The real reason behind so many store closures in San Francisco

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The real reason behind so many store closures in San Francisco
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Form the USA, Memphis Tennessee, ORANGE MOUND
I live in San Francisco
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#SanFrancisco
#California
0:00 skateboarding in soma
0:40 introduction
0:59 is it worth moving to San Francisco
3:08 The homeless situation
4:40 what is life like here
4:50 save a lot of money
5:13 I stop drinking
5:46 pricing in the city
7:52 lots of construction
8:39 The future of San Francisco
9:11 tech is gone
11:56 The real reason behind the store closures in San Francisco
12:29 why San Francisco is the meeting place
14:32 what’s normal?
15:34 BYE-BYE

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@monicaholm2575 3 жыл бұрын

CVS is closing due to the rampant shoplifting with no repercussions

@se7enzee444 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and the shoplifters are so brazen!

@dejavu9605 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to AG Becerra and district attorney Gascon. They ruined SF and LA.

@kmoov90 3 жыл бұрын

What he meant was most consumers were tech employees and without them stores like CVS will go downhill. The riots and looting just made it worst.

@muskepticsometimes9133 3 жыл бұрын

Covid hurts for sure. But non enforcement of laws had big effect. The right DA can destroy a city.

@muskepticsometimes9133 3 жыл бұрын

@@se7enzee444 a dent user needs 80 bucks a day. Given fence ten cent per dollar needs to steal 800 bucks a day. There is basically no penalty for under 1000 dollar theft I see stores manned by clerks who have to get stuff.

@freddymarcel-marcum6831 3 жыл бұрын

After 25 years of driving a taxi in San Francisco, the City hasn't been worth moving to since 2000-3. That was pretty much the beginning of the end of the belle epoch.

@johndeaux3703 3 жыл бұрын

@VF1100rider The govt of Saudi Arabia.

@lenisbennett3062 3 жыл бұрын

@VF1100rider your brain needs to recover from what seems to be terminal left wing idiocy

@herlockholme7321 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your soberness bro! That's a good thing, health is wealth!

@dancingkay2604 3 жыл бұрын

Yes agree, health is wealth! God Bless

@herlockholme7321 3 жыл бұрын

@@dancingkay2604 yes indeed it is. Hey, if you're ever bored, check out my channel, if you like subscribe please and thank you

@stephane7673 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve spent 5000$ on alcohol and cigarettes this year. I am now 1 week sober of everything, I’ll only have a good bottle of wine if something great happens in my life if not bye the bottle. ✊🏽

@freedomformelbourne884 3 жыл бұрын

chuck liddell ... well done Chuck :) Never give up!

@warrenarden1681 3 жыл бұрын

Spittin’ facts

@paulo7200 3 жыл бұрын

Really good video format you've invented: e-scooter tour with economic narration. I like it!

@jimmierustler9486 3 жыл бұрын

It's an urban city by the ocean in California, it's never going to be cheap. People waiting for it to drop to $700 going to be sitting in their van forever

@901cali 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@quierovermitubo 3 жыл бұрын

😸😄😸😄😸😄

@boohere2 3 жыл бұрын

@@901cali Thanks for your video. It sucks everything keeps going back and fourth between open and close. My city actually never got to open any gyms, inside dinning or move theaters since the outbreak started. Not even limited capacity inside. Eventually my town got restaurants to open outside and that was fine. Then last week or week before they banned that from happening. The CDC and even Fauci recommend to do stuff outside and even eat outside. I'm confused to why restaurants here in California at least where weather has been pretty great can't just remain open outside? As long as other people are separated from you outside eating then you should be okay. I just don't get that part. People are still going to the grocery stores and certain malls where it's crowded which is all inside. Aside from that- I am on the fence about the vaccine. I don't think it will kill you if you get it. I just think they rushed into it too quick. I mean it took them 5 years to make the Ebola vaccine. Typically it takes that long or even 3 years to get a vaccine. The Government and American people don't want to go back into a 3rd lock/shut downs or even 5 lock/shut downs. They want this covid to end ASAP and get back to normal. I think there was a lot a TON of pressure to come out with anything possible. I won't be getting the vaccine even if it was offered to me. I would consider maybe possibly getting it in another year from now. I just want more studies done.

@boohere2 3 жыл бұрын

@@901cali Also I have a friend that works in the city she commutes by her car. She is working from home and has been since March/April. She works for a tech company. I have other friends that work in the bay area as well. Most all are working from home. It's sad again about the restaurants as you mentioned....people come to work and then go to a restaurant to grab a bite for lunch. Then sometimes grab a coffee in the morning before work at a coffee shop. Here in my city more towards Marin are hurting as well.I am trying to actually do take out as much as possible to give them the business. I suggest if you can to do the same. Go pick up food or have it delivered to you. Leave a tip too as I always do.

