The people who run SF are very different from the people who built it…different mindset. SF could not be built today if the current mayor and city council were in charge. They can’t even build an outdoor toilet for less than 1.5 million. Dam it used to be an incredible city

@iamhardwell2844

9 ай бұрын

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

@ckrgksdkrak

9 ай бұрын

@@iamhardwell2844invasion of degenerates

@user-or6yn8pm3c

9 ай бұрын

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

@barryhessel6078

9 ай бұрын

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

@Useryuic

9 ай бұрын

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

I'm born, raised, and still live in San Francisco. I avoid the tenderloin/civic center area like the plague and I feel like it's a way to ignore the problems our city faces. This doc is way better than the one by CNN a few months ago. Great job.

@georgehenderson7783

10 ай бұрын

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

@knowyourhistory

10 ай бұрын

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

@georgehenderson7783

10 ай бұрын

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

@anotheryoutubechannel4809

10 ай бұрын

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

@bernardfong1019

10 ай бұрын

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

A massively underrated channel with some amazing mini sized documentaries, I'm glad I bumped into you.

@DotsonaMap

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this kind comment 🥹

I grew up across the bay in Berkeley for over 50 years but I was always in San Francisco, going to school or performing music in the Haite or in North beach. It was a lot of fun back in the 1970s and 1980s. San Francisco’s an old city and that’s the feeling I get when I was there working or going to school. It was wonderful back then but now it’s problems have tarnished it’s sheen quite a bit! I’m sure plenty of people have left the city after the Pandemic because they can’t afford to rent apartments and or they lost their jobs. Tourism is down, jobs in the downtown area are down too! Stores are closing in some of the most popular shopping areas such as Union Square! I know this has to affect landmark restaurants such as John’s Grill steak house (one of the places I worked as a musician in the 1990s). I hope San Francisco picks up where it was back in the early 1990s, it needs the tourism, the shopping, businesses and restaurants to survive into the 21st century!

I resided in San Francisco from 2011 to 2012. A decade later, I had the opportunity to revisit the city. However, it was disheartening to witness that the city I once adored, cherished, and loved had drastically changed. It was a sad sight to see my favorite city deteriorating...

@amarissimus29

9 ай бұрын

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

@shinjk2527

9 ай бұрын

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

@lisagardner903

9 ай бұрын

California is a dump.

@dialecticalmonist3405

9 ай бұрын

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

@415_Stand-up

9 ай бұрын

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

What the politicians will never admit is that there is a sizeable percent of the homeless population that want to be homeless. They have given up, want to just tune out, and they won't even take enough responsibility to take care of themselves. Enabling this lifestyle drags everyone else down with them

@pamelawing5747

10 ай бұрын

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

@yaimavol

10 ай бұрын

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

@pamelawing5747

9 ай бұрын

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

@jeremyserwer2586

9 ай бұрын

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

@jenniequinn1779

9 ай бұрын

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

Born in San Francisco in 1960 - as were my grandparents back to 1849 when my Great Great Grandfather migrated there - left the area when I was a kid, but visited relatives frequently throughout the years. All the family from there has left now - it is so sad to see what was once the most beautiful city rot away... 😪 Nice to see these Victorian homes still up-kept.

@user-sg8kq7ii3y

7 ай бұрын

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

@RedEyeC

7 ай бұрын

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

@geo3674

5 ай бұрын

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

@youdontmesswithzorro

14 күн бұрын

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

Great documentary. The reporting, content, and camera work is top quality. Can’t wait to watch your other videos.

I left San Francisco in 2018 and I miss what it used to be, but not what it's become.

@pedinurse1

9 ай бұрын

it was such a beautiful town it was, back then

@dic3686

9 ай бұрын

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

@lisagardner903

9 ай бұрын

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

@pedinurse1

9 ай бұрын

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

@101hamilton

9 ай бұрын

Well said @Darrylizer1

My family migrated to San Francisco from Puerto Rico In the 1950's. I was raised primarily in the mission. I was a part of operation integrate during the 1970's when SFUSD put kids on buses and we were shipped all over the city. I was a elementary school child and although it was a bit intimidating at the time, l was treated to the best city tours imaginable. Thank you SFUSD. Growing up in San Francisco taught me many things. It taught me to appreciate the arts, it gave me insight into other cultures and taught me to have a profound respect for nature and all it has to offer. The city is no different than any family, we all have the good the bad and the ugly. Although I no longer live in California, San Francisco will always be my home. Great Video and thank you guys for taking the time and effort in sharing.

