businesses are LEAVING SF and is not theft…

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The L Taraval Improvement project is to improve and upgrade the vital system that will support the community to thrive. But It’s doing the complete opposite. It’s failing its community a lot of stores and a lot of small businesses on both sides of the street are closing due to the lack of traffic and parking the project is taken for the last five years.
Construction for the L Taraval Improvement Project started in 2019 and was meant to be completed in the summer of 2021. But now is expected to be completed in the fall of 2024.
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@michaelnedwetzky9694 4 месяца назад

No way in hell I ever try to start a business in San Francisco

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Right now it’s not the time

@nighthiker8872 4 месяца назад

When the Chinese take over, they will have it fix in 30 days. Part of the plan.

@daendiznigh 4 месяца назад

Unless it’s a shop selling discount dildos , you’ll be rich!! 😂

@Mr.Howell 4 месяца назад

@@LeoMetalTravelerFake construction 🚧 projects, as seen in the movie Falling Down. *Leo, please list your 5 favorite movies.

@Gfysimpletons 4 месяца назад

Crime scene cleanup?

@1mouseman 4 месяца назад

Of course small business is the enemy of the government. How much can they afford to donate to a campaign?

@SSNESS 4 месяца назад

Tennessee grill in SF

@davidhoover4063 4 месяца назад

Pelosi's paradise!

@charlenetruncer1535 4 месяца назад

This is more WEF planning. Small business people are usually independent thinking people; and therefore harder to control & too numerous to keep in line. But almost all the big companies have become sharing partners in the totally global economy, & whole platform, bugs &.

@alanahenderson6030 4 месяца назад

This is so sick what they have done to our city. It makes my heart hurt.

@JustJOGGIN-qb9yo 4 месяца назад

All those whytes don need a business anyway

@tracyjames2917 4 месяца назад

@@JustJOGGIN-qb9yo shut up

@soavemusica 4 месяца назад

Was this shot in the USSR? No, the US....

@ScratchGlass9 4 месяца назад

@@JustJOGGIN-qb9yo Education...try it.

@rolandthethompsongunner64 4 месяца назад

All cities are going to 💩

@user-ug4hw7oq7y 4 месяца назад

San Francisco used to be so Fun to Hang Out in the 1970's, 1980's & 1990's Fishermans Wharf was a Exciting Place to be

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Agree it used to be a great city

@aquamarineblue8690 4 месяца назад

It use to be fun. We would make it a trip to go to the city and go shopping and walk around and have lunch/dinner….shop more. Not any more. Now we just stay home and order online. 😏

@aquamarineblue8690 4 месяца назад

I opened up Bloomingdale’s and it was thriving. Now😢

@daendiznigh 4 месяца назад

Even the 2000s and 2010s were fun actually- now it’s a slap in the face to all of us.

@castirondude 4 месяца назад

this crisis has been a quarter century in the making

@user-dq8dk4fo1t 4 месяца назад

I was a student at San Francisco State 25 years ago and I used to live near this region. I shopped at the Safeway countless times.....just can't believe what I just watched😮

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing

@evanswinford7165 4 месяца назад

I’m SF State Class of 89.

@Bingewatchingmediacontent 3 месяца назад

I think the city is going to push all of the businesses out and turn it into housing. It’s going to be an entire city without businesses and nobody will want to come here, making the housing unnecessary.

@papasmurf3529 4 месяца назад

The same people delaying projects are in bed with the people who want to come in and buy all the buildings when empty but right before the work is done, and make huge profits in the long game.

@aaronhumphrey2009 4 месяца назад

You're not wrong, and it makes me wonder if the Soros-backed DAs that allow criminals to run free without bail, destroying the quality of life and therefore the property values in the city are a part of Soros' plan$.. Perhaps these billionaires intentions also are the long games , where they intend to buy up property's for pennies on the dollar , once the market bottoms out, and resell/ flip to other developers for huge profits

@griffhenshaw5631 4 месяца назад

It would b3 funny to follow up on that. U r probably right.

