Every commercial business could close down or go out of business and YET San Francisco voters will vote for the same laws, measures, and officials that are dooming their city. This is self inflicted. No one should feel sorry for them.

@707SonomaComa

Жыл бұрын

So true.

@ApriliaRacer14

Жыл бұрын

Self righteousness is a strong force.

@robertpatti3138

Жыл бұрын

Votes there vote from the ass down.

@grantofat6438

Жыл бұрын

So true.

@nancyparker9986

Жыл бұрын

You are so WRONG ! our elections are rigged !!! Votes dont count !!!!!

This is the answer to shoplifting... just don't have anything to steal.

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

Answer to Marxist attitudes--don't participate, produce or offer services to those intent on your destruction.

@clearlynotwoke4929

Жыл бұрын

It’s also the answer to racism as everything is racist.

@austinpowers1999

Жыл бұрын

The copper pipes in the building are worth thousands.

@Sammy-il1qf

Жыл бұрын

Then they come for your homes 😢

@austinpowers1999

Жыл бұрын

@@Sammy-il1qf PREPARATIONS

That is just unreal dude… thanks for doing this. People need to see what these policies are doing to our country. 😢

@DMills-un1tl

11 ай бұрын

“Policies”? It’s called online shopping. The internet is doing this, stop being a political pigeon.

@recabitejehonadab2654

11 ай бұрын

Liberal policies are destroying California.

@russ_6214

11 ай бұрын

@@DMills-un1tlDude, I live in Sacramento. Literally go to either Arden Fair Mall or Westfield Galleria and ask yourself why they look NOTHING like this? They were literally packed with people even yesterday (a Tuesday!) Wake up. This isn’t normal.

@BabylonPatrol

10 ай бұрын

i bet it's a blackrock scam. just watch them prices and who will be buying.

@FenrirLupo

10 ай бұрын

Can you elaborate on what policies are you talking about? I am asking with genuine curiosity since I am not from The US.

People told me I was crazy when I sold my home & moved a few years ago. Totally different city now.😔

What is really concerning is that it takes decades to build a world-class city and tourist destination, and only five years to destroy it with poor policies. Same thing with Portland, Seattle, New York City.

@sierrasky2491

Жыл бұрын

Yes. They're called Democrat liberals. And they suck!

@sierrasky2491

Жыл бұрын

@@filmbuff000 New York City is a piece of s*** now. As for all of the Cities he mentioned they were all ruined by liberal Democrats. And their policies. And they were also ruined by drugs coming across our Southern border by the idiot that's currently our president.

@elstongunn4277

Жыл бұрын

@@filmbuff000 Yes, I’ve been there to see it.

@triciashortridge2309

Жыл бұрын

You can't put all the blame on city leadership. This is a great case study on changing economic phenomenon of urban flight into the suburbs. Corporate and landowner greed is no longer the dominating modus operandai in SF. Housing got too expensive, commercial rents got too expensive, and the pandemic showed us all that there are other priorities in life rather than buying "stuff" and paying sky high rent and mortgages. The pendulum will swing the other way SF will make a comeback.

@ivanvee1258

Жыл бұрын

@@elstongunn4277 This will never happen to NYC

I was born in San Francisco. My grandparents owned 3 beautiful flats on Franklin St. My dad had a grocery/liquor store for 22 years. My uncle was a gripman on the cablecars for 37 years. This sickens me. People need to wake up to the lack of leadership and vote out destructive politics.

@booshmcfadden7638

Жыл бұрын

They needed to wake up 10 years ago. It's too late. They're completely fascist now. The gov't controls literally every aspect of their lives and cannot be voted out. It's over. The only thing that will bring that city back is the forceful removal of the dictators. Wait, the dictators disarmed everyone. Oh, well. F em. They deserve this.

@GonzoDonzo

Жыл бұрын

Did they vote for democrats and their policies that directly attacked their way of life? If so then they are just paying the price for their own decisions. I have family in the bay area, spent many summers growing up in oakland, and these issues have been developing for over 30 years. Its just so sad to see how they improved in many ways in the late 90's and early 2000's then flushed it all back down the drain.

@mikemaldonado5499

Жыл бұрын

The sad thing is you all we keep voting Demacrap over and over so now deal with this mess you all love so much.

@cacornhusker2940

Жыл бұрын

i got transferred to Sacramento in '95. we used to spend weekends in the City 3-4 times a year untill the new Millenium. Even then it was starting to turn to Shit.

@cacornhusker2940

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemaldonado5499 i've been here almost 30 years and not once voted for a democrat. the Votes here are rigged, always have been.

I was stationed in SF (USCG) on YBI in the late 90's. A crew mate of mine from San Pedro knew SF and took me to the Enbarcadero. Being from a small southern town, I was blown away by how alive it was. This footage is creepy and, even though I hear on the news about the problems there, I couldn't possibly have realized just how bad it is. Thanks for making it clear to me and to tens (hundreds?) of thousands, as I heard some of the audio on Glenn Beck's show - which led me here. Unbelievable. Keep it up. This cancer is spreading.

@SSNESS

11 ай бұрын

All the stoes are glosed

@sebastienseb919

10 ай бұрын

I was there in 94. I'm from Texas, native Texan, and I lived in Mission Viejo for a year and then came back to Texas. While in Cali I went to many cities with my girlfriend at the time. It was rather exciting to be in big cities and meeting the people. I was treated somewhat special because I was a Texan. I got asked so many interesting questions about Texas. Anyway I look at this vid and am just blown away. This doesn't look like California. I've seen many videos and I believe with certainty that this is going to get worse and worse there.

@user-my8bb6nc1x

Ай бұрын

People are killing humanity. Why.

Absolutely sickening what the lawmakers and politicians allowed to happened in our once beautiful top city in the USA

@hazcat640

11 ай бұрын

You voted for them. They delivered what you voted for.

This is heartbreaking to see that some of our most thriving US Cities are being left abandoned due to bad leadership decisions.

@knockknock1246

Жыл бұрын

Our "allies"

@billmeeker774

Жыл бұрын

It is solely the purpose and goal for liberal democrats to destroy our economy and every major city because they know once you destroy a culture, poor homeless people living in poverty are much easier to control than working people with self reliance. Look at what the democrats did to Detroit and Chicago and even Portland, Oregon where even Walmart and Nike have closed their stores in the entire city for all the violence and crime going on with liberal democrat prosecutors who ignore crime and assaults of people daring to venture into the once lively downtown areas.

@FiREFLYSerenity408

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the voters. They caused this as well.

@piperlani

Жыл бұрын

Democrats

@fixpacifica

Жыл бұрын

@@johnalioto Yeah, I used to work a few blocks from the Embarcadero Center, and it was never a bustling place. It is sad to see so many closed shops, restaurants, and "For Lease" signs, though.

I'm shocked there are actually still tourists. That's a minor miracle.

@deerkeeper

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but only the only places to spend their money in were that nail salon and two empty restaurants. --And Medical One if they happen to be injured. :(

@angel91siccness

Жыл бұрын

Future blind democrats they see nothing WONG

@Greencloud8

Жыл бұрын

The hospital is downtown

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinbyrne4538 They could be in NYC, Detroit, Chicago or parts of DC and not notice a difference. All examples of Leftist utopia in real life.

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

Poor naïve children...or brave explorers of Leftist apocalypse.

wow, this is just unbelivable. I used to shop at Embarcadero just avoid big and packed shopping centers but look at this place now. I also love its architecture a lot.

