (homelessness and drug addiction - like those footages seen in Hastings St., expensive housing and cost of living in general, etc.)...is it really that bad?
Hasn't Vancouver also become a victim of its own success, with a skyrocketing housing, taxes, homelessness, drugs?
@@user-1rg9f2-g3l6d Yup. It has. I live in East Vancouver...the drug & homelesss problem is really bad. There's a co-op housing for people who are "recovering", but they just use that place to sleep. They really fucked up the neighbourhood and park across the street from that place. And, housing is bad. I can't belive the prices my friends are paying for a 1 bedroom. Vancouver is just as bad or same level as SF. It's disgusting.
@@jayo9750 only boring people are bored.
SF is just a microcosm of what's happening in the US in general. Wealth is being concentrated with a small group of people at the expense of the working class. Gentrification has made homelessness and poverty rampant in the Bay.
this! no one tends to get this... yes democratic politicians are bad but that does not mean republicans would be better too...
@@rraineallen721I lived in Fl 18 years and we have better living standards in California.
That's what I think too, as a San Francisco resident and native.... ❤
@@melodazzzeoh. yes. I see your point, the lawyer right? I at first thought her saying "but we'll deal with it." meant "but we're helping our fellow humans." and then realized "deal with it" meant obliterating or obscuring her fellow humans, challenged likely to pay the six grand she does for a monthly abode.
Amazing how the first Dude just says $11K/ month so casually. That's insane and he's paying for a box!!!😂
i know! a 1000sf house on half an acre by a natl forest, 2 miles from a small town w/everything he mentioned, from yoga studios to restaurants, costs me literally UNDER $8k/ a year, including utilities, groceries, transpo (20 yr old chevy), & property taxes as a homeowner. no hoa or condo fees or parking shortage or homeless prob. deep south 2024. only drawback: theyr still into tobacco, alcohol, firearms culture, no weed or dancing, which i miss about cali. but u can find houses all over the u.s. for 100k, outside of urban meccas... i met ppl 20 yrs ago in az who fled sf then, & it only seems to'v gotten worse
@@divingduck9 Your house seems great. However not all of us would compromise on all of those negative externalities just to live in a house.
@@schnertblatt what r 'negative externalities'? ghettos, ppl using streets as sewers, $6/gal gas? vs what, old chevies & surrounded by forest, $2.79/gal gas...
@@divingduck9I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
@@schnertblatt no seriously, whar r 'negative externalities'? is that a term to mask some bias or prejudice or what? ur not a nature lover, u need the external surroundings of concrete jungle/city? then say that, instead of code. just what r these 'externalities' to which u obliquely refer...?
basically if you don't drive and don't mind sketchy places and situations and don't expect it to change but are optimistic, you're ok to visit or live in SF
Haha, all weirdos and Millennials, putting up with shit for a few years until they figure out a better plan. Much like an airport - always busy, always a ton of energy, but everyone will swap out in time.
@@Dave-cf4vdHipster transplants.
and make 80k+
And you're YOUNG.
It’s not like you don’t mind sketchy places you avoid them
Born and raised in sf, bought my first home, got married and had all my kids in sf. Once my kids got a good school assignment, it was wonderful in terms of their peers and curriculum. Then Covid happened and we needed a bigger house so we moved away. No regrets on how bad it has got.
Where to ? Somewhere past Stockton
This is not the reality of SF. I talk to people who work blue collar jobs in the city and they tell me it's falling apart and very unsafe.
I work in SF and walk around a lot, even at night.. Most places are safe in SF. There are just a few places that are skid rows that you should avoid such as the Tenderloin and parts of downtown. I would say the majority of the city is fine.
People who are in denial will always paint a rosy picture. The area is in a sad decline and only getting worse.
Lived in Nob Hill San Francisco for 20 years. This is one of the few accurate portrayals of SF on UA-cam. Well done.
