Congratulations to the voters in California in general and to those in San Francisco in particular. Well done.

@dewetmaartens359

Жыл бұрын

They deserve what they voted for.

@rholmst

Жыл бұрын

@@dewetmaartens359And they are getting it!

@sarahdang9491

Жыл бұрын

What voters? The homeless? The looters？

@jamesdalton7191

Жыл бұрын

There's more people here in Ca that don't vote for this shyte and we're sick and tired of it. It makes no sense that people would vote for this which makes me think there's some major vote cheating going on.

@dewetmaartens359

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesdalton7191 until a few months ago KZread was suspending channels that even just mentioned the possibility of voter fraud.

Young people probably don't know that San Francisco was one of the most beautiful cities in the country and world, and not so long ago

@pzkw6759

Жыл бұрын

Indeed it was

@istudios225

Жыл бұрын

I was there 25 years ago. It really was a very beautiful city. I can still see Lombard Street with its bright red flowers in my mind's eye. Golden Gate Bridge with the clouds of mists was breathtaking. So very sad it's come to the present state of affairs.

@kevinkinney5445

Жыл бұрын

It was actually a desireble tourist attraction with interesting things to offer visitors. This country better snap out of whatever the fuck delusion they think is floating the boat. In reality its sinking to the bottom feeders

@tylernol1566

Жыл бұрын

Sound of San Francisco - Global Deejays kzread.info/dash/bejne/ap-e0rKgnczKhbA.html

@CNPrep

Жыл бұрын

It was and could use a deep cleanings.

I used to go to San Francisco years ago. It's frightening! What is happening to our country. The corruption is so deep I don't know if we can recover. Thank you for the tour

@debrabrookham6670

11 ай бұрын

and yet people keep voting for corruption.

@Sabercats12

10 ай бұрын

California voters need to select people who genuinely care about California instead of those who don't care at all.

Thank you so much for showing us what the cities have become. Thanks to our politicians. Most people would deny this is happening, but you’ve brought this to our attention. Keep up the awesome videos. Thank you.

It’s nice to see that crime in this area is down. No people, no stores, no problem. Keep going SF!

@SalamiNugget

Жыл бұрын

now all we have to do is burn the entire city to the ground and all the problems will be solved!

@lissettelopez8331

Жыл бұрын

And yet a lot of the locals still believe the fault is corporate greed.

@johnl6569

Жыл бұрын

And I'm sure that's how these crooked dems will spin it.

@Jakesmith943

Жыл бұрын

Actually, that is probably exactly how someone is pitching the outcomes of their policies on a spreadsheet. A bar graph showing a massive reduction in crime

@ChrisPBacon-ok7ir

Жыл бұрын

Oddly, I still see lots of pedestrians.

I live in SF and I can confirm everything he showed is true. This is an accurate portrayal in July 2023.

@mustlovedogs5569

Жыл бұрын

I’m dumbfounded. From Australia and have visited before.

@SewWhittle

Жыл бұрын

But why? What happened?

@SunnyM360

Жыл бұрын

Why is it closed?

@KMF3

Жыл бұрын

Yes what is going on?

@mysterymac38

Жыл бұрын

Look at all those buildings just waiting to be filled by dreamers. A true Sanctuary if I have ever seen one!

I lived in San Fran back in late 80's and early 90's. There where bad spots and the homeless problem was just starting. I used to shop and eat on Market St all off the time. Powell street was always full of people enjoying SF. It's a damn shame to see what has happened to the city now. I fear it will never be a great city anymore. And, I blame the people in charge and the politicians who have let this happen..

I’m from Germany and worked for Apple from 86 to 88 - always loved to be in San Francisco in those days. It was everything you could dream of. 36 years later, this does not seem to be the case anymore. Terrible!

@JohnSmith-dm1wo

9 ай бұрын

Did you meet Steve Jobs back then

With all the high priced network reporting that rarely shows the accurate picture, Leo's videos are relentless and devastating. He is a true reporter, letting what is before him tell the story. Extraordinary channel.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I will be posting more videos in a few days!

@MrAbbsterz

Жыл бұрын

I truly agree!

@mikesrandomvideos

Жыл бұрын

yup the liberal Media.....One thing I gotta say is Trump was right about fake news.

@baldeagle4710

Жыл бұрын

These videos are misleading. I was just in SF and it took me two hours to go 2 miles. There are tons of people in SF

@bacardimgtow4505

Жыл бұрын

Leo be risking getting stabbed by the crazies just to get us the footage

I grew up in SF in the '50s and early '60s. Moved to Marin in mid-'60s. This is heartbreaking to me. I have lived in Alaska for over 40 years, and the last few times I visited the Bay Area I was appalled. So sad. I loved what San Francisco used to be. This is tragic.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@mrtim5363

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% on all of the above. Thank you.

@CrustyUgg

Жыл бұрын

Well, the people living there don't seem to care too much. They keep voting for the same people and I don't just Mean party I mean people...

@K1Kamikaze

Жыл бұрын

Bro I grew up in the bay in the 90s and 2000s and as recently as 2015-2017ish SF was nowhere close to this bad. The signs were starting to show, sure but not even remotely close to this. They’ve really ran it into the ground the past decade and really past 5 years

@carolynmixon709

Жыл бұрын

I have always loved SF, this is heart breaking, are the culrural events still going on ? Theater, art shows etc?

Shocked to see a city I visited and fell in love with, in 1994, became this!! Could NEVER imagine this scenario. I live in São Paulo, Brazil. I never though that I would be glad to live here than in San Francisco, a place I sometimes wondered about living in. WOW! I remember walking Market Street with my wife, so many good memories, I used to go to many of the places you just showed and are now closed. Shocked! I don't know what happened but I really hope it can make things happen again e become the city it once was. But, sincerely, I think the San Francisco I felt in love with will stay in my memories only. So sorry...

Thank you so much for your detailed raw videos. I used to live in SF from 1997 to 2004, and Market street was like really an artery of the city, from a cultural and business point of view. It was just beautiful, despite 6th street and part Jones street, it was a beautiful city. This is so sad and an extremely serious issue. Somebody must save this city.

@LeoMetalTraveler

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing 97 to 04 were indeed the good years in the city

@ddn517-sc4bs

10 ай бұрын

who is going to save it, democrats? LOL

Hard to believe the citizens of San Francisco actually voted for this.

@booshmcfadden7638

Жыл бұрын

I've met a lot of people from San Francisco. They're extremely stupid. I'm not surprised at all.

@AdamSternberg

Жыл бұрын

No, it's not. They are a bunch of idiots there. They deserve nothing less.

@1029zsz

Жыл бұрын

Not one of them are chess players 😂 they can”t see the next move coming even when you point it out to them

@WrongThink_

Жыл бұрын

Ikr... It's a shame the REPUBLICANS did this to San Francisco with their decades of failed policies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@AkioWasRight

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to think the voting system is just corrupt, and the general population understands these problems... But in SF and CA as whole really, really are that stupid.

I'm a retired flight attendant. In the early 2000's I did many, many layovers in this beautiful city. Streetcars, the Embarcadero, the Presidio, Fisherman's Warf, Chinatown, Drager's, a few favorite restaurants, and the list goes on. I loved my long SFO layovers. So sad to see this blight. It's heartbreaking.

@Lightning613

Жыл бұрын

The desired end result of a typical DEM-run(down) city.

@TheHaratashi

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to liberal wokeness.