@DotsonaMap

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story!

@theathjr

10 ай бұрын

Great story. Well said.

@lindasgiftkelly-cross4518

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I agree with all you have said!

@davidpristupa1629

3 ай бұрын

😊

My daughter went to UC Santa Cruz and ventured into San Francisco a couple times back in 2017. She then went to Japan and brought her boyfriend back for a visit and they planned a three day stay in San Francisco. The boyfriend is a native Japanese and when they walked out of their hotel on their first morning they were greeted by a homeless man taking a crap in front of the hotel. They turned around the corner to be greeted by another homeless peeing on the wall. The boyfriend looked at my daughter in shock and said is this normal in the US? They left San Francisco the next day

@lisaz943

3 ай бұрын

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

@michaelmayfield228

3 ай бұрын

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

@SimonGardiner-bj3pq

Ай бұрын

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

Thank you so much, that was a very beautifully presented picture of this fantastic and unique city. Our hearts and love goes to the city and all who are there providing their aspects to all of it.

I went to San Francisco a few weeks ago for business. Couldn’t wait to get out. Went back to the airport a few hours before my flight as I didn’t feel safe in the city and I am a Marine veteran.

@sulevisydanmaa9981

9 ай бұрын

@zareb57 HARD TO BELIEVE. U serious ..or a serious case of PTSD ? (=NO offense, no defense - just Essence ...)(?). Ain t nby gonna jump u in FRISCO ! Kick kravmaga IF. Semper FINN 🇫🇮

@missbettyxxx

9 ай бұрын

Quit lying lol

@SanFranciscoJim

9 ай бұрын

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

@tycobb2580

9 ай бұрын

I believe it

@larrym2434

9 ай бұрын

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

I had the pleasure of visiting SF three times. I always stayed on the Wharf for the excitement. I loved to visit Market Street and Union Square. The transportation is excellent as I would tell the driver what hotel where I was staying and they kindly dropped me off at the front door. Wow! Even the store clerks and the police officers assisted me on where I needed to go to get transported back to my hotel. I am a disabled war veteran and I was treated wonderfully every where I visited. I loved In and Out Burgers and those hamburgers hooked me. However, A homeless person cursed me out for offering to purchase him food instead of giving him money outside the sourdough cafe. Three locals came to my aid and told the man to leave me alone. He did. My last visit to SF was 2011 and as usual, it was wonderful to visit Meir Woods the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. So, I left my heart in SF as I sat on the dock by the Bay. Big hugs to all.

@larrym2434

9 ай бұрын

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

We visited SF from australia back in 2014. Our hotel was actually in the tenderloin area and although it was a little sketchy, its appears to be much worse now. Its such a beautiful city so its really sad to see what has happened. Those in power need to be held to account but no doubt they wont be.

@uzin0s256

8 ай бұрын

Just avoid the bad areas and youll be fine.

@musicmane4146

8 ай бұрын

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

I watched this video over and over. It brings back memory when I was on Magic island in the military and waking up to the fog and then see Alcatraz. Thank you for being such a great story teller.

@tonyson8721

8 ай бұрын

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

Thanks for this video! I first came to SF in 1983 after graduation from college. The 80's was pre- Silicon Valley's impact. I returned in 1992, I site selected and built the Subway at Bush/Kerney it's still there as of April 2023. It's still declining rapidly. I moved to Las Vegas in 2001. But I loved travel back and walk the hills with my wife and kids. The city is like Detroit -ruined. Probably for decades. The wharf has lost several Iconic restaurants. China town business mostly closed. The culture loss is permanently damaged. Westgate Mall now closed. Very sad.

@Deetroiter

8 ай бұрын

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

@matthewcummings5927

7 ай бұрын

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

@matthewcummings5927

7 ай бұрын

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

@user-db2wc8rv3z

2 ай бұрын

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

@Rob-xw6dr

Ай бұрын

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

The good thing is now the problem has gotten so big it has to be dealt with, whereas before it was still small enough to be ignored.

