Unboxing Northern California: What It's Like Living in Northern California
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Is Northern California all homeless people?
Is Northern California all forest fires?
Is Northern California all farms and rednecks and snobby rich people?
We’ll answer those questions and a whole lot more. So it’s time to get in our Tesla and fire up a fatty. We’re gonna unbox Northern California everyone!
Oh. Look at this - it’s another homeless encampment. You’ll find a lot of those up here in northern california. In some parts of this region, seems like everyone’s homeless. You can understand why - it’s super expensive here, and California has the highest cost of living of ANY state. There’s more people in relative poverty here in California than any other place in the US.
But many of these people aren’t homeless because they can’t afford rent. Many are addicts, have mental illness, or just want to live without rules. And this state encourages it. Northern California is going through a big change right now, and it’s not a good change. That’s why there’s a lot of people leaving this part of the state. Many will never come back.
But Northern California is more than just homeless people, forest fires, drug users and entitlement. There’s pretty beaches, snowcapped mountains, rednecks and Asians. Lots and lots of Asians. Not very many asian rednecks though. That’s a shame.
Northern California is quite a unique place, and you might be thinking about moving here one day. I think that’s a terrible idea, but I’m here to help nonetheless. To get a complete look at Northern California, and understand this area, we need to visit each part of this part of this state so we know what’s what, where’s where and who’s who.
There might be a mini debate as to where Northern California begins, but I think it’s fair to draw the line here right at Santa Cruz. Anything else lower along the coast is widely considered central California. Fresno certainly is Central California, right? So it’s these 48 counties that make up the Northern third of this state.
Therefore, this is Northern California, or NoCal as people call it around here. As you can see there’s a lot to discover. There’s about 15 million people in this area.
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The best video on this topic!
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Nick ma' man...i"m surprised that the one of the four major networks haven't pick up your channel! I even love watching your reruns! lol!
None of your guests mentioned how the history of opening and closing of military bases played into the boom and busts of various towns in Nor Cal
Born and raised in CA. 40 years but left last year. The best thing about CA happens to be two things that CA politicians can't control. The weather and natural beauty.
Weather?
@@EtelrraS CA weather is good as long as you're in the Bay Area. Anywhere else it's too hot or too cold.
@@Nessal83right lol. California is a massive state and people talk about how nice the weather is lol. Tehama, Butte, Plumas ect get cold af or hot af.
north coast is pretty rainy to
@@drumyogi9281yeah. People think all of California is either LA or the Bay
He's not kidding about Lake Tahoe being the home to the super rich. Once I was at a customer's house (he invented the reflector dots on the freeways nationwide) his next door neighbor was the president of Mexico, and across the street was the owner of Ceasars casino, and next to him was the CEO for a major Airline. Seriously rich.
See if you can get them to come on the show!
Leroy Botts?
@@SJtoobsox I don't remember his name. This was in 84. This was near Tahoe Keys Marina on the South shore. He had just bought his first boat, a 36 ft Regal and had it shipped from Long Beach.
@Tlaloc Zapata no. Sorry I don't remember.
Its probably a lie
My credit score dropping just by watching those filthy areas
😂
lol 😂
I grew up in the JUST BAD stockton.
Eureka, you nailed it. Finally someone told the truth about Eureka. Grew up there, left 30 years ago, only been back once and it brought tears to my eyes what Eureka has turned into 😭
Moved there as a kid in '76, and left in '92 and the way it is now makes me shake my head. It's now not uncommon to see homes with bars on the windows! Retiring boomers drove up the home prices, but there's little in the way of jobs so you have wealthy boomers, then everyone else. I never did get over how cold and gray it is there, so even if it was like it used to be I wouldn't want to move back, but the way it is now really makes me glad I left.
@@yosemite-e2v Only difference between summer & winter was how far up you zipped your jacket :)
Sad to hear, I used to love going up to Eureka, beautiful city on sunny days. Clean no trash, back in the 80's and 90's.
There are alot of Hispanics in Napa, Salinas, stockton, parts of the east and south bay to
Wanted to hear more about Eurika
I've lived in Northern California my whole life; both in the city and in the country. Can't believe how it has changed!
Grew up in Ukiah in the 60’s/70’s. Different world now.