This city deserted is eye opening but so are the comments of everyone’s incredible memories, from every decade possible, from people who lived, visited, and worked there in the height of everything is beautiful to read and hear about. Thank you for all your memories!! 💯🌟

It’s almost by design that these stores closed. I mean, why else would San Francisco decriminalize shoplifting? To better the community? Yeah because that makes sense. 🙄

@MrRJDB1969

Жыл бұрын

Destroying Capitalism by proxy. They're allowing the thieves and criminals to do it. Pull back the police, lax the laws, open up the jail cells, open up the border, enforce no rules, punish nobody and there you have it. Businesses close and lives are ruined. It's done purposely.

@christopherd6399

Жыл бұрын

Notice the thefts skyrocketed shortly after talk of reparations was brought to the forefront.

@helending7809

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely by design.

@travislee3203

Жыл бұрын

Destroy the businesses, Destroy the rental income, Force owners to sell to Blackrock, etc at fire sale prices… Eventually new politicians will change policies to be pro business, real estate values will rise again… You HOPE.

@bellakrinkle9381

Жыл бұрын

They probably think that rich store owners can afford to hire their own merchandise guards! The city Policia have murders and fires to look after, or maybe they are now protecting Public Officials?

I was stationed at Travis AFB in the late 80’s and interviewed for jobs in San Francisco and LA in the 90’s. I am so heartbroken by what those areas have become. What’s scary though is that the governor who is overseeing the decline of this once great state is being rumored for a White House run. Truly shocking.

@Gawernator

Жыл бұрын

Thanks democrat leaders

@stephenpmurphy591

Жыл бұрын

Newsome won't make it to the White House his close association with Nancy Pelosi & Kamala Harris will be his downfall. However he's to egotistical to comprehend that.

@sciagurrato1831

Жыл бұрын

From mayor of SF to governor of CA to president of the US - everything’s going exactly to plan.

@AnhTran-dv3ht

Жыл бұрын

@@sciagurrato1831 Belongs to Globalist Anti_American Staff.. Most happened at Dems States. They're successful. Make America Down Again since Bushes.Corruptions at everywhere.

@norahanson7289

Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine if he wins?..the whole USA will be just like San Francisco...besides he is union baster and so the Middle class.

My escape from the world was the theater in the Embarcadero. They offered the best films. I could get a Ritter Sports chocolate bar at the Walgreens around the corner for the movie. Afterwards I'd walk along the bay considering the movie and enjoying a light crowd. If it were really busy I'd take the short route instead. A few times I could watch the parrots of Telegraph Hill in the trees to the west in a small park. Looks like a ghost town 10 years later. It use to feel like a great city and a great part of the city, active and interesting, it felt alive then.

I just looked it up, and the high end hotels like the Regency are STILL charging their high prices. What a lot of nerve that is. The last time my son stayed in one of their nicer downtown hotels, he saw a murder victim being wheeled out of the high end hotel across the street from his. Only a FOOL, knowing how bad it is, would pay those prices to stay in such an unsafe, deserted place. The last time I was there, the whole city looked like one big, bad neighborhood. What a shame, it used to be a beautiful city full of beautiful parks. Now, it's only full of criminals, trash and drugs.

My great grandfather was born there in 1882 and founded the Chinese Times. There’s a street named after him below Grant Avenue (Walter U, Lum Place) What a waste, most of the family has moved away to Southern California, Arizona and Texas. My prayers go out to the law abiding citizens of SF they don’t deserve this and hope they can somehow turn this around. The Bay Area was so beautiful in the past.

@jan_phd

Жыл бұрын

Nope, not going to happen.

@jan_phd

Жыл бұрын

Nope, not going to happen.

@halfdome4158

Жыл бұрын

And Chinese traditionally vote Democrat. And like others, move to other cities and vote the same way. Arizona has turned into a dump. Southern CA is a dump. CA is 35% whhyte and dropping. The state is finished.

@D4Disdain

Жыл бұрын

Kaiser is to blame for bringing low IQ people from the South States to work for low wages at the shipyard of Richmond. Now they multiply like a fungi and spreaded likewise in some of what used to be beautiful towns of the Bay Area that took many, many years to build, to be overrun by people that are experts in destruction.

@memorymedia6188

Жыл бұрын

It will happen if and when the PEOPLE of the Bay Area FORCE their politicians to stop abiding by global/communist policies and restore the free market.

This is what lawlessness does to an area. People need to feel safe to shop Downtown SF.

@FiREFLYSerenity408

Жыл бұрын

Courtesy of Defund the Police.

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

Progressives have gone full retard, how else could it end?? Sad but *just* and necessary apparently.

@trmk7

Жыл бұрын

greed desperation homeless hopelessness hunger ...mental instability ...can't see humanity .do unto others as you would have them do unto you..

@hawkname1234

Жыл бұрын

It's not remotely lawless. You are mind-controlled sheep who do and say what you're told by your propagandists.

@laf43777

Жыл бұрын

This is what woke policies do to a city

I lived in San Francisco in the 60's and early 70's. Just think, one of the main players who helped this happen is getting ready to run for president. This is America's future if that happens.

Wow. The last time I visited was 2019 right before the pandemic. Things were already shifting but the city still bustling. What a difference 4 years makes.

So sad. Thanks to the new law in California that prevents business owners from filing charges or not allowed to hurt the thieves. Congratulations 🎉

@mjsla

Жыл бұрын

Vote them out! Vote republican as in no way it could hurt.

@vickyburton2434

Жыл бұрын

And yet people continue to vote for the same idiots who allow this…..

@JMack42

Жыл бұрын

Oh, finally, a reason for this ... I lived and worked there (all over the City) and it used to be a marvelous experience. My dad worked on Embarcadero No. One and when that was done, he worked on others; this was back in the 70's when all this was changing the city and there was NOTHING but construction, the pounding of pile drivers, etc. It turned from the City by the Bay into this monstrous urban area until it was all built up but by then it had changed into something else. It USED to be great and now if the City Council has done what is alleged by jennifervalencia above, then it serves them right! But it must be hard on the workers in the area who would be able to get out and enjoy it. But, since the '70s, it isn't what it was. Thanks for the info on WHY!

@20PINKluvr

Жыл бұрын

Wtf?!?

@piaggiotech6

11 ай бұрын

You mean bill 553 New bill prevents employers from mandating workers to confront shoplifters. The California Senate has passed legislation that prevents employers from requiring workers to confront active shooters or shoplifters. Passed May 31, Senate Bill 553 contains provisions prohibiting employers from maintaining such policies.

When you value the well-being of thieves over the well-being of business owners, then what you get is many thieves and no businesses.

@TeaEmess

11 ай бұрын

Where did the thieves come from? They don't just pop out of no where over night. This was an issues 20 years in the making with horrible policy decisions. Get ready for most major cities to look like this over the next 10 years.

@user-my8bb6nc1x

Ай бұрын

Rubbish. The internet has killed off many businesses. If it's all about thieves, why are the restaurants closing? Are chickens being stolen from the kitchen?

WOW! Incredible to see, sad to believe!. This is something everyone needs to see! Thanks for your great work Leo. In the immortal words of Freewheeling Franklin, "keep on KEEPING-ON"

It's an urban wasteland. The "greed is good" crowd outpriced each other until nothing is left. No one can afford to live there, eat there, work there, so they don't. Every major city in the country is faced with this and all for the very same reasons. You can see the very same thing in Phoenix. The 3-R economy, (retail, restaurant, real estate) doesn't work. When you don't engineer, manufacture, produce anything, everyone just pushes paperwork, so to speak, and this is the result. We not only deserve this coast to coast, but we're getting there at record speed...