@libertywolf625

9 ай бұрын

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

@whitters1980

4 күн бұрын

its by design.

Such a well thought clip. Professionally done and found the Tenderloin district quite amusing AND depressing to see. Articulated quite well, thanks for this.

As someone who has never visited San Francisco and who only hears about it through the media, it is nice to see someone show both sides. Of course there are problems - about 8000 homeless people, drugs, crime - but it is also a vibrant city with pro sports teams, big business, culture and art. I look forward to visiting someday! Thanks for the great documentary.

@uzin0s256

8 ай бұрын

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

@KillerKev1961

7 ай бұрын

You are off by 70,000 homeless.

@D71219ONE

7 ай бұрын

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

@golferpro1241

7 ай бұрын

It’s a dump

@golferpro1241

7 ай бұрын

@@uzin0s256lol lol sure.

...I worked downtown San Francisco Financial District for at least 25 years. The late 70s/1980s/early 90s were great years of what I call the "Herb Caen" years, everyone read the SF Chronicle and the Examiner, and rushed to read Herb Caen's writings, where San Francisco was still a somewhat local city with local citizens and personalities - Herb Caen, Harry Denton, Pat McCormick (Kuletos), Willie Brown, Bob Lurie SF Giants, Riordan, Aliotos, the Opening of the Opera, remember those two old lady twins?, Gump's, Emporium Capwell, Macys, John's Grill and the old patrons, Sam's Grille, the French Quarter/Le Central on Grant right before the entrance of China Town, Lefty O'Douls, and Powell Street was open to vehicles; chess players, sightseers, and everyone wore suits, business dress downtown, the women were beautiful, then Cesar's Latin Palace, and everyone was either dancing salsa, or swing, Lombard Street, the old restaurants along Sutter, the old North Beach and it's restaurants, and all its characters, and everyone knew the policemen walking the beats. That's the San Francisco that I remember....

@larrym2434

9 ай бұрын

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

Michael Shellenberger's book San Fransicko (Harper 2021) very much helps explains why the good is now much less good, why the bad is now much more bad, and why the ugly is now far and away far, far more ugly.

@timboyd4170

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, I will check this book out.

@MasterMalrubius

22 күн бұрын

@@timboyd4170There are also a few KZread videos he has done.

Very nicely done and educational for someone who’s been wanting to visit San Francisco for years.

The interviews that you got gave a really interesting and unique perspective - great job!

Great job Dots on a Map with California Documentary. Thank you for posting.

Great video! I spent a week in SF in 2010 and had a wonderful time there. I’ve been distressed by reports that this beautiful city is struggling so badly. I appreciated how you covered several sides of the city, the”good, the bad, and the ugly.” Nicely done!

@DotsonaMap

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@karamlevi

3 ай бұрын

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

Absolutely amazing film work here. Such a beautiful city I've always heard that but you showed me a different side of it. Very very nice video I enjoyed it thank you

Great video! I got to visit SF this past March. Had a great time! Good to see what Tenderloin looks like in your video, didn’t go there.

Thank you for sharing such an honest assessment of SF, with such a beautiful quality.

I live in the peninsula and used to visit SF frequently. I recently went back to visit. It is too dirty and dangerous compared to how it was just a few years ago. Very sad to see many businesses closing and the once bustling downtown area so quiet

@robertkeith9620

10 ай бұрын

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

@theathjr

10 ай бұрын

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

@B.A.Pilgrim

10 ай бұрын

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

@B.A.Pilgrim

10 ай бұрын

​@@theathjractually it's people like you

@patmcgaha8120

9 ай бұрын

Why did it change?

What a stunningly well produced documentary. I am a third-generation San Franciscan, now living in the East Bay. Sadly, the city in which I once was raised is vastly different now, and even more sadly, I only reluctantly drive there. Nothing will ever be the same as it once was to live and work in San Francisco. Replace the elected officials with better equipped and more caring candidates for office. With all of its incredibly wealthy occupants, surely some of their fortunes could be spent on making improvements. Where are the true philanthropists these days?

@porcine83

Ай бұрын

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

Excellent video - great camera work, nice background music, superb commentary, fine insights on the cultural gems, the people, and the economic issues. Thanks !!!