Ya, C.A. was once a paradise.
Come to Nevada City and Grass Valley!
Me too
I'm a North bay native.
During my teenage years the entire population of the San Francisco bay area was 2.9 million people. It was lovely back then.
Today it's a unsustainable 8.8 million people with no major upgrade in water & electrical infrastructure.
Public transportation BART is a filthy nightmare & not cheap.
Busses...no!
California's corrupt politicians love bragging how green we are. Guess again there is nothing green about California.
I was born and raised in Paradise, CA before it burned in the Camp fire. I had to move out of the state after that... I miss NorCal terribly. Despite all the problems, it is so gorgeous... the rednecks and tweakers are no joke, but there are plenty of real nice, moderate people as well, and many hippies! Especially in Grass Valley and Shasta County. Butte, Plumas, and Yuba counties have fascinating history and beauty.
I'm really sorry to hear that you moved. I've somehow managed to stomach the decline of this area. I've watched my lifelong Paradise High buddies scatter and the whole area feels tainted.
I hope you're having a great new start somewhere....
@@Shannon-California Thank you. I know it's not easy to stay there, and it also wasn't easy to leave. That fire shook us all up.
I live in Chico California I seen 1st hand what happened to Paradise I wasn't sure if we were going to burn down
@@Glimmerlight90 The first fire like Paradise was in Oakland, Ca. Hills in October 1993!
I had to move to Yuba County several years ago after falling on hard times. Please tell me where I can find the beauty and learn the "fascinating" history of the county. I haven't met any hippies but I have encountered plenty of tweakers and white supremacists. Good times.
Ngl, i personally prefer northern cal than southern cal, weather is better, more forests, alots of European style houses, and some places it gives me these Europe vibes. It's way better than the ghetto life in L.A.
I've been a long time advocate of Nor Cal seceding
I'm afraid y'all assumin that south Cali is just LA, my city of SD is quite southern. And when I mean southern I mean the stuff y'all usually associate with Texas.
Copium
Many people have left L.A. have moved to NorCal!! The rest have left the state!
@@robertchilders8698 that's what I noticed, it's very obvious to tell that they ain't from here, and why tho? Why do they come over here?
Been all over this country and I'll take NorCal over anyplace else.
He literally said it’s known as “no-cal” which none of us has ever said smh
With crime serial killer expensive living no homes floods heat crazy..no way..n drought..fires... Earth quake s
Same here…
So cal is much nicer
@@fellowbrotherinwarNo, it's not.
I have lived in Northern California all my life. I love it here.
Me Too.
You must have VERY dark glasses impeding your vision. Love taxes, traffic and crime much?
Me too Tom.
I live in Fort Bragg. Love the ocean and Redwoods
. Will never live away from the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Nothing can compare.
Good
CA has the highest absolute poverty, not relative poverty, Absolute Poverty is when it is taken account for cost of living, relative poverty is just the income. Mississippi has the highest relative poverty.
Yeah that doesn't surprise me when you wanna talk about poor some of those deep south states are POOR poor
Living in the Redwoods in Western Sonoma County. Even the GOP has their meetings in the Bohemian Groves. I'm only moving because I want a few acres more and I can get that and better weather in coastal Washington State far away from the city and crime. Forests rock.
@@eleventy-seven Yep Forests Rock!
@@johndavis9321 I live in Deep South Georgia, never, ever seen homeless encampments like California. Most people live in nice subdivisions in small towns, or out in the country on farmland.
Yea you could afford a house makin 20k a year in other states, if you make less then 50k in cali you probably homeless.
I feel like the sound of landscaping equipment is always present when you live in California 😆 .. there’s always someone blowing leaves or mowing something nearby
That is not a lie😂😂
literally from the sunrise to sunset
It’s like the State Song
Yes fckn noise pollution I'll be deaf and crazy in a year.
This is the exact thing I noticed when living in Arizona. A lot quieter hardly ever lawn equipment running. Used to call these guys who used a leaf blower on rainy days blow-aeros.
CA is massive its hilarious how people try to say the whole place is a dump. It's just not true at all.