My heart goes out to all the shoplifters, thieves, and robbers who now have to venture further out from the safety of their home cities in order to get their wares in hopes of supplementing all their government assistance program checks. Thank you.

@veadair

Жыл бұрын

Pp like that will start stealing and robbing others soon.

@sandyschipper1400

Жыл бұрын

😂 well put

@icosthop9998

Жыл бұрын

L😂L

@organnarak

Жыл бұрын

😊😊

@RJ-kr4bs

Жыл бұрын

Oh no, it's a shoplifting desert! They should call the democRat activists for subsidies and reparations.

As a Californian i can say without a doubt SF is almost unlivable. Rent, homeless people, violence, theft, it's all too much for people and businesses to even attempt to live there.

@y.cschmidlin8172

11 ай бұрын

I think you exagerate, it could be worse, look at Mogadishu in Somalia

@anh7807

11 ай бұрын

​@y.cschmidlin8172 it's pretty bad. I visit multiple times a year. One year, a druggie jumped on our car and told us to get out of the street because he was walking in it. It can take an hour just to get through downtown streets with traffic. That's scary because there is no way to escape those narrow streets if/when an emergency happens. I live about 4 hours away, and we have many people coming to live here instead in an effort to get away from the city.

@selenachan4230

11 ай бұрын

Almost unlivable? It is unlivable!😅

@theultimatereductionist7592

11 ай бұрын

This is called total Anarchy - i.e. Capitalism. Exactly what cuntservatives have said they wanted. No government helping anybody. This is TOTAL FREE MARKET CAPITALISM i.e. ANARCHY. Don't like it? Blame conservative extremists.

@svensulzmann4282

11 ай бұрын

I don’t think SF is unlivable it depends on your political views and bank account.

As a New Yorker, I was stationed in SF in mid 80’s and for 40 years I always thought, I could live there, it’s so beautiful. This is a complete shock! I left my heart in SF and it doesn’t look like I’m gonna get it back!

I used to work there, and it alway looked empty like this on the weekends because most of the Financial District consisted of offices for tech and they don't work weekends. But it's sad to see the remaining places up for lease. The cost of living got to be too high, and the crime got to be too bad, and it forced a lot of us to leave. So sad.

@user-my8bb6nc1x

Ай бұрын

The cost of living got to be too high. That's the one. Not the crime. The crime is a symptom of what's going on, not a cause

I was a summer intern downtown in 1984. I'd go the embarcadero square almost every lunch. Always bustling with people. Throngs, all happy. It was a healthy environment. Street musicians actually making a living. This video is surreal.

@ericdahl374

Жыл бұрын

'78-'79 intern. Was a daily lunch visit...

@angrysoviet470

Жыл бұрын

That's because CA had a real Republican governor at that time, unlike Arnie! and things were still good! Haven't had one since and you see the results of decades of Democratic control!

@GonzoDonzo

Жыл бұрын

No need to work the streets when they can collect their govt check. They can now just sit around and get high on their drugs paid for by the tax payers

@cynthiasarah4286

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Agree it was packed in 2006

Me and my husband went to San Fran some 4 years back and I couldn’t believe what had happened to it.People just shooting up on the streets not even in a tent.I told my husband how scared I was .I’m from L.A. originally and was there a couple of years ago.They have ruined such beautiful and fun cities,I never want to go back to L.A either.The homeless and crime is insane,so 😞

@MM-oq1lb

Жыл бұрын

We don't call our city this disgusting 'san fran"! Stop butchering its name!!!. It's SAN FRANCISCO!!!! SAN FRANCISCO!!!! SAN FRANCISCO!!!! SAN FRANCISCO!!!!

@firstlast5681

Жыл бұрын

We can all thank the Democrats

@cindysue4191

Жыл бұрын

The open air drug use was the beginning of the end. It attracts drug users from all over the country who come for the easy access to drugs & free money. You can even walk into stores & steal what you want.

@bobmalack481

Жыл бұрын

@@MM-oq1lb Why not?..'San Fran' turned into a lawless overpriced toilet bowl. I think calling your city with an abreviated city name is the LEAST of it's and your problems.

@bobmalack481

Жыл бұрын

'Rice a Roni..the San Francisco treat!'...LOL!

You have to walk through the plaza and go up the escalators to enter the towers from the street. So even though the towers probably aren't as full as they were pre-Covid due to remote work, there are still offices in them that are open, so the plaza needs to stay open to allow access. It is sad seeing all of the stores and cafes closed. I worked at Embarcadero Center for many years - it used to be such a hub of activity with bars, restaurants, shops and people. I remember when U2 gave an impromptu free concert in Justin Herman Plaza (now Embarcadero Plaza) back in the 80s. It was the perfect spot because it was such a busy place. They had an audience of over 10K people by the end of the first song. ETA: I'm curious if this was shot during the week or on a weekend? EC was always pretty abandoned on the weekends, usually just a couple of restaurants and shops open. The shops/restaurants/cafes mostly served the workers from the towers, so it didn't make sense for most of them to pay staff on the weekends when there weren't many workers there. I remember having to work on the weekends and not being able to find anything close to grab a bite to eat other than Peet's.

@r_1901

11 ай бұрын

Justin Herman Plaza? Yet another canceled person. The City would be in much better shape with more Justin Hermans in charge.

@lemontadams3029

11 ай бұрын

Did you not see 90% of the leasing was non existent? Doesn't matter what day or time it was

@RobbyHouseIV

11 ай бұрын

Are you under the impression that these vacancies are due to COVID? If so then you would be mistaken. The problem lies with decisions made at City Hall from elected officials and the piss poor decisions they've made based on certain ideologies with pernicious consequences.

@jdos5643

8 ай бұрын

Sf could easily be one of the most beautiful cities in the world with the best weather and to think it is getting bad there with homeless and drugs dealers and addicts and robberies.

@lemontadams3029

8 ай бұрын

@@jdos5643 used to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world 🌎

This is happening to every city in the US. People buy online and don't go to stores anymore.

The worst part of it all, is that the state and local governments, along with their administrators could not possibly care less. I should know, I was married to a member of one for 12 years until 6 months ago. This is a collect a paycheck and don't make any waves situation. Ask anyone who is willing and not too scared to tell you the truth, and you'll hear the same exact thing. Guaranteed.

San Francisco, as a city, is like that friend with issues who doesn't know they have issues. And when you tell them something's wrong, they think you're the crazy one, so they just keep getting worse.

@alexander8688

Жыл бұрын

Humorously put. Herei n Melbourne Australia we are going the same way. Open drug taking tolerated, homeless everywhere. Still we not quite as insane as SF. People still get prosecuted for shoplifting but the rabid dog far left would love to change that if they could.

@wealthweb1

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, how bad does it have to get?

@verns6302

11 ай бұрын

Typical narcissist behavior.

@raul_jocson_

11 ай бұрын

@@verns6302 Never thought of it like that before, but yeah that makes a lot of sense.

@AdolfMitler-ch8ns

11 ай бұрын

You Smart 🤓🤓🤓.

I remember vising the Embarcadero Center as a kid in the early 90s when my dad came for some business conference and that place was packed. I think we stayed in that neat looking Hyatt next to it. My parents let me and my sister when we were only 11-12ish wander around the center by ourselves, as it was a safe place with plenty of people. I remember there was a cool comic book/game store there, with a owner who was super cool and introduced me to some neat stuff I had never seen before. That's so sad its deserted now.