Awesome documentary! Keep em coming!

@DotsonaMap

10 ай бұрын

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

Very well done! Balanced commentary and great video. Thank you for not dumping on the Tenderloin.

@todd9016

10 ай бұрын

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

@JohnKaman

10 ай бұрын

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

@todd9016

10 ай бұрын

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

@katiee.4396

10 ай бұрын

No need, it's already a dump.

@kanank13

10 ай бұрын

Tenderloin and the whole city is full of human dump.

Nicely done. looking forward to more videos like this

Great job! Thoughtful, beautiful photography, interesting, balanced....you ask great questions!

I lived the most years of my life in SF, mostly in the Mission and the Height Ashbery districts. Now, after traveling to every state in the US and 42 countries. I have decided to live out my old age in Southern Mexico. I think living in SF among so many different types of people I learned how to appreciate diversity.

@RR64434

9 ай бұрын

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

@larrym2434

9 ай бұрын

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

Lived in the Bay Area for most of my life so far and I dread having to go into the city. Even a decade ago it was still bearable but now I just avoid it at any chance. When I used to commute there in the 2000s to the early 2010s, it was still hell; but now it's like pulling teeth at the DMV. The traffic, the public-drugs, the homelessness, the feces and smells. San Francisco is fast on it's way to becoming the new Detroit. Silicon Valley and the rich have basically pigeon-holed the city into "a wasteland of Freedoms" where anyone can do anything. It's devolving into the Wildwest where the sheriff is moral superiority and the deputy is grandstanding virtue.

@pwoods100

9 ай бұрын

Downtown Detroit is actually better than San Francisco now.

@chiefenumclaw7960

9 ай бұрын

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

@larrym2434

9 ай бұрын

The repetitious rightwing propaganda has affected your perceptions.

There are many good things to life in SF, in addition to the problems. We have good public transit, many good independent restaurants and stores (not just chains), usually great weather, beautiful views. The problems - homelessness, drug abuse, crime - are national problems you can find in America from Alaska to Florida. I've lived here since 1984 and I'm still glad to call it home.

@ggc259

8 ай бұрын

Someone had to say it. ❤

@inez3190

6 ай бұрын

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

@Itraininthebogs

5 ай бұрын

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

Thanks for this informative video, me too left a piece of my heart in SF so I'm happy to see problems are not totally out of control 😉👍

I really miss living in San Francisco, because at that time it wasn't so bad, even in the Tenderloin District, which was where I lived and it wasn't even like the way you see it now. I miss walking all around the City, and just having so much to do. You brought back so many memories for me 😢... Maybe one day I'll go back for a visit, and see how it feels to be there again.

@MsCwebb

9 ай бұрын

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

@Senor_spielbergo

9 ай бұрын

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

I am a native San Franciscan. Born and raised. It's very disheartening to see a documentary like this that is so skewed when it comes to presenting San Francisco's current state. Yes, there are tough areas where homelessness and rampant drug use are out of control. But from just watching this "documentary" you'd think, just based on the proportion of minutes devoted to the Tenderloin vs. the pretty Victorians and one view from on high, that it's about 60% downtrodden zombie apocalypse and 40% of some photogenic houses from a bygone era. Interesting contrast but hardly fair. San Francisco is 49 square miles. Many of it is suburban, like the Sunset and Richmond districts. Those streets are pristine, not overrun by homeless and full of pretty neighborhoods and restaurants. Same the many parts of the Mission District and SOMA. If you were to visit North Beach, you would also see dozens of thriving restaurants and bars and many streets without any homeless. So, why care about this? Well, when you perpetuate the myth of a city covered in meth/heroin using camps, you help scare people away or from ever coming back. This will become a self fulfilling prophecy, applauded by right wing pundits who are cheering for the city's downfall, precisely because of our liberal values, tolerance for the LGBTQ community and championing civil rights and freedom of expression. Please become part of the solution and cover the rest of the city. How can you do a SF documentary and not even visit Golden Gate Park, for example. That's hardly fair. Do better. Please.