I grew up in "real" N Cali. The closest you got to my hometown was the 1 sec mention of Placerville. The Bay area has 0 to do with N Cali. But as you mentioned that's debatable. I moved to Southern Missouri in 2021, and found your videos after I made the move... But everything you say about the 2 places is highly accurate. "You cant afford it" is exactly the #1 reason I left. The unbelievably procrastinated water issue in the western US is a giant problem, and a huge reason for a lot of the problems. They need a moratorium in the building departments all across the western US, and need to scale back all housing infrastructure. Farming in the valley is more important than all the tech jobs that have ever existed there. But the leadership does not understand that. Tech jobs can exist literally anywhere... Farmland is being sacrificed for this in the most shortsighted approach possible. Tougher farming opportunities = Long term inflation across the board.
you grew up in hillbilly country. the bay is northern cali
Born and raised in Northern California 💞
Wouldn’t want to live anywhere else 🤷🏽♀️
I’m in Elk Grove and the homeless issues around Sacramento is getting really bad!!
Thank the Bay Area scumbags
i live in northern california, and i really do love it here.
I'm from Glenn County, Northern California, left in 2010 for the Navy. We always defined our border ending @ Sacramento. The farther North you go, the more conservative and "leave us alone" we are.
Thanks for the info, got a job opportunity up north and just getting the feel for it.
Santa Cruz is central California, being born and raised in Northern California, it’s really hard to consider anything south of Woodland/Sacramento area to be Northern California, we prefer to divide the State into 3 pieces, Southern, Central and Norther California, there are a lot of specific differences besides topography, character, values and population density, I do enjoy your videos and look forward to more
I saw a house with “Do Not Read This!” painted on the front of it, up there.
@@princessmarlena1359 Well, you obviously failed at following those directions! 😂😂Lol
@@dont.ripfuller6587 “No _sign_ tells _me_ what to do!”
Hi, Nick. I like your "apocalyptic" California videos and you do a really good job with them, lol. But, seriously, couldn't you make these videos in just about any town, anywhere by cherry-picking specific spots? I mean, if I spent enough time, I could drive around my city, take a few vids of the lowest of the low places, and present my city as the scuzziest place in the universe. I'm not suggesting that you're being disingenuous AT ALL, nor am I minimizing the problem. I just think that perspective can be radically skewed based on selectivity. Having said that, however, your videos really DO make me grateful for where I live! Keep up the good work!
Totally, I could make my city look like a bombed out third-world country but ignore all the great and genuine people. Perspective is everything.
I’ve lived in Santa Rosa most of my life and I have to say although the prices of homes and rent has gone up, it is still way more affordable and safer then most east bay cities and not to mention more scenic.
I like Santa Rosa
@@NickJohnson Good place, and an amazing Junior College. Source: family lived/went there.
@@NickJohnsonBorn and raised in Santa Rosa. Child of the 60’s, and haven’t been there much in recent decades except for high school reunions. The city is very much the same but seems different. Live in Colorado now, and for most of the last 40 years. And my wife and I are content here (Denver area). California seems way past its prime, and too crowded.
Nowhere on earth like Northern California. Between the Diversity of the people to the diversity of the land. It's truly a melting pot.
More like a meltdown than a melting pot.
Its become a mix between a melting pot and an overloaded porta potty.
@@antmanv05 Exactly. A rolling dumpster fire. San Fran used to be called The City - now I just call it The Shitty.
@@antmanv05 Exactly. Been here my whole life (41 years) and it's really unbelievable how shitty this state is, given the potential it has
@@zareththealchemist8982 haha, man.. when I was 15-16, a group of like 8-9 skateboarders & I got on an Amtrak train from SJ, and spent a magical day skating around SF, visiting shops, etc (1996.) One of the best days of my life..
Fast forward: "why does every street corner on Embarcadero, reek of piss??"
Here's another way to look at it. The cost in California can lead to mental health problems. This is because it's so expensive that it makes people so stressed out that it makes them mentally sick. I kid you not. I am now suffering from panick attacks and fears of driving, which is going to cause me to be homeless if I don't get a grip. I obviously have to drive to work. I'm thinking about selling my prius and moving into a van with my six cats ;) I seriously am so sick of trying to keep up with my rent and working constantly, just to live in a crappy one bedroom apartment in Little Saigan. I am seriously going to have a talk with my doctor in about a week. If it weren't for my cats, I would buy a van.