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

3 rules of real estate: location,location,location!

@cliffm6566 3 жыл бұрын

You’re a smart guy, no bullshit, and you’re right about the city not coming back anytime soon. Those super entitled city supervisors are in for a big changes in their soft lives.

@mastercleanseNOTdiet 3 жыл бұрын

I watched a local news report that had video footage of a CVS being robbed & it was absolute chaos. Really shocking stuff, one thief came back in & stole more. They faught with & distracted the security guards while others looted. Cops never showed up. For a second I thought I was watching an S.N.L skit.

@WestCoastSpirit70 3 жыл бұрын

When I was 16 ( 1969), I was living in a small town in the NE of France. I met this young 23 years old American traveller from San Francisco who told me about his city. I fell in love, not with him but with the description and the pictures he left in my mind. I promised myself I would go one day to San Francisco and I did, 10 years later and I loved it. I know, this is part of the evolution of our societies and our environment but I am watching this nice video with a grain of nostalgia. Thank you Jermaine for the tour and the info.

@J3unG 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping us informed about SF. Stay safe and happy, bro.

@jonathanbishop6461 3 жыл бұрын

San Fran looks exactly like Seattle 💀. Many homeless, dirty and business going out or boarded up. The west coast looking real bad

@desertmoonlight2880 3 жыл бұрын

not as bad as Seattle I say LA getting closer to looking like Seattle

@901cali 3 жыл бұрын

San Francisco and Seattle same thing!

@lynnamarsh6384 3 жыл бұрын

South Austin moved the homeless to outskirts of town. I haven't been downtown in a while come to think of it.

@Random-bm7ho 3 жыл бұрын

@Savo 17 It basically the democratic run city's. It's not everywhere, a lot of places are business as usual.

@SidLaw500 3 жыл бұрын

I think the west coast is being purposefully detroyed to depopulate for chinese immigrants and global money interests. Seattle, Portland, LA all look the same.

@stevenhowe432 3 жыл бұрын

The old saying, there are a million starving artists is so true

@SouLoveReal 3 жыл бұрын

If you're a starving artist, then get a REAL job, then use your "art" as a side-job.

@FaithandNova 3 жыл бұрын

@Jay dawg not starving but many working class ppl in poverty can't feed their family daily

@cosmodave69 3 жыл бұрын

Haha...Still writing while delivery pizza!!! Beautiful and amazing Patriots like yourself who don't believe in the liberal media that come here for truth love and share my Trump FYF song.

@dancingkay2604 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats Jermaine, sober 6 mos! Best thing ever...helps see reality better! God Bless!

@gurupurkha 3 жыл бұрын

I think he would rather drink than be sober.

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

SF hasn’t had $700 one bedroom apartments since the 80’s, that’s not going to happen

@michaelbruno1330 3 жыл бұрын

In 2009 you could get a studio for 1500 in a secured building.

@magaranita 3 жыл бұрын

Crazier things have happened! Look at Baltimore, not that big of a stretch for SF to go the way of Baltimore.

@Jay-eb7ik 3 жыл бұрын

if san fran doesnt recover, you wont find people willing to pay 700 for a one bedroom anyway.

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

@@magaranita What are the key differences between Baltimore and San Francisco?

@magaranita 3 жыл бұрын

@@mmaranta785 Currently Baltimore does not have a poop map: wmmr.com/2019/04/17/someone-made-an-interactive-san-francisco-poop-map/ Baltimore does not sit on the Hayward Fault zone as does SF. San Francisco has more Starbucks. Both are run by Democrats. SF is losing businesses just as Baltimore has seen in it's past. In 1950, Baltimore was America’s sixth most populous city, with nearly a million residents, many employed by Bethlehem Steel. But business begin moving away in the 60s and 70s. Which in turn led to people moving. Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, policymakers have often ignored the deterioration as fewer households meant a smaller tax base. Meanwhile, speculators bought cut-rate row homes and sat on them, waiting for a payday. And so between 2016 and 2018, according to U.S. Census estimates, Baltimore led all American cities in population loss. Not impossible to imagine SF going this route, as Cali continues to exhibit its appetite for eating itself.

@wonkm222 3 жыл бұрын

Good points and well said! It’s so sad to see business closing from local stores to international chains in SF. Some of my favorite places to eat have closed down as well. It’s so sad to see this happening here.

@chrisp.frye-noodles8761 Жыл бұрын

Aw, poor Asian chick. How will you survive?

