That was a breath of fresh air, quite literally. Nice to see some other perspectives about this city!

SF is Central. Nor-Cal is above Sac. We have nothing to do with the Bay Area, nor want to be affiliated with it.

GOD BLESS SAN FRANCISCO

I think most things go in cycles. Currently San Fran is going through a tough time in terms of deficits, politics and crime. However, San Fran is not going anywhere. I think they will manage to make this town thrive again, solve all the issues it currently has, and housing prices will come down. I don't think the city needs a lot done to it. If they can figure out how to get affordable housing/ apartments built, clean the streets and solve the homeless and drug issues, then SF will shine! Things are looking great for San Fran in the next decade or two i'd say. I've been there once and will definitely be going again. Wonderful vibes all round!

I really needed this video. I just got back from a solo trip in LA and I'm planning on visiting SF next. Thank you.

@MichaelMartello

8 күн бұрын

Have the best time! SF is a great solo destination.

The real issue with San Fran is that NIMBYs have blocked any reasonable type housing reform which when coupled with the tech boom has pushed the cost of living there to absurd amounts. Shame about the MACY's West iconic flagship closing but as you made reference to, we can't be too bummed about a business closing, maybe they can turn the building into some kinda mix use development

Good to see SF still kicking it and looking beautiful!! Can't wait for 2nd video🌫🍎💚

Viewing from Aoteroa New Zealand, similar weather to San Fran, we call it four seasons one day. Looking forward to more Frisco thoughts ❤👌🌉

Great video,I'm glad SF is coming back😂always one of my favorite cities!

Looking forward to watching the second part and thank you for your content , Michael

Thank you for visiting San Francisco. You inspired me to visit it after about 25 years since my last visit. I'll be there in 2 weeks. I live in Santa Clarita near Vasquez Rocks.

@MichaelMartello

16 күн бұрын

have fun!!!😊

SF is absolutely beautiful and disgusting all at the same time. I spent some time there in March, would live there in a heart beat! But can’t let go of Santa Monica either! Yes, I have issues! lol! 😝

@SeaofThieves_7

14 күн бұрын

lol this is how i felt too! lots of nice places to see but the homeless problem is real and walking out my hotel seeing needles and poop on the sidewalk was the nasty part

@user-gq7vj1gc5f

5 күн бұрын

@@SeaofThieves_7 is this hotel in the tenderloin because i haven't seen any needles or poop outside of any major hotels in SF. exactly what hotel is this

@SeaofThieves_7

5 күн бұрын

@@user-gq7vj1gc5f my email from when i visited it’s the courtyard by Marriot off of post st. my friends i visited that were there for vacay have fam there and were teasing me that my hotel was near tenderloin and i didn’t know what tenderloin was at that time lmao. when my friends got dropped off to the hotel, one of them almost stepped on a needle by the entrance. also, every morning when i went to stroll around there was poop by the entrance and around the whole block of the vicinity the hotel was in 😂

@diggingmystyle

2 күн бұрын

Santa Monica is ghetto nowadays. It's what happens when soft on crime DAs are elected. Ironically, the same DA that runs LA County nowadays is also the same one that ruined SF a few years ago.

99% of the city is fine. Be careful walking alone at night in the TL and outskirts of. Buddy system helps and just taking a car service or pub transit to pass through the weird areas around civic center and TL will make for a pleasurable visit. It’s a shame there are sooo many excellent hotels, bars, restaurants in the dodgy parts. Zombieland (open air drug market ) at 6th near market st Friday and Saturday night is no joke. Looks like a nightmare. Just don’t go near it. Opportunists come into the city to do their crimes. Only like 8% of arrests are actually SF residents. Those areas are still fugly af to this day. Just stick the other 99% of the town and you will be just fine. You wouldn’t even know SF has some issues.

@boronizer848

3 сағат бұрын

I am about to visit SF in the near future and it is really good to see that things seem to improve. I am from Europe and all you currently see see is "uuhhh SF is baaaaad". I will avoid Tenderloin and SoMa but Ih hope the rest is fine 😉

LOVE Lady Falcon coffee in Alamo Square Park! Also dying at how you pronounce "Duboce and Noe"

@MichaelMartello

15 күн бұрын

💀🤣

@johnvonundzu2170

19 сағат бұрын

@@MichaelMartello Duboce rhymes with Gross (not that it is anything but nice, mind you) and Noe rhymes with Zoe. And the park may be "Mission Dolores Park", but no one ever says the Mission part out loud.; it's just Dolores Park.

