San Francisco: The GOOD, The BAD, The UGLY (California Documentary) 

What are your living costs? And can you walk around in your neighborhood in relative safety? Almost every day I see news of car jackings, car break-ins, blatant shoplifting...

@@georgehenderson7783 I live in the western part of SF and it's mostly elderly Asian people and hipster surfers. It's boring and safe and quiet. I work downtown and pretty much never feel threatened. The only rule everyone has to follow is don't leave anything in your car when you park. Other than that it feels like any other big city including Seoul and LA. I do avoid problem areas like the Tenderloin and Civic Center, but all the locals know to avoid those or you learn real quick. The problem is there are a lot of good restaurants in the Tenderloin so sometimes you have no choice but to go.

@@knowyourhistory well that doesn't sound so bad. Things are no doubt going to get worse this year and next year though. What about living costs/taxes? Food and gas prices?

The tenderloin has always been off limits to those that don’t know how to handle themselves.

Our honeymoon city which is also my ancestral land dating to the 1860s.

should blame the resident not the mayor because they keep voted the same party for same policies

@@iamhardwell2844invasion of degenerates

Thats basically America, the people who built America had a different mindset than current day Americans.

I heard it was once a republican city. That's when it was clean and safe. Now we see what happens when Democrats run it.

120K. Don’t think the view was a subscriber you had to be a real person

Thank you so much for this kind comment 🥹

Just wondering, since you might now. From the city, could you smell a joint, or, say, a crack pipe, burning on Alcatraz? Or would it require a series of buoys to make the trail followable?

@@amarissimus29 I live in Cambridge, MA now...

California is a dump.

​@@amarissimus29 Do have have any idea how far away that island is from the shore? Do you have any idea how WINDY that area is?

Lol nothing different today then it was 50years ago you are over dramatic

it was such a beautiful town it was, back then

It’s always been my dream to visit California especially San Francisco and I still have not been able to do so since I moved to the US. How is it so difficult now?

You have to step around the feces and urine on the street in San Fransisco.

@@dic3686 Crime, crime, crime, and no one stops them, especially after the pandemic riots, they destroyed cities and did nothing. House mortgages are only for the rich, schools are terrible, good luck finding a doctor, everything is outrageously expensive, a lot of homeless n the big cities

Well said @Darrylizer1

I'm hoping S.F. gets better and improves

This is a surprising response considering how much homeless is on the streets and beaches of Santa Cruz. Unless she never left UCSC campus.

The strange thing is many of the hotels in the city bump right up to the tenderloin. So that is not surprising. the TL is like 2% of the city, they should have done more research.

This is a 'lifestyle choice' to live on drugs. Drug dealers are benind the 'Woke Culture' which has made life so much easier for organised crime.

Thank you for sharing your story!

Great story. Well said.

Thank you! I agree with all you have said!

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I get what you are saying. I grew up in Marin and spent much time in The City and it was a jewel. This was in the 60's. It could stand with any city in the world. So, my question, no we should not enable the lifestyle. Everyone talks about mental health, mental health, blah blah blah. Programs go bad, funding dries up. So, what should we do with the people living on the street, especially the ones that have made it their life by choice. Not sure it began that way but that's a different conversation. So, what is YOUR answer. Maybe your 14 likes would like to chime in.

@@pamelawing5747 Where I live you get a 10 min warning if you are laying on the sidewalk. If you are not up and gone, someone will help you get up and gone. That's step 1. There is a combination of public/private programs to help the addicted. This doesn't solve the problem 100%, because the hard core addicts will find someplace to sleep, but they are not on the street in plain sight.

@@yaimavol So they get up and move, and then what? Where do they go? Now they are pooping on someone else' sidewalk? This whole thing is too deliciously political and the more issues that are truly addressed leaves the politicians less to rail on about when campaigning. I'm sick to death of it. Our city has a HUGE issue and I'm so tired of having to walk through tents and people laying on the sidewalk or confronting me. It's NOT illegal to be homeless, and then if it was, what build more jails to hold them? How much does THAT cost? We have some clues. We have what used to be a great path running along the river for biking and walking and many won't use it because of the homeless living down by the river. I'm trying to get more involved, trying to find out more about the local people running for our local offices but admittedly, it's really difficult.

