What it’s actually like living in San Francisco
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Thank you for this video Alexa.
Wow, this video was great! Moving to SF next month! So excited!
Yay!! Have SO much fun :)
Seriously loved seeing this video, especially as someone who's about to make her move to SF!
Yayyay so glad to hear! My apartment video is coming soon too 👀
Same
This was super well made. I'm moving in the next couple weeks so really appreciate the insights!
Thank you!! Have so much fun with your move :)
How is it???
@@michael9085 Overall I’ve had a good experience, but it was fairly mixed when I arrived. The city has only just finished waking up from Covid, and the downtown area is still pretty empty and depressing. That being said, I ended up finding an apartment in the Mission district, and really enjoy the atmosphere here. It’s a beautiful city with a lot of interesting things going on. Good luck if you end up moving!
I just moved here a few months ago and I still keep watching videos like this 😅. I love your editing too! I’m really curious about your product design experiences so I’m gonna go binge your videos Alexa
Awe shoot, thank you 🥲😌 I appreciate it!!
I’ve been living in San Francisco for 12 years now! I love this city, but I’m moving to New York next year. But, I’ll be back!
This was an amazing video! I was in the SF area about two days ago for under 12 hours and needless to say, I want to go back! It is such a beautiful area to be a large city!
yay! so glad you enjoyed the video :)
great video and energy
superb video Hello, I'm Alexa. I crushed the thumbs up on your video. Maintain up the outstanding work.
Thank you!!
Thanks! I feel like you said so much and still not enough for a full descritoion for those who are thinking of moving there. But we get it you love it there. :)
I’m moving to SF this year and this gets me so excited!! Thanks for sharing Alexa looking forward to more content like this :)
Yayyy!! Have so much fun :) Glad you enjoyed the video!
Ohh cool i actually live in SF
Thanks for sharing
Aww all the best in San Diego Alexa! Thanks for meeting up with me in the Mission when I first returned from abroad looking to break into product design here. Excited to follow your next adventures!
Ahhh thanks Monica!!! 💙 Stay in touch and let me know if you're ever out here and we'll get match!
For parks, don't forget Sigmund Stern Grove (free concerts on Sunday all summer long) and Glen park for a wonderful nature hike. The parks mentioned in this video are more for bringing a picnic blanket and chilling with friends, food, and beverages.
Haha ooh thanks for adding! I'm def more of a picnic park type of person 😅
My favorite parks are Tank Hill, for the views, Sutro Heights/Land's End, for the SF history, and Stern Grove & the Presidio, for the beauty.
I loved these insights, it's so interesting to hear what it's like living in SF, very different to London!
Thank you!! Omg I would totally watch a video like this about London!
Thank you.
Recently went to SF and unfortunately got our rental car broken into at Alamo Square last Saturday. Was interested to see if you would mention if that got worse or not. The cop that we talked to says it happens all the time and actually in the 30 minutes we was talking to him we heard 5 other break ins being called in
Awe damn… so sorry to hear that. Yeah, car break-ins are SO common. I've never had my car broken into but I've always been so cautious about not leaving ANYTHING in the car. I'm not sure if it's changed much or not, I think it's been always a thing while I lived there.
Car break ins in SF are very normal and they target tourist especially near the painted laddies(the full house opening scene)
I lived there in the 1990’s. Alamo Square was a good neighborhood but for some reason notorious for car theft and breakins even back then.
I lived there from 1988-1998 😊. I recently went back for a (divorced) family reunion for my son who was born there. (His French Algerian father and Minnesota Farm girl me pretty much pioneered “co-parenting”).
Anyway, it felt like coming home. The time zone. The happy people. The laid back pace. The politically liberal minded people. The people the people the people. And the food & parks - Like you said!!!And the special SF only ‘s like the golden gate, coit tower, the neighborhoods, bart, the cable cars and the muni trolly things. The hills. Karl/Carl (we just said fog back in the 90s) Heck Even Alcatraz. I need to move back sooooo much. It’s home.
And thank you for the tip about not calling it sanfran/frisco. I’ve definitely thought sanfran in my head. Now I know to say sf! Back in the 90’s we called it “the city”.
