How terrifying is it to walk San Francisco's Tenderloin District? (Recorded June 6, 2024)

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San Francisco’s Tenderloin District has a global reputation for high level of crime, homelessness & drug use. It’s true that Tenderloin has a homeless & drug problem that is so deep that politicians and activists couldn’t find a solution to end it. One thing I know for sure, most of the homeless and drug users you see on the streets or living in tents are from somewhere: they’re not from the Tenderloin, they’re not even from San Francisco.
Is Tenderloin safe? Would you even walk the streets of the Tenderloin? Here’s my experience.
I have been doing on-and-off volunteer work at the Tenderloin for 9 years and so far, I haven’t had an experience where I felt unsafe. If anything, Tenderloin is one of the friendliest, most welcoming & tolerant neighborhoods in San Francisco. When I was on the verge of becoming homeless, nonprofits here saved me. Tenderloin’s compassion saved a lot of lives.
Is it dangerous? It depends. It could be dangerous anywhere anyway. Nancy Pelosi’s residence is located in one of the most expensive areas in the country but her husband was attacked with a hammer right in the comfort and safety of their mansion. Remember January 6 attack on the US Capitol? This is one of the most guarded and supposed to be safest in the world was stormed by a mob of you-know-who. You’d be okay touring Tenderloin but I’m not saying that it is like going to Disneyland. Just like when visiting other places, it’s important that you keep your wits about you and explore the Tenderloin during daytime. I have to tell you though that the condition at Tenderloin is very sad, dirty and grimy. If you’re here on a regular basis, it will take a toll on your mental health. People high on drugs with their bodies folded or lying on the ground are a common sight. There’s a big chance that you’ll step on human wastes, used syringes, condoms and other trash. You’ll see drug-dealing out in the open in broad daylight.
BUT, food is amazing. Residents are friendly and always smiling and asking you how’s your day going. You’ll see and hear kids playing at the park. There are a number of fabulous bars. Tenderloin is right next to the more touristy Union Square and hip Hayes Valley, too.
There is certainly no lack of things to do at the Tenderloin. However, this is not somewhere you would want to live.
Tenderloin District, San Francisco, California, USA
Shot in 4K

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@hmmdoh7835 Ай бұрын

at less the subway station looks better than those in NYC...

@DankChi66 15 күн бұрын

It sucks tho lol. Be happy with yours

@shottashabazz6721 25 күн бұрын

The Tenderloin in the day time is Dr Jekyll and at night time its Mr Hyde.

@daniel-nw5iq 17 күн бұрын

Ya go out 12 am whole different world

@brick6347 4 күн бұрын

That book is actually an allegory of Edinburgh.

@rhp_6926 Ай бұрын

Try it at night.

@yiios851 19 күн бұрын

I live in Sf and the media is determined to cast it in a bad light. It’s a beautiful city

@generalzod7959 19 күн бұрын

@yiios851 it's a DYING city.

@yiios851 18 күн бұрын

@@generalzod7959do you live in Sf? What neighborhood?

@psfca 17 күн бұрын

@@generalzod7959wrong 😂😂😂

@brianlee3526 11 күн бұрын

@yiios851 oh yeah beautiful and safest city the world, just stay there and keep voting blue ! You are doing great !

@karinhsu2147 24 күн бұрын

This area was much better than I visited last November(Thanksgiving time)….

@az8677 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for the upload. I lived on McAllister St. near the U.N. plaza when I was a student and walked all over these streets.

@azlynzzz5 22 күн бұрын

The familiar street names... :) oh how I miss SF...☺and it's true to avoid strolling at night. Thank you for this video..we're coming to visit SF soon...☺

@caliwalks 19 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@azlynzzz5 19 күн бұрын

@@caliwalks I did 🤗🌸🙏

@rellom777 26 күн бұрын

Not bad, you should walk through LA’s skid road area, thats a terrible place

@RandallNorwood 9 күн бұрын

I was at The Sanctuary & Next Door Shelters before I moved into The Tenderloin at Hotel Mentone on the corner of Ellis & Jones.

@davidtrotman5990 24 күн бұрын

The pattern of the shadows indicates that this was shot fairly early in the morning. When the sun goes down is when the fun really begins.