@griffhenshaw5631 4 месяца назад

And all the tax loss....but they keep spending.

@griffhenshaw5631 4 месяца назад

I'd be passed at tge geniuses running the city.

@sgtlz 4 месяца назад

I think you are 100% correct.

@NeaFrea 4 месяца назад

Greetings from Germany, which will soon be a third world country if nobody stops the destroyers ....

@ChrisCarlin-is8wv 4 месяца назад

I feel for you guys. Our government sold our industries and jobs overseas while the German government just shut them down.

@NeaFrea 4 месяца назад

@@ChrisCarlin-is8wv Industry which is still working flees overseas, too. I wonder who will feed the millions of newly arrived, who do not even speak the language ....

@erikhaack4123 4 месяца назад

Yep. Agenda 2030 coming to a city near you.

@garrstafford2612 4 месяца назад

stop the leftist

@CraigFactsareFacts 4 месяца назад

Germany is already lost. You guys kept voting in Merkel and she opened the borders to keep the party going. Now, Biden and Obama are doing the same thing here. She taught them how to destroy a country with invaders.

@jsmith7701 4 месяца назад

Holy cow. Can't imagine being there anymore. So glad we left. Sad.

@SSNESS 4 месяца назад

Tennessee

@user-uy4no1ti1k 4 месяца назад

Get out while theres still time ! I did and what a relief...

@billcereske7211 4 месяца назад

We left in 2018, just when this project was beginning. Five wasted years later, you know this is deliberate.

@JohnWilliams-vy2gw 4 месяца назад

So your politics can ruin some other nice place?

@user-uy4no1ti1k 4 месяца назад

@@JohnWilliams-vy2gw Not me My Brother !!!

@charlesrocks 4 месяца назад

I can’t believe it. I spent a good portion of my 20s in the Bay Area and it changed my life for the better. To see and hear what’s happening in this oasis of culture is unacceptable to me. This used to be such a beautiful and loving place.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

It’s nothing compared to what this neighborhood used to be

@user-uy4no1ti1k 4 месяца назад

The public sector incompetence is just stunning !!!

@nunyabeezwacks1408 4 месяца назад

This is by design, not incompetence.

@KungfuMary 4 месяца назад

I had a business in the city for 12 years..i closed it last July, best decision ever, no regrets.. Doing business in the city is awful

@davidhoover4063 4 месяца назад

Go to a red state & they will treat you better!

@TadashiYee 4 месяца назад

@@davidhoover4063 free cross burnings?...

@TLR5759 7 дней назад

@@TadashiYeeall the “cross burning” were in were in Democrat state. Learn your history!

@TadashiYee 6 дней назад

@@TLR5759 Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, & Mississippi are Democrat states, you traitor to America?...

@jasonandersen1562 4 месяца назад

SF was stunning and gorgeous in the 70's and 80's. The place was incredible and I only wish others could have seen it.

@armoredghost6180 4 месяца назад

Back when the old America still existed.

@davidhoover4063 4 месяца назад

Back before Dems took control of it completely

@stevelopez372 4 месяца назад

Yes, thankfully I visited during that time. Now I always bypass San Francisco and Oakland as well. Sad.

@asj685 3 месяца назад

@@armoredghost6180 'old America' - pre 20th century?

@jamesarguello7560 4 месяца назад

I live in Tokyo and the apartment complex I'm living in is being renovated. One thing that impresses me is how the construction company and crew go out of their way to make sure the residents are not inconvenienced. They were installing tiles in the entrance and made sure to due one side only in order to keep it accessible to people coming in and out of the complex to the elevators. Then once they finish one side, they just open that up to traffic and work on the other side. Whenever workers are doing work on a floor they make sure to step out of the way and pause if a resident is walking by. This is the standard of service for any major construction project in Japan and making sure the locals are not inconvenienced is one of the highest priorities. This mess on Taraval and Noriega St in SF on the other hand just shows how backwards, and generally neglectful the City of SF is towards its residents. This is disgusting. No wonder people are getting out of that city. I'd be furious if I were any of the business owners on those streets and I'm sure they are. I remember the Sunset District being one of the nicer parts of SF but even this area is being flushed down the gutter. This city is just rotten to the core and I'm glad I washed my hands of it decades ago.