@@pamelawing5747 Lets take a look in a different direction. Wealth has increased exponentially through the years and SF has a super high concentration of the some of wealthiest people in the US. We also have Big tech and Finance setting up shop. This has greatly contributed to the housing shortages and explosion in rental/housing prices. I worked with street kids in many places through out the US and lived here in SF 3 times. Yes there are people who have given up and made living on the street a lifestyle--those numbers are small though--I welcome you to try 24 hrs on the street here, bring your friends to make it feel safer. I bet you will gather that most don't want or can't hack this lifestyle. 70% of the Homeless in SF were housed here. We have 8000 folks in some form of transitional housing and another 8000 on the street(So 1% of SF'rs live on the street). The solutions are more temporary housing but the issues are; no more space to develop and if housing is not hugely profitable here than you most likely will not get the permit to build. No neighborhoods want existing spaces used for housing the homeless or providing services--it drives property values down and the other obvious reasons. Institutions or mental hospitals were shut down across the country by Ronald Reagen and in reality they were terrible options it's another reason why we've had a huge rise in mentally ill people on the street. Homeless people do not make policy and they're mostly just people the avg tourist or wealthy denizen doesn't want to be burdened to look at--they're still people and you'd be surprised at who these people are if you get to know them--you know people just like them who had things happen that in many cases they could not control. The stakes are extremely high here. Once you're on the street how would you climb your way back? Lastly lets look at the future. Wealthy people and business changed the whole landscape--they can live anywhere and especially now with remote options but they're largely coming back to the cities for playground for the affluent atmosphere. Most cities are dealing with homeless people this is our future as a species and it will only get worse with employment options drying up, lack of services(Including mental Health), Suburbs and rural areas being inhospitable to different lifestyle choices and far more low income/poverty ridden citizens. You may not like what I'm saying but I live here and I have yrs of experience working with the population you're commenting on.

And you know this how? Have you surveyed all the homeless in San Francisco?

San Francisco, a city so beautiful that's hard to believe. Your quote is so perfect.

Many of the problems were clear long ago and its observations like this, common to most people in SF, that led to this disaster and embarrassment. Clearly little has been learned and it will get worse sooner rather than later.

its by design.

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Quit lying lol

The Marine corp has really slipped in quality if you were afraid. This 5'6" 58 year old ex-paratrooper walks around all the time and is never afraid. I think you washed out of basic or are just lying.

I believe it

That's how powerfully right wing propaganda can affect your perceptions.

Native Americans probably felt the same way when they saw what your great, great grandfather and his generation did to the area as well.

@@user-sg8kq7ii3y - Not being as crude as you, I'll say it in a nice way: Go visit Satan.

@@user-sg8kq7ii3yand what Palestine is experiencing from Israel.

where did they leave? I understand San Francisco is not what it used to to be anymore, but still, all the world is going down the toilet so, proportionally speaking, where is it better than in San Francisco? so yes, where did the leave?

San Francisco is NOT rotting. Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis - those are "rotting" cities, no matter how hard they try to revitalize. This documentary does an okay job showing that there are parts of SF, like any other city in the world, that should be avoided for safety reasons, particularly for tourists not familiar with the city. I go to the tenderloin and the civic center, because there are museums, great food and other great things happening (like street art). BUT I go during the day. WRT your car, don't leave anytbing visible anywhere, this should be standard knowledge for anyone in any US urban city. If you leave things in your trunk, make sure your devices are fully powered off. Thieves will use their phones to see if there is a bluetooth connection, or wifi, and if they find one, your trunk gets hit. Our mayor is horrible, as is the Board of Supervisors. They could have done a lot to stop the exodus of retail from downtown, build a more welcoming downtown and kept the really bad press from getting completely out of hand. But they have no foresight or vision. I love San Francisco, and I've had my car broken into, been harrassed by homeless and have been in uncompromising situations. But 3 time in 35 years of living here is a pretty good record. The neighborhoods are vibrant with restaurants, shops, theaters, and happy, friendly people everywhere. Don't fall into the media BS.

It's cool to hear your memories. I will hasten to add that it's hard to think of a place that is better now than it was 45 years ago ...

Detroit is far from ruined. Maybe in 2008, but 2023 Detroit is thriving like crazy. Come visit sometime, it’s a great place!

I love detroit and visit about once or twice a year. Downtown is transformed from just 10 years ago. But much of the surrounding neighborhoods are really really rough. And sadly that is the majority of the city as a whole. Happy to see lots of progress being made, but it’s a hard reality there. And it’s in your face. You can avoid it on the freeways, but painfully evident on the surface roads. Original buddy’s is the best pizza in the country, but the neighborhood… yikes! Bakers, harpos, raven, a stretch to call those areas thriving. But certainly rooting for them.

Not bakers, that area is pretty. Two way inn, Dakota inn, not so much.

8 times after the degree by white and Asian females for Sex in San Francisco. When I drove into SF post Degree . Still fuck East Bay. Sex East bay.

Chinatown businesses closed? Chinatown continues to be one of the most vivrant and busy areas. Probably has the fewest empty storefronts of anyplace in the city. Westfield Mall? It never ws a good fit for the City. No great loss there. Probably killed by Amazon and Covid since they seemed to rely heavily on tourists. SF is so far from the car-dependent, burned out wasteland that Detroit was I don't see how you or anyone could compare. Detrout is rising, BTW. SF doesn't need to.

It just goes to show that people will find what they expect to find. Thanks for your service!

Thank you for watching!!! We always appreciate your comments :)

Thank you for watching!

Nope 👎. The painted ladies is the highest crime areas for tourists. Not a word about that. Lol 😂. I own apartments so fine. Propaganda keeps the rents up. F it.

Thanks, I will check this book out.

@@timboyd4170There are also a few RU-vid videos he has done.