@lornahardin4563 Ай бұрын

The worst I've ever seen is KZfaq channels of Kensington Ave, Philadelphia. I cannot understand why the city allows the wanton drug use, trash and just plain filth. This is a walk in the park, some trash, still a sad situation.

@IAMHERE486 Ай бұрын

They clean it and the people come right back!

@lornahardin4563 Ай бұрын

I know they do, I've seen it at Kensington, they even put dumpsters there and the losers just dump trash on the ground. The do gooders just encourage the situation by bags of food, clothes, shoes and they take what they want and drop the rest on the ground. Then you know there are drug dealers there, where's the law and city government allowing it to happen, look at the closed businesses because of them. Don't know the answer other than bussing them out to an open field and dropping them off.

@IAMHERE486 Ай бұрын

@@lornahardin4563 Many states/cities have chosen to decriminalize drugs so the police can’t do much.People choose this lifestyle so why don’t you have beef with them.

@lornahardin4563 Ай бұрын

When these people are out of it on drugs you can't even get thru to them, something needs to be done to protect the business owners and customers trying to get to them. Would you want them on your business doorstep?

@IAMHERE486 Ай бұрын

@@lornahardin4563 Now that I agree with but I don’t know where the people would go.I always said just put them in jail like they did during the crack era.Oh well hopefully something is figured out but I doubt it.

@fiddleronthecube7835 5 күн бұрын

I was in San Francisco in 1995. I wouldn't go now even if someone paid me.

@PhonolaEnean 24 күн бұрын

I walk through it every day to the BART station to get to work. Not afraid at all. Been doing it for twenty years. Coming home at night, not afraid either. The past few weeks, they have finally begun to arrest and the area is starting to improve, but it seems that everyone is just moving to a different location. Yes it is very very bad, and I've been lucky, but your attitude walking through makes a difference. Area gets a lot of lookie loo tourists that want to see it for real, and get picked on, especially when they take pictures!!! Oh well human nature. Great video.

@kathleendanford9420 Ай бұрын

My third husband had a doctor appointment there...cancer. I wanted us to take time to enjoy Golden Gate Park ...i wanted him to see what I saw. He couldn't wait to get out of there. He was a truck drive.

@lori8379 3 күн бұрын

Golden Gate Park is nowhere near the tenderloin district. It’s a beautiful park with a lot to do and see.

@MaineCoonzRul Ай бұрын

I spent a night at the King George Hotel and walked through the Tenderloin to go to a play in the theater district, and yes it could be better but it is not impossible to walk there and enjoy yourself.

@69Muscle 22 сағат бұрын

I’ll be there in 2 months for vacation. I’m definitely going to a walk thru at night.

@patrisio3 Ай бұрын

For some reason I felt more afraid in Vancouver's downtown Eastside a few weeks ago. But that's probably because I know very little about the Eastside, but have been through the Tenderloin so many times that I'm very familiar with the area and the atmosphere. I probably would be pretty tense in Philly's Kensington area also.

@lesliefranklin1870 Ай бұрын

In the '90s, I lived for a few months at the YMCA on Golden Gate. Except for the fancier bus stops, it hasn't changed much. Thank you.

@lyndastarwriter8507 14 күн бұрын

Wow! I'm editing a story I wrote while in College - 1991 Sociology class, winter term, CSU Stanislaus to make an ebook out of it. For the class, all we had to do was stay in the McAllister Hotel (Timeline 8:40) x 7 days, the second week of January. The professor gave us an itinerary, places to serve like shelters, churches, we were to go out and observe, speak with seemingly displaced, interesting, people. Social services reps. We had many tours slated, like Delancey street and the restaurant, St. Anthony's church, free clinics, section 8 housing, etc. City hall was closed ex post Loma Prieta 1989 earthquake, which moved City Hall's dome about 4" off base and cracked the huge structure. We ended our week long stay with a visti to the Glide Memorial church - food line - kitchen and a service if we were so inclined. WOW. The service was uplifting. The choir was phenomenal. If we couldn't stay the entire week, there was no point in signing up for the class. We had to write an observational story - not a formal academic paper - to the best of our ability. Fine grammar waived. Photos (35mm back in the day), if we desired to share. I was thinking: quick, easy 'A'. It took awhile for me to digest certain lifestyles, vibes, experiences and write about them - we had a week to do that. I got an 'A' in the class - everyone who turned in at least 1,000 words, got an A. It was an interesting subculture in the Tenderloin. I'm going to leave my thoughts there. Thank you for your tour. I can't believe the McAllister hotel still looks the same. It looks a lot cleaner than I remember, too.