@600micsofacid

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I frequented the Bay Area from 2009-2015 and San Fran was a gorgeous place. It is virtually unrecognizable today. So pathetically stupid of its leadership to destroy the flagship city of America

@pedrodcu

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheHaratashiwokeness has nothing to do with this...see past the symptoms..the American economic system is broke.. greed and offshoring jobs for a couple of generations did this...

@AlexMoonrize

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHaratashi do your research right my friend.

This used to be such a beautiful and sophisticated city in the 80’s.

This breaks my heart, I have been to SF several times and it is a beautiful city. I hope the city will do something, to see SF in this state is truly devastating. 😢

So absolutely sad. I went to SF for a work convention and was really shocked how dirty it was. A homeless man walked into the place i was eating, yelled some things i couldn't understand went around asking for money then got angry at everyone. Outside, i saw someone urinating and then some lady yelled at me cause i picked up my suitcase crossing the road. She said " i aint gonna steal yo sh*t , quit fc*ing acting!!! " to my face. This was all within 2 hours. I was truly saddened. There were some beautiful places without this problem.

@Bulldog-mi3om

Жыл бұрын

Dang.. Me and my family visited San Fran and the Bay Area ahead of pandemic.. It was beautiful. I am reading the comments and its just saddening to hear this.

@cookielapaz8927

Жыл бұрын

I've worked in SF since 1996 and saw its continued demise. This is a blessing in disguise, glad to see the monopolies close. This is our time to bring back small businesses and end Chinese junk sales.

@onlyfacts4999

Жыл бұрын

​@@cookielapaz8927 Lol you're out of your mind, once these big businesses close, it's not going to be replaced by small businesses. California will simply go the way of Detroit and Chicago and become another lawless haven for crime.

@CFS1820

Жыл бұрын

The drug issue in America is out of control. This is all caused by fentanyl, heroin, and meth. We could easily fix this problem by locking away the drug dealers for life for selling this shit.

@reginaq6527

Жыл бұрын

and now ALL the people from California are coming for TEXAS & OKLAHOMA!!! 🤨The plan is working!!!

I'm actually shocked. I didn't realize things were THIS bad.

@ShadyBooty

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Wow

@darkmantis69

11 ай бұрын

@@ShadyBooty media hides everything to protect their liberal in charge. This is happening all over the country.

@HiPlains1

11 ай бұрын

Most of the tourist that show up are also shocked and soon realize they wasted their money and time.

@Nikkithedog-t6b

11 ай бұрын

They aren't, this is a right wing funded channel that tries to get people to vote right wing with lies and scaring you. There is a transformation going on to replace brick and mortar businesses because online business is wrecking them. A huge number of SF employees moved to remote home work as it's better and cheaper. It's also extremely expensive to live and operate in SF because people love to live there. A tent in SF would rent for more than an apartment in most of America.

@BlackJesus8463

11 ай бұрын

same

Gov Newsome such leadership, just what our country needs

At least they’ll be able to say that retail crime is on the low. No shops. No thefts.

Thank you, California, for the shoplifter's protection laws that you've enforced. This is why stores cannot afford your city.

@paulovinicius7052

Жыл бұрын

This is so bad to the point it cannot be called unintentional anymore. If I could sum it up in a word, it would be "evil".

@chadsimmons6347

Жыл бұрын

Send the bulldozers in, & after buildings are gone, the bums move out? Let the farmers make use of it.

@robertakline9785

Жыл бұрын

@@chadsimmons6347 if you knew what they are doing to the farmers here!

@NeonDriveTouring

Жыл бұрын

The real cause is WFH policies causing everyone to move out of San Francisco. No reason to live in a crazy expensive city when you can live elsewhere for cheaper. No customers = no retail. Walgreens themselves admitted the cause of closure wasn't theft. Of course you're free to pander your misguided agenda.

@carmensaify

11 ай бұрын

but also people stopped being able to afford the city also- so thank greedy landlords and wealthy developers while you're at it.

The voters voted for this disastrous result. Voters got exactly what they wanted. That often doesn’t happen.

@mrbill2600

Жыл бұрын

I for one do not feel bad for San Francisco ... they got what they voted for.

@markleach2177

Жыл бұрын

Then they move because it sucks and vote dem there too. It's a mental disease.

@JonnyBeoulve

Жыл бұрын

Democrats want our society to collapse. And it is.

@mmtaraval

Жыл бұрын

@@mrbill2600 What did they vote for?

@m.redleg252

Жыл бұрын

@@mmtaraval Politicians that cared NOTHING for the workers. Politicians that only craved power. Politicians that coddled criminals and druggies. Politicians that made sure no one could afford a home or rent. Those are some of the things they voted for. Stop acting ignorant.

I was active duty Navy in the late 80's to early 90's. Mt view is where I lived. I used to love to go to SF on the weekends. I can't believe this is the same place. So very sad this has happened. It will never be the same, and will probably get worse.

I used to live in the SF Bay Area and took BART into SF every day for work back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I worked in the Embarcadero area (California St.). The farther down Market you went, the worse it got. By the time you got to Civic Center, the stench of garbage and urine was overpowering and that was back then. SF has been on a slow decline for years. I'm so glad I got out of CA.

I went to college in SF and worked for a short time near Union Square at an art gallery around 2006 - 2007. I can look at those vacant spots and recall what stores they used to be. Its just a shock to see how desolate it has become.

@ADUAquascaping

Жыл бұрын

Why are high crime rates always associated with the black race... and it's a global phenomenon. You can't logically attribute their behavior to systemic racism. It's utter nonsense. The truth is just too harsh for people to accept

@jb-vb8un

Жыл бұрын

recall the image of KLANOCRAT PELOSI kneeling for BLM / KKK

@candicemorgan979

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the utopia dreamland dems want the peasants to live in 😂😂😂 also I’m glad there’s no smellovision as the streets are covered in human urine and feces... wait for diseases we haven’t seen in a century plus come back

@venomtang

Жыл бұрын

Cool, what do you do now?

@Andredelagarde

Жыл бұрын

I used to live in SF in 2006, it has changed so much, so sad

What’s worse is that the politicians that made this happen couldn’t care less and will try to advocate for similar policies to be implemented in other cities

@leeg5678

Жыл бұрын

GOAL IS TO PUSH FOR TOTAL CONTROL, THEY ARE CREATING THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION. ARE YOU REALLY THAT BRAIN DEAD?

@MindBodySoulOk

Жыл бұрын

They're evil

@shaft9000

Жыл бұрын

Politician alone can't "make this happen" - the voters enable it

@winslowbrewer821

Жыл бұрын

It’s not the politicians, but rather the voters that put them in the office, something for nothing is the democrat’s creed

@2111onyx

Жыл бұрын

As well as the people that fled from it and moved to other states.

Thanks for sharing. I used to walk the same route to office everyday before the pandemic. I can’t believe things have changed so much. Sad!

Wow, I don't recognize this area at all anymore, nor the people on the streets. We used to walk everywhere and go into the stores. So sad what the city has allowed. Hope you guys get your city back.

What a shame. It looks like a ghost town now and businesses are closing at a rapid pace. This is what happens when people are allowed to steal and rob with no repercussions

@lookoutforchris

Жыл бұрын

SF is the liberal paradise. Look at it carefully and remember.

@YuTv1408

Жыл бұрын

It's a lot more than that which can not discussed here on KZread

@josemuzquiz7146

Жыл бұрын

You don't see what they're doing, they're destroying the private sector & real estate markets. So there won't be no choice but for government to come in and fill the void. This is intentional. They know exactly what they're doing.

@nafnaf0

Жыл бұрын

4:47 this is just down the street from the city's Tenderloin Center for Drug Addicts. It has a "come as you are policy". Basically vagrants wait in line, hang out, and do drugs

@fritzkabeano1969

Жыл бұрын

This is what happens to every city when democrat loony lib policies are implemented.