Since Covid the city been on an insane decline. Crime being an issue is an understatement. It’s beyond an issue since not only it concerns one’s safety but also drives the cost of living since stores are forced to increase their prices . Car break ins are normal and encouraged by the government. Drug is a massive issue that contributes to the homeless issue.
$2950 for a 1B1B apartment is NOT a "pretty good deal"! Holy fuc*. The retired school teacher living in a studio, with nothing else to her name makes my heart hurt.
In San Francisco rent could be around $6000 for a 3 bedroom apt. There are some houses over $10k a month. It's INSANE ! How does anyone live there ? The crime is out of control, and you need to net about $8,000 a month in order to live by the earn four times your rent rule. My buddy lives in Athens, GA has a 4 bedroom house on an acre of land and pays $700/mo.
first guy lying. There is a Home Depot in SF. The city is 7 miles wide. How is the nearest one 25 miles? Also obvious he moved to the city for the uh um bath houses
My family that lived in SF for decades recently moved the heck out! There is nothing more precious than safety and freedom from tyrannical government, and in SF you have neither.
Wow, what a fantastic interview. Thank you for doing this you touched on all age groups and it was so detailed I love listening what everyone said and it gave me a completely different opinion. I haven’t been there since 2013 and it was so depressed about the news about what happened to San Francisco. I used to stay at the chancellor hotel which I love so much. I had the best New Year’s there in 2013 so this was interesting.❤
I love San Francisco. Can the people be crazy, yes. Are the laws kinda wild yes. But it’s still a very pretty city with I think a lot of potential and diversity.
I think the least controversial area in SF is the sunset. But it is nearly impossible to rent there since they are single family houses which is nearly impossible to rent unless you have friends you can live with.
I grew up in the SF area and now living in Asia. It's incredibly sad to see how crimes, murders, homelessness, lawlessness are normalized. Here in Asia, the cost of living is about 1/5 of that compared to California and I live among the most kind, peaceful, civilized, law abiding humans with far more amenities than in the US. I would never go back to the bay area (or anywhere in the entire USA) even if the cost of living is 1/10 of what it is today. It's just not worth worrying about getting robbed, shot, or stabbed at anytime. California has become a criminal heaven.
What part of Asia?
there are many many countries in Asia where San Francisco would be luxury in comparison. Where do you live in Asia?
@@xellex1911 I live in Kuala Lumpur. You obviously have not traveled to Asia. Which countries in Asia is less luxury than San Francisco? Some rural parts of Asia are certainly less developed than SF but they are a thousand times CLEANER and SAFER than SF.
@@xellex1911 that's what racist San Franciscan's like to tell themselves. even north korea is safer than SF
@Tummie39 I live in SF and have been to all the countries in Asia, including Kuala Lumpur where you live. I guess you haven't been to Manila & New Delhi because it's a lot more dirty and has a worse homeless problem than SF
It’s still a very beautiful city . Been here for the past 11 years . I was would say 2013-2016 were it’s peek years for many industries then it got overblown with displacements , costs , property crime .
I love it here , it’s not for everyone . Keep an open mind. It’s for career minded people , creatives , and healthy folks .
I suppose opposites attract because it it also a place for unemployed, destructive, ill addicts as well. 🤷🏼♀️
(I grew up in the SF Bay Area, parents are Bay Area natives, and have been going to SF my whole life- mostly as a single woman. I stopped going after about two dozen people tried to sell me heroin in Civic Plaza years ago, and there was a shootout outside of the church I attended.)
@@deniseclaeys8295you know all major cities have drugs right?
It's crazy the different experiences people have, I was so scared to move to SF because of all the news I was hearing, and how expensive. I make less than 2k a month and live comfortably enough, I only pay 1k for rent in a nice part of sf, I will say you might have to be mindful about how much you spend but ive made it work, you really don't have to make 8k like said in the video unless your living in a super nice apartment. Im also a 5'0 girl and alot of the times walk by myself, I haven't experienced anything to crazy, you'll occasionally get some weird people come up to you but ive had that happen everywhere. I love sf ! there's definitely alot of problems don't get me wrong but they are the same problems all over the US.