Wow, I moved away from San Francisco about ten years ago. But when I was living there, I loved to go to the Embarcadero Plaza. I was able to find bargains, even there. It is strange to see it all closed up. Thanks for this view.

This is what you get for not prosecuting criminals.

@mjsla

Жыл бұрын

Gotta love the sanctuary cities. Vote RED!!!

@mildredpierce4506

Жыл бұрын

@@mjslaCalifornia had several Republican governors and the state wasn’t better with them in office. Starting in the 70s, education in California became of no importance to the politicians. Regardless of the political party of the governor, every year the education budget was cut. Apparently keeping the people dumb so they’ll be more likely to commit crimes so they can be sent to one of the many for profit prisons. By the way, Florida is a red state. Book banning is very communistic and dictatorial.

How many millions in tax revenue that goes to pay city services is lost now, daily, weekly and annually? How many on the "zombie" tours will return home and tell others not to waste their time going there? There will be plenty more closings. SF is in real trouble here.

@elim7228

Жыл бұрын

​@fredgarvin6097backfilling is a specialty of SanFran. Let them go at it

@Annayasha

Жыл бұрын

What surprises me is that it seems like no one cares

@saintpreferred9223

Жыл бұрын

They don't DESERVE any tax revenue for city services. Dems running it, starve them.

@delhidebb1749

Жыл бұрын

True. I’m an Aussie and I would’ve put San Francisco on my list of places to visit in America but not anymore. It’s sad 😢 whatever happened to the beautiful people with flowers in their hair?

@Mwoods2272

Жыл бұрын

That's why they want to tax the rich elite because they are the only ones that have money.

This is great reporting you're doing. I was last up in San Francisco just before the pandemic and it was grim even back then.

There should be a law that if you voted for those items, you are required to stay in the area for ten years. Those that didn't vote for them get permission to leave of they want.

I worked on San Francisco for a few months TDY back in the late 80s, back when California was still a part of the US and when San Francisco was a great city to work in or visit. I worked down the road from the Embarcadero for a couple of weeks: My wife would meet me there at lunch during the week and the pace was busy and thriving. San Francisco is slowlty getting what it voted for. The most frustrating part is how confused and amazed the residents seem to be trying to figure out what happened...

@medic1937

Жыл бұрын

They'll continue to be confused. It takes brain cells and common sense to connect voting habits to your downfall.

@John-ir2zf

Жыл бұрын

I call them "dumbacrats" for a reason hahahaha

@winniecash1654

Жыл бұрын

They don't connect the dots. Dummies

@mildredpierce4506

Жыл бұрын

California started in the direction of going downhill back in the 70s. It just took a long time to get to the point it’s at now.

So sad, I used to go to The Embarcadero all the time 5 years ago. Can’t believe what San Francisco residents have allowed to happen to this once great city. There used to be an amazing Indian restaurant in that plaza. How do you let junkies take over your city?

@kauffrau6764

Жыл бұрын

Are you here now? What do you expect us to do? The police don't do their jobs, the city government doesn't do their job, and the laws don't protect us from people stealing and using drugs, and living on the streets. Law-abiding citizens have no recourse unless we would just take the law into our own hands, and then what would we do with it? The local government is corrupt. It's out of control.

@bill6023

Жыл бұрын

You let leftists, libs and dems make policies. Don't take my word for it, look at ALL the major towns and cities SF, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, etc, etc

@jpp2377

Жыл бұрын

It's a planned destruction

@tommyebay

Жыл бұрын

@@bill6023 I hate to say it, but you have hit the nail on the head! Stop voting for this people!

@Dragonflylane77

Жыл бұрын

I don’t feel sorry for the people of San Francisco they voted for this

I am amazed. When I lived in the area in the early 80's, the Plaza was always vibrant and hopping!

MOST ESPECIALLY MISSING, at the Embarcadero, are the homeless (?) and the shoplifters (nothing left to steal)

This happened also in the Chicago area decades ago. We had many malls go to this route as crime was out of control. It's horrifying.

@jaysky2000

Жыл бұрын

Chicago is another iconic US city. 'They're' destroying everything iconic about the USA ... cities, companies, movies, etc. Hard to believe it's all a coincidence.

@briankeenan4901

Жыл бұрын

@@jaysky2000 it's not coincidence. Did you know that China has no nightlife? That's how you control billions. Now, we are in line with their citizens. In 1991, Apartheid ended. South Africa had crime like this. They hired a new chef of police and he did what we should do. He said to his staff...." Shoot First and ask questions later". That definitely slowed the crime wave.

@jamescolvin5995

Жыл бұрын

Chicago is going the same way as San Francisco.

@garylambert4549

Жыл бұрын

Your city has a history of crooked leaders..Why do you think your city would be better Obama did nothing for you.. City planner my ass.. you keep shooting each other the rest of the country just watches.. I Geneva Wi they will put you on a boat and tell you how the most honest judge in Chicago ripped you off more millions and got away with it.. YOU DESEVE THIS

@evenbiggeral5089

Жыл бұрын

When the laws protect the criminals, you get an empty city.

Thanks Leo for letting people know what happens to a city when they cater to criminals.

@senton412

Жыл бұрын

Our country catered to the Trump Crime Family for four years....he looted the US Treasury and let Russians and Saudis get influence.

@Ellieempress

Жыл бұрын

He’s a liar , that was on Sunday in a mall that has always been empty because malls are dying due to everything being put online .

@largol33t12

Жыл бұрын

And keep Democrats in power for 70 years....

@Ellieempress

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevie-J Those stores have been closing at that mall since 2016 because they were more expensive and they mostly catered to business travelers, the mall is attached to a Hyatt hotel after all. I live in San Francisco I have seen large box stores close down since 2010 before any lockdown or ridiculous shoplifting laws.

@johnogrady2418

Жыл бұрын

@@Ellieempress Yeah, they probably have an early official opening time where most of the shops are just beginning to open for the day. Maybe this was a Sunday morning.

Fascinating. Everything is well maintained, music playing, flower planters beautiful and clean. No homeless sleeping or dirt/pee etc.

I love it when people get what they voted for!

California's new slogan should be "we got what we voted for". Or California, we can only blame ourselves..

@rnettles6241

Жыл бұрын

Or California, "Were moving to Texas and Florida; and we vote straight Democrat."

@elivr6046

Жыл бұрын

@@rnettles6241 unfortunately.

@doraalvarado7910

Жыл бұрын

I did not vote for them!

@ChickensAndGardening

Жыл бұрын

@@rnettles6241 There's a lot of hostility in Texas toward families, or single people, moving into upscale houses, with California plates. It is assumed they're going to vote for the same s hit that destroyed California: high taxation, Soros prosecutors, de-fund the police, let boys into girls locker rooms, all of that insanity.

@cherylkruisheer3365

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant jugeerivera!😊

I used to stay at the Hyatt Regency on a monthly basis for years. It's hard to believe that a majority of people voted for this. They should have seen this coming. How stupid can they be!?

@ChickensAndGardening

Жыл бұрын

They can be this stupid, and worse!

@user-us3dm7om5y

Жыл бұрын

Super stupid vote

@sierrasky2491

Жыл бұрын

Stupidity is infinite. These people will continue to vote for the same Democrats year after year.😅😅😅

@brega6286

Жыл бұрын

BIG Stupid !

@MettleHurlant

Жыл бұрын

They’re not stupid just woke! Gotta protect the criminals and drug addicts from all the mean people.