Hey dude what is temp in san Francisco can u tell

@Rubberbandfan1

13 күн бұрын

It usually stays in the 60’s Fahrenheit during the day, year round , and drops into the 50’s and 40’s at night.

@zainAli-jc1ob

12 күн бұрын

@@Rubberbandfan1 thanks Dude but u tell temp in centigrade

I'm not sure what else Macy's has left to cut other than their flagship store in NYC (Ours is now a high school). But I think the organizers of the Thanksgiving parade might want to look into recruiting a new title sponsor sooner rather than later.

Which city in California would be the most fun to visit during the summer: Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco?

@diggingmystyle

2 күн бұрын

LA. There's not a whole lot to see in San Diego (not even the zoo nowadays) and SF is a tiny city that only takes a couple of days to see. LA might be the homeless capitol of the world but there are many wonderful things to see here that will take at least a week.

As someone who lives in SF, thank you for giving this place a second chance.

Live SF!!

Use sunscreen!

Great video, I love it there, but it's also *-ing expensive. ;-)

It is a beautiful place if you block out the boarded-up buildings, don't look at the sidewalk, and tell yourself that it is safe because you have not been robbed "yet".

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

Where are the boarded up buildings? I walked almost 17 miles on foot in SF last weekend. Why didn't I see any boarded up buildings? Where are they?

Great video! I currently live in LA, but consider moving to SF because it has the perfect combination of urban atmosphere/walkability and natural beauty. I think if you're outside of the fog zone, you'll even get more sunshine than in coastal Southern California (at least according to statistics). Looking forward to the next part!

@MichaelMartello

16 күн бұрын

SF impressed me!

Going for the first time next week!

@MichaelMartello

14 күн бұрын

Have funnn

@psfca

9 күн бұрын

Yay ❤

Thanks for the video. Did you feel safe in SF?

@TohaBgood2

16 күн бұрын

Despite the pandemic era media hoopla about SF being "unsafe", even at the worst point in 2020-2021 SF was still substantially safer than for example any major city in Florida. So yes, SF did see a brief increase in non-violent crime (and virtually no increase in violent crime) during the pandemic. But it has A. since reversed, and B. never actually got as bad as most other cities around the country that people consider "safe". SF is overall a very safe place that has a ton of very whiny people that start screeching bloody murder as soon as there's even a tiny increase in crime or homelessness.

@MichaelMartello

16 күн бұрын

I overall did!

@davidthewise5250

9 күн бұрын

@@MichaelMartello Travel to NEOM it will be the next San Francisco

the news & social media always make it seem like it’s anarchy or something, same thing here in Denver where they paint it as hell on earth but it is actually lovely

u didnt see any crime at alll?

@MichaelMartello

13 күн бұрын

I didn't witness anything no!

@Kimster182

6 күн бұрын

It helps when you don’t have a car. Much of the crime is property related

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

@@Kimster182 Car breakins in SF dropped below the national average after a crackdown by the city. You're now more likely to have your car broken into in whatever city you live in than in SF.

Next time, I recommend checking out Sausalito for a sunset and cute beach vibe town. Just located right over the Golden Gate Bridge.

Did you go to the Wharf on a weekday? It's looking extremely thin. On the weekends it's typically very crowded. Nevertheless, good video.

@MichaelMartello

14 күн бұрын

Friday!!

My first two visits was in 2018 and 2019, 2018 was super short. 2019 I enjoyed it but didn't get to explore enough, but went as far as San Jose up to Apple Park. I am thinking of making it my destination this summer because I am have not been impressed by any of the videos of Santa Monica and West Hollywood so far. When I visited in 2019 I couldn't find the Painted Ladies, I was thinking it would be close to Dolores Park but I was way off. The feelings are getting stronger for SF, will make a final decision soon.