Awe sounds like it was such a fun trip!! The city is definitely still popular as well :) So glad you enjoyed this video, thanks for watching!
Lots of love from 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
One ☝🏾 question. Is San Francisco worth the money to live there? Let’s say versus Chicago, Los Angeles, or NYC?
Nice video! I miss living in SF. I was there from around 2011 to 2014 and was wondering if it changed much. Did you go to AAU?
Thank you!! Nice, we definitely were there during the same time then. I wasn't at AAU, I was at CCA!
Welcome to San Diego!!
I love your Earth 🌍 sweater!
Hehe thanks Liza ☺️
The homeless problem is very bad, people in tents all over the place, crime up, streets are dirty full of paper, and garbage. Lots of stores closed down and rents are expensive.
Totally glossed over it lmao
im sorry im not trying to be rude but please shut up, i love san francisco and there is SO MUCH HATE going around san francsuco and so much rumors, true in some places of SF it can be tortue but if you avoid the goods you wont have to deal with the bads, pick a safe spot in san francisco like outer sunset, outer richmond, these spots are safe for anyone. Just please stop hating on san Francisco becausd every city has ups and downs
Lol I'm from San Diego watching your video I've lived in SF 10 years now. Enjoy San Diego check out Ocean Beach it's similar to the Haight except instead of Golden Gate park you get the beach. People's Coop on Voltaire Street has a great upstairs vegetarian Cafe (:
Heeey love that! haha we've been in SD for almost a year now and def love Ocean Beach - esp. on Wednesdays for the farmers market 🎉 Are you talking about the grocery store? I LOVE that spot! Haven't eaten there yet but I'm definitely intrigued now. Thanks for the rec!
"SF tends to lean left politically".....talk about the ultimate understatement!
hahah okay yes, very true.
I’m an SF native now living abroad. I’m so ticked about what it’s become. I miss what it was but will never go back.
Why won’t you ever go back?
I was there in the 90’s and went back for vacation/reunion 6 months ago. I was in Love. That old song “reunited” - that’s me and San Francisco.
Why do you not like it? What bad thing did it become? Expensive rent/mortgage? Yes that is tough. They had great renters rights protections when I lived there. Rented 2bed 1bath Victorian flat for $700/mo and my very own cafe (Algiers Cafe - now the milk bean on post street close to Hyde) for $500/mo. When I left, my landlords were released from restrictions and got to triple and quadruple the rents for the new tenants.
@@MultiIno123 even if they fix things I just don’t know if I’ll feel the same anymore. SF was absolutely magical at one point. Again, I’m one of the very few born there. It’s unrecognizable now.
@@joellenklemek138 no, I still own some properties there. It’s the standard of living. The change is palpable. People are visibly scared as they go about running errands. My neighborhood was quite pristine…now it’s filthy. I hope it gets better but I couldn’t wait forever.
@@witheringliberal2794 Hi! Are any of your properties available for rent in the coming months? I'm looking to move soon.
Your SF experience is akin to getting bit buy a shark right after being struck by lightning, a bit rare...
Noe Vally is the best neighborhood in my opinion very inclusive and has a great community. That’s the local experience for anyone who wants it.
Location for the pizza shown @4:38-4:29, please. Looks amazing 🍕😋
omg yesss it's Golden Boy Pizza! A must try: www.yelp.com/biz/golden-boy-pizza-san-francisco
Frisco/Frisko ALL DAY ERRDAY SUCKSFREE BAYBEE! It is something I’ve grown up with, a term many locals use…… within the BIPOC community. Unless you live in a gentrified bubble, you will never hear that term tossed around.
Overall I loved your video. I am SF, born and raised but I do not live there anymore, but your video makes me miss my hometown. All experiences vary for each person, and yours highlights the best from a different perspective.
Congratulations on your next adventure, You have a new fan here💓
hahah okay well fair enough! I had a lot of local SF friends too and that's what I gathered and was trying to make a joke of it but thanks for sharing that too. "Frisco" just doesn't sound the same coming from someone who is from out of town 😅
I'm really glad to hear you loved the video! I miss SF too 🥲
And big thanks for the well wishes, always so glad to have a new fan!