@alaskanwhiskey 4 месяца назад

Tokyo sucks 😂😂 too small apartments and accommodation and paper-thin walls and too expensive. I know cause I go between Japan and the Philippines as a american. I prefer my big, soundproof condo in Manila with a balcony and pool and gym for 800+ per month. You will get more space in the usa than in japan. Don't make it Seem like tokyo is better 😂 I've lived there a apartment with size will be atleast 1500-2000$or more per month and still wouldn't compare to other countries.

@Kite-te9km 4 месяца назад

@@alaskanwhiskey Remember that Japan is a small. island with very high population density in the world. I should expect you to appreciate their cleanliness and their ability to produce very high quality products especially cars in the world. Not only that but it is one of the remaining safest places on this planet. I take your comment as an inborn uncontrolled jealous! Sorry.

@RohanGillett 4 месяца назад

@@alaskanwhiskey Tokyo is overrated. Look what happened at the Olympics. Osaka has an Expo coming up and that will also be a disaster. As you can see in the media, Toyota, Nissan, and others have indulged in some shady practices. Most of the things about construction not inconveniencing residents are just cosmetic. Companies here do everything they can to get more money. You only need to look at their politics. Does anyone in America know about the ruling party's current scandal? I doubt it.

@danilobadua7775 4 месяца назад

Do not waste your money in San Francisco. Most Asian countries are experiencing resurgence in economy and massive infrastructure development. Dubai and Doha are light years ahead compared to stinking, rotting, crime ridden SF. I worked in SF starting in 1985. I retired in 2022. Won't waste my time going back to that cesspool.

@Kite-te9km 4 месяца назад

@@danilobadua7775 😂😂😂

@BlueSky-Above 4 месяца назад

That is the point of so-called environmental "bike lanes". Remove lanes for driving and for parking to make space for one bicyclist every 1/2 hour.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Exactly

@tjts1 4 месяца назад

Good!

@daveassanowicz186 4 месяца назад

Cucked for cars

@OldCanadianguy953 4 месяца назад

What a dumb useless idea. What can you do with a bike? Certainly you can’t use a bike to carry more than a small amount of purchases so there’s no business case for limiting traffic to bikes.

@daveassanowicz186 4 месяца назад

@OldCanadianguy953 Depends on the environment. Tons of bicycle deliveries happen in cities, not so much in corn fields.

@ChristianGustafson 4 месяца назад

Witnessed this on 63rd Street in Chicago in the early 1990s. Street repairs, excavation, dragged on forever, killing what was left of the struggling businesses. Entire district gone today, including the Elevated tracks.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Yes, exactly and after the businesses are gone, the train will no longer be needed

@sickofthestupid1067 4 месяца назад

@@LeoMetalTraveler ah but the land will be dirt cheap and perfect for gentrification .........

@ChristianGustafson 4 месяца назад

@@sickofthestupid1067 Obama POTUS library.

@hopemanley4358 4 месяца назад

They take away the most important thing a business needs, parking!

@leakytiki9518 4 месяца назад

Parking is not important to a state and city that would love to ban cars (except for politician's limos) @@hopemanley4358

@PoliceMisconduct-wf2kk 4 месяца назад

Seattle, too. Washington State is doing the same .

@oscarmadison8530 4 месяца назад

Welcome back, Leo. The geniuses in San Francisco city hall have never heard of the seven p's: proper,previous planning prevents piss poor performance.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

@oscarmadison8530 you are correct. It’s great to be back and chat, now with even more videos than before

@DJAdo80 4 месяца назад

Thank you for another great awakening video. Liked the fact you interacted with businesses affected by poor policies.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Yes, I am going to get more input from the public on future videos as well

@yamama7265 4 месяца назад

On purpose

@user-tw8nh3fh2y 4 месяца назад

ANOTHER AWESOME AWESOME VID. Yes go back and give us an update please. I don't understand why the citizens don't ban together and do something about this? San Francisco is dying and nobody is doing anything about it. Can u do a vid on Chinatown? Keep up the killer work Brother. DIG YOUR CHANNEL

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Yes, I will go back on in the fall to see if they completed the project or if they extended it for more years

@CraigFactsareFacts 4 месяца назад

The residents VOTED for this. It's all intentional. They'll never learn.