Lmao 2k a month living in sf . I don’t believe it unless you’re in welfare and food stamps
Yes I’ve gone to visit a lot & I’ve been walking everywhere with my 3 kids & I’ve seen nothing at all ( Thank God I haven’t ) . I love sf my kids do too !
How are you surviving on less than 2k a month? That's practically a minimum wage income these days. To live comfortably in a city like LA you already need to make at least $130-150k a year. In SF it has to be waay higher and ain't rent on average $3k-5k out there a month?
@@tubby_1278 depends where you live and if you have roommates it makes it cheaper also my definition of comfortable is different coming from a low income family.
@@lynettesdiary So what your saying is you live in someones garage.
Would love for you to interview San Diego people now that it's been declared the most expensive place to live in the nation!
I live in San Diego, and after living here, I thought their rent prices are low😅
Interesting comparison. Growing up in the 80s/90s in California, San Diego was a dangerous, poor, high crime city while San Francisco was beautiful and expensive. Now it seems like they are switching places.
As a native from San Diego I can tell you rent is pretty high so many people are struggling to get the bills payed and there are homeless people and drug addicts everywhere from the alley behind my apartment to downtown San Diego the streets are covered in trash and feces as well so I would say it is similar to SF there are only some nice neighbors predominantly white and even more expensive 🥲
I've been here for a year and it has been the most disgusting, tragic experience EVER!! To see so much suffering on a daily basis is something I will NEVER get used to. I literally see people smoking pipes in broad daylight on a regular basis. Though I usually walk with my head high, here, I HAVE TO keep my eyes on the ground to be certain that I don't step in human poop among other disgusting things. I've seen people stretched out on the ground. I'm slowing to make sure that there's signs of life, while everyone else just walks by like they aren't witnessing the same thing. It seems like people are so desensitized to this. As an empath, it's impossible not to see and feel this on a really deep level. Again, I will NEVER get used to this. I've seen notes on car windows alerting people that there's nothing in their cars to steal so please don't break their windows. And don't even get me started on the cost of living. I feel like I'm living in a twilight zone. I'm really happy that the people in your video have such great experiences here. That is definitely NOT my experience. I only came here because my daughter got an incredible opportunity that I couldn't let her miss out on, and she was too young to come alone. But I am counting down the days when she's old enough for me to get far, far away from here.
I grew up going to the City for events. If you have the money and attitude it is a beautiful place to live. It seems if you can overlook the homeless, drugs, and business that have closed then you will have a good time.
SF rules. I used to work there before covid for 6-7 years. if only the druggies, homeless, and transplants in tenderloin would go away, everything would be great. other parts of the city are very nice.
It's kinda crazy that Drew with 20 years of software dev exp is still renting
Lived in SF, and made it my second home from 93-2003… Loved it.
Moved to Japan, and Yokohama has become my 3rd home.
Miss my memories of SanFrancisco and the 90’s. Don’t think I’d recognize it today…Sadly.
Moved from LA to Benicia in April of this year and it was the best decision. I ended up getting a job making more and live in a really good area with the option to take the ferry in Vallejo to go to SF and not worry about my car getting broken and not dealing with traffic
I went to high school in Vallejo in the 80s. Most of my oldest friends are from that area. It's nice, affordable, and the weather is good. Glad you found a good life there!
I used to live in SF for many years. It is a very beautiful city. One thing people forget though, the homeless, drug and crime situation are way worse today than it was then. Sad that the politicians (voted by the people who live) is destroying it.
Drug use and crime were way worse in the 60s all the way into the late 80s. Reminder: Haight-Ashbury is the birthplace of the hippie movement and it was completely fueled by drugs.