Why do you have six cats
Are you from San Jose?? I'm in the same boat!? If your young, you still have a chance and I wish you the best of luck!
I live in The Monterey bay and like 1 year ago I didn't understand why people said California was bad. Now that i've done reasearch I understand what people are trying to say
Edit: what I'm trying to say is that monterey is so nice, I didn't know the rest of the state was in bad shape
Essentially what we are trying to say is that it is a boiling pot. Every year it gets closer to exploding into a true 3rd word country type of environment. It’s not normal to see trash, tents, and homeless addicts everywhere. That’s how South American countries look. And those South American countries enacted the same socialist policies California did.
Monterey and Carmel are still amazing!
@@marcusmaynard1526 California is absolutely not a socialist state in any sense of the word. Where do your people come up with that stuff? California is turbo capitalism on steroids, and has been for a very long time.
I love Monterey bay, lived there for a year
@Mike Oxlong We have homeless here in Monterey. They live in tents on the beach and hangout on the recreation trail.
Omg! That guy you had on needs to be part of the NorCal tourism board. I’ve never heard redneck so much in a video. One of the draws to the northern most part of CA is the beauty and remoteness. And there’s a reason they live up there apparently. It’s amazing to see the sections of our country that are one extreme or the other. I noticed more before the last 2 elections than ever as I was traveling the back roads with my Airstream. I’ve lived in Los Gatos, San Jose and Capitola (Santa Cruz). I’m almost scared of being disappointed when I go back in 2023, 19 years later.
see my post. redneck this redneck that.. (I am not a redneck but I do see a good number of reasons why Calif is wrecked.
I had to relocate to California 11 years ago, when my husband at the time got a job in Sacramento. We have 4 children together and only my youngest was born in NorCal lol, my ex cheated and I wanted to move back home to the Midwest. He wouldn’t allow it, we divorced and now it is home, but it was so different even 11 years ago. The homeless population really has grown and it’s gross. California has areas that are nice to visit. But until we get in different political leaders , it’s just going to continue to become a trash state. So sad!
I lived in So Cal for 20 years and your comment is pretty accurate!
CA is a massive state with a tremendous amount of challenges. I would have ZERO idea how to financially and sociologically balance that state. It’s huge!
It’s no wonder the rumors of CA breaking into two or three different states surface every now and again. I DO know that Newsome has his own personal agenda and a rather self-serving and corrupt agenda, as I see it.
Aren't YOU lucky to never have to worry about becoming one of those",gross" homeless people.smh...
Sounds like you chose to breed with a bad person. And now the future will have more mad men and cheaters because you rewarded a bad man with children who will take after the pos.
@@bs4real It is gross. Look at the damn mess they make. Being poor doesn't mean you have to be a scumbag!
@@bs4real You sound like someone who grew up with a maid. Anyone living in a house, apartment, or tent has the ability to maintain a clean home. It's not a privilege, it's a personal responsibility.
Absolutely love your maps Nick! Your way of identifying places is priceless. Very funny too. Thanks again, enjoy your video. ♥️👍
Northern California is the area where Redwood trees grow i.e. north of Monterey.
I got introduced to Stockton Biker crank back in the 90s when I was in high school. Damn near killed me. Clean for over twenty years.
Thanks PG&E.......nailed it!!!!!!
Minus the lightning strikes & Jewish space Lazers
Pro tip: If you are moving the the East Bay area with a family (and can afford it) I'd highly recommend the Danville, Lafayette, & Alamo areas. It's everything you want and none of what you don't. Trust me 🤝
Lamorinda = $$$$!
Pro tip median price is $2M and up
Danville is a bunch of rich punks not diverse at all light weight trump town
@@bladebrown8261
Sounds like my kind of town!! 👍
Agree! This video highlights the worse parts of each area and failed to review any of the good places. I was wondering about many other cities that didn’t get any mention for how nice they are.
I lived all over California and visited all of these places. You're right on the money about them all. One of my favorite places in NorCal is Santa Rosa.
He missed Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Marin County. I lived in all 3 of those places.
Santa Rosa relatively recently got its first official ghetto …whoooo!
