San Francisco Cable Car Ride (When S.F. Was Still A Nice Place)

Uploaded on May 10, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (October 2, 2006). Riding the cable car from Powell & Market to Fisherman's Wharf. This was before politicians thought it would be a good idea to legalize crime and let people drop their cargo on the street. Before The Tenderloin grew to encompass the entire city.

The video starts with a couple of videos showing the current state of affairs in San Francisco, followed by the ride itself from the front of the car. The ride itself is mostly uninterrupted, save for a brief clip from Star Trek Vi: The Voyage Home's "nuclear wessels" scene as the car turns on to Columbus Street.

Lots of footage of buses, trolley buses and even a San Francisco Fire Department tiller.

I purchased the cable car music box from the Cable Car Museum about 25 years ago.

I borrow a clip from Metal Leo's video about the closure of every store in Union Square, the fact that five people were lined up for seven cable cars and the same block, nearly 20 years ago, with people lined up down the block - in front of open stores and restaurants - to get on a car.

The obligatory "unfortunate language" warning because, in the video, I refer to present day 'Sicko by exactly what it is: a literal shit hole. Kinda hard to get around that monicker when you need a poop map to navigate the place.

For the liberals out there that don't like me disrespecting their beloved Democrats: You might want to look at what voting for Marxists has gotten not just you, but us.

We're not seeing a whole lot of this collapse of society here in Florida. Unfortunately, we DO have to live with the questionable voting choices in liberal corners of the country like San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. When San Francisco continues to re-elect the likes of Nancy Pelosi, they're not just inflicting it on themselves (that would be fine) but the entire country.

As I referenced at the end of the video, you'd have to go back 60 years, but Detroit was once one of the great, beautiful, prosperous cities of the world. San Francisco would do well to take note because their collapse will take a helluva lot less than 60 years.

I have recently located a number of old videos (VHS) which I am transferring, digitally remastering and uploaded whenever I get the chance.