The same thing is happening in Seattle and Portland. Wherever criminals have more rights than law abiding citizens.

@alexchopper7997

Жыл бұрын

I just came back from Seattle. I drove all around downtown. Went to pikes place and it was bustling with tourism. I didn’t see any dystopia like SF. Its a lovely city (when it’s not raining)😂

@thegamersgalaxy2855

Жыл бұрын

😂

@bobbitchun8659

Жыл бұрын

Any city that allowed "Chaz" to happen isn't headed in the right direction.

@manictiger

Жыл бұрын

​@@alexchopper7997 That's because it's just at the beginning of stage 4 cancer. SF is in stage 5, dead.

@cubbie8330

Жыл бұрын

Remember the show Dark Angel in the early 2000s? That's exactly what Seattle will become !

Well done, California! Not a single plastic straw in sight!

@Chrisoula17

Ай бұрын

Best comment!!!!!

I've been there back in 1995 when it was everybody's dream city. Then I visited again in 2007, when it slowly started declining - but still, Market St. was bustling. Can't believe my eyes seeing what it finally has turned into. Btw. every single bus shelter seems to have its glass panes smacked or removed.

Just beyond crazy……that’s what happens when criminals run free & can steal with no prosecution.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

That’s what my new video is about!

@kaicandoit

Жыл бұрын

@@daking-dumb You're comparing a police state to our country. You want 24 hour surveillance, or anti terrorism units constantly patrolling the streets? That's not a free society.

@river4462

Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when officials run free with their heads buried far too deep to see reality

@txmmafam

Жыл бұрын

this is what happens when criminals run the city and state

@scottw7141

Жыл бұрын

No, this is what happens when Democrats run anything.

I was raised across the bay in the 60s and 70s. To me, San Francisco was the most beautiful city in America. I spent a lot of time there, taking my family there to experience everything SF had to offer. Well, I wouldn't step foot there anymore. The politicians destroyed that city.😢

@gone2it

Жыл бұрын

My first trip as an adult was to San Francisco. It was such an accomplishment at that time. I was so happy....it is so different now.

@bukboefidun9096

Жыл бұрын

I have been there a couple dozen times in the 70s, 80s, 90s, last time 2006... never ever again. Even then the decline was accelerating. Sad

@rg950

Жыл бұрын

This is being caused by climate change. Many supply lines have been closed due to extreme weather events across the world. More needs to be done.

@cynthiamgrooms8195

Жыл бұрын

You actually Blame the Politicians, Instead of Everyone who Put them in those Must Win Election seats, again & Again, For DECADES?!? Wooooow. It’s a shame we can’t build a wall, to keep the Ignorance grown in Commifornia, In Commifornia’s Shytholes, so they casptead their disease anywhere else!!! If you even attempt to be mad or offended about a Wall-it means you actually Know they work. 🤬🤢🤮

@TheCornerZoo

Жыл бұрын

Raised in Orinda, lived in Piedmont, San Francisco was such a delight. Spent many hours with my mother shopping and having lunch. It was so fun and uplifting. I worked at the Embarcadero for a while, got to watch the fog come in under the Golden Gate. I'm so glad I have those memories. RIP San Francisco.

I hope Gavin Newsom, all parties, SF mayor, and all Californians learn from this. Many of us made mistakes by voting for the wrong people and wrong propositions. Now is better than never to take action. I love to see crowds and stores back in the city. We should change all laws protecting criminals. We should support local businesses and stop buying online as much as possible. We need laws that brings more safety to Bay Area. We need laws that help the police put these criminals in jail. Please take action before it is too late. San Francisco is the starting point. If we continue accepting this life style and don’t act now, after SF we see other cities become dead soon. I am hopeful ❤

@anandarochisha

10 ай бұрын

Gop..run by a convicted sex molester out on bail in 4 jurisdictions on 91 indictments. voting for that is like joining a satanic cult.

QUESTION for people who grew up in San Francisco prior 2000. I was in SF in early 2000 and living there for few years. People were so easy going and friendly especially at my apt. Were SF people always like this or because it was a happy time for everyone in America?

@fendiebs

11 ай бұрын

good question but i dont know

@patrickgarvey146

7 ай бұрын

Still had an actual community in the city prior to the dotcom BS.

My wife and I got married in October of 1984. We spent our honeymoon in San Francisco. A once vibrant and beautiful city is now an urban cesspool. For us this is a personal tragedy. It is also a national disgrace. Thanks again Leo for showing us the ugly truth. To fix a problem, first of all it has to be understood there is a problem. Video evidence such as your work may be a first step in saving San Francisco. "Whatever you do, don't get off the bus!" Roger that...

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too I will be posting more videos

@Comeswoopfam

Жыл бұрын

Who willingly goes to SF for a honeymoon? 😂

@stefanx5470

Жыл бұрын

@@LeoMetalTraveler Could you continue to walk all the way down to Ferry Plaza or go the other way and to Castro? Man, I am also curious what Union Square and Fisherman Wharf look like now! Thx for doing this!

@soavemusica

Жыл бұрын

"Burger King- have it your way"...LOL, think about it, when voting...You get the representatives you deserve.

@NikkiRowCoxx

Жыл бұрын

This serves as a warning when progressivism takes power.

Just an FYI for anyone watching, this incredible collapse mostly happened in the last FOUR YEARS. I lived in and around SF from 97 through 2018 before I moved to South Florida. While the downturn began years ago the acceleration of the demise astonishes even me as a former resident that watched it slowly crumble over the years. At least I have my memories of the years I spent and people I met there.

@mikejohnson4376

Жыл бұрын

I know you're loving Florida it might be humid there but it's beautiful and their beaches are so beautiful😊

@LuckysLair

Жыл бұрын

Once it reaches a tipping point there's no stopping it.....belated "Welcome to Florida" btw

@fuzzywzhe

Жыл бұрын

When is the last time San Francisco, or the state, wasn't under democratic control? Don't ruin Florida. You're a refugee, not a missionary.

@alabar9795

Жыл бұрын

Lockdowns effects will continue for another decade atleast. U shut the planit down and get this result.

@darkcarnival5207

Жыл бұрын

​@@fuzzywzhe Quiet down, fool. If you're at all interested it's the conservatives that bailed on California (and New York and Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and New Jersey), not the loons on the left, so all the worries about people transporting that disease to another state are overblown.

I remember driving thru there as a child in the 60's. It was amazing. The traffic was thick. The air was electric. The city positively buzzed. We had our faces glued to the car windows staring up at the tall buildings and all the sites 😢

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

San Francisco in the 60’s sounds like a beautiful era, I missed it ,but I can imagine it from what you wrote here today how amazing it was. Thank you for sharing!

Appreciate Your Videos I was taking pictures of closed down theaters in SF about 5 years ago. I was told the Alexandria was going to be torn down and turned in Condos or Apartments. I guess that fell through. Maybe that developer was lucky. My wife and i were both born in San Francisco in 1960. In 2006 we moved to Elk Grove so we could afford a home. We never dreamed that......... 1. We would never be able to afford to move back. 2. Not even sure that we would want to move back if we could afford it. It was such a great city for us. We both had good jobs. When we met, i was taking the N Judah to work and she was on the J Church. She was in commercial real estate and i was in The Painters Union. All those building i worked in are 50% empty now.....maybe more 😕😕

My parents went to San Francisco on their honeymoon in early 1963. They described it as a beautiful, vibrant. colorful, affordable, clean city full of lovely department stores, restaurants, exciting nightclubs, interesting shops of all kinds and wonderful city life! Folk music was all the rage and they saw many groups of clean-cut college age singers and musicians singing positive songs on the streets about making a better world. SF couldn't be more completely opposite today. What a terrible tragedy.