@bearmerica6668 4 месяца назад

As soon as I could I moved down to the Peninsula, low crime, easy parking. Now that I'm not in SF, I dance in my pants everytime I have to park. Crazy meter parking no more.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Yes, the peninsula is like a hidden gem

@A_Really_Realist 4 месяца назад

WTG Jorge Zorros and 1@rry F 1nk, VanGard! Congrats to every Members of the Bilderberg especially the King. and a very special thanks goes out to the DNC and the populace that keeps voting for them into office.

@stayfree870 4 месяца назад

The LaRouche Organization channel identified who those players are.

@deltakid0 4 месяца назад

The exact very same problem here in Bogotá, the city is completely destroyed supposedly opening new traffic lanes that ended up being the same as before just with new painting and that's it, *corruption* at its finest

@vincenjones4915 4 месяца назад

mission accomplished. Its all part of the plan

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

It’s working

@vincenjones4915 4 месяца назад

yes worldwide plan UK cities devastated as well.@@LeoMetalTraveler

@NeaFrea 4 месяца назад

@@vincenjones4915 Even famous small Bavarian tourist towns like Berchtesgaden were turned into ghost towns with almost all shops closed.

@vincenjones4915 4 месяца назад

cool aint it? the tanning Don made all their dreams come true.@@NeaFrea

@ChrisCarlin-is8wv 4 месяца назад

Absolutely, it is amazing how many people don’t understand this. Could it be that they ……… oh never mind. I don’t want to insult anybody.

@de_pin5835 4 месяца назад

Private business like private property ownership is a crime in SF!

@comeconcon569 4 месяца назад

Things change over the course of time, and Frisco is no longer the city that was back in the 80's and even 90's. the city and its decline started in the mid 2000's.

@tiffanyfree5135 4 месяца назад

Imagine how much better and well informed each community around our country would be if there were more people like this man who are reporting rhe issues in their community and rhe short failings of their local governments/ect.

@BobbyTanDowd 4 месяца назад

Have you considered running for public office, because you should run for public office. Your reporting on the ACTUAL conditions of the area needs to go viral.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

I should look into that and get some issues resolved for the city

@armoredghost6180 4 месяца назад

The system will never allow Leo inside because he might fix a problem or two.

@BobbyTanDowd 4 месяца назад

a decade ago I would have agreed with thst statement.@@armoredghost6180

@malcolmnicoll1165 4 месяца назад

“Men with greatness in them never go into politics.” - Albert Camus

@CraigFactsareFacts 4 месяца назад

You must be corrupt and, ideally, black to be in government now. But corruption is absolutely required. With a thirst for even more power.

@FeMiNem-Poet 4 месяца назад

Thank you!🌁 As a native SF - Yes this has been going on for a while. By Design.🎇

@jacquerene789 4 месяца назад

Thanks Leo for continuing Shedding a Light on this Travesty. It's inhumane what is being done to San Francisco. Stay safe.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

No doubt!

@michaelkestrel8363 4 месяца назад

London Breed the shop Nazi: "No shops for you"

@joefran619 4 месяца назад

Visited San Fran in 1981. Stayed a few days. It was beautiful. I mean really beautiful.