@abcx5044 3 жыл бұрын

It seems like Rent getting low but that doesn’t mean your Purchasing power getting bigger cus many people are losing jobs

@lenaely6146 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@juliametcalf2660 3 жыл бұрын

They seem to think we can run the economy by a few large retailers & "The Government" this will crash and burn almost immediately & ..... thanks SF for giving us headboard harris...

@georgeoy932 3 жыл бұрын

Buy bitcoin as soon as possible and as much as possible!!!! You have been warned 👀🚨

@willungs541 3 жыл бұрын

Jermaine, San Francisco is so lucky to have you. Please dont leave.

@0patience4flz 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please stay your weird ace where u iz..

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

The problem when the rich people leave is that they own the company you work for!

@therealvirgoqueen6553 3 жыл бұрын

The Government is going to buy up all these properties @a fraction of the cost

@candyland8326 3 жыл бұрын

Boom!

@paulo7200 3 жыл бұрын

Freaking amazing you can just roll across 5th St. without looking! Used to be a traffic jam there 24/7.

@dennistaylor6342 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the update.... I would be in that city 10-15 times a year. For trade shows.... it’s crazy seeing it so empty. Wow!

@broosewee 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, started watching your channel recently. You have some really great observations about the city, pandemic, and life in general. Really chill to watch the sights and listen to you vibe. Good stuff.

@willungs541 3 жыл бұрын

Tech companies leaving means much less tax revenue for the city of San Francisco and the state of California. I am worried about what will happen when they start making budget cuts...

@kmoov90 3 жыл бұрын

It's inevitable so yeah I can see it happen eventually, probably sooner than most think.

@erikeippel 3 жыл бұрын

Letting folks out of prison early -

@777jones 3 жыл бұрын

There will be less homelessness if the rewards for it decrease. for these benefits, the size of the government would need to shrink dramatically. California’s government should start again from zero.

@sensibleandrational6682 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the updates and on point observations. Stay safe and keep up the good work.

@aguynamedscott11 3 жыл бұрын

I love the way you shoot your videos. Its nice to be getting a tour of the city as you are actually talking about important issues effecting the city. I'm not sure why your video came up as recommended, but awesome job!!

@chefntoast 3 жыл бұрын

Yo that is so eery and sad in so many ways , but also so dope, so bad ass to be able to cruise like that. Houston is the exact opposite right now, shops open, gyms open, schools open, parks open, people biking and walking, jogging, lots of traffic, affordable rent, affordable food.

@phillipkalaveras1725 3 жыл бұрын

That was 2 months ago... Are the shops, gyms, schools and, parks still open? Are people still biking, walking, jogging, dancing in the street? Can you drink the water yet and your electricity is about $10,000 a month and from all the broken pipes the warm weather coming up will bring mold and rot as you have never seen before we are bombing Syria again and boys are back in the girl's locker room...

@chefntoast 3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipkalaveras1725 yes to all the things being open , yes to drinking water, bills are not anymore than usual , although I wish more people danced in the street . I'm not a fan of our fucked up foreign policy nor do I support any bombing, sanctions or starvation. You good homie?

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

The thing about the tech workers workin* at home: Could be a dry run for you know what. You know how you call customer service and they are in the Philippines or India.......

@slide04 3 жыл бұрын

good point

@TUBESPECIFIC1 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's said the work at home job market is about to really globalize where they're not going to use us Americans for long now that being in office isn't necessary while there are tons of English speaking computer and finance people with high speed internet in other countries who work a professional job for about $10 which is white collar pay in India and most other Asian countries.

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

@@TUBESPECIFIC1 This pandemic has been a testing ground for corporate America-if you think about it like payback or karma to all the high paid tech workers who made it happen. They didn’t know they were also speeding up their own demise! These high paid programmer jobs may disappear just like all those blue collar manufacturing jobs did.

@juliametcalf2660 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you need customer service there will be no economy for you to earn a living in ....the bureaucrats won't even be safe ...see end of the Soviet Union ....

@TUBESPECIFIC1 3 жыл бұрын

@@juliametcalf2660 Oh yes, those high paid programmer jobs are a fluke. Here today; gone tomorrow for if Americans can do, Chinese, Indian, and others can do it too for much less. The sole purpose of the corporations is to maximize profit, but the result carries many more implications like the debt based economic collapse and a great reset to one world order leading to current day corporations demise though having served their purpose of innovating and rolling out high technologies and new economic models like phones, aps, robotics, AI, autonomous driving systems, and global cryptocurrency. This sort of profiteering and tearing up every culture on Earth in the name of profit and tech development isn't sustainable nor going to work out for it's been going so fast without considering how it effects everyone else who aren't executives and shareholders with little regard for the environment of Earth despite high tech electric cars now being common place. However I honestly believe it's all going to ol' financial elite globalists game plan for the ol' new world order out of chaos where it's actually about far more than money profits alone.