@Kr0n1kTh3Kl0wn

Жыл бұрын

Do you know what changed? Do you know what happened? Democrats. Liberals. Progressives. This, is the Desert of the Woke.

@zonacrs

Жыл бұрын

This is the result of those "clean-cut college age singers and musicians singing positive songs on the streets about making a better world" views and voting record.

@jaysphilosophy1951

Жыл бұрын

What happened is Silicon Valley and Wall St. took over the country. In 1963, SV didn't exist yet and Wall st was mainly in NY.

@EBEconomicNews

Жыл бұрын

SF, the new Detroit. But don’t worry Ukraine will get more money.

@disguiseddv8ant486

Жыл бұрын

Well ANTIFA wasn't around in 1963.

Whoa! That was an eye-opener! I lived in San Francisco in the early 1970's, when they built the BART system and laid the cobblestone sidewalks. It was a beautiful, thriving cultural center then. It is shocking to see how far it has fallen. The political, social and environmental degradation is mind-boggling. Every local and state politician for the past 50 years should be held accountable. Also: Why haven't I seen videos of San Francisco like this until now? I watch the news all the time. I'm a news junkie. I've seen short clips of the Tenderloin, but nothing like this. Our news media is failing us, as well as every other institution. We live in a very weird time. A social apocalypse.

@Trill225

Жыл бұрын

Thats because you can turn the city out with all the fluff.that was before and this is after that was the goal from the beginning.

@martincagle9226

Жыл бұрын

No news, just slanted propaganda. FAKE NEWS.

@stevoschannel4127

Жыл бұрын

Beacuse corporate news is the propaganda wing of the Left. They are absolutely opposed to showing what this toxic tolerance policies really do to civilization...

@danielkingery2894

Жыл бұрын

As if BART wasn't an overly costly Socialist means of lining the pockets of the elites by taxing productive folks and making crime easier to spread out over the whole of the region.

@36736fps

Жыл бұрын

I also worked in The City in the 70's for Bechtel at 50 Beale and 50 California. I remember the BART bricklayers laying their union-limited bricks by lunch, going home, and getting paid for an 8 hour day. Weekdays the sidewalks were side-to-side with people. Even weekends there were 10x this many pedestrians.

I kinda wish you'd stopped and talked to the tourists waiting for the tram. I'm super curious about what their thoughts were about all the closed stores, or if they found pockets of some sort of value in that area. Or if they were mainly there to do the tram.

Keep going looks great is getting better every day, congratulations 🎊 👏 ❤🎉❤🎉

I was born and raised in San Francisco and this isn’t 10% of how bad it really is. I moved 30 miles south in 2012 and went there recently and got sick to my stomach, and Oakland is far worse

@josezapata1878

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏😻😹😸we love democrats 😊

@JoshJones-xd5mw

Жыл бұрын

@@josezapata1878tell Ashli whateverhernamewas “hi” when you get where you’re going, pussykitten

@mikejohnson4376

Жыл бұрын

Like I say if you want your town to go to shit vote Democrat

@shouryabose5943

Жыл бұрын

Have a friend who lives in mountain viw. Mountain view/sunnyvale are INFINITELY better. Although san jose is starting to show signs of going the SF way.

@bigbttexas

Жыл бұрын

USA is going to SH@Tand we need to get it togeather real fast or its over.And NEVER VOTE FOR A FKN LIBERAL OR REBUBLICAN AGAIN!

From the UK, we toured the US in 2005 and spent a lot of time in San Francisco, we love it. So busy, people everywhere, so friendly, so many shops and attractions. We always said we would go back one day but seeing the streets we used to walk down looking like this breaks my heart. I don't recognise the city we used to love. :-(

@section5760

Жыл бұрын

Just go to London instead fella. A very vibrant and enriched city of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. 👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍻

@1-God1-Truth1-Life1-Forever

Жыл бұрын

I live in the States and was putting off traveling to all of our cities and National Parks until retirement. I didn't see my own Country and now it's all, but gone. Half of my Nation asked for this and abused those warning against these progressives. That's what breaks my heart the most. They don't even express remorse, but they'll raise the rafters when these 🤬🤬🤬 illegals get take priority over them.

@funnycustard8901

Жыл бұрын

Makes Oxford Street look amazing 😂

@petermainwaringsx

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Visited SF a few times but not any more. Very sad.

@shellwirtful

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the east bay, SF was a beautiful vibrant little city, my sisters and I would go for the day on our bikes as kids. I live in the UK now, when I go back home I never go in SF. It’s amazing how quickly it happened.

In my city Malls have closed stores and Stan almost empty. The effect of on line buying has hit stand alone retail hard and many well known Mall stores have online outlets. My wife and I do not visit Malls as we used to and prefer the smaller businesses that operate in the city. Outside in the suburbs, new Malls are doing well. Crime and degradation certainly ply’s a part in downgrading city centers but in my city, business folks have turned one time blighted areas into pleasant places with multiple restaurants and other leisure activities.

KTVU did a report on how tourists see San Francisco as the most unsafe city to visit in America and interviewed 3 tourists that were victimized. The next day, KTVU interviewed people on Pier 39 to see how they felt and everyone said it was safe. One of the people they interviewed had their car broken into while being questioned.

I too was born in San Francisco and I am sorry to see that it has deteriorated so much. I walked these streets when it was bustling with people and cars. Thank you for showing the true picture of what is happening because the mainstream media does not.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and for your support more videos on the works

@element-dh9dx

Жыл бұрын

I blame the Governator.

@drbh6331

Жыл бұрын

@@LeoMetalTraveler New york is looking like this. I have been to new york many times before covid now new york looks like a dead cat

@MusicStudent1

Жыл бұрын

Liberalism eliminates everything from boy scouts to saturday morning cartoons to once great cities. If you voted for high taxes, defunding the police, woke policies, this is what you get. This is what they voted for. This is what they want. No tragedy here, this is what San Fran is supposed to be like.

@mrtim5363

Жыл бұрын

It's not the Democrats, the Governor, or 'California policies that did this. This is very clearly the end of the middle class & a death spiral for the common working man. It is the work of the 'Haves' against the 'Have Nots'. You can either afford to live in luxury, or you sleep on the street. Those are your options. It's not R v D or Black v White. It's Rich v Poor & Americans in every major cities on both coasts have already lost the battle. Because they won't throw these wealthy money grubbing criminals out of office. The people & talking heads on TV are too busy arguing about Hunter Biden's laptop.

I was in Tennessee two weeks ago and my friend engaged in a conversation with a guy while in line for coffee who reported that he just got back from SF and couldn’t believe what a dump it was. The guy said he didn’t feel safe at night and stayed in the hotel. The guy was from Canada and said SF is being reported as a beautiful city to visit. The guy said he would never go back.

@user-er1on9yi9e

Жыл бұрын

Another guy who chose to visit the worst parts of a beautiful city . Why do folks do that on vacation ?

@rw4022

Жыл бұрын

@@user-er1on9yi9e what part of SF is beautiful?

@user-er1on9yi9e

Жыл бұрын

@@rw4022 North Beach , Russian Hill , Nob Hill , The Presidio , Crissy Field . Golden Gate Park , Ocean Beach , Palace of Fine Arts area ....and the views of The Bay and surrounding area from any of 43 hills

@user-er1on9yi9e

Жыл бұрын

@@rw4022 PS That's a very Partial list so MOST . Everyone is focused on the exceptions - It gets views and comments and that's the name of the game

@plats6741

Жыл бұрын

Heard that from a friend of mine 7 years ago .....can only imagine what it is now.