@paull.6026

10 ай бұрын

HEAR HEAR! She tried to be fair with this little doc, but I agree it's a glimpse. There's so much more to see, appreciate and discuss. Inner and Outer Richmond alone are great neighborhoods. That being said, based on the ongoing atrocities in certain areas and regarding tolerance, how much is actually enough before something legitimately gets done? You see the same thing in places like Philly and Seattle. It's total negligence and mismanagement. It's shameful. Don't tell me the powers that be aren't able to really make a difference if they really wanted to. The US sends obscene money and aide overseas, but here they let these unreal ongoing messes continue to fester? SMH

@DotsonaMap

10 ай бұрын

You might like our new video on SF and all its diversity.

@lorrie5881

9 ай бұрын

​@@DotsonaMappeople really don't realize the time and energy it takes to create a GOOD KZread video... Just ignore the haters.. people are in denial as to what is happening downtown. I'm sure it's still very beautiful, but without the tourism dollars, and the tech industry, idk how it will bounce back?

@darkalby1

9 ай бұрын

I arrived yesterday to San Francisco from Australia. Within four hours of being here myself and my girlfriend were assaulted by a homeless person. We also witnessed a carjacking. This was in the middle of the day in a touristy area. I have been to 40 countries around the world including Africa and Guatemala city and I have never felt so unsafe. It really is lawless here.

@aanomad

9 сағат бұрын

DemocRATs hate to see the failures they create...

Thank you for showing what it's like. Other channels only focus on the worst parts or pretend all is perfect, but like you pointed out, many truths coexist.

Best documentary I’ve seen in San Francisco ty. This is what I’ve been searching for

Thank you for making the documentary. SF was one of my favorite cities and have many great memories there. My sisters and I used to drive up from the South Bay almost every week to shop, to go to the beach, or just walk around Pier 39. We did this for years. Whenever I had relatives or friends visit from out of town, I would take them to SF, by way of Oakland, then over the Bay Bridge, so they could see the beauty of the city. It is beyond sad to see what the city has become.

@carmenpeters728

9 ай бұрын

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

Amazing video! Great job talking about both sides of the story!

Beautifully done-I love your calm disposition, unbiased views and willingness to confront the ugly in person. Thank you

Thank you for doing this. I live and work in SF and I just can't believe what they are doing to it. It makes me cry.

Thank you for sharing some of the history, and telling this story with such heart. Talking to the local resident and business owner (in the Tenderloin) helps put a face with this story.

I moved to SF from NY back in 1963. Back then the city was so beautiful. It saddens me to see how it has deteriorated. Many other cities are also running the same destiny 😢

@citrusbutter7718

6 ай бұрын

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

Amazing shots and great edit! Good job 👍🏻

I love SF. I love the Mission and residential neighborhoods like the Richmond, Sunset and Bernal Heights. Maybe you can do another video about these places.

@jpecci1262

7 ай бұрын

Yes. The Mission, Noe Valley, & North Beach

This is so well shot! Best work yet. Love the bit about the architecture of the city. Coincidentally, I'm traveling to SF tomorrow - can't wait!

@georgehenderson7783

10 ай бұрын

Please tell us how your visit went.

SF was once an amazing city. When the people who make up the core infrastructure cannot afford to live there; cops, firemen, plumbers, street department workers, sanitation workers, teachers, etc., the city turns to not so amazing.

Well done video. Probably the most positive video of sf I've seen in a long time. Instilling hope and positivity never hurts.

I have just finished watching your video. First of all, I throughly enjoyed it. I think you did a fabulous job! Now, I am an American, who has been living in Germany for the fast 34 years. This morning my wife and I spoke about visiting San Francisco for the first time. This is what led me to your video. After watching it, I am somewhat unsure. We’ll watch more videos together before making our final decision. Thank you for uploading this and all the best to you.

I am visiting SF right now, it’s pretty good so far. It’s like every big city there are imperfect sides.

@psfca

10 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy your visit 😊

@sfrealestatedealmaker6001

10 ай бұрын

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

@stephentomaszewski8501

10 ай бұрын

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

@anotheryoutubechannel4809

10 ай бұрын

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

@Robert-is7du

10 ай бұрын

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The beautiful city of SF being slowly destroyed by lack of positive leadership. The government has to benefit more those who contribute then the ones who don't.