And my house is now sandwiched between the ghetto and the party supply and the parks that are now over run
Santa Rosa is a you can't afford to live there place. It is loaded with homelessness. It frequently burns down, and it ultra liberal and banned natural gas in new homes. So new housing is all electric and beholden to the horrifying 5 tier electrical pricing. 700 dollar electric bill are a thing. 👍😆
@@turdfurgason8476 ….you forgot to mention creek flooding and earthquakes lol
I'm a rural PA native and I moved out to Sacramento 5 years ago. Other than the natural beauty, I found CA to be very overrated. The bay area is nice to drive around and see the wineries, SF, and quaint coastal communities. But the rampant homelessness, cost of living, and overall super liberal collective mindset got old after awhile. There seems to be a very "Obey the government" mentality among almost everyone I've met out there. A very subdued kind of culture where nobody really questions anything. It's a little unnerving. I may come back to visit but I would never live there again.
It’s expensive and there is homeless because it’s CA. Beautiful weather and scenery.. is going to attract homeless and outrageous housing prices.. lol let’s be real no one wants to be in or even visit Nebraska. It’s a last resort..
What about that over 1/3 of the state voted trump. Remember it is a lot of generations of immigrants here that are just happy to be here because it's so much better than where they came from. There is the best climate/weather here and the highest paying jobs here so property values with be high. That's said it's hard to get your foot in the door here if your middle class and don't have a good savings of money. Also the 'soft on crime' policies and covid mandates are pathetic, but people are protesting these and writing letters, etc. The conservative counties will have better leadership.
@@realreviews4102 typical californian ^
this is why nobody likes californians lmao
signed, a californian
Sac and the rest of California is a massively overrated shithole. The state had such potential, but its been absolutely destroyed by the people. pretty ironic how much people here preach about "no environmental waste" but took such a nice looking geographic region and turned it into a shithole
@@realreviews4102 The real problem of bad state government policy and who votes for that? I would know I've lived there most of my life and recently moved out.
Hi Nick been enjoying your channel for a long time now. Just FYI San Jose is not separate from Silicon Valley. The city claims to be “the capital of Silicon Valley”. Silicon Valley, is defined as Santa Clara County, southern Alameda County, San Mateo County and the Scotts Valley region of Santa Cruz County. I live in East San Jose and TONS of homeless camps here. We are home to the largest homeless camp in USA “the jungle”. You need to bring your cameras to East San Jose. It’s a war zone here in some areas. Not as bad as Oakland though bc they stay a little more hidden. The “jungle” is hidden in an overgrown creek in a shallow canyon but it’s right near downtown. The city thinks they shut it down. Then we have a massive one that the Federal Aviation committee blasted San Jose over bc it’s under the flight path close to the airport. Main problem here is the lefties in charge think it’s a housing issue when we know what it really is. We also got duped into voting for “measure A” which set aside 900 MILLION $ for homeless housing and there is a big sucking sound as the homeless industrial complex leeches off this money but homeless as bad as ever.
That's how Sac is they hide in the river Banks. Literally another world down there. Some people have been living under the trees and shrubs hidding for over 20+ years down there.
My mother lived just north of Ukiah from 1989 to 2010, and I always enjoyed visiting her there. After she moved away, I had no reason to go there so I didn't from 2010 until I had to go there for work in 2019. The change that had taken place in those nine years was incredible! The homeless has spilled over from Sonoma County, and downtown Ukiah was now like a set from The Walking Dead.
OMG! Yeah, I was just thinking I wonder how much the homeless has multiplied in just the last five years?! Especially because of this virus crap. It’s just so heartbreaking to see people struggling like this. It definitely does not look like America anymore. More like a third world country.
I graduated from ukiah high. I left for the reasons you described last.
That was in 1989!!!
Legalizing marijuana could do this for some?
@@kathleenking47 yea sure blame the pot lol
Woah thats' sad to year. I used to travel through there in the 80's and there were no homeless. Guess Cali has become THE place for them to go.
I think the ppl from Redding go to Mount Shasta to cool off.
We can see Shasta from our windows …its alpine glow is glorious
California does not encourage addiction, homelessness or anarchy.