Hey thanks for posting this! I used to be a street performer out there. It's a far cry from what it used to be. Yet, it still looks like "some" foot traffic out there. I'm going to get out there and light it up soon. It's just too damn quiet.

Keep voting blue people.

The entire city has cratered. It's amazing any businesses are left at all.

@JonesDavid-xm3bz

Жыл бұрын

Give it time 🤣

@user-er1on9yi9e

Жыл бұрын

The whole 49 square miles ? Funny .

@plumeria66

Жыл бұрын

This city was doomed. They never bothered addressing the issues of the homeless and drug problems which were festering way back when I lived there in the 90s. Then the pandemic hit and their policies did not help. Boston is a democrat city and isn’t dystopian like SF.

@user-er1on9yi9e

Жыл бұрын

@@plumeria66 SF is subject to a tremendous Boom then Bust cycle . Attracting so much Tech to the City blew up the balloon again and along with its highly paid employees further gentrified the city . When The Pandemic hit Work from Home hit SF harder and has persisted longer than any other city and what we see is a City hollowed out of long term residents and cleared out of its Boom workers . Who will support downtown businesses when no one lives there and the office workers work from home ?

@wonderboy2402

Жыл бұрын

Just waiting out those leases…

The people are in denial. San Francisco is really bad 😞 The people think it's going to bounce back. I'm not seeing that. Politicians waste money and nobody can think we can spend our way out of this!

@davidbrayshaw3529

Жыл бұрын

History has not been kind to towns and cities that have lost their ability to generate wealth. Be it coal towns in the Appalachians, port towns on the Mississippi River or Detroit, once the potential to realize income dries up, it's a long way down from there. San Francisco has hope due to the weather, the bay and as a gateway to the Pacific, but it's only hope. Time will tell.

@FrenchmansFlats51

Жыл бұрын

SF is beautiful with an incredible history. It will bounce back, after the current stupid voters and corrupt “leaders” have been expunged. Boston was in the same predicament in the 40s-60s; it took many years but by the late 90s the idiots were gone. I would not write off SF just yet

@scotthouston6621

Жыл бұрын

Keep voting Democrat!🤡😂🤣😅👍

@dizzotizzo69

Жыл бұрын

@@scotthouston6621 Yep! They ruin everything!!

@dizzotizzo69

Жыл бұрын

@@scotthouston6621 Sad thing is, there are more dumb people than smart people. It's like the movie "Idiocracy" coming true. Mike Judge is a genius.

It's horrible. I live here and it's very nostalgic. San Francisco won't recover from the pandemic soon. It will take more than 2 more years to be far away from what it was. I always thought that the lock down was the worst decision made by the country. Bad for the country and good for other industries.There was no more options than paying debts.

I grew up in the Bay Area. My Grandparents live in SF. In the late 60s and early 70s, a trip into the City was fantastic. Great shopping. Great restaurants. City of Paris. You could walk around pretty much anywhere and it was safe, even the Tenderloin. I have long since moved out of CA, gladly, but it is heart breaking to see the decline of such a great city. I am glad my grandmother cannot see what has happened.

@mrsplanetmaster9

Жыл бұрын

My dad worked with Pan Am and we had travel benefits and started traveling the world at 5 yrs old....BUT> somehow we would end up in SFO at least once a year...living in NYC this place was heavenly...yes Haight Ashbury 😁😁Mmmm good🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿++ I too am glad for for Grandma💚💙🙋🏻‍♀

@demri123

Жыл бұрын

Yea man i used to walk around as a kid in the 90s and it was still pretty vibrant. Shops and people everywhere talking, interacting.... SF and Oakland too actually. Seems like quite a decline.

@MrVvulf

Жыл бұрын

My father grew up in SF. He lived right on El Camino Del Mar, within a single block of where the Presidio starts. From his bedroom window, he looked down the shoreline of Baker Beach and could see the Golden Gate Bridge clearly. He attended the language school at the Presidio and could have walked home for lunch if that was allowed. He left for the military and then worked his whole life in the intelligence field. He went back to visit friends and relatives in SF, many times since he graduated high school in the mid 1950s (from George Washington HS). He said he started to notice major changes as far back as the 80s, but it wasn't until the late 2000s that the city really went to hell in a handbasket. These days he wouldn't visit if you gave him free airfare. It's too painful to see what the city has become.

@bobbykiefer4306

Жыл бұрын

@@MrVvulf This is normal. Most large American cities lost people to the suburbs.

@MrVvulf

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbykiefer4306 Did you watch the video? This isn't a matter of losing a small measure of vibrancy...the downtown area of SF is a dystopian ghost town. Just google "downtown san francisco is abandoned" and read a selection of the myriad articles your inquiry will elicit.

This is insane. And heartbreaking. Heartbreakingly insane. In '94, on a dare from friends, I shoplifted about $25-30 worth of shampoo and other small items from a grocery store. I was caught and arrested, then later had to go to court to pay ~$500 (~5 times the value of the stolen goods, plus court costs). I was 12. *Twelve* and society expected more from me than *GROWN MEN AND WOMEN* in SF, who can rob stores (and individuals) of up to *$1,000* and face absolutely no consequences. This isn't to say I want a greater presence of gov't police in everyone's business in San Francisco. But someone (preferably the people) needs to stand up and say "enough!" This video is what happens when no one expects anything more from people. There *has* to be a middle ground between too much of a police presence and complete apathy that foments lawlessness and the doom spiral of once-great cities.

@goldenfleece777

Жыл бұрын

There is a possibility that all of this is happening by design.

@lindalucky9214

Жыл бұрын

​​@@goldenfleece777confirmed...orchestrated by soros n Obama....their solution....take your 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫 🔫.

@RogerBuffington

Жыл бұрын

You don’t want more police so you will get this lawless chaos. You are the problem.

@Novusod

Жыл бұрын

@@goldenfleece777 It is a product of Democrat policy to be soft on crime. They have ruined many great cities doing this.

@justSTUMBLEDupon

Жыл бұрын

@@goldenfleece777it’s a small possibility. Allot of this is people thinking they are doing the right thing by creating these laws when in fact they are not. For them, this is not the conclusion they sought. But for the radical they teamed up with. The radical socialists and communists who want to fundamentally transform society and the nation, yes for them they knew this is the conclusion of their ideas. They want suffering so that they can come up with a even better “solution” as people cry out for one.

This isn't a California thing. Every state is going through some level of this. It's not even just an American thing. Allot of the UK and France is boarded up and full of junkies. We're in trouble y'all.

I used to repair Automatic doors at half those places. Crazy to see this. I left CA 3 years ago. Last 2 times I worked in the city they smashed my windows and stole stuff. Between the organized crime rings stealing everything and the drugged out homeless laying in every doorway with a stream of piss going across the sidewalk to the gutter from their little camp, to the crazies just yelling and barking at people.. the cops waiting to ticket or tow anyone good person doing actual productive stuff. Eff that place.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Some have replaced the automatic doors with wooden boards jk thank you for sharing

@andrewchang8192

11 ай бұрын

I can't believe the current situation # SF . Changed my mind of visiting the beautiful places of California or America . Also b'cos of Covid lock down , I lost ( 3 years ) the opportunity to travel . It was my retired plan ( dream visit places ) A big miss & regret for me .

@NiaArifah-br6cr

10 ай бұрын

do you still vote blue?