@nancyparker9986

10 ай бұрын

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

@lindasgiftkelly-cross4518

10 ай бұрын

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

Great work! I am planning on visiting SF in March/24, that's a dream that I always had and hopefully will come true. The Tenderloin issue is something I watch in most videos on you tube, but your documentary had a nice approach and showed that there are nice people out there 😢

Hello “Dots on a map”. I enjoyed your documentary on San Francisco. I hit subscribe because I would like to see more of your videos. The production and technical and presentation were all very professional. For example, the sound, the lighting, the video, the script …everything was really well done. Thank-you and best wishes. Greetings from Vancouver, Canada.

"most Victorian houses in the world" - London might have something to say about that. In the Victorian era London grew from 1 million to 6.7 million, and the majority of that housing still stands, which makes up the majority of the core and inner city. San Francisco's count is only 10,000 surviving Victorian homes (out of 48,000 built).

@clearlynotwoke4929

10 ай бұрын

That’s what I thought too…

@kloatlanta

10 ай бұрын

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

@LividCreature

9 ай бұрын

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

@zupermaus9276

9 ай бұрын

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

@alunjprice

3 ай бұрын

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

more videos! you deserve much more!

Really well done video. Thank you for that! I have to be the shallow person to ask about your jacket though … 😬😇

I lived in SF as a child in the Excelcior district and post high school from 95 to 2007, altogether 30 years. I still worked there until recently when it started affecting my mental stability. I worked the tenderloin as a nurse it was overwhelming, the city from Market to Mission in the downtown area looks like a zombie apocalypse. Death, urine and feces paint every inch. People dying all around and only having one or two narcan doses is terrible. I no longer work there, it isn't gritty or fun like it was even just 5 years ago. It is heart breaking in the fullest sense. It is a microcosm of our civilization, looking down the precipice of our own making.

I love the west coast, the fabulous weather allows me to mountain bike all year around. While the middle class has been destroyed can you imagine what it’s done to lower classes. The culprits are the ultra wealthy who keep getting richer. I love the diversity, wish peace and love and compassion would come back into fashion. Instead of complaining please go out and clean up what you can. (Never an excuse if you choose to put self harming crap into your body) Thank you for the kind video

That was so good! I am a native San Franciscan up in Sacramento. I left in 2009. The City is what you make of it. You will have adventures though. I miss it so much. Your video is inspiring me to go back. Thank you!

Thanks for the nice videos that help me understand San Francisco better! I'm Korean and San Francisco is easy to reach. So, when I travel to the USA in the near future, maybe I'll go to San Francisco. Your videos have helped me learn a lot about the city!

Well done! Insightful & honest.

You have talked directly to the people that "work" at the Tenderloin. The government has forgotten about them...

What a nice and easy visit , thank you for the video… it’s a shame to see the city changed for the wrong turn . ✅😊🇺🇸🇫🇷

Thanks so much for a really interesting tour of your lovely city.

Thank you! Subscribed! Some shots seem too shallow, like the first one, or one at 2:00 - you are pretty, but I actually wanted to see the landscape behind you :) I did not shoot in Tenderloin and did not dare talking to people when I was in SF this April. Kudos to your videography and people skills!

I was born and raised in San Jose. When I was young, SF was a great place to visit and the schools are excellent. I will always love SF no matter.

@malvolio01

10 ай бұрын

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

Grew up in Oakland, moved to The City in 80 and left in 96. Forget negatives right now. Visited recently with my wife. Crazy hills, smell of the Bay, all the neighborhoods, favorite cafes and longtime locals to reminisce with, Lands End, the bridges, etc. #@$% KZread and people who film and make blanket assessments of places they've spent 4 days at or overdramatize the negatives. This goes for Oakland too (we took ferry there to JL Square) went MANY places in SF, no problems. This goes for any other place too. Don't believe everything you hear (even me) 😎

@sn0wangel04

5 ай бұрын

So do u think it would be nice to live there?

First time watching your video. Very lovely and the quality of your camera is awesome. Love all the content.

