Imperial Valley California | El Centro
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- "El Centro" in Spanish means "The Center". El Centro was founded in 1906 by Holt and Barker who purchased the land on which the city was built. Initially, El Centro was a part of San Diego County.
El Centro is the largest American city to lie entirely below sea level. At an average of 50 feet below sea level, it is one of the lowest elevations in the continental United States. The area allows water from the Colorado River to flow there by gravity. Many farmers settled in the area when the water from the Colorado River was diverted via canals to irrigate the desert valley.
The nearby Algodones Dunes, the largest dune field in the US, draws thousands of visitors each year, mainly for off-road driving. The Salton Sea lies 30 miles (48 km) north of El Centro, but water sports enthusiasts head to the Colorado River, 50 miles (80 km) to the east near Yuma, Arizona
Mexico (the border city of Mexicali, Baja California) is 10 miles (16 km) away, which offers big city amenities like museums, a zoo and a sports/convention center.
El Centro Imperial Valley California has a desert climate and is the southernmost desert city below sea level in the continental United States.
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I grew up and graduated in El Centro, Ca! I moved to northern Cali when I turned 18 but came back. The valley is just home to me, regardless of what anyone says.
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Yeah it's always going to be my Moms hometown.
Born and raised here in San Diego but my baby mama grew up here and still has family living here but dude I actually like coming to el centro it’s really chill and slow pace coming from a fast pace city 😎
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Love El Centro. My dad and mom grew up here. We love to fish and bird hunt and el centro has always been known for that. The farmland outside town is beautiful too
That’s awesome 👍
My Mom grew up there too and my Grandpa taught at Wilson Jr
High
I travel to El Centro and other areas in the Imperial Valley every three or so months. I find the people to be kind and unpretentious. A nice shift from the Los Angeles area where I live.
I guess everyone has an experience. Mine is, I grew up in the Imperial Valley, on Northend, but lived in El Centro for 35 years with my family. We love the Valley, and slow pace, as you can see you can drive anywhere without traffic congestion, this short video doesn't do it justice. Great to raise a family, and great businesses and People that are friendly, which you can't find everywhere.
Someone needs to do a full video or highlights of places around El Centro and the Valley. It was a Barren Desert at one time, so, see the growth, and what Pioneers have made of it.
I live in El Centro and the East side is the worst area to live in then comes the North side . The West and South sides of the city are considered the better areas to live in.
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@@4KTravelChannelyou got off on the wrong exit when you came to town.
EC East side ain’t that bad if not for all the homeless people digging thru my trash
I was gonna say 😅
4th Street - HAHAHAHAHAHAH!@@robindodge8100
I was born in El centro, but was raised in Northeaster Oregon. I hope to return to visit someday
You definitely should 👍
Nosotros visitábamos el Centro entre 1950 al 1959 íbamos a una casa amigos de mis papás tenían una hija de mi edad y lo fascinante era que tenía sus juguetes en un closet yo me gustaba ir a jugar con ella nosotros vivíamos en Mexicali Baja California bonitos recuerdos
Muchas cosas han cambiado desde 1950 en el Centro
My name is Andrew Hahn from Perris CA, I know the family of pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Hemet, and their family or roots keeps locating there,El Centro CA. It seems to me that it could be the battlefield of Jo-Buri than He-Bri. Because a tree has buri can grow, Yet a tree has no Buri,Hell?.
In other words,Hebrew means He-Bri and Jo-Buri means that it hasn't been known. Please be peace until meet again,Thanks Andrew Hahn from Perris CA.
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Cool video! Thanks for sharing...❤
Thanks for the visit 👍
I grew up here..hated it..😮when i turned 17 i joined the marines. 4 yrs. came back to visit my mom, than took off again for LA..havent been back in 50 years..still looks the same.😮😮😢😢😅😅😂😂
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El Centro is my home town, but I haven't been there in 38 years. I bet it's grown tremendously 😊
That’s right
6:30 usually the N-N-out line gos from out of the parking lot thats a shocker 🤯
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Wow never realized this city was that big. Big enough for an In N out...
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El Centro just doesn't have enough enjoyment, we use to get a ton of snowbirds out here but they began to head towards Arizona because they cater to them. Not much community involvement or lack of strong independent businesses because not many support small businesses out here. Main street is mostly dead when at one point it was thriving. Community leaders/ appointed officials need to do more to bring something to the table.