@godzgr8

10 ай бұрын

@@NiaArifah-br6cr can't say I ever did.

Wow! My husband and I visited San Francisco about twenty years ago and had the best time! We saw all the sights, road the trolleys, watched the seals, visited Alcatraz, and so much more. It was a dream trip for us and I’m so glad we saw it before it crumbled. This is just so sad to see. Thank for the video.😢

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

@ritafairclough6470

Жыл бұрын

The most beautiful city in the world

@CountryGalB

Жыл бұрын

I visited from England a couple of months ago. Never, ever again. I saw exactly what is on show on this video. There are some nicer parts but the city is an absolute dump.

@MrLangDog

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Oakland , at the Naval base, for a year and a half until 1980 when I was in the 8th grade. SF was such a cool place, almost like a foreign city. Oakland was rough, but not terrible in most places. It is such a shame what DEM policies and compassionate liberalism has turned both cities into.

@amynazza

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLangDog Definitely malevolent compassion. So ignorant and messed up. Makes me sad.

My San Francisco is gone. Graduation 1976. Beautiful back in the day. So sorry you missed it. I’m long gone to Wyoming. Hope that my grandchild will one day will see a new/revitalized Frisco !

I was a child in the 70s. Market St. Was a treat. To go shopping with my parents. And a Saturday matinee. With the Movie Theaters that cost 50 cents. Or a $1 for double features. I worked at One Embarcadero Security Pacific Bank. At 19 years old. This happened to cities over and over in the Bible when they chose not to follow God.

That is crazy, San Fran revenues have to be down at least 60-70%. There is basically almost no reason to go to that city. Congratulations progressive democrats keep it up

@nyc2621

Жыл бұрын

I think Newsom is allocating dollars from cities that are collecting a lot tax revenues and putting in San Francisco because how can these activists liberals in city hall can afford drugs for the zombies in the streets.

@gridley

Жыл бұрын

@@49ers_Leaks415 Which means the retailers on Market St are walking away from a gold mine (I'm being both serious & sarcastic)

@billmeeker774

Жыл бұрын

Vote for democrats and this is what always happens. Why is it the voters are so dense? Is the media blowing smoke and hiding the truth of what democrats are doing in Portland, Detroit, Chicago and the rest of California? Do yourself a favor and wake up the liberal idiots who keep believing the lies of democrats help them smell the coffee or leave them in a group of beggars and drug addicts one of their cities and figure out what is going on!

@marcamorello2803

Жыл бұрын

I hate how people blame progressive politics on the issues in sf. Of course the city has been mismanaged but the core issue is nimbyism which is an apolitical topic. Not building enough housing got sf into this mess and the high cost living that resulted from low housing supply caused cost of living to surge. Tech workers became the main demographic the city tried to attract pushing out everyday people. When COVID hit and wfh happened they left because of said high cost of living. This is literally because they didn’t build enough housing and that’s not conservative or liberal that’s just bad governance.

@marieferguson7094

Жыл бұрын

Way to take care of your district Nancy Pelosi.

Thank you for taking the time to show us what's happening.

@robinkrop9404

Жыл бұрын

Just to qualify, this is a fairly emptied downtown. But the rest of the neighborhoods are populated with businesses and people who live there.

Historic city turned ghost town. Entire blocks of buildings empty yet people sleep on the streets in tents. I won’t blame the people, I’ll blame the corporate greed and idiotic government that allowed this to happen.

Hey Leo, thank you for shining a light on S.F. with this great video! I'm a born, bred, and raised California OG. I have lived in S.F. three separate times in my life. This city USED to be vibrant and fun...full of creative, compassionate, amazing people, venues, and artists. The entire city had a friendly community vibe. Sadly, the city was transformed by vagrant corporate employees and entrepreneurs (from elsewhere) who didn't have any connection (other than a paycheck) to this once thriving city. The housing demand created by the influx of employees working in tech, made the city feel disjointed. Locals got evicted from their homes, rents skyrocketed, the homeless population increased off the charts, government policies that make mo sense were enforced, and crime increased at least 10 fold. It's a shame. The 'starving artists' could no longer afford to live there. People who lived peacefully in S.F. could no longer afford to stay in the city. The extremely unfriendly business taxes make running a small biz a pipe dream. S.F. is currently a cesspool of filth and crime. It's sad.

@CBatista1234

Жыл бұрын

Corporate employees, entrepreneurs and housing demand did not ruin San Francisco. The far left socialist ideology did it. It is hardwired into the city government and the residents. They turned it into a progressive utopia and now we are seeing the devastation.

@chingron

Жыл бұрын

And I bet you are still voting for the same people who created this mess. This is what decades of liberal policy results in. Good luck digging yourself out of that hole.

@boostedmaniac

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. It’s really sad what they’ve done to the CA.

@AbuSous2000PR

Жыл бұрын

Thx for sharing IMHO...The BIGGEST problem was that SF depended on technology-related businesses way too much, and that made its business model fragile. When Covid came in; many corporations and their employees canceled their leases and moved out When the rent is too high; it increases homelessness, crime plus less tax revenues. The key is to diversify

@f87115

Жыл бұрын

Sf has always been a cess pool you just didn’t notice, will be chiraq in a week

It's amazing how rapidly anti-law enforcement/prosecution and anti-business policies set in place by just a handful of people, some of them not even elected, can turn a city from a world leader into a standard-issue inner city area.

@olorin1710

Жыл бұрын

Yes has absolutely nothing to do with ever growing wealth gaps, heavy investment in private instead of public. Nothing to do with inflation.

@lotsoffun4716

Жыл бұрын

@@olorin1710 Blame the liberal policies of the Democrats. Free tents, free needles, and no arrest for criminals breaking into stores.

@aldousbrawndo996

Жыл бұрын

We have to accept there's a transnational unnameable mega-corporation of Psychopathic demon worshippers hell bent on global anstract enslavement---if we do, maybe Humanity can start to find its footing and have any kind of hope of getting free from them

@juliejones974

Жыл бұрын

​@@olorin1710what a crappy day it will be when you start researching and realize you where wrong all this time and you were their useful idiot.

@tonyducks1121

Жыл бұрын

​@@olorin1710This is 1000% the result of woke Marxist policies. The most braindead though process ever devised by man.

This is what the 'progressive' City Council, State Reps, and Governor Newsom has allowed to happen. Take it back, voters! Go vigilante,,,on ALL OF THEM!

I’d like to see a follow up to this video. What remains closed, did any spaces rent to a business etc etc. Also a look at how many people are ripped on tranq like in 1:44

Used to live in SF in 2011. Back in Ireland now. Seeing this is SCARY. It's changed into a dystopian nightmare!

@americathegreatdistributio8367

Жыл бұрын

They keep electing DemonCrates ...Good Luck!

@eblasphamy1

Жыл бұрын

Liberalism is a mental disorder

@Rascal77s

Жыл бұрын

No, this is the nice part of SF. You haven't seen the dystopian parts yet.

@pawel2003

Жыл бұрын

@@Rascal77s wow

@d4ever649

Жыл бұрын

You mean a democrat dream 🎉

Anytime you start seeing fast food restaurants and grocery stores closing you know the area is in deep trouble. To me this looks like a city in decline, and a place to stay away from.

@thedriver8534

Жыл бұрын

Duh you must be rill smurt

@peterl2820

Жыл бұрын

stay in your red state....jethro !

@Nwilliam43

Жыл бұрын

@@peterl2820 stay in san franshithole then

@vitawater4259

Жыл бұрын

Truth hurts

@BigWheel.