@caliwalks 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story. I worked for an organization that had some connection with McAllister Hotel. I must say that it is well-maintained even inside the hotel. I was once told by the staff that their elevator is one of the oldest in San Francisco. It’s an antique elevator with antique grill doors. I’m thinking, decades from now my videos will tell their own stories, too. I’m glad that we have KZfaq to sort of serve like a time-capsule.

@RavelandRobotics Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this, I´m a frequent visitor (since 2001) and I only have 2 uncomfortable experiences (both out of the Tenderloin and product of lack of common sense), Tenderloin feels a bit dirty but thats all... my personal advice: use common sense (like in any other big city)! Cheers!

@ssjrose9641 23 күн бұрын

Bingo! My advice to visitors is to stay away from the tenderloin district.

@RavelandRobotics 22 күн бұрын

@@ssjrose9641 definetely!! if you can avoid it do it... but can easily find yourself there after the theaters or civic center, trying to find a "shortcut"... therefore "common sense" is the key

@ginjjiigok364 15 күн бұрын

Stay alert

@richmanz447 19 күн бұрын

This is the only way I'm visiting San Francisco again.

@raylightbown4968 Ай бұрын

I visited SF twice. First in 1981 I stayed on Eddy Polk area. I can't recall any homeless and I didn't feel threatened in any way. In 1989, I stayed in Baker St. by Haight - Ashbury. I visited Polk and Fulsom fairs without concern. However, I did feel a little scared in Hollywoord Boulevade LA in 1981. Only cars, no walking people, and saw a shooting of a man from a passing car.

@l.ls.8890 Ай бұрын

Do a walk through just like that at night to let us see the real SF Tenderloin after hours.

@tototita413 Ай бұрын

gee it changed a lot since London Breed took over !!!!!!!!!

@user-mh6vp3bn2v Ай бұрын

its terrible and so sad(, be careful in this place

@osivot Ай бұрын

You didn't even watch the video, did you?

@PlanTonto 8 күн бұрын

Depends whose tenderloin you're trying to walk thru 😂😂😂

@robertjaramillo1408 7 күн бұрын

You didn’t go down Willow in the beginning 😂

@haljordan3092 27 күн бұрын

This lady is dishonest. She was terrified and it showed during her editing. She edited out the drug dealing, she edited out the crazy person doing drugs, she edited out so much or simply didn't show the truth. Remember, this is 10 am in the morning when the "normal" people are up looking for foods from volunteers.

@jackchen7003 Ай бұрын

Very sad to see

@osivot Ай бұрын

You didn't even watch the video, did you?

@buckstrickland5832 Күн бұрын

Remember back in 2010 during the World Series when the Giants were playing the Rangers? I remember clear as day Joe Buck saying during a flyover that S.F. was America's most beautiful city.

@curtistandy6606 2 күн бұрын

Sad to see city so empty. Was once always so many people out there walking and enjoying the beautiful city now dying a d destroyed

@g-pawmikey5508 20 күн бұрын

Its terrifying to walk anywhere, nob is even crap, most everything around fisherman's wharf or the cannery is boarded up

@teresakarr8328 11 күн бұрын

I was forced to take a driving break during heavy rain about 7 years ago. I walked from the financial district through the tenderloin after dark in the winter. I observed people lining up for shelter beds. And there were at least 40 persons about a block from services. All of them weathering outside were over the age of 70. Of coarse i didnt verify ages. I think elderly persons may have a difficult time getting services. We need to prioritize certain at risk groups that are basically disriminated against in our society. Oh! No one noticed. 😂

@wcourson11 5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for giving my last view of San Francisco. I have extreme sympathy for the mentally ill, and for those who have made bad choices in life. I have always loved San Francisco and I’m very saddened by the decay that the local government has allowed, or worse, engineered.

@kathleendanford9420 Ай бұрын

The closer you get to San Francisco Hospitals the calmer things are. But I use to hang out their with my second husband. He thought best to move the country mouse to Santa Cruz.

@CraigGoldsberry-rz6fn Ай бұрын

Yeah it's same in our big cities.....I live in downtown San Jose and it's really bad here

@prefeitobear9209 26 күн бұрын

Not bad.