So this is what a beacon for democracy looks like.

Took the family to SanFran about 15 years ago for spring break. We got a city pass with unlimited rides on the tram and did Fisherman's, Alcatraz, the aquarium, boat out to the Golden Gate Bridge, the art museum and over to the Muir Woods. The best vacation ever. You couldn't pay me to go back.

Sadly, nothing will change for the better. Anyone who knows how to properly run a city does not want the job. What is as surprising is the residents of SF have not risen up and demanded the Mayor, the Board or Supervisors and the DA resign immediately.

@saintpreferred9223

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't matter, there is a long line of people waitng to fill anyone's job that resigns......and they are DEMS.

@georgeromey4971

Жыл бұрын

Anyone that would actually clean it up would be called MAGA and voter TDS would immediately kick in.

This is what happens when you give power over to the politicians / government.

@redphoenix0910

Жыл бұрын

Well, to be fair people asked for this. The politicians just try to give the people what they want, but a lot of people are too ignorant to even see their own outcomes. The residents asked for this.

@sherrymiller2302

Жыл бұрын

@@redphoenix0910 EXACTLY...No pity here!

@davidbrayshaw3529

Жыл бұрын

Not really. This is what happens when you have a communications technology revolution. The internet has replaced bricks and mortar. It's as simple as that. And it's global, it's not just in San Franscisco. San Francisco is just more effected because so many work in the tech sector, but now, from home, not "in the office".

@scottw5315

Жыл бұрын

You mean democrats? Of course...something tells me that you don't mean democrats do you. Everywhere they hold power the same things happen.

@pm-ql4lp

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbrayshaw3529 I guess the tourists are touring from home as well.

Thank you for your video. It's a sad truth that needs to be told about every big city in the United States. I have friends coming from Spain and warned them that they are not going to see anything in SF nowadays except for empty places, beggars, junkies and crime scenes. They confirmed by text that it's true what I told him. If you're thinking to coming to Chicago downtown, it's getting out of hand as well.

It’s really sad to see such a once beautiful city and state go to the dumps. Choose your local, state and federal representatives wisely You do have a vote and a voice!

I remember visiting this mall when it used to be full of people and businesses. What a shame to see it now! SF should thank their liberal city leaders for protecting the criminals instead of the law-abiding citizens and businesses. We don't visit SF anymore because of the feces, crime, drugs, and lawlessness. Thank you for the great video on exposing the truth in a once beautiful city.

@mchammer3927

Жыл бұрын

Sad part is Some people still think is okay.

@riproar11

Жыл бұрын

Wrong! Califorians did this to themselves by blindly voting in the POS liberal city leaders.

@saintpreferred9223

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the ILLEGALS that are there....

@carolynboyd8539

Жыл бұрын

Everyone goes to Walmart where it simple and do not have to fight traffic and has everything you need. Starbucks is on every corner and call pick up. People like delivery call and UPS or FedX is at your door. We have Walgreens easy pick up delivery. People don’t want that stuff anymore. I myself do not like malls anymore. To expensive and cost to run them is costly and charge you more. I’m glad we do not need it. There is other entertainment besides walking around mall or down town. I went to NYC, hated.

I think we need to watch Westfield Mall, rumor, it going to completely shut down in 6 month's. The city is collapsing around us. San Francisco's Board.of Supervisors will not do anything to stop this madness.😢

@jbdragon3295

Жыл бұрын

Anything that needs to be done is racist. So better to do nothing at all.

They voted for this for years and years and I don’t feel sorry for them one bit. Great video

The major cities always vote against the state's interest, so I'm happy with this.

I used to work across the street from the Embarcadero in the '90s. It was a thriving, bustling area in a world-class city. It's current condition is beyond tragic.

@CaptainSensibleIII

Жыл бұрын

It was always dead on the weekend

@sanddabz5635

Жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSensibleIII Yes, weekends were quiet, But it didn't have all those empty store fronts with no businesses in them anymore......all the businesses have closed.

@CaptainSensibleIII

Жыл бұрын

​@@sanddabz5635 Thank you for the video synopsis of the thing we both obviously just fucking watched. Did you have some point in there somewhere?

@sanddabz5635

Жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSensibleIII The point of the video is all the businesses that are no longer in the Embarcadero Center, not whether there is foot traffic around on a weekend, that is irrelevant. Me having to explain that to you, speaks volumes.

@CaptainSensibleIII

Жыл бұрын

@@sanddabz5635 The fact that you are repeating the facts of the video, that were stated in the first two seconds, as if it was some revelation....or even a POINT.....speaks volumes.

You know how in scary films they always use cemeteries that are unkempt or old looking to exude a creepy atmosphere? I just realized watching this that an abandoned mall is actually more creepy, because whereas a cemetery was always for those who passed on, a mall was supposed to be for the living, i.e. full of life. Families walking around together, packs of teenagers running wild but still well behaved, the children's court area with amusement rides for toddlers and up. What on earth happened to this mall?

@nancyparker9986

Жыл бұрын

God is cleaning up San Francisco

@mchammer3927

Жыл бұрын

Sad part is Some people still think this is Normal.

@riproar11

Жыл бұрын

You hung out with the bad crowds. As teenagers, we never ran wild in any malls.

@cosmiccometchichi

Жыл бұрын

it represents human life barely existing

@fluffy1931

Жыл бұрын

@@mchammer3927 It's normal dude. Shopping malls decline in the US has been around for decades Multiple analysts have projected the shrinkage of U.S. shopping malls, which in their heyday totalled 2,500 in the 1980s. In the next ten years there may be just 150 malls left. Coresight Research in 2020 said 25 percent of American malls would close within five years, citing shoppers prefer to make quick trips to shops in close proximity. Oh noes' who would have thought rise of online shopping would along with the pandemic be the final nail in the coffin.

I grew up in Redwood City. About 20 minutes south of SF. Back in 2012 i saw he writing on the wall and got out of there, so did most of my family. Its nice to look back and know that I was right.

I had a store in the Embarcadero three in the late 80s and early 90s. La Beau Monde women’s clothing and shoes. I’m very sad to see the Embarcadero is closed. Thank you for sending the video out. Cheers.

@LeoMetalTraveler

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

This just makes me cry. I am a native San Franciscan, born and raised in the 60s. I miss the City as it was, so many nice and not-so-nice memories, but it is still my "home". My friend from junior high worked at Three Embarcadero and we would meet at lunch almost daily where it was so crowded and lots going on to see, to do, and to walk. We were in our 20s back then. To see this as a ghost town now makes no sense. I no longer live in the City, but still have two brothers that live there. They, too, say it has changed for the worse. Something has to be done to bring San Francisco back to life and clean up the city. :(

@LeoMetalTraveler

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@Pitchithard

11 ай бұрын

Stop voting for week politicians that pander to criminals and drug addicts!

@ignskeletons

11 ай бұрын

The city is filled with homeless people and smells like pee. Officers do nothing, businesses left because it's literally not profitable to operate here anymore. It's gone to sh--

@davidm1599

11 ай бұрын

IF you have ever voted Democrat in your life, this is YOUR fault.

@FallicIdol

11 ай бұрын

Your family probably continued to vote blue no matter how bad things got

30 years ago I worked in the financial district and would walk to Embarcadero Center on my lunch hour. It was so busy it was hard to get a table in any of the restaurants. It hurts my heart to see what it has turned into.

@encrypter46

Жыл бұрын

@@Nacalina007 Leftist lockdowns sure did help. The DemPanic!!