Wow. Going to be there this coming Friday to start my PCH1 trip down to San Diego. I was aware of some areas gone. Not necessarily Fisherman’s Wharf even though it’s a tourist trap. Getting there Friday night. Leaving Monday morning. Can anyone suggest “Must Do’s” while I’m there with my wife & kids ? We are doing Alcatraz, Muir Woods, Chinatown, Marin Headlands etc. I know to stay away from The Tenderloin Area but with so much now closed, where is a good place to spend some time ? My daughter wants an Authentic NFL 49ers Bosa jersey and the one place that came recommended is closed I think. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

NEW Subscriber Today. My pleasure.

The tech journalist Kara Swisher said SF is getting its life back with all the AI startups, but I don't know where all those folks are hanging out.

@TohaBgood2

15 күн бұрын

Hayes Valley is the hub for the smaller AI startups and Mission Bay is where the people from the larger ones hang out (OpenAI, Anthropic, Inflection AI, etc.)

@mrxman581

13 күн бұрын

Just like in certain areas of LA, many are still working from home.

You should make a best beaches video!

SF is fine just unaffordable to be a cool city like it used to be.

SF has its not so great side, like the rest of the country, but overall, it still has its positives. People believe everything they see on social media. Disaster and scare tactics sell. If it was anarchy and everyone was leaving the Bay Area, the house prices would come down. That's definitely not happening. Yours is the most realistic showing I've seen in a while.

Best review of The City from a non-native!!!! You have captured a lot of what most tourists miss when they come to San Francisco.

October and November are usually the clearest months

SF has to find a way to get the middle class back in town. Lack of political leadership and police presence are damaging what makes SF a great place to live. They need to show taxpayers they actually care about safety,which should always be priority #1 for every city.

@ebadd3468

8 күн бұрын

Yes! I remember visiting back in the early 2000's. Reasonable rent, lots of great street food and the clubbing scene was fantastic! It just way to expensive to enjoy yourself.

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

@@ebadd3468 Lol, SF did not have reasonable rents since the 1970s, dude. It was already one of the most expensive cities on the planet in the 2000s.

@ebadd3468

4 күн бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 I'm am in the IT field, make a decent amount of coin, $900 - $1200 a mo is more than reasonable to live in SF. Great concerts, food, and a great vibe, all gone now.

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

@@ebadd3468 Lol, dude. What is up with this blatant misinformation? First of all, if you were actually "in the IT field" in SF then you would know that we call it "tech" around here. The "IT field" here is literally tech support. As in, you're helping people set up their printer. Second of all, for $1200 a month you don't even rent a studio in SF! Look at the rents on craigslist. You can barely afford a room in a double for that money and no food or anything else! (BTW, what we call a "double" means two people living in the same bedroom.) And no one working in tech in SF makes $1200/month. That's literally 1/3 of minimum wage in San Francisco. It's literally illegal to pay people that little. People working an McDonalds make 3-4x more! Anyone working in tech makes north of $100k/year, but usually more than $150k total comp. So if you work in tech in SF you're making at least $8-9k per month, but usually $12-16k or more.

@ebadd3468

4 күн бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 Dude early 2000's reading comprehension. You people call it tech, people from my era call it IT

Only certain neighborhoods are a mess. Rest is very beautiful

San Francisco is beautiful and I would definitely visit again but they really should address some of the issues there.

Thanks, you are fun and so cute

Sea lions: I visited SF back in June and there were hundreds of them relaxing, swimming around and doing their thing lol

With a massive 34 trillion debt everything in the u s is collapsing. Holding on to the dollar and bond is a death trap. The business of war made it worse

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

Lol, California is just about to pass Japan for 5th largest economy in the world, buddy. Wake up! Your propaganda has been saying this same crap for decades. When is America supposed to crash finally? Any decade now?

Do we have to say it again, crime is down because people that live here have caught on to the idea that calling the police is a waste of time.

@wwbuirkle

5 күн бұрын

Also the DA's refuse to prosecute

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

@@wwbuirkle We recalled the old DA in a special election and replaced them with a good one.