@SARAHSAAVEDRA1 3 жыл бұрын

Loved your video and very thorough about what is going on in SF. Thanks for your video.

@heatherbeeson2185 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos. Thanks for sharing 🤗

@mariaotto6732 3 жыл бұрын

This is the realest video i have seen lately...

@micmac99 3 жыл бұрын

I'm old enough to remember when the major industry in SF, outside of tourism, outside of shipping (the piers) was banking/finance. Every big California bank had HQ in San Francisco and I see their old 1960s/1970s skyscrapers on almost all your videos. SF had the Pacific Stock Exchange. SF was the HQ of Chevron (555 Market). HQ of Pacific Bell. HQ of Del Monte. HQ of Southern Pacific Railroad. HQ of Crown Zellerbach which was a paper manufacturer. There was manufacturing in San Francisco. SoMA was a warehouse/manufacturing area right up until the 80s and 90s. Moscone Center opened when I was in sixth grade and that started SoMA gentrifying. SFMOMA came along in the 1990s. San Francisco will never be Detroit and will always be a center of commerce and innovation. When you have UC Berkeley, Stanford and all the other colleges and universities turning out graduates, they can't all move to Texas, and not all of them want to.

@Dreamprism 3 жыл бұрын

The universities definitely help!

@qjtvaddict 3 жыл бұрын

World and Texas: Hold my beer?!!!!!!

@ldmaze517 3 жыл бұрын

Micael Sheldon Reed - You broke it down. My father worked on the Moscone Center back in the day.

@therealvirgoqueen6553 3 жыл бұрын

The Government will come behind these businesses and but them for little or nothing ....... Watch

@timstultz4387 3 жыл бұрын

I had a friend that lived in SF back in the mid 90s. He had a studio like 12 blocks from Market for $900 a month. I lived in Sacramento downtown in a 2 bedroom for $450. I’d ride greyhound down to the bus station downtown and we’d run the city all night getting drunk and having fun. SF used to be so fun it’s a beautiful place but I’d never live there

@SunshineStateofMind1981 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the update. I wish you well in San Fran.

@dougcarson5202 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, detailed tour of SOMA/Downtown SF. That was my working world between 2012 and 2019. So eerie to see it so empty. Thanks for posting, Jermaine. Hope you can keep finding good work to keep you going.

@luismof1969 3 жыл бұрын

I, as a European, never thought that an American city (so internationally known) could look so depressing! And according to reports on youtube, about this city, I know by now that San Francisco has become a giant open-air bathroom! (What a degrading thing, for a human being, of these modern times!!...). It is on its way to an irremediable abyss!). Greetings from Portugal (Europe) and thank you for the video! ;-)

@sanbruno3606 3 жыл бұрын

CLEAN, SOBER, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

@maryannwaters339 3 жыл бұрын

All the rich, white, know-it-all, trustafarians from the San Francisco Bay Area are moving to Portugal. Se prepare, queridinho! 🙄🙄😉👍

@luismof1969 3 жыл бұрын

@@maryannwaters339 The self-respecting human being, who has a refined psychological sense of ethics and quality of life, has the right to choose a decent place to live, which is exactly compatible with that person as a whole! ... The human being is so different from each other! ... There are people, who have no ideals of life, who are not ambitious, who are lazy, who are rude, who don't respect a similar person, who do nothing useful for themselves (let alone for society!), who are not honest, who only know how to covet what others have in material terms ... (And there are another type of human beings, who are completely opposite and who seek luck elsewhere! ... These are very welcome to Portugal!...(why not? )... ;-)))

@maryannwaters339 3 жыл бұрын

@@luismof1969 Omg, uma rainha com trastorno de personalidad narcissista. Minha nossa, uma narcissista de livro didático detectado. 😂😂

@luismof1969 3 жыл бұрын

@@maryannwaters339 My got!... Como é possível, que eu tenha caido na (sua) armadilha!... Que pessoa tâo maldosa e negativa você é! - Brasileirinha duma figa, da merda!!!!... Pensava eu que estava respondendo para uma pessoa bem mais decente do que esta merda de gentinha que se apresenta aqui!... ("Minha nossa" digo eu!!!)... E é por isso que no mundo existe tanta gente "podre", que ainda por cima, se espressam de forma tâo deprimente - como você aqui o faz!!!... E mais: tenha cuidado com o vocabulário que você usa(!), porque de "narcissista" É QUE EU NÂO TENHO NADA! - Ok???... (Que vá p´ró "quinto dos infernos"!!...). Foda-se!...