Granted it WAS a beautiful city but it's a open sore in the beautiful bay area now. I was born and raised in Alameda, born in 1939 left the area for San Jose in 62, left San Jose in 68 for Hawaii, been here ever since except for a short time in Las Vegas. I loved the city when I was growing up, across the bay full of fine old homes, Art, food, people, parks, class and much more. My family on my fathers side came from Germany for the gold rush. Made a good living in SF, made California history and raised a family in Alameda. I loved the area and the trips to S.F. for a Sunday lunch at the Cliff House, a day at the park, a trip to China town to shop and have fun. Then down to the harbor to enjoy fresh fish from the ocean, good times but from another time in SF history. Now it's just not safe to go out at night, the drugs, homeless people all over town, shoplifting and many class businesses leaving the city by the bay. What would Tony Bennett say today.

No matter what is happening to SF, I'll always love my city! 415 born and raised through and through!

That's an awesome shot in the intro with the Golden Gate Bridge behind you! What lens mm and F-stop did you use for that?

@Kindmale

10 ай бұрын

Sony 70-200 GM II f 2.8 30fps on a Sony A7IV +1 exposure on standard no picture profile

I grew up going to S.F. for Giants games, Pier 39, GG park, I have family still in Bernal Hts. I loved going to visit S.F. as a kid and as an adult. It’s so much more than what the media says. You have to be there to know. The city is vibrant, beautiful and just like any other place it has its ugly. But I’m a California boy at heart always. I will never hate on my state.

You nailed it!!! Excellent video!

San Francisco was so beautiful to me back in 2013 I would call it my second home… I came back around 2018 and it was already run to the ground. Eerie feeling and it saddens me. I knew the city has no chance in return.. now it’s only the memories imprinted in my mind.

@matthewcummings5927

7 ай бұрын

I lived there from 97 to 2002. Every generation seems to say the same thing. Probably because it’s true? Things just keep getting worse.

Great documentary of a once beautiful city! I visited in 1999 and was astounded by the beauty of the architecture and everything there! Touching only into the Tenderloin District doesn’t tap into what has destroyed the city itself. With criminals who loot high end stores and are allowed to be free unless the loot totals $1000 has wrecked the businesses of all of San Francisco! Just seeing that many, many Walgreens have closed as they can’t afford to cover the losses, shows that in order to get SF back to the way it was, even a decade ago, will take a change in political leadership and a crackdown on crime!

Superb photography, love the drone shots! Excellent production too, thank you.

I feel like she needed to take a deep breath throughout this old city. Like she’s talking without enough air in her lungs

Thank you for this

@user-uc1lf6wo8i

5 ай бұрын

Ah yeah! Ah Moroni.

@user-uc1lf6wo8i

5 ай бұрын

Moroni.

Well done, San Francisco is going through a rough patch but will survive.

@xuimod

9 ай бұрын

Like Jewish people went through a rough patch in WW2.

@libertywolf625

9 ай бұрын

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

Amazing camera work! Very inspiring. We also just took a quick trip to San Fran but mostly stayed in Japantown. From there we went up to the Napa Valley, which was amazing.

Very nice pictures, good videography.

I love this. Thanks for making it!

Been there several times over the years and always had a great visit. So many negative videos and so much political hype nonsense nowadays, people are lead to believe SF is doomed. I don't believe that. There's definitely mismanagement and neglect, but that's common anywhere. SF has tons of unique and great aspects to it. So it's nice to see a mostly positive video showing various sides and perspectives.

@wookieeMan06

10 ай бұрын

loads of stores closed and hotels closing.

@malvolio01

10 ай бұрын

It's not doomed but much of the hype is real. And it IS a mess because of the politics there. Thats just the reality. As someone from there, I could write pages on why the political situation is the way it is but at the end of the day, it's the politics and mismanagement that have ruined the city. And no, it's not common anywhere.

@paull.6026

10 ай бұрын

@@malvolio01 Well, as someone that's been all over America, I beg to differ. I've seen rampant homelessness and brazen drug use coast to coast. Lawless activities. From New Orleans to Philly to Chicago to Seattle, throughout Cali and so on. Obviously not everywhere equally, but so much of it in so many cities that it is indeed common. Again, a result of mismanagement and bad politics. Piss poor responses from our government. It's shameful. Like I said about SF, it's not these whole places either, like so many hype videos lead outsiders to believe.