I appreciate Shellenberger’s pro-nuclear activism, but otherwise he comes off as just another smarmy tech CEO and wannabe feudal lord who developed a grandiose vision of himself as some kind of future philosopher king just because he sold a successful company 20 years ago

Same. I go once a year to see my eye doc and see the decline each year. A bit of irony there.. haha.

Agree. Sad. Only one to blame is our government.

​@@robertkeith9620oh poor middle class liberal people who expect a utopia but come across reality - feel so sorry for you

​@@theathjractually it's people like you

Why did it change?

I was just there. it hasn't eroded. it's just as beautiful. this woman went into a bad neighborhood hoping to convince tourists to go elsewhere.

You should come visit. Its really not that bad. Try avoiding the downtown(some parts not the entire downtown).

You are off by 70,000 homeless.

Hope you enjoy being robbed. Keep your car windows down and your trunk open or they’ll be broken into. Seriously, this is real advice that even public officials give people. Look forward to walking on San Fran’s finest poop and needle covered sidewalks.

It’s a dump

@@uzin0s256lol lol sure.

Just avoid the bad areas and youll be fine.

Idiots in the comments think the citizen need to be held accountable for the leaders mistakes though …

​@@musicmane4146The definition of insanity. They continue to vote and choose the same. Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic as if that will make a difference.

Pill Hill is a dangerous drug den in the Tenderloin. Lots of Fetty being sold there..

@@todd9016 Yeah, great spot. Is that where you get yours?

@JohnKaman Yes. I did. sadly many outsiders from SF come in and but their. I'm from the North Bay.

No need, it's already a dump.

Tenderloin and the whole city is full of human dump.

Please tell us how your visit went.

Yeah I lived in the Tenderloin for a while back in 2006. Had a good time actually.

Hope your not voting for the same type of people that turned SF into what it is now. The rest of us are getting tired of the transplants bringing their same policies to destroy our communities.

All those cities call it "progress", progress for who i dont know.

Yes. The Mission, Noe Valley, & North Beach

Like Jewish people went through a rough patch in WW2.

No it won't. Not in a way that many would enjoy living in. The problems are systemic and deep, in the people and culture.

That is an interesting and counter-intuitive take. I'm all for philanthropy, but am confident that no amount of money can overcome mismanagement and foolishness. SF has gotten the "leadership" (and results) they have voted for.

It’s spelled Haight Ashbury. You sure you lived there?

Yes, I love the diversity here too. Everywhere in the world I've gone 90%+ of the people are good. People try to convince me to have a bad attitude, but I don't see the reason why.

Ah yeah! Ah Moroni.

Moroni.

Hope you enjoy your visit 😊

Walk thru the Tenderloin neighborhood after 9PM. Let us know what you think after 🍻

No one disagrees but the insane house prices and SF ignorance and elitism destroys any ability to make that place decently affordable.

You just don’t know what you don’t know. Hope you enjoyed yourself!

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Downtown Detroit is actually better than San Francisco now.

@@pwoods100 Yeah, Detroit is doing pretty good these days.

The repetitious rightwing propaganda has affected your perceptions.

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The schools aren't excellent. At least not most of the public ones.

It will only swing back when we finally have a government with real vision and leadership skills. This current turn of events is the result of a fat, lazy government beholden to loud and well funded activists who have hijacked the political landscape. We are reaping what we’ve sown and have become the victims of our own virtuosity. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I once believe in the “swing back” thing will happen to where I have lived for twenty years. When missiles flew over the sky above me and my family, I knew it was done, and having hope to this stupid place is a great irresponsibility to myself and my loved ones. I’m currently doing my best to thrive to protect my loved ones.😊

That’s what I thought too…

She said “highest concentration of Victorian houses” not “most.”

You blew that way out of context and obviously didn’t actually hear what she said. Go back and listen.

@@kloatlanta what is this 'concentration' in terms of boundaries? London for example has 80,000 Victorian homes in an almost continuous ring around the centre, that blankets entire districts -and that's just the rowhomes.

@@kloatlanta10k Victorian houses even next door to each other wouldn’t come close to many, many UK cities.

Someone had to say it. ❤

I hear the aggressive homeless , drugs and crime in SF are like nowhere else in the country. (I’m a NYer so know how it can be

Flatly false. California has the worst homeless problem in the country and there isn't a close second. Florida prosecutes shoplifters and vehicular theft to the fullest extent of the law and while Florida has a lot of problems, no one is talking about them because they are being managed. San Francisco and California is an a free fall.

So true …..get rid of the evil politics and SF could be great again ! What has been done to humanity is criminal ! Dark to light ….. God bless

SF is still a beautiful City! We have great leadership but unfortunately our share of drug addiction and homelessness is apparent. In spite of this, it is and always will be a beautiful and magnificent City!

too many woke peolpe moving out of california are making other states and cities into another woke california and destroying them.

At least in TX you've got a state government at odds with the woke policies and keeping them in check

I think Austin is in a much better place because they plan on removing the campsites.

And what's the common denominator?? Democrat ran of course just like my Los Angeles once was beautiful

@@cdsersd2d They are still here.