@romeoslover817 3 жыл бұрын

One beds. For $700? I live near Sacramento and have not seen one bedrooms go for $700 in 20 years.

@jbroberts8807 3 жыл бұрын

Such a smart guy to listen to! Loved this video

@So.avant.garde1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing brother. Stay safe 😎

@gracesimplified3860 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I haven’t been into the city for awhile. Eerily quiet.

@papabear8059 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Bay and this is my first time viewing your VLOG. I really enjoyed it! Great City REVIEW! your a natural :)

@angelicanevarez7143 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! SF born and raised. Multiple generations of family here. So sad to see the city being turned upside down and the heart of SF is slowly breaking with the lack of resources for the homeless and respect from people. The heart of SF is still here but the soul feels gone.

@billyhughes9776 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you're perspective and real ground truth info. Take care.

@payehomage6922 3 жыл бұрын

New to your channel. I love the way you're documenting this time. Happy New Year

@sessalliehopgood1948 3 жыл бұрын

Love your thoughts. I used to live in the City years ago. Now a transplant to the East Bay. However I have always worked in the City. I went over a couple of weeks ago and it was totally a surreal moment out of the Twilight Zone. The stillness is deafening. Even your video captures the emptiness. It will also be interesting to see how all this plays out since tourism also been greatly affected. Tourism has been a stable revenue generator even in the worst of times long before Tech. The late 90s issued in the first round of rental increases to stratosphere levels with many people leaving in droves to other parts of the Bay. Hence why I left. Letting you know how old I am. Lol With the stability gone of two of its main revenue generators will be able to see the resiliency of the City and how the new business model or hybrid thereof will meet the challenges.

@tomtom2806 3 жыл бұрын

As a former urban planner and as an owner of a small real estate in the center of a German city I am raising the same questions.

@richardstubbs6053 3 жыл бұрын

You're a smart man. I applaud the things you are saying. I know I am being vague but the point is that you "understand" what is ACTUALLY going on. I am really hoping things change soon. Stay safe, and keep on doing what you do.

@eyestoenvy 3 жыл бұрын

The government's far over reaching (and in some ways blatantly illegal) response is responsible for sacking all of those stores, businesses, jobs, tax revenues etc. PERIOD!

@ladyfreddie7513 3 жыл бұрын

You can loot (steal up to $900) and not be charged. Businesses leave, take jobs. It will be harder for poor elderly to get their medications. Thank Progressive District Attorneys

@karijuana415 3 жыл бұрын

I moved into this neighborhood in November, I regret it!!!!

@Jay-eb7ik 3 жыл бұрын

Why did you move there? Just curious.

@AhJodie 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me want to cry, I love San Francisco and to see it so bare is super sad. I have never seen your channel before, very interesting, thank you for sharing!

@danielarguelles9799 Жыл бұрын

The more you show direct shots of the city the more I enjoy your dialogue. Thanks!

@lmankj 3 жыл бұрын

Great vlog as usual

@MARILYNANDERSON88 3 жыл бұрын

I was a social drinker. Like Jermaine, I do not miss drinking, however I miss friends music and hopping about.

@PatrickGoddard 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a trip, a fun trip, to watch. Wife and I lived in SF mid to late 90's, and everything you mentioned from rent to jobs, etc, were so familiar to what we experienced back then (lived through the first dot-com explosion/implosion.) Fun to listen to your commentary while you cruised around streets I hadn't seen for a long time. Cheers!

@glicmathan1771 3 жыл бұрын

This was seriously shocking to see. Thanks for being a tour guide and sharing your insights. I’ve been there many times over many decades and can’t believe how empty it is now.

@charlesyates6687 3 жыл бұрын

Coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in frisco

@RUSLexplorer2020 3 жыл бұрын

love the tall Christmas tree !

@bucsimon 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man. Impressive video & great info. Thx u for sharing

@mattbauer5149 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Update!

@BrianWebb0222 3 жыл бұрын

I’m working on moving to the city - trying to find a decent place. Currently live in Santa Rosa but work at SFO and the commute is brutal. With those rents dropping, it’s making it more attractive

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

Santa Rosa is better despite the wildfires.more open space, and it is still developing. I remember back in the early 90’s Santa Rosa was still a hick town. I was in college at Sonoma State U, and Santa Rosa had 2 malls. Downtown and Coddingtown. It has grown since then. Why move?