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

Then why is crime that you can't report also down? Why are murders down too? Why did the prices for replacement automotive glass go down below pre-pandemic? Why are the streets clean? Why are the homeless people gone from the streets? You all keep trying to pretend like the crazy NIMBYs in SF who report literally everything and anything stopped reporting crime. Anyone who has met the typical whiny San Franciscan knows that this is complete bullshyt. If anything, they complain too much and report a ton of non-crime.

San Francisco is beautiful. Don't believe the nasty haters, they probably can't afford to visit the city.

@tytratar2114

14 күн бұрын

You remind me of the violin player in titanic! People are now pooping right in front of the public. Fisherman’s warf is completely dead, and no one wants to visit the city anymore. Wake-up and smell the coffee!

@cjstanley1

13 күн бұрын

@@tytratar2114 hey hon, i think your hair is on fire.

@nathanlewis5682

12 күн бұрын

​@@tytratar2114It should be changed to "wake up and smell the 💩"

@tomsbytes

10 күн бұрын

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@macharrington7733

9 күн бұрын

Nasty place...I was there for a cruise recently

With an out-of-control city budget and some of the highest living costs in the world, I will not vote for Newsom.

SF has issues, but it has it good spots. Nowhere near as nice back in the late 90s to early 2000's, goodtimes just don't last.

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

SF was almost 2x more dangerous in the 90s, dude. You bought the propaganda hook, line, and sinker! Check the actual crime rates.

@ebadd3468

4 күн бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 Buddy SF no longer reports shoplifting under $1000. They did not have meth heads back then either, cope a little harder

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

@@ebadd3468 No. Stealing below $1000 is not longer classified as a felony. But it's still a misdemeanor. You're still getting arrested and you're still going to jail, but slightly less time. Oh, and property crimes dropped more than in half in SF in the last year. How do you explain the drop if you're saying that the penalties got lower? You've completely overdosed on propaganda, bud.

@ebadd3468

4 күн бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 What does your average police officer think about a misdemeanor offense? We don't have time to prosecute so they let it slide. Not worth all that paperwork. And since your city had one of the largest defund the police marches, what type of police recruit will you have to pick from. Most likely bottom of the barrel recruit. Cope harder pal, whatever makes you sleep at night. Better start packing, because it will get worse before it gets better.

@TohaBgood2

4 күн бұрын

@@ebadd3468 No defunding happened in SF whatsoever. In fact, the SFPD budget increased since the pandemic. There are all kinds of crazies marching for all kinds of stuff. Doesn't mean that anyone acts on their crazy beliefs. In your city you have neonazis marching to declare Trump king and emperor. Have they declared the orange mor0n emperor yet? No? Because marches don't mean automatic implementation in public policy, right? This is complete nonsense. The cops still arrest people in SF for shoplifting just like they always did. The same as they do in the states that have an even higher misdemeanor/felony limit than California, like for example Texas. You people have no idea what you're talking about. All you know is the crappy propaganda you heard on Fox "News".

Dude, you start the video by visiting the most boring tourist trap in SF. This area does not matter to locals.

@Zambineaux305

2 күн бұрын

That’s like people going straight to South Beach to describe Miami 😂🙄

SF is really central California. It is some 300 plus miles to the border of Oregon.

@TohaBgood2

15 күн бұрын

It's historically where NorCal was considered to begin. SF and everything north is "NorCal". California is enormous. so it's fine that the Northern "half" is very large.

@paulsanchez214

15 күн бұрын

Like in many states, the "Northern" and "Southern" are not in reference to two literal halves of the state. In Kentucky, "Northern Kentucky" refers to a small three-county area in the suburbs of Cincinnati. In Louisiana, "South Louisiana" is only the region below Interstate 12. I could go on. In California, The Bay Area is "Northern California," as is Sacramento, etc. Then there's the Central Valley, a huge region in the state. Southern California doesn't begin at Bakersfield or some random half of the state. Bakersfield is a part of the Central Valley. Southern California begins, arguably, at the Grapevine.

@psfca

9 күн бұрын

SF is still considered NorCal

sad you missed those sunsets! That view from Twin Peaks or Buena Vista would have been beautiful!

I hate when people think that SF is so terrible from 1 small visit,although it may be a little weird that doesn’t make everything horrible and if someone would not say these things about such a big beautiful place 😕it just makes me sad to think about what people think

There are so many closed places, why arened you showeing the truth, and that park should be wall to wall people.