@firstlast5681

Жыл бұрын

We can all thank the Democrats

@rainbowpandasays8851

Жыл бұрын

All if not most of the older generation does not understand the “ work from home” concept. If you’re home, chances are you are making your own coffee , preparing your own sandwich and getting your dinner ready for later. These stores are dying because consumers aren’t out like before where they either brought their bagged lunch or ate a pricy basic lunch

@paulwooton4390

Жыл бұрын

​@@Nacalina007work from home, accelerated by a misguided covid response and poor city management, and there you go.

@mildredpierce4506

Жыл бұрын

I don’t even live in San Francisco and it hurts my heart to see this. This is terrible. It’s hard to believe that this is even America.

Wow, I can’t believe this. This is unrecognizable to me. Where are all the tourists? That was the backbone of income for San Francisco.

You are my favorite San Francisco Poet. I know this is bigger than poetry, but I just have to note this. Thanks.

@LeoMetalTraveler

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

I am almost 60 and my father use to take our family to San Fancisco to see my aunt and Uncle. My Uncle would take my sister and I to the zoo and walk from his house as our parents visited. It was incredibly beautiful, My heart is broken for this place. All of California is a heartbreak, shadows of a beautiful yesterday.

@user-cf7pe3qg1c

Жыл бұрын

The big cities are a mess- SF, LA...real heartbreaks there. But not all of California is a heartbreak. It's one big state (4th largest in the nation) Plenty of quality areas in the central and eastern part of the state.

@seeburgm100a

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cf7pe3qg1c but you still can't get away from their liberal policies. It's pretty much the bluest state in the union. Policies that have brought CA to it's knees along with many other blue states and their blue major cities.

@j1947m

Жыл бұрын

Well, THAT part of the city is still OK......LOTS of parts are still beautiful and alive....it's the downtown, Civic Center and shopping malls that are destroyed.........otherwise, lizard-man Gavin Newsom, our MAYOR and our other representatives should be PROUD! We can just do our shopping through the Sears Catalogue and wait forThe Wells Fargo Wagon to deliver the goods! Oh, wait.....there are more modern ways to do that....or we can drive to the shopping areas in San Rafael or The Stanford Shopping Center...Those are still nice.

@francismarion6400

Жыл бұрын

This place is a Democrat dream come true

@jameswest9261

Жыл бұрын

@@francismarion6400 Paradise on Earth. The model of the future of the entire country.

This mall used to be a great destination during lunch or even on the weekends. When it opened in the late 80s and 90s, every floor was packed with shops and restaurants. Now there are barely a handful left.

@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717

Жыл бұрын

Wha happen, Mayne?

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

Imagine no one willingly sacrifices their lives for a city that *sacrifices them* without consideration.

@gridley

Жыл бұрын

Actually, the Embarcadero Ctr opened in the early 1970s & was designed by an architect based in Atlanta, who was known mainly for hotels featuring large interior lobbies, such as the SF Hyatt Regency. Online retail, Covid-era lockdowns & SF's business-unfriendly politics all together have done quite a number on places like the Embarcadero. I not being too sarcastic when I recommend the city buy the complex & put homeless people in all those vacant storefronts. Or at least turn them into moderate-priced housing for middle-class residents.

@MizukuMirai

Жыл бұрын

@@gridley John Portman was a great architect. He designed the Hyatt right next door and the PeachTree Center which is basically a lesser-known pint-sized clone of the Embarcadero center. The first part of the center was built in the 70s, but underwent renovations and expansions as they finished 4 Embarcadero Center. Embarcadero Center was built in phases, with the last and centerpiece completed in the early 90s when Boston Property (Current Owner) took over and renovated the mall and removed the observation deck.

@gridley

Жыл бұрын

@@MizukuMirai Correct! But I didn't know its last phase dates back just 30 yrs vs almost 50 yrs. Portman also designed the Bonaventure Hotel in LA, which similar to the Embarcadero has mainly vacant space in its retail lobby floors. That type of commercial has been iffy since even the 1970s, but way more so in the 2020s. The motto of "build it & they will come" doesn't necessarily pan out.

Fascinating. Most interesting is that while it is mostly abandoned there is little that is run down about the place. No graffiti. No homeless. Pretty much spotless.

Thank you for uploading this. My youngest sister has been living out in California with her boyfriend the last four months in northern california, she has told us stories. It's eerie how abandoned this place is, it's like if all the humans just disappeared and this is what was left behind. I don't know what is worst, walking through an abandoned city wasteland with everything gone or the intense ongoing violent crime sectors with garbage everywhere. Neither extreme is good.

@famcantor5

11 ай бұрын

They are the same extreme darling. Too bad you can't tell the difference. Stop voting

@katies3201

11 ай бұрын

@@famcantor5what are you trying to say to OP? It doesn’t make sense.

Thanks for posting this video. It is very sentimental to me. In high school, I worked in the Embarcadero as a tile setter. As you see, there are thousands of beautiful circular tiles all over the Embarcadero. Back then, it was bustling with beautiful retail shops, beautiful women, business people just going about their lives. Now, it's dead. The San Francisco that I loved no longer exists.

@garylambert4549

Жыл бұрын

BE sure to that the ppl you elected.

@markstein1916

Жыл бұрын

Agree... all we can do is spread the word to those who lean liberal. Socialism killed our most beautiful city, and it will kill our country if Newsom is EVER elected president.

@GregBalzer

Жыл бұрын

Nice work on that tile. It was the first thing I noticed in this video. I think this development still has nice design - just no people.

@coastalkev3776

Жыл бұрын

I too noticed the tiles. The arched staircases. Imagine a tradesman working on all that construction, building it strong and beautiful, only to come back years later to see it abandoned. Sad.

I live in Palo Alto -- just a few miles south from San Francisco on the peninsula. I've worked and visited the city countless times. Just before the pandemic, things began to change in regard to crime in the city. Without cops arresting perpetrators, would-be criminals were emboldened. My sister visited in 2019. Since it was her first visit to the city, I took her to all of the traditional tourist spots -- including Pier 39, Ghirardelli, Fisherman's Wharf, Lombard Street, a Giants game, etc. While we were at Fisherman's Wharf, a homeless man pulled down his fly and began urinating in front of both of us. My sister walked away. However, I went over and told the guy (while he was still urinating). He just responded, "What are you going to do -- arrest me?" When the pandemic hit a few months later, the entire city shut down. I visited several times. Given the number of rooftop terraces, some businesses were able to use them as a loophole for meetings (as they are considered "outdoor" areas in the city). I attended several meetings on those rooftop terraces. It was surprising to see the city so empty. However, with each trip to the city, I noticed more and more crime. On my way to one meeting in 2020, I was riding a scooter from Caltrain (4th and King) along the Embarcadero to the Ferry Building. I crossed Embarcadero and made my way to California Street. I had never seen so many homeless and, yes, human waste on the streets. I had to be careful so that I didn't roll over either the homeless or their waste. Then, on California Street, a young homeless man (who was across the street) began throwing baseballs at me. I stopped because I was surprised. However, he continued to throw them and yell obscenities at me. I continued on my scooter to the destination (a work meeting at the Newhall Nest atop 260 California Street), I told an off-duty cop working security at the entrance. He told me that there was no point in calling the police because "their hands are tied." By 2021, this was the "new normal." Between the high taxation, high crime rate (including non-reported or non-prosecuted crimes), unceasing odors and the growing homeless problem, San Francisco is now a shell of what it once was. Due to the pandemic, businesses discovered that it was cheaper and more cost-effective to do business outside of the city. So, white collar workers (especially tech workers) have left the downtown area. This has led to a loss of businesses that needed that business to afford the astronomical rent/lease payments. Criminals are so brazen now that shoplifting affected so many businesses. Moreover, non-criminals feel less safe. So, they don't frequent those businesses that are most affected by a perpetual criminal presence. The homeless have now shifted throughout the city -- panhandling at tourist areas along the Embarcadero from the Ferry Building to Fisherman's Wharf (and areas just off of those locales). However, at night, they move a little further inside the city -- into the business areas -- because it is warmer at night and the buildings block the cold wind. At this point, I have no desire to visit the city. I have no desire to go to meetings in the city (which, I admit, used to be fun work excursions). Not only is it still expensive to go (by train or by parking), it's actually quite dangerous. It always feels that the city is on the cusp going from annoying crime to something worse (i.e., violence). Plus, and this is just a pet peeve, the entire downtown area between Caltrain to Ghirardelli Square is filled with the smells of human excrement mingled with strong skunk weed. Between the crime, odors, homelessness, human waste and occasional needles, I'd rather not walk or ride most places in San Francisco.