@AlexYCChiu 4 месяца назад

My aunt's house is on 17th and Taraval St. The jack hammer caused the roof to leak water because we installed solar panels on the roof. And when they use jack hammer it shook the supporting bolt of the solar panel. Then water starts to leak thru. I patched it up with silicone few weeks ago. Took me 2 weeks to patch it up.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

And of course the construction company won’t take responsibility for the damages. Good thing you’re a handyman and handled it yourself

@undercovernewsnetwork 4 месяца назад

I used to own a home in that area. To see it now , crazy . Can you imagine if we could go to work and just extend projects out by 3 years extra ? Oh how sweet it would be

@stephenlarson2212 4 месяца назад

When I worked in San Francisco they did the same thing on Market Street filled in the hole and dig it up the next night to refill the following morning

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Exactly

@thearch1tect249 4 месяца назад

Leo...Thank you so much for documenting this. Nobody is doing this like you! I really do feel bad for people in CA. I don't hate. This is a travesty! Politics aside , this is our people.

@twinfin8571 4 месяца назад

This breaks my heart

@larrynusbaum9193 4 месяца назад

Welcome back!!!! I lived in SF from 1977 - 2000 and my last place was at 2358 20th Ave (at Taraval) and I met my wife around the corner at her flower shop at 1150 Taraval. The Chase Bank around the other corner on Taraval used to be Coast Federal Savings. Our friends owned the Chinese Restaurant, Szechuan Taste, across from Chase bank and sold it in 1990. Next door is Shannon Arms (bar) as seen in a Streets of San Francisco episode from the mid-1970s.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing!

@hongkongbunny 4 месяца назад

You gotta interview the guy at Kung Food. The guy who made a rap video of the mayor of SF.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

That’s a good idea

@RebelsBestFriend 4 месяца назад

If everything is closed why is the city fixing the road to begin with? If it's taking 5 years to fix maybe they run out of money. Hmmm, I wonder why. Thanks Metal Leo, love walking with you.

@hardlyb 4 месяца назад

I'm happier every day that we moved to Texas 4 years ago. I loved living in the Bay Area from 1975 until about 2010, and then I started getting worried about the changes. Before 1990 we used to go up to SF regularly - it was a lovely city, and so much fun - and then it started to spiral down (there were used needles all over GG Park, so it wasn't safe to sit on the grass, and lots of it smelled like urine), and so we gradually stopped going. But its current state is beyond belief, and somehow it just keeps getting worse.

@canamrider07 4 месяца назад

City inspectors know when water is going to be shut off so they can fine businesses operating without water. Another great video. Thanks Leo.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thanks 👍

@billcereske7211 4 месяца назад

No, no corruption there. Forgive me for ever suggesting it. Until you get to the Real Estate Transfer Tax.

@Sir.VicsMasher 4 месяца назад

Just like NYC, the ultra rich property owners dont care one bit that the ground floor or complete building sits vacant. Plenty of [For Lease/ Rent] but zero For Sale speaks volumes.

@pastormartinez4676 4 месяца назад

I used to go to the North beach for fleet week and to it’s many beautiful locations and favorite restaurants at least twice a year… It’s been 5 years since I brought the family and not planning on going back any time soon!

@johnbravo2315 4 месяца назад

We owned a business on Ocean ave for over 50 years and lost over one half of the business revenue during the nine years that Muni replaced their tracks. Many small businesses simply closed down and never re opened. The solution is to farm out the project to the profit motivated private sector and allow them to work three shifts 24/7 and get the project done in one third of the time.

@andreafuenzalida9766 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the report Leo. That sucks for everyone especially being one on the main commercial streets in that area. Small businesses are a big part of the heart and soul of San Francisco where community gather and socialize.

@michaelmartin4552 4 месяца назад

This just blows my mind. Back in the 1970s I moved to Boise, Idaho. And there they had already started a pattern of doing a major street construction project every year. They would essentially close one of the largest streets for an entire year, and then redo everything including going down and replacing the sewage and water pipes, to when they were done completely repaving it. And they would do this to several miles at once, and be done in 6-9 months. They had just started doing that when I moved there, and the first several times they did that they would be removing 4-7 or more layers of paving, some of which even still had the old turn of the century trolley tracks in it. But they would do 2-3 miles in one year, and it would not have to be touched for many years after that as all the services below the street had been upgraded or replaced at the same time. But typical of Baghdad by the Bay, they can't do anything in a reasonable amount of time.