@MaggotMuseum 3 жыл бұрын

@Jay dawg Are you blind?

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

Try San Bruno, South San Francisco or Daly City

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

@Jay dawg Funny you say that, as I was writing this I thought of Colma, now I’m thinking Pacifica too, if fog is tolerable!

@ToddLloyd 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yea. That’s a harsh commute.

@NasreenUS 3 жыл бұрын

My heart breaks to see my city like this, I hope we don’t end up like Michigan!!

@dean827 3 жыл бұрын

Love the narrative and views. More pls🙏

@magaranita 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the insights! Thank you!

@yqmlife1757 3 жыл бұрын

2nd comment, I watch you daily and I must say you are quite intelligent my friend! Keep up the good work !

@preciousj6931 3 жыл бұрын

Those fb groups r funny. Waiting for rent to be $700/1bedroom apartment...what a joke. No matter how worse it gets, SF REMAINS A NATIONAL PRIME REAL ESTATE LOCATION

@mmercier0921 3 жыл бұрын

Chinas fleeing billionaires are waiting. The politicians need to assume "legal" authority to the property before their big win. Just a matter of time now. Pay your tax on your vacant property, or else the city takes... it is genius, what they have done. They will literally make trillions. Put your mask on and shut up slave.

@vanzarockin 3 жыл бұрын

San Francisco was a prime real estate location because of high paying jobs, world-class restaurants, numerous events, arts and beauty. All of this is gone. This city is over and it will take many years before it reinvents itself. Took years to rebound after Loma Prieta, so no reason to think otherwise as things are much worse than they were then.

@damiangrzywacz6739 3 жыл бұрын

Good content bro. Keep up the positive vibe.

@cabot100 3 жыл бұрын

I found your channel this morning. I appreciate your insight. I live in the South Bay and I have been talking about what you describe in this video to people I work with. Great Content!

@CooksFSH 3 жыл бұрын

I lived here for a decade, it was m beloved city. I know it like the back of my hand, I'm in shock seeing it so empty

@NewCreationInChrist896 3 жыл бұрын

Glory to the King 👑 Jeremiah 10:1-7 Proverbs 8:17

@andypaulcabrera26 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're back.

@NCrdwlf 3 жыл бұрын

I subbed , you are an interesting and thoughtful dude, nice work . Loved the ride round the city .

@dwain415 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of video camera or phone are you using? The picture is super clear, sharp and stable 👍

@Lambert7785 3 жыл бұрын

yeah, I would like to know as well

@boomshakalaka415 3 жыл бұрын

Go Pro

@Terra812 3 жыл бұрын

Look into Yi-4K. I love mine and its 1/2 the price of a GoPro.

@8080pc 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job on the video; congratulations on being sober good move!

@nowcity145 3 жыл бұрын

I love the bay! The quality and info you speak on is real. Keep it up, subscribed

@ppmnox 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being honest about what you see and what you know. I found this video informative, which is something that can't be said about those vloggers who purposely hide the negative.

@funnyguylol69 3 жыл бұрын

First SF local I’ve seen that doesn’t hate techies.

@marceldavis4376 3 жыл бұрын

Because he is one

@sanbruno3606 3 жыл бұрын

CLEAN, SOBER, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

@purelica 3 жыл бұрын

Very strange. I’ve never heard this before and I’m in SJ. Why is that?

@whatadollslife 3 жыл бұрын

even if crowded tech buildings come back in the city and San Jose ,the next measure after all this quarantine is over ,the new electric transportation push where cities will try to outlaw gas vehicles in the core city within the next 2 decades ..............Google has massive plans for San Jose which will try to push ONLY electric vehicles within their projected future giant downtown campus area , so you are talking about a transportation revolution on top of money struggles ...the financial divide between rich/poor will widen and I predict the rise of gated/privately guarded tech communities

@mmercier0921 3 жыл бұрын

Flu season is every year. What makes you think this will ever end..? You really think these communists are going to voluntarily relinquish a measure of their new flu control over every aspect of human existence..? You sound so smart... you should buy in now while things are looking up.

@SeaChellesShore 3 жыл бұрын

Great video tour of the city! Different, refreshing perspective from the ground. You hit many of the familiar areas I used to go to before covid SIP. It is sad to see as downtown was usually bustling. And it's unsettling to see many boarded up store fronts. It will be interesting to see what happens when this is over and who's left in the city. Keep up the good work.. =)

@peterhuang346 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the freestyle video bro. Very informative.

@theshark84724 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, he put an awesome index in the description. Notice the segments in the video progress bar. That takes manual labor. Subscribing now.