@vincedugar4840 27 күн бұрын

Go Niners!

@kurtpeterson315 11 күн бұрын

Do your walk at night when those Tenderloin street workers aren't out there and it's a little different story.

@caliwalks 11 күн бұрын

Kurt, why would you want me to walk there at night? What’s your point. For now I don’t have business walking there at night. Thank you

@kurtpeterson315 11 күн бұрын

@@caliwalks all good

@lebbqc3727 11 күн бұрын

Just got home after a week in SF. Tenderloin scene is expanding east-west-north-south. The homeless, many with hard drug addiction, and various mental illnesses. Folks that haven’t bathed in years, relieving the bodily fluids everywhere create a unique aroma to the area. Only once in 4 days did one come up to me asking something in a language from another world. The bus/rail was the scariest.

@mritzs5142 Ай бұрын

nothing

@jerryspringa1729 20 күн бұрын

Use Bart at night. In fact inside the tram cars is where all the shit takes place.

@caliwalks 19 күн бұрын

I ride BART at night and have videos too 😉

@His_Name_Was_King 19 күн бұрын

What takes place?

@caliwalks 19 күн бұрын

Riders minding their own business, occasional homeless, performers

@ssjrose9641 23 күн бұрын

I'm going to have to start calling bs on this "sf post apocalyptic decline" narrative. SF has issues like any other major city, but it's not some post-apocalyptic no man's land. It's a beautiful walking city with unlimited things to do/points of interest. I've walked around in multiple parts of the city, morning AND evening, without fearing for my life. SF has a few neighborhoods that are bad/trashy (like any major city) and the rest is just fine full of normal people. My advice...stay out of the tenderloins district 😂😂😂😂😂

@caliwalks 19 күн бұрын

True!

@TheNoticer83 4 күн бұрын

How can something that sounds so delicious be so rotten?

@ghostofthorntonwrench7289 Ай бұрын

Been there well before it got a lot more fucked up.

@latinking9793 Ай бұрын

No it's not dangerous to walk in or walk through there I live in beautiful San Francisco, & I've walked thru the area a lot of times, & I never had anyone bother me or try to attack me but still always be safe no matter where you are.

@Bruh-kl3vr Ай бұрын

lol lies bunch of lies SF is dangerous like ahhhh! It’s so bad that even West Virginia is better than it like it’s the worst city in the world and it’s disgusting

@laeihbvaljefhbvalejfhbv Ай бұрын

Streets like this around the world are not normal. Even New York has more respect to itself than to have people ODing and defecating out in open. Drug markets all across SOMA and Tenderloin, everybody is always on high alert it is not a good feeling you have when walking through these areas.

@osivot Ай бұрын

@@laeihbvaljefhbvalejfhbv You didn't even watch the video, did you? Show us where the ODing people are.

@bhuvanordhruv Ай бұрын

@@osivotthere are ODing people, but probably not as many as people would think. Still unacceptable for San Francisco tho

@Casto01 8 күн бұрын

The T ain't nothing today like how it was from the 80s- early 2000s

@kahlrhoam6769 4 күн бұрын

“The Streets We Call The ZOO”. 😐

@andyhughes1776 26 күн бұрын

Being that the U.S. is supposedly the richest country on earth, California being the richest State in the U.S. (6th largest economy in the world), and San Francisco being the richest city with all the Billion Dollar Hightech companies, their subway should be paved in gold. Yet, it looks delapidated like a Third World country. Something is not right!

@SeaChellesShore 8 күн бұрын

Civic Center and Tenderloin at its best! ...Only during ELECTION YEAR. I think San Francisco City Officials really stepped up this year more than any other election year. They know their job is on the line with the accelerating decline of our city in these past 4 years. But seeing how cleaned up our city has been these past few months just shows what they are capable of. I'd like to see this kept up beyond 2024.

@raymondllanos6242 Ай бұрын

This is nothing try walking thru downtown miami at night miami gardens at night and day and any where in st Louis that looks normal to me oh downtown Atlanta it's dangerous

@Lyonsvideos1 9 күн бұрын

Try L A.. a real nightmare, day or night...🙈😫

@user-ge9lt2nb4l Ай бұрын

I really don't see what the issue is

@Badmemphisurbanism Ай бұрын

You didn’t see blocks of homeless people blocking sidewalks either in zombie mode or actively injecting drugs? You didn’t see that?