Great comment! Arizona is just cheaper, more fun for your buck.
I heard imperial county has had a tiny growth in population 🤔 I might just check it out later this year or sometime in 2024, I like that it's superrr close to my hometown in san diego & it's affordability. Hopefully the county improves with new things ETC. I've been away from CA since 2011 but plan on coming back in 2024. If not I might choose arizona MAYBE....yuma or tucson. The closer to SD the better.
When we have county employees who only care about getting a higher pay raise than about their community, we get these results…
@@kittenlove1987yeah at least over here where I live I know it's changed quite a bit from just the past 5 years. (It still sucks here don't get me wrong) haha but it has improved, and they're still trying to improve and builds new structure, fix stuff around the city. It's just the cost of course...can't build stuff for free and hard to get the state to send a small town money and people take a gamble if they plan on constructing their business here to expand. It's just not a reliable or smart gamble to build something here which is why people really don't do nothing here. Weather sucks, nothing here...just nothing to prove here. But it's getting better I guess little by little.
Most community leaders have an address in El Centro but live in San Diego.
The imperial valley takes other cities trash, gives away its water, and has nothing to show for it
I grew up there.... and I remember when the Town received it's very first Jack in the Box, and then 'the Homies' stole Jack and placed it in one of their Club houses on the East side. It is a place where a woman can get raped leaving the Hospital on Imperial Avenue, or your best childhood friend Tommy Storey could get murdered by Gang members with boards with nails in them, and then ran over with a low rider (happened on January 27th, 1980). The Buick Restaurant was the LAST fun spot (that was the late 1980's). I joined the USAF, and with a few exceptions of coming home on Leave I NEVER came back... not even for the CUHS High school reunions. I had friends that went back and they lost their lives moving back home. It is Atzlan's CENTER, and the Mexican Drug Cartel owns it.
Yeah I’m from El Centro too and yeah a bunch of junkies, gangs and cartels. Man, I’ve seen some crazy shit growing up there I left right when I turned 18. Fuck all of the Imperial Valley!
It sucks.
Born & raised resident of HeLL Centro. So far I’ve lived here for 37 years & 3 years in San Diego….(best 3 years of my life). 😂 But seriously,
BAD: El Centro & Imperial Valley sucks. Nothing to do here and I mean absolutely nothing; especially in the summer…I take it back, in the summer the thing to do here is to get the hell out of here! 114-118 degree days. Plan your vacations/trips to get to cooler areas. Actually, I take it back…if you’re unfortunate to spend your summer’s here, you can go swimming at our ONE public pool or the many canals we have. No water park, you have to drive about an hour away to Yuma, AZ for that. My buddy’s from out of town have told me it smells like 💩 here…I might be used to it, cus I don’t always smell it. Bad to live here for people with severe allergies. Very hard to find employment (good or high paying employment at least).
GOOD: Not a bad place to raise kids. Not too much “crazy” crime here. No school or mass shootings…yet. Not too much traffic (especially early in the morning). Only have to smog our car’s once. Community does have a lot of law enforcement….your neighbors or the people you’re shopping/dining next to could be police, CO’s, customs, border patrol agents, etc. Mexican food is pretty good (Mexico is close by, so if you have a Sentry pass or own a motorcycle you can go grab some real Mexican food & be home in 2 hours). Cost of living (rent/mortgage) is much lower than almost every other county in CA.
Great review 👍
@@4KTravelChannelthe review does not paint the overall picture of the community. It's a good community with a lot to offer.
I lived in this armpit of a city for 7 years, in the 1970s, after my discharge from the Army. I haqd to leave since I was homeless and had exhausted all of the available unskilled-labor jobs and became homeless for the first of 7 times in California.
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Grew up here (proud graduate of CUHS-Class of 1982!), then GOT OUT OF! El Centro is a good place to be FROM!
I agree with you 👍
Now that I visited El Centro here... online... There is no need to ever see it again.
My mate loves driving around Mojave the weather mostly
As in Ireland where he lives is so cold most of the time
You sure didn’t get too far off the 8 freeway did ya😆.
