An inside look into California/Los Angeles living (from a NY transplant perspective), paired with inspirational storytelling. I also create some short films about life and deep thoughts.
SF has its not so great side, like the rest of the country, but overall, it still has its positives. People believe everything they see on social media. Disaster and scare tactics sell. If it was anarchy and everyone was leaving the Bay Area, the house prices would come down. That's definitely not happening. Yours is the most realistic showing I've seen in a while.
99% of the city is fine. Be careful walking alone at night in the TL and outskirts of. Buddy system helps and just taking a car service or pub transit to pass through the weird areas around civic center and TL will make for a pleasurable visit. It’s a shame there are sooo many excellent hotels, bars, restaurants in the dodgy parts. Zombieland (open air drug market ) at 6th near market st Friday and Saturday night is no joke. Looks like a nightmare. Just don’t go near it. Opportunists come into the city to do their crimes. Only like 8% of arrests are actually SF residents. Those areas are still fugly af to this day. Just stick the other 99% of the town and you will be just fine. You wouldn’t even know SF has some issues.
Jesus tells us to be like children I always thought that meant to act crazy have fun .. but really he's saying do you see kids worrying or yelling or cussing or rushing or depressed unhappy .. kids are the best and that's why God wants us to act like children
I had two spirits that followed me after I visited Hollywood Forever cemetery. When I was there I saw a few peacocks walking around the graves. I had to get on the lawn where an old couple are buried to take pictures of the peacocks. As I step on the lawn of the graves, I felt this magnetic energy coming from the ground. I remember seeing the pictures of the buried couple and said sorry to them. Later that day I went to hang with my mom and brother and later left and went back home. A day later I was telling my mom and brother that when I went to the cemetery, I felt this magnetic energy coming from the graves. Then my mom and brother’s eyes widened and said. You are the one who brought those spirits here. And I said what do you mean. They told me late that night that my brothers heard my mom moaning from her room. He got up to check on her but couldn’t open his bedroom door. He felt someone was holding the door on the other side. He finally got the door to open. He woke my mom up. And she said she was having a nightmare of two people an older couple trying to get into the house. My mom in the dream was holding and pulling the front door from these two intruders trying to get in. When she described the old couple. It was exactly how the old couple looked on the picture on the grave stone where I had walked.
Comparing Pershing Square while it's under renovation is complete BS. And why would you compare the walk of fame with fisherman's wharf? The comparison should be with Santa Monica. And, as many have said before, and it's valid, LA uses its beaches the way SF uses its parks. Lastly, you fail to say that the weather and sunsets in LA can't be touched by SF. I don't understand why you always seem to bitch about LA in a backhanded passive aggressive way and you still live there. Just leave already so you don't have to passive aggressively complain about it anymore.
@@mrxman581 you’re looking wayyyy too into this…I think you should go create your own video about SF/LA 😎 If you can’t appreciate a high density “park city,” then you’ve clearly only lived in LA 😊
Can you please recommend a hotel to stay in LA, a mom with 2 teens stating for a week in LA and want to see it all. Just confused on where to stay. What hotels. Thanks so much
My first two visits was in 2018 and 2019, 2018 was super short. 2019 I enjoyed it but didn't get to explore enough, but went as far as San Jose up to Apple Park. I am thinking of making it my destination this summer because I am have not been impressed by any of the videos of Santa Monica and West Hollywood so far. When I visited in 2019 I couldn't find the Painted Ladies, I was thinking it would be close to Dolores Park but I was way off. The feelings are getting stronger for SF, will make a final decision soon.
I think most things go in cycles. Currently San Fran is going through a tough time in terms of deficits, politics and crime. However, San Fran is not going anywhere. I think they will manage to make this town thrive again, solve all the issues it currently has, and housing prices will come down. I don't think the city needs a lot done to it. If they can figure out how to get affordable housing/ apartments built, clean the streets and solve the homeless and drug issues, then SF will shine! Things are looking great for San Fran in the next decade or two i'd say. I've been there once and will definitely be going again. Wonderful vibes all round!
does materialism gurantee contentment no fear is the base of all economies fear is always hate confucious say a mans castle always harbors a dungeon the sadistic twist of materialism
I'm not sure what else Macy's has left to cut other than their flagship store in NYC (Ours is now a high school). But I think the organizers of the Thanksgiving parade might want to look into recruiting a new title sponsor sooner rather than later.
It's historically where NorCal was considered to begin. SF and everything north is "NorCal". California is enormous. so it's fine that the Northern "half" is very large.
Like in many states, the "Northern" and "Southern" are not in reference to two literal halves of the state. In Kentucky, "Northern Kentucky" refers to a small three-county area in the suburbs of Cincinnati. In Louisiana, "South Louisiana" is only the region below Interstate 12. I could go on. In California, The Bay Area is "Northern California," as is Sacramento, etc. Then there's the Central Valley, a huge region in the state. Southern California doesn't begin at Bakersfield or some random half of the state. Bakersfield is a part of the Central Valley. Southern California begins, arguably, at the Grapevine.
I thought Hollywood boulevard was where the people actually just needed the day walk. living in the apartments behind hollywood boulevard If they were family all in one apartment building for generations
thank you for this! would you possibly ever be able to create a one day itenerary for those that are only here for a hot second? im travelling to la in a couple months :)
Half of what your showing is NOT Los Feliz. Its either Silver Lake or Hollywood. Plus your talking about spooky/famous houses. You missed the Ennis House 100yds away. Plus you overlooked the Charles Manson/Labianca Murder house which overlooks Los Feliz Blvd.
You remind me of the violin player in titanic! People are now pooping right in front of the public. Fisherman’s warf is completely dead, and no one wants to visit the city anymore. Wake-up and smell the coffee!
Hayes Valley is the hub for the smaller AI startups and Mission Bay is where the people from the larger ones hang out (OpenAI, Anthropic, Inflection AI, etc.)
Thank you for visiting San Francisco. You inspired me to visit it after about 25 years since my last visit. I'll be there in 2 weeks. I live in Santa Clarita near Vasquez Rocks.
the news & social media always make it seem like it’s anarchy or something, same thing here in Denver where they paint it as hell on earth but it is actually lovely
Despite the pandemic era media hoopla about SF being "unsafe", even at the worst point in 2020-2021 SF was still substantially safer than for example any major city in Florida. So yes, SF did see a brief increase in non-violent crime (and virtually no increase in violent crime) during the pandemic. But it has A. since reversed, and B. never actually got as bad as most other cities around the country that people consider "safe". SF is overall a very safe place that has a ton of very whiny people that start screeching bloody murder as soon as there's even a tiny increase in crime or homelessness.
The real issue with San Fran is that NIMBYs have blocked any reasonable type housing reform which when coupled with the tech boom has pushed the cost of living there to absurd amounts. Shame about the MACY's West iconic flagship closing but as you made reference to, we can't be too bummed about a business closing, maybe they can turn the building into some kinda mix use development
SF is absolutely beautiful and disgusting all at the same time. I spent some time there in March, would live there in a heart beat! But can’t let go of Santa Monica either! Yes, I have issues! lol! 😝
lol this is how i felt too! lots of nice places to see but the homeless problem is real and walking out my hotel seeing needles and poop on the sidewalk was the nasty part