@mgtowmonger2729 4 месяца назад

The people get the government they deserve...

@azharidris7092 4 месяца назад

no kidding huh.. took 5 years to do a few miles of urban rail track.. in China in that time span they can build 2000 mile of highspeed train track.. dig a few tunnels and build a few dozens of mega railway stations.. may be a few mega multibillion dollar Airport thrown in..

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

The van ness project took longer over 10 years, just to paint red the bus lanes

@SummerlinRealtor 4 месяца назад

Voting has consequences! I used to love SF and went all the time, now I won’t step foot into this communist state.

@anthonygermano9363 4 месяца назад

Welcome Back, Missed Your Videos. I live In SF and do all my shopping in Daly City or Colma. No Parking Problems there. Five Years and Counting. If you were working that job would you be in a hurry to finish. Government job, guaranteed paycheck every two weeks. Milk it baby, Milk it!!!!

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

They sure are milking it dry

@papasmurf3529 4 месяца назад

Westlake shopping/ ranch 99 is parking purgatory... But yea better than no parking in the sunset

@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts 4 месяца назад

This is a crying shame. When liquor stores/corner stores can't survive there is little hope for any other small business. Thanks for sharing, Leo. ❤

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Well said

@wooster2452 4 месяца назад

Even though I don’t live there, I find your videos and your commentary to be very intriguing and informative. Keep it up!

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thanks, will do!

@RickStorni 4 месяца назад

Thanks Metal Leo for another great report.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Always

@stevenelson3515 4 месяца назад

Exact same thing happened on Van Ness. We had to take my wife’s mom to dialysis at the corner of Van Ness and California back in 2017 and Van Ness was torn up to put in a bus lane. The project was only completed last year. Minimum of six years to complete it. The change orders are the real scam and likely where a huge amount of money is being transferred back into the pockets of City officials.

@hankieski1549 4 месяца назад

How f’in hard is it to replace tracks? This is ridiculous.

@stevens1041 4 месяца назад

Exactly. Nothing about this project is difficult in terms of civil engineering. Same city did the central subway, considerably more difficult. L Line has never been a priority for Muni Metro SF

@armoredghost6180 4 месяца назад

North Korea could work faster than this.

@poempadgett4664 4 месяца назад

⁠⁠@@armoredghost6180 Well, they’d better, lest they anger Dear Leader Jr. ! Look at what he did to his own, once loving uncle- he fed him to the hungry dogs, iirc😬😑

@curtcollett2893 4 месяца назад

I'm sure multiple agencies and committees have to sign off on everything they do plus heaven forbid they don't want to endanger a species of amoeba.

@armoredghost6180 4 месяца назад

@@curtcollett2893 Amoeba lives matter. ALM. DEFUN DA POPO.

@gilbertlozano902 2 месяца назад

Yes ! Thank you Metal Leo!❤🙏🏼

@biinkyreed8013 4 месяца назад

Really.... What did the politician do to the city of San Francisco??

@r2dad282 4 месяца назад

The voters are to blame. Lots of socialists looking for free lunch at every turn. Rent Control, crappy and expensive schools, sky-high tax rates and property taxes. My friend owns a nice place in Philly suburbs for the same prices as these Parkside row house teardowns--terrible value for your dollar. Everybody is unhappy but no one will vote differently. Definition of insanity.

@MCC876 4 месяца назад

Good report, Metal Leo. Always looking forward to your next one.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Much appreciated ,more to Come !

@BerniebidetWokeScold 4 месяца назад

Unreal, Thank You for reporting on this!!!!