@@qiii I agree about drugs, not so sure about crime. I used to work in Haight Ashbury area too for many years, so I understand its history. The current danger is fact that the municipal and state laws are being soften which enable society to go down hill, and at the same time, demoralize the police units. So I am not certain it will get better until those laws are changed/retracted.
@@qiii way worst??? They didn't have fentanyl in the 60s and Marijuana THC level was 10% of what weed is now. Plus, the used to prosecute criminals, now they are roaming freely.... So your way worst is way wrong....
I was just in SF in May, it’s still great! Its still lively, beautiful and friendly. Not saying there aren’t parts that are absolutely scary/dangerous
There is a good amount of people who are down to stay in a shithole conditions of a city no matter how bad it gets. It’s like their identity is attached to the city. That goes for SF, NYC, Chicago, LA etc.
I often work in the Baltimore area. The people who you described are very real, and it's mind-boggling. The make their entire existence a justification for why they willingly live in such a cesspool and why everyone else should want to, too. It's so fckn weird.
SO true, signed a native new yorker who left loll it’s like stockholm syndrome i can’t believe people live with that much chaos like it’s normal
This exists, of course. However, if you have the $ to avoid the cesspool, have access to the luxuries, and you work in the city then there's nothing better. Short commutes, lively social amenities, clean neighborhoods - cant beat it.
Where I live isn’t a “shitthole”. SF is a big city and really only the downtown area has gotten worse . There are a bunch of areas that used to be terrible that are much better and safer now . I wouldn’t believe in the hype
@@ninerempire3398”there are a bunch of areas that used to be terrible but now are safe and clean now.” Uhhh yea that’s called gentrification. Kinda sucks when new sterilized restaurant and entertainment venues show up and the prices seem to be tolerated by the tech swarm that settled with the tech boom of the last decade.
I'm also a San Francisco Native too and totally agree with everything they have mention too!! Love your content @CharlieChang. Hope you have an incredible day too and If you're still in SF, Hope to connect about UA-cam too!
San Francisco is not for everyone, not perfect city but I love living here . Weather, food music, arts, jobs, nature and the culture. Science and tech are here as well ! So much to enjoy not only in the city but also outside the city.
dont forget about lots of drug addicted lots of homeless and lots of crime as well
@@chrisbrown-lx7qz we already know that . That's why I said it's not a perfect city !
Eh actually you're wrong, San Francisco is for everyone, and everything you stated in your comment is what makes it a welcoming place for everyone to live or visit. I can name you a lot more other cities that are indeed not for everyone.
@@unknown66003 What I am trying to say here is people who cannot afford living in the city or those who hate the city itself because of politics.
Let's go!
Ayyy thanks for being in the video Humphrey!
The meetup that I never knew I needed so bad!
I live in Northern California but not in SF. It sounds awful. I own a 3 bedroom house and pay less than $2k/month on the mortgage. I can't imagine paying $3k for a 1 bedroom apartment.
forget the high gas, groceries, service etc prices
it is mainly the rent that what is killing San Franciscans
WTH!! I think San Diego has topped SF for rent prices. We are paying $2,700 + $100 for parking and that is considered cheap compared to what other people are paying. Everyone else we know pays $3,000-$3,500 for a 650 to 850 sq ft apartment. Some people are paying $200 for parking. Also, we have A LOT of homeless drug addicts here as well and they are all over (not just in one area).
I was also thinking that those rent prices were cheap. I thought SF was higher. I’m in north county San Diego. I imagine buying is more expensive up there, though, at least than in SD county
As someone who grew up in SF (Filmore district), they are telling the truth. It is fun for young people, and you do get lots of exercise from walking around. However, homelessness has always been a problem. Crime has shifted over the past few decades. There used to be more violent crime, but it has transitioned toward more petty crime (car break-ins and drug store theft).
I moved out to the Suburbs of the Eastbay. I walk less and don't party (being in my 40s), but I don't have to worry about crime. For exercise, I try to make up for it by going to the park on weekends with my daughter or home exercises.
