I feel sorry for people who avoid going to San Francisco because of the ‘Chicken Little’ talk about San Francisco being unfriendly, unsightly and dangerous. At twilight, it’s still one of the most beautiful cities in the world. (Thumbnail images)
Fisherman’s Wharf at twilight during the 1950s: That top photo just might be my favorite San Francisco picture.
#9 Fishermen’s Grotto at dusk: I used to think the Fisherman’s Wharf and the top of Telegraph Hill were the two most romantic spots in San Francisco to be at during sunset. Unfortunately, Fisherman’s Wharf has lost a lot of its charm now, and I worry it will never again be like it was.
Pier 43: The old Sailing ship, the Balclutha, is now over at the Hyde Street Pier.
Looking toward Pier 43 from upstairs Alioto’s Restaurant during the 1970s:
Looking up Powell Street from Market Street; looks like the early 1960s:
One block up from the previous picture at Powell and Ellis Streets:
Geary Street, west of Mason in the 1950’s: Carol Channing was appearing at the Curran Theater. I learn something new about San Francisco all the time; when I was researching this location I found out that the old Paisley Hotel, now the Union Square Plaza, is where a woman named Florence Cushing jumped to her death in 1911. It’s rumored to be haunted.
An Old San Francisco travel poster of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset: Well, if they can make a fake sunset, I can too.
Ghirardelli Square from the old, and now closed, Van Ness Pier:
The top photo is a slide picture I took from Telegraph Hill during Fleet Week 1985. The bottom picture is a redo I did in 2020.
Kim Novak and Frank Sinatra wander off into the sunset behind the St Francis Club building at the end of the 1957 film ‘Pal Joey’. This time the sunset in my picture wasn’t fake.
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 
‘Chicken Little’ talk can be so annoying; but as you say, those who engage in it are pitiable. They have entire pages and sites on social media for complaining about how much they hate whatever city they happen to hate. I noticed on one such site that is dedicated to disdain for Santa Cruz County, with the guise of promoting social improvement, that those who complain the most relocated here from somewhere else, relocated to somewhere else, or have never lived here at all. Those who are from somewhere else should go back to where they came from. Those who are somewhere else should enjoy where they are. Those who have never lived here are just too crazy for me to make a recommendation for. Seriously, they have nothing better to do than complain on social media about how much they hate a particular Community, and some probably do it for more than one Community, just because that is what their lives are all about. Anyway, regardless of its problems, and although it is not as totally awesome as Los Gatos is, San Francisco is still one of the most excellent cities in the entire Universe!
Bravo! Well, put, Tony, and I’ve got to go to Los Gatos more often!
Well, although it happens to be the most totally awesome town in the entire Universe, Los Gatos might possibly have the potential to perhaps and maybe be just slightly less interesting than San Francisco, . . . just so you know.