@901cali 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! It does

@theshark84724 3 жыл бұрын

@@901cali Yeah it does! That’s not the main reason but it put me over the top to subscribe.

@roodborstkalf9664 3 жыл бұрын

@@901cali : Your video is state of the art. Very good quality. I also mostly agreed with what you said. You obviously use your common sense, which is always a good thing.

@sanbruno3606 3 жыл бұрын

CLEAN, SOBER, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

@JPH0922 3 жыл бұрын

I live in SF. I fly out every Thursday and spend my weekends in different states now. Basically any big city that’s functioning normally. Like if I want to go shopping for clothes and try stuff on I’ll fly to Vegas or Honolulu. If I want Mexican food and want to eat it in a restaurant I fly to Phoenix and Dallas. I’m in Florida this weekend

@Calledbygraceministry 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a blessing to be able to move around like that.... FREEDOM

@AyeCarumba221 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Do you feel any guilt for creating so much carbon so that you can have a Mexican meal? Where is your conscience?

@str8gamer964 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you are a hustler frfr much respect you have crazy work ethic

@raymondabraham678 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done, keep up the good work!!!!!

@williamblair9597 3 жыл бұрын

I always loved San Francisco. Thanks for the on the ground report.

@egigstertroll3521 3 жыл бұрын

Literally 😎

@sweetcheeks891 3 жыл бұрын

Enrique Rodriguez Jr Why not? SF has a history of ups and downs, so does California. Why shouldn’t we love SF anymore?

@sanbruno3606 3 жыл бұрын

CLEAN, SOBER, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

@whong09 3 жыл бұрын

As a tech worker I was never appreciated in San Francisco. So now I'm in Austin. I make $200k and used to pay $1,300 a month to CA on taxes. Cya.

@Ubiquitous_1 3 жыл бұрын

You're lucky. New hires will likely not be offered that CA rate. The best deals are the ones that get California rate but get to live somewhere else. You are now a big fish in a small pond. I have a lot of coworkers that had this deal even pre-pandemic.

@bocaburgler 3 жыл бұрын

not personal, because i dont know you, but im so happy to see the techies leave. as a group you all took so much but gave nothing back. The city is breathing again slowly, and i gotta say sounds like you found a better fit. best of luck

@whong09 3 жыл бұрын

For the record I was born and raised in the bay area. I was barting in to SF with my friends on the weekends to catch shows at the Warfield and the Orpheum. Then I went to college and when I came back SF was just.. worse. Oakland too. And people hated on me because I made a career out of my passion - computers and programming. I've constantly had to apologize for just doing my thing. I suppose it's my fault for being successful, but if you think tech leaving means transplants leaving well ok lol. A lot of my friends growing up went into tech as well and they're making similar moves, a lot of the smart kids in the bay area went into tech. Sorry we were nerds I guess.

@bocaburgler 3 жыл бұрын

@@whong09 nah, its not the nerd thing. It's the lifestyle, and the sheer volume of people that operate within a certain mono culture. It's about group dynamics, and like i said not giving back. The tech industry couldve said "hey we've made our home here in the bay, and would love to be apart of the community in meaningful ways" and build and support things that society could benefit from as a whole. Instead, the arts died, small buisinesses died, little movie theaters died, music venues died. yall ubered to and from work, or took google busses, and ate at work, then came home and ordered everything online while driving up rent to absurd levels. The soul of the city died. I make good money in the city, and a lot of my business came from tech but the group behavior was so sad and thoughtless. again not personal. and i too feel like a "nerd". people should give back to their community especially when there was so much opportunity to do so

@a.somerset7393 3 жыл бұрын

@@bocaburgler Well said, thoughtful. I live in SF. (Not a techie or a millionaire.)

@InvestToLive 3 жыл бұрын

Television news channels need to hire you to report from the ground view. Such a great take and just a genuine read from your mind to our screens. Keep it coming!.

@kevinh573 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed watching your videos Jermaine. Subbed!

@RichLux713 3 жыл бұрын

OMG OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGM LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

@angelicanevarez7143 3 жыл бұрын

💜 RichLux tha house!

@michaelhorner4011 3 жыл бұрын

San Francisco = The new city for the elite Chinese

@guatebala9994 3 жыл бұрын

This make sense. They been taking over

@rayhom1423 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we're all crazy rich Asians.