I used to live in San Francisco and attended SFSU. The best time of my lifffeee. I now live super far away from the Bay Area in a small town. Every year that passes now is very unmemorable while I still remember moments in SF vividly ^_^ My favorite memories of being in the city were watching movies by myself at a theater. I'm glad to see the reviews of people still there because all I have now are sad news stories and that my theaters are closing down :(
Heya. It's still beautiful here as ever....❤
Curious what theatre youre referencing?
@@RebekahCurielAlessi Hi! I used to visit a theater next to SF State, the Westfield Cinemark one, and a few in the Financial District. Ahh, I'm 37 now, and it's been so long since college that I don't remember their names.
@@mkrowenp hi. Oh sure!! I know of which you speak.....I'll think of you next time I go to the movies.. 🫂
This is a gem of a video.
Great questions and blogger’s friendliness gets the interviewees to open up. Bravo!
I lived in the bay area for 6 years and saw SF change so much in that time. It progressively got worst. So much crime and homeless. I use to go watch plays at the Orpheum and saw 1 or 2 homeless folks but by the time I left, I had to walk in the street because the whole sidewalk was taken over. Also the people can be horrible. Saw a man spit on a Marine recruiter also saw lots of intolerance in general.
Definitely very very expensive to live there. Ok to visit but I would never live there.
I've been in the Bay for the past 4 years and just got spit on by a homeless guy today in Berkeley smh (thankfully just got on the jacket and threw it in the washer right after). I definitely want to get out of here and move back to the east coast. The nature and events are great in the Bay, but the crime, homelessness and cost of living is too ridiculous to keep dealing with long term.
I’m from the Bay Area , born and raised and I still live here . San Francisco is a hell hole
I love living in San Francisco. But then again, all major cities have
homeless populations so maybe that’s why I’m not scared of unhoused people.
@@roar6047Berkeley is not San Francisco. Totally different vibe even though they are very close. Just over the Bay Bridge is different than the city.
@@georgeallen4007where do you live?
I was born in SF and my mom still lives on the Peninsula. I'm so glad I got out when I did. I'm despondent about what has happened to SF since I left in the mid 1980's. It is now such a freak show!
"Asking San Franciscans..." Only interviews transplants. Further proof there's no more locals!
we're here. We just dont outnumber the transplants, and we never get interviewed
Oh man, I love watching Humphreys finance videos! Awesome you were able to interview him!
I noticed that the 2 older people said you could get on just fine if you don’t have a car, and the European woman had an amazing point about the bad things of a city contributing to its own unique universe. I really think that Americans are kind of used to having a car everywhere and eating out all the time. When I lived in Europe almost everyone walked most places, cooked at home, and it’s almost unheard of to live alone. In exchange people benefit from having close relationships with people, living in a place with a rich culture and hundreds of free or discounted attractions. I know things are getting way more expensive (I live in San Diego and I’m a local) but I enjoy that depending on other people to help save money has helped grow my friend circle and gotten me out in the world more.
Born and Raised in SF, my guy you really talking to the rich people...... Of course they have the ability to be comfortable and safe as possible
Retired teachers are rich? Since when?
Its funny hearing 3k a month is a good deal for rent when my house payment is $600 for 2k square feet with a big yard.
this was a good video Charlie I left San Francisco a few years ago I watch this youtuber who covers sf and a die hard sf resident.
Same here !
Born and raised in SF, moved away when I was 25 and every year I go back to visit family it has gotten worse and worse. I dread going there especially with my kids. There are needles all over the ground along with human crap. There are druggies wandering the streets and crime has skyrocketed. I don’t feel safe there it’s a scary place. Used to be kind of nice now it’s disgusting
Do you go straight to the tenderloin when you come to SF? 😂
Thank you so much for this! I am from The Netherlands and lived in SF in 88/89. I give it an 11. The best time of my life! And yes I got mugged, chased, you name it. That was mostly at night in shady neighbourhoods in the wee hours. And the earthquake. Things happen. But I give everyting to live there again.