@osivot Ай бұрын

@@Badmemphisurbanism for about 2% of the video, homeless

@kennethbailey9853 Ай бұрын

No Thankyou I left for a reason. 😢

@Larry-gn1xj 4 күн бұрын

The Tender GROIN District.

@garyjohnson1970 Ай бұрын

Stalker....

@thepeterchannel3230 Ай бұрын

Rename The Tenderloin District as The Ground Beef District

@brentsummers7377 11 күн бұрын

There's quite a few KZfaq channels that exaggerate & say much of SF is like the Tenderloin area. I was in SF a few months ago. I can say for sure that between the Embarcadero BART station and the Ferry building you'll see nothing like the Tenderloin. Same for walking between the Ferry Building and Pier 39 waterfront. The only poop on the sidewalks is from seagulls. I saw no beggars or homeless or people with addictions in that area.

@dhavalsheth8657 3 күн бұрын

This is terrible. Pick one of these lame cliches we here all the time: We need to “vote”, “sign useless and meaningless petitions”, “attend town halls”, “hold dog and pony show hearings”, “sue”, “pass more laws” (which will never be enforced), “propose new bills” “work with the other side”, “form committees of bureaucrats ”, “peacefully protest”, “win court cases”, “contact our elected officials”, “follow the constitution”, “follow the rule of law” ,“work in a bipartisan fashion”, “recall politicians”, “censure politicians” Yes! that will really STOP and CRUSH these commies that have usurped the USA. (Sarcasm emphasized)

@lifewithpatti9531 Ай бұрын

I’m only into this video 11 minutes but so far I don’t see any problems. Ok now I see the problem some. Sad but looks like they are minding their own business.

@bernardakathepokerbluffer9889 Ай бұрын

Gotta admit, the streets look way more cleaner than other parts of the world right now! Not bad SF!!!! Keep up the Excellent work. Still can use many improvements of course!

@Photobuffeddy_AGS 18 күн бұрын

This city junk city with so much weird folks ‘ crazy yo 😅

@Photobuffeddy_AGS 18 күн бұрын

But the Tranist / trains very reliable . Specific- to Traveling ‘ without car . Yay 😁

@SeanCle 19 күн бұрын

So many walking through crosswalks with no Situational Awareness ?? Looking down or behind ?? Baa. 🐑

@caliwalks 19 күн бұрын

Please clarify the question? Thanks 🙏

@SeanCle 19 күн бұрын

Open ended statements because I worked on a US Navy Flightdeck . Sometimes it’s good to know where you’re at. I love the video . Was just looking at people coming towards you in the cross walks. Some are Aloof as they go into the street

@alexroos4195 Ай бұрын

I have to say this without offending anyone ok. I have always thought that America is a dream place that everyone are dreaming to come here, but I was wrong about that. I realized it now that America streets are very unclean full of Garfiti defacing all the street signs..especially in Oakland, Los Angeles, and most city are all like that. And the people who did all this garfiti defacing the city street side walk they don't get punishment unlike in Asian countries. In Asian countries..their government will not tolerate garfiti writing on the street signs..they arrested you and you will be kill..especially in China. In Asian countries most hotel or motel are clean and respectful with low cost unlike here in America. In America most people are mean not disrespectful against each other doesn't matter what skin color you are. They will treat you bad, simply because they just don't like you. Nowadays they are so many homeless people, and most people don't care anymore. They are only care for themselves and their love one.. that is all.

@tinoestrada6825 22 күн бұрын

If I show the ugly things of a city I get more likes rights.

@ChristopherChua-vv4if Ай бұрын

God have mercy on them all help them

@jerryspringa1729 20 күн бұрын

Take Bart to Oakland and you will visit a third world country right here in Cali.

@caliwalks 19 күн бұрын

Nope. I have Oakland videos and it was fine.

@bigtobacco1098 10 күн бұрын

Governor newsom

@Robert-is7du 19 күн бұрын

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@Username48948 Ай бұрын

Seattle downtown its worst.

@TribuniPlebis Ай бұрын

Toxic mix of radical progressive policies and inequality created this situation in SF. It needs tough love to help the addicts, homeless and mentally ill. Paid for by the wealthy who can easily miss 0.1% of their profits to solve this.