Nothing to see here! San Francisco journalist shares photo of tourists walking down 'GUTTED' main street in crime-ridden city, where almost all shops have now closed

A journalist has shared alarming images of a once-prominent street that's been rocked by store closures in San Francisco. Instead of being graced with an array of shops, cafés, bars, and restaurants, the party is seen encountering countless shuttered storefronts 'This pic infuriates me,' wrote Sandberg, a self-employed San Francisco correspondent, in an impassioned post to X that laid bare the city's current state 'Tourists, who do a little thing called SPEND MONEY, walking down a gutted Powell St.', she continued. ' The district is one of many that has been been left a husk amid the city's continued homeless and crime crises, which have persisted since the pandemic A short walk through the area will reveal how there are more closed storefronts than open ones, as businesses continue to flee due to high rents and diminished foot traffic As mentioned, the 1.4 mile thoroughfare connects Market Street - once one of the most photographed spots Downtown - to Union Square, North Beach, Nob Hill, and Russian Hill before ending at the bay That said, the district is merely one of many left a husk by the city's continued homeless and crime crises, which took a turn during the pandemic and have since persisted. A few blocks away, restaurants on one of San Francisco's Valencia Street, also one of the most storied in the country, are closing at an alarming rate - and owners say it's because of crime In comments to the San Francisco Chronicle, business owners recently explained how high rents and high rates of homelessness have led to a seemingly endless stream of terminations Homeless are seen returning to the streets in the Tenderloins district close to San Francisco's Moscone Center where the APEC conference was recently held A homeless encampment is seen along Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin district, only a few blocks from Powell Headlines featuring the phrases 'garbage city, 'ruined city' and 'fallen city' capture how crippling drug issues and widespread homeless problems continue to remain an issue for residents. The street then runs more than a mile north along some of the city's most problem areas, which, as the photos of the stripped storefronts show, are continuing to affect businesses There, right outside the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, drug dealers set up shop in full view of the public on a daily basis, with users injecting and smoking with no interference from law enforcement The famous thoroughfare runs for more than mile along the city's embattled Downtown, where open-air drug use is rife Meanwhile, the situation at Powell - set on one of the stops of the so-called 'Doom Loop' of Union Square, City Hall, and Tenderloin and Mid Market - is even worse, with Union currently serving a hive of unsavory, post-pandemic activity, particularly on the street's terminus on Market Street.