The people most of the time are so friendly. If you ask the way in NY? They are almost annoyed...., definitely not friendly(most of the time) In SF they say: oh you no what? I walk with you over there!
And after all the bad news about SF. (my heart was aching) I am so happy to hear people say the lovely things about my all time favorite City!!!! (I lived on Pacific/Leavenworth, Polk/Chestnut/ and Sacremento and Hyde) Walked all over the place. Worked at Little Joe's on Van Ness. Best time Ever!!! (payed 500 dollars in rent, for a one bedroom app.)
I have an Aunt that lives in San Mateo, but used to work for the City of S.F. for 40+ years, and a resident there since the mid 1960's. She absolutely tells everyone NOT to come to San Fran now. 15 - 20 years ago she would invite everyone out to visit. Now, she is a staunch opponent for us coming for a visit etc. Very sad.
Moved away from the bay in 2011 for nyc. Still there. Best Decision I ever made. Parents still in the bay so I come home to visit. That’s the only reason I go back honestly
How old are you?
I lived in SF between 2010 through 2013. There was always homeless people back then but I guess it's gotten worse, I dunno. The thing is, people talk about the homeless population and the high prices, but i don't think people mention how San Francisco can be such an isolating city. That song by Tony Bennett where he talks about feeling alone and forgotten in Manhattan" in that song I Left My Heart in San Franciaco, was exactly how I felt about San Francisco. I dunno. SF is like a big club that you're not invited too. And no matter how many times you say it, the people who live there, who are a part of that club, don't want to admit to it.
I feel that LA is kinda the same way. At least, once you get to Hollywood and Los Feliz/Silver Lake area. It's like a big playground for the privileged and wealthy.
Don't get me wrong. So much to love about SF. From its history, to its architecture and its bygone culture, I wanted to fall in love with it like so many did. But that city just didn't seem to want me.
I've spent plenty time in Chicago and Brooklyn and I never felt isolated or depressed the way I felt in SF. I have friends who felt exactly the same way I did when they lived out there.
Yup. There's a reason why the GG Bridge is the number one suicide spot in the world!
Moved out of SF in 2018. I’m happier than ever. I hate going back and visiting, it’s nothing like how it was growing up.
Remembering how the city used to be compared to how it is now is depressing. The crime, drugs, and homelessness are out of control. Stores are closing left and right. Embarcadero is a ghost town now. Why anyone would want to live in an area where your car is constantly broken into, expensive rent to live in a closet just so you can walk around and see trash everywhere, smell shit and piss on the streets, is beyond me. I used to love hopping on the ferry or bart and spending the day there, but not anymore.
Homelessness, crime, drugs, the smell of feces and urine on the sidewalks have been accepted as a daily life by all the interviewees of this video. That's why they all scored SF a seven or higher.
I lived in SF when there was absolutely no homeless anywhere, but only an occasional prostitute.
You obviously didn’t watch the video. Typical.
@@breezeee45 I did watch the video. It’s called an opinion. No need to be a jerk.
@@breezeee45 you obviously have not been a victim of crime... It's a ship show right now in SF...
Embarcadero isn’t a ghost town. Weird take tbh
LOL $3000 per month a good deal on a 1 bed 1 bath. So little perspective 🤦🏻♂️
Perspective is actually opening your mind to understanding the SF Market. They mean fair or good deal
For SF.
Not for the rest of USA. However $3,000 for 800 SQ FT does not seem worth it but it is what it is
I paid $900 to live in a 1,000 sq ft. 1 bedroom in Baldwin Hills/Southern California, for 9 years. Person living there now pays $2,000 with no parking space. Ridiculous rents!!! Paying the landlord's mortgage and bills. Sheer greed.