@SkyfalconTin 3 жыл бұрын

@@rayhom1423 nah, just another communist propaganda

@SkyfalconTin 3 жыл бұрын

Democrats sides with the Chinese Communist Party

@timdavis4227 3 жыл бұрын

Live in Cambodia, but grew up in the bay. Always loved the city and spent a lot of time there between the 90's and the early 2000's. Thanks for the update and the memory lane trip around the city I will always love. Sad to hear and I know what you say it true. I hope and believe that city will evolve, survive and rise again in some new beautiful form. Just hope some of the artists that left in the last decade come back. Love and respect from Cambodia.

@phollero 3 жыл бұрын

Thoughtful perspective of the impacts of tech leaving and dynamics of the city as a meeting place. Explanation of why businesses are closing makes total sense. Good audio and interesting tour of Fremont st area. And that battery life on the board tho. Thanks for posting this vid.

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

The people in SF were great in the 60,s through mid 90’s. Maybe those people will return. The techies were like robots.

@micheledavala8810 3 жыл бұрын

Robots are not smug and clueless ...robots dont take the private bus to the valley everyday....robots do not perpetuate the downfall of western civilization....oh wait yes they.....

@selinalau7148 3 жыл бұрын

but they dont poop in the streets 🤣

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

@@selinalau7148 They just steal our jobs, like the 5 driverless cars in the Sunset as we speak

@TUBESPECIFIC1 3 жыл бұрын

@@micheledavala8810 That was funny a few years ago they had these Knightscope security droids and homeless threw rocks and pushed them over. They can't deploy delivery and security droids for homeless will attack them. Then with self driving, they'll run out in front of cars making them stop and holding them up. Tech City really isn't possible. We are the Androids!

@wishbone20t 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched a few of your videos recently and it is shocking how dead it is there now, it looks like a ghost town compare to normal.

@Witch-wz3lp 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info and update

@jonesy2111 3 жыл бұрын

Straight up! Thanks for speaking out about this frustrating virus stuff

@jorgearellano9204 3 жыл бұрын

San Francisco looks soooo beautiful!

@g-net5089 3 жыл бұрын

It's the rich who get the pleasure! it's the poor who gets the blame! Aint it all a bleeding shame!

@Joeelectronicschematicsforauto 3 жыл бұрын

Many department stores like JCPenney and Sears and Kmart were already in financial hardship this just added to them it will take a couple of years to rebuild

@theimmortal4718 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't been in any of those stores in 20 years. I think a lot of people can say the same

@mikeifyouplease 3 жыл бұрын

I love your video, especially your "random, two cents" videos! You give an honest opinion of what you see going on in The City. Also, you're not talking about San Francisco or reporting on it from some tall high-rise, but you are literally right on the streets of San Francisco, backing up your thoughts and ideas with actual video footage of The City, on the ground, as it is happening RIGHT NOW. Can't get any better reporting, than the realistic, real-time video coverage that you provide here on your site!

@cspeak2me 3 жыл бұрын

SF has billionaires..but look at the city

@DARKSEID76 3 жыл бұрын

The billionaires probably don't even stay in SF proper. They most likely live in Menlo Park, Atherton, or somewhere in Palo Alto.

@matz0rz4o8 3 жыл бұрын

@@DARKSEID76 they live in the rich side of the hills not in the city

@222222e 3 жыл бұрын

Almost every state has billionaires so what’s your point? The billionaires aren’t the only ones responsible it’s the lazy citizens who think government is going to fix their problems. If you depend on government, you deserve what they do to you.

@levons2698 3 жыл бұрын

San Francisco disposes of over $1.2 billion every month and we have this city & county to show for it. In a city of fewer than 900k people. Do you really think “some billionaires’ money” is going to fix the corruption and bloat in SF while our budget grew 50% from 2015?

@sambana88 3 жыл бұрын

Marin county too but they are very quiet.

@Liberty-rn4wy 3 жыл бұрын

SF actually looks better than I thought it would. We keep hearing how it's a total hellscape.

@ToddLloyd 3 жыл бұрын

Property management in many of those buildings patrol the sidewalks outside to keep the area cleared, and a lot of them power wash the sidewalks every morning. And, the neighborhood, the East Cut, has employees going around cleaning and doing homeless “outreach.”

@roodborstkalf9664 3 жыл бұрын

It looks nice, but it's very empty.

@purelica 3 жыл бұрын

That’s because he’s showing the nicer places. I’ve seen addicts stumbling across streets while high whenever I went there. I asked my friend who lives in SF if it’s true people 💩 on the streets and he said, “yup it’s true” because he’s seen them with his own eyes.

@deeptichhabria7969 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Jermaine..I saw my office after sooo long...I was missing it a lot and i miss living in this city :)

@jasonghristofficial 3 жыл бұрын

Really liked your personalized tour, commentary and perspective. Could have skated around with you all day! Best wishes to you in these strange times.