@dunderwood4444 4 месяца назад

Bless up from the Bronx NY, this is not easy to watch, the East Coast News outlets DO NOT SHOW Any of the suffering or loss of jobs (closed businesses) in California News flash, New Yorkers always had love for Cali, this is upsetting I'm still visiting and will eventually move to San Diego via "The Boogie down Bronx"

@travelmatte 4 месяца назад

And sadly, the vast majority of the population there and in most of CA is manipulated into continuing to elect the same self-serving grifters to run it. It’s a deep cyclical socio-political problem and I don’t think its going to come back for several decades at this point. It’s broken. The SF we once knew is permanently gone. If it rises from the ashes in some distant future, it will be a different place entirely and will perhaps even grow into something great again as the climate and geography favor it. RIPSF

@gridley 4 месяца назад

Correct. It's not a matter of if, but merely when. However, if political & economic trends in SF end up aligning too closely with those of a Baltimore, Detroit, St Louis or some city of the Rust Belt, etc, we're looking at a very, very slow recovery.

@jmac4952 4 месяца назад

voting is FAKE

@greatglidesby3322 4 месяца назад

Love the video! Show us where you are on the map. I lived in SF for 10 years and I don’t recognise this place!

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Will do!

@AlexYCChiu 4 месяца назад

Yes! Your back. Love your videos. Make more please.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Will do! Alex!

@mike_js2936 4 дня назад

Thank you for the views that the news don’t give us Leo!

@mikedavis2969 4 месяца назад

Welcome Back 👍

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@mikedavis2969 4 месяца назад

@@LeoMetalTraveler You're Welcome 👍

@user-ki3gd5ti9j 4 месяца назад

Love it when you say" good luck with that ". Love your videos RICKY SANTIAGO

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Me too Ricky

@longliverocknmetal 4 месяца назад

Great video...Not only is it impossible for cars to park on Taraval....Extremely difficult for any of those small businesses to get deliveries!! Nearly all access to these places is through the front door.

@charleshartzell8322 4 дня назад

We were in SF in 98 when the power went out. We had a Great time on Our visit. This is unbelievable and heartbreaking...

@dakotaslt232001 4 месяца назад

Nice to see you back after a break. You are the eyes of reality for what is happening to major cities in the US.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thank you, soon to cover more cities

@Mr.Howell 4 месяца назад

I just renewed my account and had to start subscribing again. Leo you are in my Top 5 subscriptions!❤ You always make awesome videos and you are a great service to America!❤❤❤❤

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Welcome back!

@rickyricardo9362 4 месяца назад

Keep it up with your content, so we see what is going around, is a shame to see Califrnia going down the sewer line,keep it brother!,,,do a little research about 15 minutes city’s, you’ll be surprised, San Francisco in the agenda!

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Will do

@EricF647 4 месяца назад

ThankYou 👍

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Welcome 👍

@iakazul 4 месяца назад

Thank you for providing coverage of the Sunset District

@iakazul 4 месяца назад

Miss drinking at Shannon Arms lol

@staceymichaels9530 4 месяца назад

Thank You, Leo, for documenting this. Truly a mess.

@ConcernedNinerFan 4 месяца назад

Thanks, Metal Leo. I'm curious to see if this project will be completed in the fall of 2024. I'm not holding my breath. My parents still have a house close to Taraval and I wonder how much of the small shops are still open or likely closed. That's what made Taraval and other streets in the outer Sunset unique are the small businesses that were around growing up. I no longer live there but am devastated by the emptiness and lifeless conditions.

@sasapopadic384 4 месяца назад

All this is looking bad...super bad...😢😢😢

@ConcernedNinerFan 4 месяца назад

@@sasapopadic384 Totally agree.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

We shall see

@freemanontheland24 4 месяца назад

So sad 😢

@Bingewatchingmediacontent 3 месяца назад

My vets office is on Taraval, and it’s not only impossible to park, but walking across the street after you take a bus or a taxi (I don’t Uber) is impossible. They’ve made it extremely difficult to just exist. They want people out of cars, but they make it impossible to walk too. It took me an extra 25 minutes to get to my appointment and I was late, and I had given myself an extra 20 minutes. This city is so corrupt and I’m convinced that the supervisors are being bribed by the unions or something, because it’s constant construction. We lived on Sutter and finally had to move because the noise and vibration from constant construction was causing stress. It’s the city that hates its residents.