Charlie , excellent interview and a good counterpoint to the negative comments that are seen on some UA-cam videos I like the way you interview people and the questions that you ask. Good job.
2900 for a 1 bd 1 bath. Thats not much of a counter argument
I just moved back (born n raised in sf) and honestly it’s home. It’s changing a lot but i just love being here
Great perspectives charlie!
Who else loved Katis energy?
I lived in SF for 11 years on a very low budget, probably never more than 30k a year and it wasn't too great. It looks like everyone interviewed here are nepo-babies from very privileged backgrounds or older residents on rent control. It would be interesting to see how answers vary across different demographics and people of lower economic backgrounds.
High cost, high crime, High CA taxes. I was there once about 7 years ago. Guys using outside our hotel room door while my young kids were trying to sleep. I expected at the very least a decent time at the tourist spots, but no - dodging feces on the sidewalks and sketchy people all over. I vowed never to go back, even if it was professionally. I haven't and never will. Not worth it.
I’m leaving San Francisco next year! Can’t wait!
Where are you headed?
I am a SF resident. It, like all cities, has issues. I won't deny that. Many SF residents want London Breed (the Mayor) out. She doesn't get it. But, it's a gorgeous place to live. We need a new mayor. But it's still a unique and lovely place. It is a walking city, and that's hard to find in America. Most American cities are car-reliant. And the ability to walk everywhere or catch a bus, is a big game changer.
You do understand that all American cities have buses, right? Walking to catch a bus doesn’t make a city “a walking city."
Born and raised. Got priced out during the tech boom and have lived happily on the penninsula for years but I still dearly love my hometown. San Francisco still has way more good than bad and we still go on the regular.
Wow, you've dispelled a lot of things for me about SF. It's not as bad as the media portrays it to be, and that lady who just turned 75 looks fantastic! But maybe because she never had a child, she didn't have to spend so much energy taking care of another being
Don't be fooled it is way worse than what the media portrays SF.
@@Thebluesky0311 not true. please visit the entire city before making such comments. These interviewers (who are living in SF mind you) already demythed how the media exaggerates reality.
@@nikkei325ilol i take what they say with a grain of salt. Most of them seem to display reaction formation. Software developer at his age and live in a 440sqft room, come on really? Does yoga and herbal teas. Obviously something aint right. Not a quality life there and he can suppress it all he wants.
Bro it’s bad here 🤣 just come and find out
Yeah, like everyone seems happy living in a studio and still consider dining out or transportation a luxury.
SF used to be where the entire country dreamed of living. Now, its a sad joke.
You only went to the protected areas. Those parts will never change. Mostly all of the people you interviewed did not grow up around the city. It’s like you Monday morning quarterbacked a game the media was calling in real time and calling them overblown. Oh yeah they started decriminalizing car break ins way more than a few years ago.
Thank you so much for this. You got the opinion of all age brackets. I visit SF each yr when I can. I always have a good time. I can actually breath there if that makes sense. Keep up the good work. Much Love.
The teacher, and I got to SF at the same time period. Paying $900 for studio in the aves and working the city was great. I biked to work in my single speed. Had bar just cross from my work. I left because of what they said...and this was 2011...😢
Was your apartment rent controlled back then?
This video was incredibly helpful for me figuring out if I should move to SF or not. Thank you!
Don't move here, just come as a tourist and support our economy.
loved this video!! thank you for sharing light on our city. ♡
I just visited SF with my daughter and for the most part we had a wonderful time and it was very beautiful. Yes , there are homeless people but I was aware to stay away from the tenderloin area. My rent a car window did get busted but I didn’t let that ruin our trip .
Dumb
@@roberttassone7676 LOL! We had a wonderful time…other than our car being broken into. And somehow, everyone here seems to think that’s just “part of living in a city.” It isn’t; it’s only in liberal cities that don’t or won’t enforce laws.
Bay Area subscriber here, Charlie.