@wealthweb1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. All the people blaming on-line shopping for this, need to read this comment.

@juliobello4561

Жыл бұрын

Agree with you man. I live in Richmond and I grew up here crime has been bad here but San Francisco and Oakland like wtf is going on. I just avoid at all cost to visit those two cities. San Francisco mostly I just ride my car in all the tourist spots I stop to eat then hit the road is a mess. My friends and I we believe San Francisco might end like Detroit 😢

@Kenna198

Жыл бұрын

I went to SF in 2019 & also witnessed 2 men urinating in full view it was disgusting, they allowed the homeless & bums take over, tax paying citizens need to unite & protest en masse, these bums have all the rights it’s frustrating the police can’t legally do anything grrrrr

@ccchhhrrriiisss100

Жыл бұрын

@@juliobello4561 - Good points. The Detroit analogy is pretty interesting. The city went downhill as the automakers shifted production for vehicles and parts elsewhere. There was a reciprocal effect as other businesses left because of, well, less business. Fewer jobs results in less money. I wonder if this will continue in San Francisco. There have been a great number of jobs that have left the city. Even more jobs are only part-time on-site jobs -- allowing the workers to work-from-home most of the time. This results in less need for food, coffee and even shopping in the city. Many stores have shut down. Some have cited the costs associated with shoplifting and theft. Others have mentioned that their locations "aren't as safe as they used to be." I also wonder if the smaller number of shoppers might factor in too. Not only are there less people working downtown, but there are fewer visitors who feel safe enough to visit a Walgreens or other stores downtown. This lack of income probably hits those stores hard. It's not confined to the city either. I live in Palo Alto and plenty of stores and restaurants have closed over the last three years. Between the astronomical rent and the number of jobs that left Palo Alto, it's amazing that some stores can even stay open. Those that have stayed open have been forced to continually raise their prices to make ends meet. Those higher prices result in fewer customers willing to pay those higher prices. It's circular economics -- a real-life display of cost and demand. it doesn't help that prices are so much higher over the last few years too. I went to McDonald's yesterday for breakfast. The Sausage Egg McMuffin combo is now nearly $9.Three years ago, it was less than $5. This means that prices for that combo rose by 80% in just three years. It's resulting in fewer customers too. Now, the owner of this McDonald's -- the only McD's in Palo Alto (apart from the Stanford Shopping Center) -- wants to close so that the land can be redeveloped. Go figure.

@juliobello4561

Жыл бұрын

@@ccchhhrrriiisss100 exactly my friend. And I don’t get why some people are happy those big corps are leaving that’s not good. We need those big paid jobs in order to have the small business around. But it seems people don’t learn from history it just history repeats itself.

Just spent a week in SF and I'll never go back. It was cold (in August) and very, very, very, very, expensive for no reason. The "homeless" are also agressive on the street. One came near my family and the one reason i didn't stick a blade in his throat was because i thought of my kids. Never going back SF, i can watch reruns of Full House or Mrs. Doubtfire instead.

Former bay area resident now in Orange county. Always loved returning to visit the City. No more, haven't been in many years. Sad what has happened to my favorite city.

This almost happened in NYC, but people couldn’t move and tourists just kept coming no matter how unsafe it was. So many people in person denied and still deny the danger of past and current crime gaslighting truthful people, while protecting themselves by taking Ubers, staying in after dark, or moving and not stating safety as the reason why 💙🙏🏻💙

@nancy9478

Жыл бұрын

How true.

@bobmalack481

Жыл бұрын

Damn yankee's..uhh..

@mariaarroyos2925

Жыл бұрын

NYC looks the same.

@tamarathejudeochristianmedium

Жыл бұрын

@@mariaarroyos2925 it did it’s getting better now 💙🙏🏻💙

@andrew_owens7680

Жыл бұрын

I lived in NYC during the crack wars, which was twice as bad as it is now. Tourists came then too. Dips in real estate in NYC are always temporary.

I was a train operator with Bart for 25 years. Before covid the platforms would be packed, so much so we ran 4 extra trains, we called the baby commuters. My 10 car train would be filled to the gills. During covid I was lucky to have 10 people on a train, only the working poor and homeless road the trains. After covid maybe a quarter of the people came back.

@FloridaMan69.

Жыл бұрын

you must be a millionaire by now

@RHolt-dc6zy

Жыл бұрын

@@FloridaMan69. Ha! Are you spying on me?🤣😂

@chopperchopper1418

Жыл бұрын

B.A.R.T. went under water , never had the guts to take it. Ever hear of earthquakes ? . 😁

@RHolt-dc6zy

Жыл бұрын

@@chopperchopper1418 While operating a train through a dozen earthquakes, no big deal. The transbay tube moved three inches during the Loma Prieta earthquake.

@joelonzello4189

Жыл бұрын

Public Transportation in NJ is filled with third worlders. No one is dressed for a job or an interview. Reeks of Pot and body odor. No coming back from this 🤬

San Fransisco is beautiful. Wowww!!! Oh my goodness! What a beautiful city.

Remember it from the '70's and '80's. It was buzzing. As a kid I loved the spiral staircases and the tiles.

Keep documenting. People need to see this! Horrible situation in SF. When bad goes to worse with no end in sight.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Next video is extremely revealing

Vote these corrupt politicians out.

@garylambert4549

Жыл бұрын

WHY? this is their goal.. Demorats call this progress. And when it fails say we need more money.. Lets vote Sleepy Joe in again.. 6 more years will put America under the table.. Game over.

@saintpreferred9223

Жыл бұрын

Won't matter, plenty of Dems waiting in the wings. Won't be fixed in your lifetime.

@ultimateworldchampion5531

Жыл бұрын

They recalled their district attorney. He was immediately rewarded with a prestigious, cushy job and replaced with someone who has almost indistinguishable policies.

I grew up in the bay area back in the 60s. The city has always been part of my life. I was working in the city till the end of 2020 when the company I was working with started talking about mandates. You know what I mean. I retired and haven't been back to the city since. It's unreal what has happened to SF. Lots of stupid people running things. Good luck with that.

And the leaders that were voted to run Calif must think this is okay. A real shame.

No representation without taxation. No voting rights for non taxpayers!! Make America Safe Again!!

@sylviathompson100

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, the first thing the government has to do get rid of the drugs . (Close the Borders) And get rid of the homeless.