Жыл бұрын

​@@peterl2820😂 ok. Keep your sour grapes.

Pretty soon I'll be able to afford housing on or near Market. Can't wait. This is my chance to live in SF before things get better and i'm priced out again.

I wish you would stop people on the street and ask them: What do you think of this and is this what you really want? It's not just the Politicians but the voters as well are responsible for this. We live in a land of choice; what choices are we making and what are the results of these choices?

This is pretty devastating. The decline of San Francisco is definitely worse in recent times than we've been told. Even here in new York City you don't see blocks and blocks of closed businesses like this , and it's considered pretty bad here these days. Good luck.

@dannyc.jewell8788

Жыл бұрын

YET

@lotsoffun4716

Жыл бұрын

According to the 2020 census.....people are fleeing California and New York. They each even lost a congressional seat.

@aacc8466

Жыл бұрын

yes you do

@claudiastrelow7959

Жыл бұрын

Coming to a liberal city near you

@arslanmgl9421

Жыл бұрын

Dont worry Its coming just keep voting

My heart is so broken. I was born and raised in what was a beautiful San Francisco and now I’m in tears. It’s ruined; I can’t even see a comeback. Thanks voters-you destroyed a vibrant city turning it into a cesspool. Way to go 😢

@JonnyBeoulve

Жыл бұрын

Remember who did this: democrats.

@mrthai-rg9nv

Жыл бұрын

did you voted biden in ? nuff shit then

@CarlStreet

Жыл бұрын

AMAZING -- a few naive fantasy prone souls still believe that votes have any effect on how things are managed. BTW, since I do NOT have the heart to burst all your bubbles at once; I suggest you check with your parents about Santa Claus and the Tooth-Fairy. SHEESH where do these fools come from???!

@wifegrant

Жыл бұрын

They just moved somewhere else to vote for the same policies.

@lbeetech

Жыл бұрын

​@@JonnyBeoulveBullshit!

I grew up in SF in the 60s & 70s. It was such a groovy place then. Sometimes, a littlee liberalism can be like a seasoning, making society better....like the 40 hour work week, ending the draft,ect. But as the decades have rolled by, its gone WAY too far. Just like dumping the entire salt shaker on a steak ruins it, too much liberalism destroys a society...or in this case, a city.

There is a corner on Market street where Polk St. and Fell St. meet. A running joke with us was 1Poke, 2 Fell.

I used to live in SF and had proudly taken visiting friends for a city tour. To see this is beyond sad. I hope San Franciscans watch this as wake up call and vote for those who care more about the city than their own ideologies.

@josdav07

Жыл бұрын

Vote blue no matter who baby = This.

@husshhhussh

Жыл бұрын

Exactly you get what you vote for.. quit voting for them people if they haven’t kept their promises.. don’t vote for them again if they didn’t do what they said they were the first time around.. when they gonna learn

@SteveW928

11 ай бұрын

Problem is most of them probably don't understand why. They likely think it is Putin's war with Ukraine, or something. (Lived there 2001-07. Used to work just off Market St, and was regularly around that area. Kind of unreal to see this video.)

@anthonysmith778

11 ай бұрын

Its hard to have any sympathy for San Francisco. As long as they keep this crap there and don't bring it to my community

@douglasjre

11 ай бұрын

I hope San Francisco doesn't wake up. I want my lip friends in Florida to move there

What infuriates me is that the elitist politicians/rich people are not affected. They still can do whatever they want, go whereever they want, and have their kids go to private schools. They live behind close gated communities where there are no addicts, homeless, and criminals.

@huckleberryfinn338

Жыл бұрын

What they can't do is walk down Market St. and without feeling depressed.

@bitkrusher5948

Жыл бұрын

I disagree most are addict and criminals.........the elite buy the drugs and run the corruption and have the sex parties ...the whole town is based on hedonism!

@walterwhite1

Жыл бұрын

True very true

@walterwhite1

Жыл бұрын

@@huckleberryfinn338they never will they don’t hang around lowlifes

@dave3657

Жыл бұрын

Well at least they can’t go downtown and shop now.

Arrived in the Bay Area 1974. As we noticed the subtle changes we made plans. It was a beautiful place and we were blessed to have that experience. Several of my family and I left 2003.

I am gutted, I visited 3 years ago, it was lively, vibrant, an amazing place. I love America, it has so much to like about it.

San Francisco needs all new leadership

@walterwhite1

Жыл бұрын

Keep dreaming dude. I’m a San Francisco resident and we absolutely love our politicians. They’re doing an amazing job. Shame on you. I know you’re Republican, but Democrats are awesome in this city. You have no idea Texas boy.

@marthacanady9441

Жыл бұрын

Ya think.

@machupikachu1085

Жыл бұрын

@@walterwhite1 not sure if trolling?

@partridgefamilybus2021

Жыл бұрын

@@machupikachu1085 If he isn't trolling, he's very stupid.

@memorymedia6188

Жыл бұрын

@@machupikachu1085 Yes he's a troll, lying for the enemy.

This is depressing AF. I grew up in San Jose and we always came to shop on Market Street on the weekends and during christmas. I remember when Old Navy opened its doors when I was a teenager and now my own teenager son went to that Old Navy on its last day opened. So sooooo sad and heartbreaking 💔 for sure. RIP Market Street.

@LeoMetalTraveler

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@JamesCAsphalt8

11 ай бұрын

Write to Gavin if you want to thank him for the leftist liberal policies that have led to what you are seeing here in this video.

@am-vy1fb

10 ай бұрын

It took exactly one generation to destroy the city....

Wow, excellent report, these are a lot of business we don't have anymore, a lot of jobs lost!! I wonder what our mayor and board of supervisor are doing to fix this problem? I believe these are district 3, 5, and 6. Do we have cameras in this corridor? I hope they'll be able to get something done otherwise they need to go and put new people in office, people who knows how to get the job done! Need to get more police, national guard, etc whatever it takes we need to feel safe in this city again!!

I live across the Bay about 25 minutes away, and it's sad what SF has become. This made me go back and look at some old pics in my gallery , and I found some in front of the Gap & AT& T store coming up escalator in 2018 and looks completely different.. the whole city does. It was full of life. Amazing what politics & Big Tech can do to an area. Today, SF is a shadow of its former self. It happened fast, too.

Thanks for your valuable docus, although they hurt. I lived in SF 2006/2007 for about 6 months. It was a friendly, very beautiful town, and I loved it, although Tenderloin was depressing already then. Being Swiss and living in Basel, Switzerland, I consider myself blessed for not having such problems at a significant level here. I have retired recently, and I considered revisiting SF, and possibly other places in the US, including the East Coast, but your contributions and contributions by other local experts have made me having second thoughts. Thanks a lot again.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@riproar11

Жыл бұрын

Why would you ever visit San Francisco when you are central in Europe and can fly to so many wonderful European cities? And you have all of those beautiful mountains with quaint villages on them.

@mysterioanonymous3206

Жыл бұрын

@@riproar11 many people here have been all over Europe already. It's easy, and cheap enough to do a weekend trip pretty much anywhere in Europe. I'm Swiss myself, I've been alone to Italy probably over a dozen times. I haven't been everywhere in EU but it does get sort of repetitive and enough to crave some new, different places. And really, the US does have a lot to offer.... You guys don't give yourselves enough credit.

@TheOrangeRoad

Жыл бұрын

2006 was amazing in SF, spent every weekend there. tenderloin was ghetto, but It wasn't a slum. I went back in 2019 and it was a tent city, closed sidewalks. I jear they cleaned it back up but I don't go to af anymore

@ww2remembered983

Жыл бұрын

Don't let the hysterical click bait morons get you down. You know San Francisco, they don't. We have the same problems that every other major American city has. Except tRump has not gone after our politicians and Asian community in other cities, like he has here.