I used to go to downtown SF a decent amount but definitely not anymore unless absolutely need to. I still go in the other neighborhoods in SF like Sunset and Richmond area as those can be sketchy sometimes too.
Great video.
Just spent the new years in SF. I just have this to say: Never going back. Not as bad as the media says, but still pretty BAD
good
only miss it when you want to travel there once in a long while
I grew up in SF now live in Miami. It’s such a beautiful city but would never move back. Politics have ruined that city in my opinion.
Same. Now in nyc. Never moving back
I was born at general hospital sf, was raised on the top of the hill area of Daly City… lived in the outer mission for the rest of mid 20s w my fam. Now I moved away with my bf to LA. I love sf. It’s always gonna have a special place in my heart. I had so much fun with My friends (we’re Hispanic & black) that are also natives there. We def got a different perspective. Don’t wanna say we were hood but we also didn’t grow up in noe valley or marina. Hopping bart, clubs / bars around the city, going to the views. Sf natives are chill af
yes we are
SF is not that bad, It definingly has the good and bad-but it all depends which area you are in. I drive into SF once a week, sometime I purposely drive into the Tenderloin to see some interesting activity. Or I can take a different route down Grant ave which leads me to Chinatown then into Nob hill to see something more uplifting. It all deepened how i feel that day and that's what make a city great.
Charlie, Love your videos, topics and length.... Keep going. Don't stop!
I was born and raised here. I have traveled all over the world I still believe San Francisco is one of the best cities in many metrics. It is one of the most beautiful cities and with a touch of common sense, you will be fine coming here. It has its problems like all large cities but I never feel like I'm unsafe and in most ways it is well functioning and amazing place. All you have to do, to remain safe is stay out of a few areas late a night, places you would have no reason to go anyway.
Sometimes I feel like I waste money then I hear people paying $5k-$6k a month for their rent. Making above 6 figures definitely seems like a requirement which explains why so much theft happens there as many people are not making enough to sustain themselves/families.
Love that you have the questions in text at the bottom!
SF native here who lives in a tiny apartment in SF. 1bd for 1700. Pros - pay is high, jobs are everywhere and got alot of choices in regards of shopping, having fun, food, and more. Cons - homeless, shit everywhere, drugs everywhere, crime everywhere, and yet the price is HIGH that $50/hr is still not enough to survive. Moving across the country after the lease is up because a tiny house in SF with nothing is $5 million while other states is a 2 bdroom house with land for $1 million.
I like that you got perspectives of people from all different age groups.
Someone came up to me on the street in SF and gave me a book called "You Suck" by Paulie Amigo. At first I thought it was an insult or joke, but the book was actually helpful for me at the time. It was cool.
Oh my Gosh! When did you come to the city?? I wish I could've seen you, cause I pass through some of those places in the video quite frequently! I just moved here in August for school at USF. Yes, homelessness and drug use over here is so crazy compared to where I'm from. But I do love the Muni system cause you can literally go anywhere with it, especially as someone who has no other means of transport, but sometimes we get some weird people on it, I won't lie lol.
I’m a Bay Area native that works in SF. It’s really as bad as it looks. I wish people would stop sensationalizing life in SF.
Bay Area or San Francisco?
The older retired lady teacher was awesome. So articulate and forthcoming.
I went there last summer for a day just passing through and alot of businesses were closed down, it was obvious that there was a major drug problem and that homelessness was a big issue. The weather was nice and the food in Chinatown was very good.
@@veritassumma5728 it wasn't a touristy place at all. I forget the name but they had really good spicy duck blood soup. People were setting off fireworks in the middle of the street and scared the crap out of us while we were eating.
SF is the best! Culture, beautiful parks, friendly and interesting people, animal friendly and always something to do. I moved here 22 years ago, from Phoenix, found a rent controlled apartment and never looked back. The weather is perfect snd the beauty of this city is inspiring. ❤
My grandma works at Arby's in SF and she said it's beautiful.