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Each to his own, but don't speak negative of El Centro, adapt, or move on, it's not every day you meet a couple as interesting as these two, stay positive like a proton,😊
I just did... it is a Sh*t hole, and you know it. The La Raza Glee Club of CUHS stated it point blank... you want an Atzlan.
we need more trees
Great idea amigo 👍
Went thru years, years ago and stopped to converse with a lizard and his wife a desert mouse, both were wearing big sunglasses, and the latest style in shorts, both of couple said they love it there
El Centro is nice, but for the same cost of living you can live in the Phoenix, AZ luxury areas
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is the sweet tea still $1 at the donut shop?
It’s $3 now
@@4KTravelChannel WHAT
I’m forced to be here because I’m active duty.. I’m a single 26 y/o African American.. I’m in San Diego every weekend. Is there anything to do here in el Centro during the week?
I LIVE HERE!
Lucky you!
I live in el Centro
Lucky you! 👍
I need friends, came from Oxnard 😅
Plenty of friends there, amigo
Pretty flat and dry. Summers can get humid from the Gulf of California moisture. They should have named the mall "El Centro Commercial"
Yes, very hot during summers.
actually looks kinda cool and with a typically Californian laid back vibe.
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Anything you could possibly want, weather wise, is within an hour-2 max. River is about 35-40 mins over to Arizona. Snow, mountains, camping about an hour west towards San Diego. Add a half hour to that, more or less and you're in SD, beaches and big city life. And ofc as the video mentioned, Baja California is just a quick ten min drive over to the South 👍🏼
It's a crap hole town @michaelambrosano it's not cool, it's dirty. Lots of drugs, people falling out, it's not nice. Look for videos on RUclips of El Centro. Trust me, I lived there two years and it's not Even safe.
THey have a severe hatred of Whitey.@@nolongervailable9400
I grew up in El Centro.
Lucky you! 👍
@@4KTravelChannel 🤣🤣🤣
Unemployment close to 50 percent and a homeless heaven.......
I'm from Texas, my family lives there.
such Hot places.
Yes, it gets above 110F in the summer months...
@@4KTravelChannel like Needles CA
There are a lot of Asian families from Japan, South Korea, China, and other countries moving here.
That's awesome, hardworking people. 👍
@@4KTravelChannel it's because most of them cross the border to Mexicali to work in these factories called the Maquiladoras.
@4KTravelChannel Also in the Valley, there is a big population of Korean nationals and Korean Americans living in El Centro and throughout Imperial County.
Hated growing up here. Hated visiting. Recently had to move back (not by choice) still hate it. 👍
yeah it lowkey sucks here cause everything that was fun closed because of covid lmao
But it's a quiet little town, great for families.
place sucks lmfao- only thing I can say is the sunsets are beautiful here.
And it's never gets cold in El Centro.
It actually gets much colder than San Diego in the winter. Lived in the imperial valley for over 20 years.
@@4KTravelChannelit actually does because it's so open. Try spending a night camping out in the desert in January-March and we'll come back to this comment lol
Nothing to do in el Centro
You can have a beer in a bar
I Know But Its A Small Town
Now this place will be mined with Lithium
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KXO Radio is in El Centro it is a good Radio station I watch it and listen to it on RUclips.
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It’s all about Brawley anyways 😂😂😂
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I hate living here it’s so boring and sad looking.
It’s a small town. Move to LA
Go to Brawley lmao
@@4KTravelChanneldo not even suggest that as a joke
Cause Its A Town
@@odraregaviles9759it's not a joke. That town sucks. You apparently missed the bad parts they are talking about.
Andy Ruiz the boxer lives here. Only thing I know about the place!
Lucky him! 👍💪
He lives in Imperial (city), not El Centro
You forgot the mall.
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3 Words... El Pollo Loco
My favorite place for fried chicken 👍
Of all things in the valley 🤦🏻♀️there are EPLs everywhere 😅
@@leahm4712 Dear Leah, we have no EPL's in Florida. I am not sure if I can survive much longer. Bless you Dear.
@@leahm4712 I love the street taco's El Carbon, beans and rice, or the Mac and Cheese with pico de gallo.
@@leahm4712 River Ratts are new to me. They down cost from me. Pretty Good. Nice to neet You Leah.
The biggest problem with El Centro is that it is in California which is politically a third world state.
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Did a construction job out there what an asshole of a place.
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I lived in this dump of a town back in the 90s. Just awful.
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