Why Nobody Wants to Visit San Francisco Anymore

San Francisco was once the most economically productive city per square mile in the Western Hemisphere. In 2019, 470,000 people commuted into downtown every single workday. By 2024, more than a third of every office building sat empty. This is the story of what happened — and why nobody talks about the real reason. ErasedPlaces covers the forgotten history of American cities. 0:00 — The city that had everything 1:29 — San Francisco declared dead before 3:23 — The golden age: Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Market Street 5:38 — The turning point: Proposition M, 1978 7:09 — The rent goes first 9:29 — COVID reveals what was already broken 11:53 — The attempts to fix it 13:44 — What remains today