@MichaelMartello

7 күн бұрын

Sure there's a bunch of closed businesses/bad areas...but most of the city's hotspots/good neighborhoods are totally fine to visit.

There is a distinct difference in vibe between L.A. and San Fran and I think you're either built for one or the other. Me, personally, am energized by L.A., whereas I feel like the life is being sucked out of me in San Fran. It could be the fog and the constant dampness of the air in San Fran, bc I have S.A.D., but it's not a place I've ever enjoyed.

@MichaelMartello

16 күн бұрын

SAD is so real

@k2sworld

16 күн бұрын

@@MichaelMartello It really is. May Gray and June Gloom this year in L.A. were exceptionally rough. There were weeks on end of no sun until 2 or 3 pm. If it isn't cloudy again until December, I may actually recover.

@gridley

16 күн бұрын

Cultural, economic & physical differences between the two major parts of CA have been noted for generations. Same thing with the differences between NYC & LA, the East Coast & West Coast. Or Europe & the US. They'll never change. Today's SF, however, is a forewarning to any city, particularly LA, how things can fall apart way too easily in spite of a city having built-in advantages of weather, culture, terrain, economics, demographics.

@TohaBgood2

16 күн бұрын

@@gridley Lol, dude what are you even talking about? Have you seen SF these days? Seriously! Have you actually visited it recently? It's kind of great.

@gridley

16 күн бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 I guess the owners of properties like the Westfield SF Centre, or around Union Sq or Fisherman's Wharf must be gaslighting everyone. It's also possible that, for example, Macy's just wants a sweetheart deal from the city, etc.

Even the sealions are leaving SF

2 minutes 11 seconds; "There's the cable car !" ?? That is called a trolley car 🚎 .

@lawrenceteft7209

7 күн бұрын

Technically it’s PCC streetcar.

Oakland embodies every label the media pins on SF 😂

I left San Francisco last year after living there 10 years--people are angry, streets, dirty, retail closing, crime rampant (I was subjected to a burglary which police never showed up too), homelessness increasing, people hallucinating on drugs in streets, expensive, restaurants and retail closing, stores boarded up, and I am just getting started....so glad to be among lucky people who was able to leave...

The problem with San Francisco isn’t the location or the climate. It’s 100% the people and the generally blasé and complacent attitude

Fisherman's Wharf is the Last place to go in SF. Has no connection to living in San Francisco

No cruising the Castro? Maybe that's next video.

SF the worst run city in the worst run state in the country

Great vid but SF is not northern Cali..😂😂

Please stop spreading misinformation that Los Angeles is park poor. If you still live in Culver City, Veterans Park, Lindberg Park, Kenneth Hahn Park are within walking distance. Fifteen minute drive will take you to Rancho Park, Marina del Rey or Venice Beach. Twenty minute drive will take you to Ocean Park, Palisades Park, Will Rogers Beach Park, George Wolfberg at Potrero Canyon Park, Rustic Canyon Rec area. Thirty minute drive will take you to parks in Beverly Hills and WeHo. 40 minute drive will take you to expansive Griffith Park. Hope this helps.

Comparing Pershing Square while it's under renovation is complete BS. And why would you compare the walk of fame with fisherman's wharf? The comparison should be with Santa Monica. And, as many have said before, and it's valid, LA uses its beaches the way SF uses its parks. Lastly, you fail to say that the weather and sunsets in LA can't be touched by SF. I don't understand why you always seem to bitch about LA in a backhanded passive aggressive way and you still live there. Just leave already so you don't have to passive aggressively complain about it anymore.

@MichaelMartello

12 күн бұрын

@@mrxman581 you’re looking wayyyy too into this…I think you should go create your own video about SF/LA 😎 If you can’t appreciate a high density “park city,” then you’ve clearly only lived in LA 😊

@maryannemartello2301

12 күн бұрын

U can’t just enjoy a good video! SMH

San Francisco should just have both professional sports teams of the NHL hockey & the MLS soccer and so much supertall skyscrapers!✨✨✨✨✨✨🏟🏟🏟🏟🏟🏟🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