@yaimavol

10 ай бұрын

@@malvolio01 Democrats have created a situation in most major cities where they cannot be voted out of office. It's a dictatorship and not a democracy. It's a combination of the public union vote, extreme demonization of their opponents, skillfully playing race politics, an dyes some old-fashioned corruption and cheating. They are never going to give up power and doing so might even land them in prison

@apwkastmaster2096

10 ай бұрын

You have a right in America to have a wrong opinion. SF is doomed and will never recover fully,ever.😢

Thank you very much for the amazing video!

i went to go visit SF a year ago. Ive always wanted to live there and i went in with dream like expectations. I left with my hopes shattered. It is so dirty, smelly, people are not very friendly, and it is expensive. The homelessness is something ive never seen in the US before. It felt like a old abondaned city with a downtown. I hope the city changes but as of right now I cannot ever move there. No offense to anyone living there. Just not for me.

@oliverfalcao5844

9 ай бұрын

sounds like sf aint worth visiting any more ive nver been always wanted to go, mabe in sept oct for a few days

@TheMischa2703

9 ай бұрын

Clearly you have never been anywhere in florida

@fuddthedestroyer4454

9 ай бұрын

Uptight and angry frisco folk? No way!

@edgar5814

9 ай бұрын

@@oliverfalcao5844Go!! I went last october and loved it just avoid tenderloin area and you’ll be good! Im going again in october! It’s beautiful and i come from a big city myself. I do have to say ppl are not too friendly😭 like costumer service wise

@CEAZETHEFUTURE

8 ай бұрын

you sound like a fox news reporter. where did you actually go when you visited. thats like 5% of the city. stop the BS!

I am from and live in Austin. it was a beautiful city too. Due to the policies of the people who govern it, it has been ruined with crime, drugs and homeless camps. We are alike in so many ways .

@kanank13

10 ай бұрын

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

@yaimavol

10 ай бұрын

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

@cdsersd2d

10 ай бұрын

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

@litemup8187

10 ай бұрын

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

@christianbrother4724

10 ай бұрын

@@cdsersd2d They are still here.

Good job on this video. I’m in Kansas, and this video gave me a deeper perspective on SF, and a tinge more empathy for some of the residents.

Thank you for this updated tour of San Francisco. The city has a place in mine and my family’s hearts. We are Hawaiians and our Mom loved San Francisco and the Bay Area. She shared the aloha she had for the city with us. She had gone to college at San Jose State in the late 1940s. It’s sad to see the breakdown in the quality of life. It takes a deep commitment from little individuals to be in action to end hunger and homelessness where ever you are in the U.S. or world. We all can take those small steps, one at a time, to end poverty . Aloha

I lived in the Berkeley area from 1976-2017. I’ve spent a lot of time in SF and this is a fair assessment of the city. SF has always had it’s good and bad. I recently visited the Bay Area and chose not to visit San Francisco. I’ve seen the good parts and the bad parts just wear you down. I’m glad to have lived in the area but there are now now better places to be for me.

Excellent job. Staggeringly beautiful city. I briefly lived there at one point years back, and have visited many times since. Feel terrible for the woman who feels unsafe at work, and whose business suffers due to the homeless issue and the rampant shoplifting, following a city official deciding that police shouldn't bother prosecuting "low level thefts". This resulted in multiple stores/employers such as Walgreens and others to to close 22 of their San Fran stores. Anyway thank you. A bonus is the nice steady camera work.

Great video, beautiful ending!

I loved getting to know San Francisco. I liked the city. Excellent video.-

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 became the "new normal" for the city. Between the high taxation, high crime rate (including non-reported or non-prosecuted crimes) and the growing homeless problem, San Francisco is 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.

@larrym2434

9 ай бұрын

Fearful people need to stay in suburbia.

@ccchhhrrriiisss100

9 ай бұрын

@@larrym2434 - No one is "fearful" really. However, you might be fearful if you're mugged or assaulted. Me? I'm good. I just don't prefer it. Apparently, given the exodus of people leaving the city, this feeling is widespread.

@kwamesmith3214

8 ай бұрын

Hmmm... Palo Alto’s Heaven to San Francisco’s Hell, two worlds in contrast... Seems fascinating. I’d prefer to visit both, but I’d be too weird for both places... my means of mobility are crawling and slithering.