@scherzva

Жыл бұрын

@@sylviathompson100the immigrants aren’t the problem.

@scherzva

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, millions of “Americans” still support their favorite rapist Donnie.

@sylviathompson100

Жыл бұрын

@@scherzva I don’t think you read my comment, I didn’t say immigrants. I said, homeless and drugs nothing to do with immigrants. Capeesh?

@sunshinewalker6074

Жыл бұрын

You hit upon a very important question here. If you do not pay taxes, how do you have the right to decide where and how tax dollars get spent?

Voting over and over for the same party officials resulting in the same result over and over is the definition of insanity.

@steelman86

11 ай бұрын

Well, close to the original,quote but no cigar!

@chrisperry9002

11 ай бұрын

You goofs don't understand. You can't "VOTE" them out. Once they get in and play ball that's it. Over and done. You don't count the votes. They do. It's NOT the citizens fault. It's the CORRUPTION that's to blame

@FJB_TheBigGuy

11 ай бұрын

The ZOMBIES are conditioned to "Vote Blue no matter who" 😂🤣 Totally Brain Dead.

@BB-xe2dh

11 ай бұрын

that goes both ways, republicans do the same thing. the difference is that dems actually do accept mistakes and will attempt to fix them, maga will burn the house down!! Just because we are dems doesnt mean we dont want to see improvement. In SoCal, many laws are changing to help fix these type of problems. maga just wants chaos.

@Oneness100

11 ай бұрын

The other party doesn't know how to fix problems, they are too busy trying to destroy the Country. It's actually the result of capitalism driving the costs too high for the average person to afford. It's not the politicians, it's CAPITALISM that's in effect.. If the politicians could fix the problems capitalism does when it gets out of hand, then you would then say that the Government was enacting too restrictive of laws, like rent control. Rent Control has it's set of problems too. you want to blame someone for something that the wealthy did, they raised the costs of living for the rest of us. Plus, we had a Covid epidemic which flipped our world upside down for a few years that will have lasting effects. If you are going to blame the politicians, what laws, specifically, did they enact that caused this? Please be specific.. If you can't name the laws specifically, then simply stop blaming the politicians. Also, it's part of the management of the property and the fact that people aren't going out to the Embarcadero as much as they used to.

Recently, my cousin visited from Canada, and I took her to several spots in SF. We had a great time. I grew up in SF, in the 80's, so i have an idea of what areas to avoid

“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…” (Hosea 8:7)

I was impressed by how clean the area was, apparently they are able to keep the area from being taken over.

@jlasf

Жыл бұрын

The Embarcadero Center is private property, owned by Boston Properties, one of their largest property owners in the country. Most commenters don't understand the difference between the Embarcadero Center and the rest of SF. (Because they probably don't live here.) Embarcadero Center has not been directly impacted by the homeless and crime. It has a private security and maintenance force. It is both clean and safe. Embarcadero Center is empty because people have not come back to work. The building is at least 30% empty. That's what has killed the restaurants and retail.

@canuck21

Жыл бұрын

@@jlasf So people are all unemployed now? Or do you mean they're working at home?

@jpunx3133

Жыл бұрын

@@canuck21 Most of the office workers who used to work in the downtown district now work remotely. Many have decided they did not want to go back to business as it was prior to the pandemic. Companies that have been able to get out of their leases have. Young, newer employees are refusing to take jobs that don't offer at least some hybrid work from home options. The world has changed and it will be awhile until we see the return of more workers to the financial district in SF, if ever. Until then these retail spaces in Embarcadero Center will remain empty. Outside of this particular complex, SF has those same issues PLUS the homeless, drug addicts and shoplifting thugs that have ruined what was once a bustling down town.

@jlasf

Жыл бұрын

@@canuck21 Tech employees prefer to work from home more than other professions.

@jlasf

Жыл бұрын

@@jpunx3133 Also, the homeless were less obvious because there were office workers, convention goers and tourists. Take those people away and the homeless become more visible. Making it worse is the increase in online shopping. I am guilty of that; it's easier to order from Amazon than look for something in a store. I get free delivery and most things arrive in a day or two.

Westfield Mall has already confirmed closing

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

yes the did!!!

Oh man so sad. I used to frequent this area a lot. It was always packed with office workers and tourists.

I was born and raised in S.F. and the Bay Area. I escaped in 2012. I used to work in the Embarcadero Center. (Embarcadero Plaza is that big, open area at the end near the clock tower). I couldn't believe that little sushi shop at the end is still open! Haha! Used to eat lunch there all the time.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for posting this. I left the SF Bay area ten years ago and this is shocking. I've been to Embarcadero many times, it was always bustling. Great shops and restaurants, very pleasant vibe, lots of people. This is so sad.

@lindav1403

11 ай бұрын

I left 7 years ago and I had the same reaction. Don't think I could bear to go back and see it like it is now.

The hubris of the mayor and the city council on display. 😢 What a beautiful place, with no one enjoying it.

@CaptainSensibleIII

Жыл бұрын

That is not a tourist area. People started working from home during the pandemic and they just didn't;t return. That is not a residential area. Those businesses catered to people commuting downtown to work. To be honest, even when the stores were still there, on the weekend it was still a ghost town in that area.

@Potato-mu7nu

Жыл бұрын

@CaptainSensibleIII I appreciate your honesty and first hand insight, but either way it's sad to see so many businesses closed.

2 things man, I love how you open your videos with a joke - whether about zombies or tumbleweeds, and I like how you close them with just the sights and sounds of the city.

It’s so sad! I remember walking the streets of San Fran in my 20s and loved that’s city in the 90s

35 years ago I lived in the bay area and I recall that up until that point I used to love to go to the downtown areas and people watch at Christmas time. That ended abruptly when I moved to the bay area. It was like watching jackals at a kill. I was at Tanforan mall and people, actually mostly women, we’re grabbing things off the rack briefly looking at them and then throwing everything on the floor and then moving onto the next rack. To me it was disgusting human behavior. That behavior pales in comparison as to what is happening today.

@mmc9828

Жыл бұрын

Sickening what has happened to that city!

@rayc.8555

Жыл бұрын

I used to shop at Ross in So Ca. and i would see both women and men usually hispanic do the same thing. No respect for our way of life.

@batshivamoosha7940

Жыл бұрын

When God left this garbbaage can called san fran. EVERYTHING DIED.

@tiredofallthis7716

Жыл бұрын

@@rayc.8555 but I have to ask, whose way of life is that appropriate? Know what I mean? It was like if they disrespected others they felt more power or empowerment themselves and I don’t know anywhere where that’s appropriate. It’s just crazy stuff

@rayc.8555

Жыл бұрын

@@tiredofallthis7716 No where else is that even tolerated except in the U.S. My job used to take me pretty much all over the world and i never saw this disrespect for the property of others anywhere else except here. People do it here because they can get a away with it. All of this can stopped over night by posting two armed guards at the exit. When people dont behave you throw them out.

It's really difficult for me to watch this. In the 1980s, when I worked in the San Francisco Financial District, these stores in the Embarcadero were thriving. Financial District workers and visitors were always going into and out of the Embarcadero stores. There were restaurants and a nightclub in the Embarcadero that were packed with people who worked in the area and went to these restaurants and the nightclub after work.

This is happening in a lot of big cities.....high rents, AMAZON, lack of employees.... shopping areas we went to on wkends are gated up with lease signs and for sale as well

Love how most people in SF are still wearing mask, that should tell you all you need to know.