She said the hottest months were August September uh I’ve been there in August it was freakin cold I find October to be the best weather month
haha sure, well it also sort of depends where you live too and I was in the mission which is hotter than most neighborhoods but that's fair! I just know my birthday in September is always SUPER hot
@@HelloImAlexa Fair Enough lol
Yea. She’s wrong it’s more like September and October. I’m a native I know!
I moved here as a new student at AAU just recently, so this was a neat intro. Funny enough, I grew up in San diego. Good luck with the move!
hehe just looking out! Omg that is WILD. Enjoy SF -- it's the best!!
How much would you say 2 people living in a 2 bedroom apartment should earn per month to live well?
$150,000
Which meet ups have you enjoyed the most?
Like in the design community? Rethink (rethinkhq.com) has great meetups. I also love Creative Mornings (global group) but really all of the tech companies used to host a lot of them too. I assume more of this is coming back soon! Meetup.com or Eventbrite are usually where the events would be posted.
Idk tbh this is just me I was born in SF and still live there and all of us call it Frisco or the city it’s just how it’s always been for us and some from other parts of the the bay ppl call it Frisco but ur right NEVER call it San Fran 😂
Hahah yeah well someone else has a similar comment about Frisco 🤷♀️ maybe it’s just when people say it from out of town it hits different. Def not San Fran though, glad we’re on the same page there!
Ok. You do know it's SD. And by now you know PB & OB
What are your top 5 restaurants in SF?
Oooh this one is tough. There are so many. Some favs I’ll say: Farmhouse Thai Kitchen cuisine for Thai, Tín Vietnamese cuisine for pho, Stonemill Matcha for Japanese lunch, Lavash for Persian food, Heirloom Cafe for dinner.
CLEAN, SOBER, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS SAN FRANCISCO
It’s definitely Frisco lol
Oh wow i wish i saw your videos and meet you ! I was or used to play in coed bball league and need females in our team. Sadly as our team got older we departed. I am actual native San Franciscan. Since the pandemic gyms were closed and no one play basketball because of the social distance. Wish i could get a hold on you. Good luck to you !
What's with the whole exodus thing? Do you see yourself leaving in the next decade?
Oh, San Diego. Lol
hahaha yep! Love SF though
ughh tech
Not like it was before
'The city tends to lean left' 😂
Yeah - especially those filthy commies the Swigs, Getty’s and Blums.
I’ve been here 43 years - maybe the favorite political icon back when I arrived was still Che Guevara.
But if there’s a political icon that everybody seems to worship around here today, I reckon it’s any dead president - no matter the party.
Yeah - especially those filthy commies the Swigs, Getty’s and Blums.
I’ve been here 43 years - maybe the favorite political icon back when I arrived was still Che Guevara.
But if there’s a political icon that everybody seems to worship around here today, I reckon it’s any dead president - no matter the party.
Yeah - especially those filthy commies the Swigs, Getty’s and Blums.
I’ve been here 43 years - maybe the favorite political icon back when I arrived was still Che Guevara.
But if there’s a political icon that everybody seems to worship around here today, I reckon it’s any dead president - no matter the party.
Yeah - especially those filthy commies the Swigs, Getty’s and Blums.
I’ve been here 43 years - maybe the favorite political icon back when I arrived was still Che Guevara.
But if there’s a political icon that everybody seems to worship around here today, I reckon it’s any dead president - no matter the party.
Yeah - especially those filthy commies the Swigs, Getty’s and Blums.
I’ve been here 43 years - maybe the favorite political icon back when I arrived was still Che Guevara.
But if there’s a political icon that everybody seems to worship around here today, I reckon it’s any dead president - no matter the party.
Born and raise and San Francisco is big piece of 💩. But great video.
Jealous? Why are you hanging around this video? Hoping to find dirt? Haters everywhere.
I like your face.
I like the architecture of the city. But it’s a city that needs Jesus. Just like every other town in the USA The city is also falling apart.
I love your videos, but I have to say it. The tech industry is ruining this city..sadly 😢sorry I know you gotta do what you have to do but it’s the truth.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! It's a nuanced subject but I definitely understand where you're coming from. Thanks for watching!