Wow! This is so damn sad to me. I used to work downtown SF. We could barely walk without bumping into one another. Every business was busy all day. This is a strange sight to behold.

@ADUAquascaping

Жыл бұрын

Why are high crime rates always associated with the black race... and it's a global phenomenon. You can't logically attribute their behavior to systemic racism. It's utter nonsense. The truth is just too harsh for people to accept

@ADUAquascaping

Жыл бұрын

Take responsibility for your behavior and stop blaming everyone else. Even Africa has the highest rape rates in the world. How is this a result of colonialism? It's not.

@FUNKYbax

Жыл бұрын

stop smoking@@ADUAquascaping

@TheRealLady

Жыл бұрын

@@ADUAquascaping your comment is misplaced

@paulamitchell1653

Жыл бұрын

I lived in SF 20 years ago… a strange site is an understatement 😮

You get what you vote for. Elections have consequences. How tragic!

It’s shameful that majority of us voted for this government in CA. We are reaping what we sowed!

I lived in downtown SF in the late 70s when I was going to Grad School at SF State. I lived in a boarding house at the corner of Post and Jones. It was basic and old, but I never felt unsafe. In fact, I thought that SF was the most exciting place I had ever seen in my life (to that point). The AT&T store you showed at Powell and Market, that used to be a Bank of America and it was called the “Day and Night” branch because it was open until 8 PM which was extremely rare for a bank in those days. I briefly worked there while going to school. I had a great time living in SF and will never forget those days. Those precious memories and dreams.

@LeoMetalTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember where that AT&T store used to be the BOA let’s keep those nice memories. Thank you for sharing.

@patrickmulligan7994

Жыл бұрын

What ? This isn't a time for you to go down memory lane. Tell us how you feel about what its become! Or are you afraid to express your true feelings???😢

@gurujr

Жыл бұрын

I really miss Blondie's Pizza at the Powell turnaround. A pizza dive but I still miss it.

@russelneilv1361

Жыл бұрын

that was 40-50 years ago.. this is the reality now..

@90293Mike

Жыл бұрын

@@russelneilv1361 Yes unfortunately this is the reality now, and it's a mess. And that's putting it mildly.

I worked in SF delivering air freight out of SFO in the eighties. My jaw is hanging open. How can the residents and leadership allow this??!!! This was one of the world's most vibrant cities. I am equal parts disgusted and furious 😲😡😡

@Notyourslave69

Жыл бұрын

Identity politics and virtue signaling.

@antblanks

Жыл бұрын

They went all in on Tech. Pandemic came and Tech abandoned them. Probably a blessing in disguise asTech ruined the soul of the city.

@kbanghart

Жыл бұрын

​@@Notyourslave69yes, I wonder when Republicans will actually start to talk about real issues.

@LeGridStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@antblanks THE KKK COLT DID THIS AS IT HAS DONE TO ALL DEMRAT CITY'S, OPEN YOUR MIND TO THE TRUTH. TECH IS ALIVE AND WELL, IT IS BEING USED AT THIS MOMENT EXPOSING WHAT DEMOCRAT DO FOR A LIVING.

@soavemusica

Жыл бұрын

@@kbanghart As the liberals saw in this video, there are no real issues in SF. Just rainbows and lollipops.

Man, this just gets more depressing.. I use to live on Hyde and Ellis.. it seems as though everything I remember is just... gone..

I feel fortunate that I was able to experience this city back in the 70’s and 80’s as a kid/teen. I have great memories and was hoping to share that experience with my kids but I guess that won’t happen.

San Francisco is a disaster. Thanks to the city leaders and politicians. Depressing seeing these places now.

Leo is doing the journalism our corrupt Corporate Media, (which owns all the local news outlets) should be doing. He's just one man, but like journalists Ben Bergquam or famous war correspondant Michael Yon, Leo's doing great solo work showing us what others refuse to report. Please keep up the good work sir!

@porquee

Жыл бұрын

To be fair sinclair is conservative and owns most local stations they're just too busy with other issues to talk about this one

@yeahdude7

Жыл бұрын

Bro, this shit has been reported in the media for months. You're just repeating the same bs about "corrupt Corporate Media" because it fits your agenda.

@X001W19

Жыл бұрын

The corporate media are just busy in string hate of trump

Turn the loose the cops with top pay and high numbers. Put convicted theft / burglary / serious crime violators in the joint with $100k bonds and these problems rapidly turn in the right direction.

I love this video😢,great memoirs from the city by the bay❤know it all like the palm of My hand!!😢❤👌

I used to work on market and also on Pine. The mall was open with full occupancy, Carl’s Jr. was still there, that donut shop was there, multiple coffee shops, chocolate shops, multiple nutrition stores, the workwear store was there, the army navy was still there, Quiznos, Walgreens, the gap, all within a couple blocks of one another. From what I understand they are almost all gone if not all gone. People should know that even 20 years ago most of these retail stores had a policy of not stopping shoplifters. But when the city Council and mayors decided to just stop prosecuting all crime, including drug, dealing, drug use, car, break-ins, and then anyone who was arrested gets let out immediately, things went completely to hell. Also, they will not arrest the drug dealers because all the drug dealers are illegal immigrants now and if they arrest them they have to deal with the problem of arresting an illegal immigrant which we know they don’t want to deal with. The last thing they will ever do is deport somebody or turn them over to immigration. All this scares all the tourists off that would patronize those businesses. Then the governor shuts the entire state down and tells everybody to stay home for two years and not work. People never return to that area for work so there goes another 50% of the foot traffic for those businesses. This was 100% caused by leftist policy and nothing else.

@TheBlackHarrington

Жыл бұрын

Also, it should be noted that within five or six blocks on the same side of market Street there was often two of the same store! There was two Carl’s Jr.. There was two GNC on the same side of market, and then another one a couple blocks away on Pine Street! Corporations were able to operate multiple store, fronts all in the same neighborhood and turn a profit. There would be a Benetton in the mall and then across the street from the mall there would be a Sisley, which was a Benetton owned brand. The world flagship gap location was right there on market. I believe where the cable car turnaround was. If you can’t get foot traffic in your store where the cable car turnaround is then there is no way a business can survive there.

@wanaraz

Жыл бұрын

Market street has been going down long before the pandemic. The city has reconfigured the street many times and basically eliminating all foot traffic and vehicles. They made room for empty electric buses and bicycle riders who are mostly nutcases.

@CeeTeeUSA

Жыл бұрын

Don't feel bad, the voters love the way things are. I'll bet they run to vote Democrat..

@chriskillfacts

Жыл бұрын

Left and right are the same people. They are all poll-iticians. Only for the polls. You vote for them and they tax you as well. A lot of them live right there in San Francisco too. Keep voting sheep.

@VIRGONOMICS

Жыл бұрын

The DA really screwed us - he’s in LA now - screwing them .

Deeply saddening and shocking. I never thought a downfall of this magnitude would befall a great city like San Francisco. I still fondly remember my visit one summer. I actually thought about moving there, I was so taken with the place!

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Used to be one of the most desirable and beautiful cities on Earth, still gorgeous from a nicer neighborhood (until a thug finds you) or a distance.

@xMrsmileyfacex

Жыл бұрын

Why is it shocking? This crap has been going on for over 40 years. The frogs are cooked.

Hmmm! Whoever is in charge of this city isn't doing a very good job serving the people. Whoops! I just checked, they are also running the entire country.