@BusDriversLife 4 месяца назад

Bay Fair Mall in San Leandro is waiting for you Leo to do a video!😊

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Coming soon!

@ColdStuff-cf7jv 4 месяца назад

You are right about parking. Many people are not going to want to walk more than a block to get to their place of destination. Add the car breakins and auto theft and no way will people want to park their cars that far away.

@robertcovino4889 4 месяца назад

What’s the endgame? Black rock or some other group going to buy all that real estate for cheaper. Why would a city do the to itself? There’s something going on…🍻

@kirbywaite1586 4 месяца назад

It's what used to be called block- busting. It's sn old crooked real estate trick. Ruin the value and then buy it up for pennies on the dollar.

@gregwyatt9840 4 месяца назад

Love your channel! Love your passion! America is toast

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@hillbillyscholar8126 4 месяца назад

Rail tracks through a dead city. Great investment…and likely subsidized with tax money.

@larrynusbaum9193 4 месяца назад

it's for the light rail aka street cars

@caststagemysteries 4 месяца назад

You show how respectfulness can guide a quirky journey.

@mistergmo8695 4 месяца назад

Metal Leo's video's are all my stomping grounds, I swear I've seen him around. Sad to see the city like this, still living here and hoping for a resurgence.

@mdw0ng 4 месяца назад

Those license plate readers will be installed really fast I bet!

@gobbletegook 4 месяца назад

Construction in a congested city has got to be a daunting task, no matter what city it is in. The logistics alone to try and coordinate it is beyond my ability to comprehend it. All that crap that is underground is being replaced...from the tracks to the sewers to the utilities. In todays economy and job situations, you wonder if they can even find workers in this type of construction.

@chrismedeiros3201 4 месяца назад

Is it a coincidence that the construction looks much further along by the Safeway store, but less so around the smaller businesses?

@aquamarineblue8690 4 месяца назад

They extended it so they keep getting paid.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Exactly

@ulexite-tv 4 месяца назад

Shameful -- this is a terrible imposition on the businesses and it is no wonder they have suffered. The city should have done as you suggested, one section at a time and given them businesses grants or offset their taxes. I think there should be an investigation into the contracts with the construction companies. It should not take 5 years ... and counting.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

@catyronwode exactly and counting

@mcleanblades9234 4 месяца назад

In the 2000s the the Wenkee Wonton (40 seconds in) was a sandwich shop. It was a mom and pop operation. The owner was the president of the SF Classical Guitar Society. He was great player. He was a photographer by trade. He specialized in prints larger than 7' by 7'. I played there a few times and had a few friends who played there as well. That area is the feeder neighborhood to Lowell High School. At that time, one of the best High Schools in California - 7th (22nd in the US). About half the performers were students at the SF Conservatory of Music. Then about a 10 minute drive from there. The Conservatory has since moved downtown. We met once a month. It was convenient to get to.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing!

@malcolmnicoll1165 4 месяца назад

Es la historia de una sociedad que está completamente desmoronada. Otro vídeo genial y informativo. Gracias y suerte.

@lindapowell4692 4 месяца назад

When i lived in sf ca was the finest city ib rhe world sad what have happened to this great city wooo

@cedricliggins7528 4 месяца назад

1:50 you know things are serious when a liquor store goes out of business.

@standingbear998 4 месяца назад

not just san fran. glad ya are starting to catch on.

@twirlgetdizzy 4 месяца назад

Brilliant video; clearly your finest performance. I'm gonna post to X.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Please do!

@staceymichaels9530 4 месяца назад

My posts don’t appear!! Thank You, Leo, for this documentation.

@LeoMetalTraveler 4 месяца назад

Always! I’ll be posting more videos

@JB-yb4wn 4 месяца назад

Well I guess that's one way of solving the shop lifting problem.

@ReptoidDiscoversMinecraft 4 месяца назад

Yes, an update from that street in 6 months would be nice.

@clementhilty7239 4 месяца назад

This is a perfect example of the downside of incompetent, overpaid private consultants engineering our streets. CalTrans is overpaying these people and screwing over local San Francisco businesses.