It's a problem over the US
As a ca native who has lived in the north middle and south….Your intro was hilarious 😂❤
Did anyone count how many YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT ? LOL
No we were taking hits of meth every time he said it 😂
I thought about moving to Texas one time but changed my mind. I had some friends that moved there just before winter when it got to zero degrees, they're back here in California living with my wife and I. We just purchased a home for them to rent from us until they get on their feet. In the 20 years that I've lived in my home the temperature has approached freezing maybe a half dozen times in the winter. And if I really want to see snow I can take a trip up to my Sierra foothill home. There's very low crime around my main home. Our local sheriff make sure the streets stay clean and tidy of anything undesirable. Overall I can't say there's a better place to live.
Where is that?
Glad you did not move to Texas, there's nothing to see or do here believe me it's boring here. Stay where you are please.
@@enriquealcazar2050 I second that as a native Texas, please Californians our state has nothing going on, stay where you are.
Agreed. I’ve moved across multiple states.. I always come home to my beautiful Northern California with it’s Redwoods, sunny skies and rugged mountains. My sister moved to Texas two years ago and heavily regrets it. Wants to move back. 😅
@@Jerrel28TX is sloppy seconds to CA. It's hilarious that TX pays for unwanted CA jobs with free tax or real estate. Those call center and support jobs used to go to Mexico and Phillipines. They are replaced with emerging technology in Bay Area and Texans think they are getting it good.
Great material Nick , keep bringing it. You're getting better by the month sir !
There are 10x as many homeless in Sac as a few years ago. It is expensive in Sac now too. California is going off the rails.
Humboldt county born and raised 🙌
Interesting video but you are not showing Northern California when you show Oakland! I live in a little town called Orland we are 100 miles north of Sacramento and there are another 200 plus miles north on interstate 5 to the Oregon border. I wish people would realize that Oakland, San Francisco and the Napa area are nOT Northern California. In fact some of us say we live in the State of Jefferson
It’s the “you can’t afford it”‘that has me loving this content. And no, “I can’t afford it” (12 year Houston transplant by way of Los Angeles) and I still MISS home to this day!
I don't because in some places he describes I actually can
There are some great, affordable and safe towns in NorCal but I’m not saying where 🤣😂 Want to keep them that way 😉
There are many people living in RVs and cars in the Bay who make $100,000+ a year ..I grew up in Northern California my whole life and things have steadily gotten more and more expensive without any real growth in wages.
I’ll be honest, as a Bay Area native you really have to a certain character to stay and thrive here. Not for the faint of heart Forsure.
Its very fast paced in a laid back california way but without the glamour of la. The bay is a lot harsher but you can find any group here no matter how niche
@@haggard1378 where you can see your 10th grade teacher at a slideshow and million dollar homes up the street from the blade. Very much a “melting” pot lmao, I love it.
It really is a unique mindset imo. I was born and raised dt SJ. I got pulled out of my senior year, and moved to Lodi 20 years ago.. the P.E. class was doing "square dancing." I was losing my mind lol
It's cool to have lived on both sides of the spectrum, as far as fast-pace/slow-pace.
My older brother still lives there, right off 280.
You are brave I had to take off a long time ago.
Their is no place in the world like the bay area and I say that in a positive way as well as a negative way
Parents are native California, lived there 32 years, just glad to be out of there now. Don't miss it.
@@FirstnameLastname-ty1qd it has lost its glow, at least for me. But I get how one could feel that way.
@@FirstnameLastname-ty1qd I miss the secluded beaches and diversity of foods and many different things to do but the cost of living, homelessness, and over regulation just doesn't make it seem worth it anymore.
Hope Mendocino county is in this vid! It is full of redwood trees, and beautiful nature! I used to live in Laytonville, Cal.
@@SonUhAhGun I'm curious, where have you been hiking and 'come across the homeless camps in the woods'?
@@rainicascadia5514 Agreed, always has been.
I still find it interesting that Northern Californians thinks of themselves as the "real Californians" while most ppl associated SoCal with California. San Francisco has lost much of its original charm and beauty and most of the Bay Area has become a super boring and super expensive Tesla land. Monterey and Carmel is much more attractive than the Bay Area.
The foothills aka gold country is better.
@@andrewheitmeyer9945 Yep, that’s where I’m at, best decision I’ve ever made
Can I be sad yet laugh. Your videos do that. I remember visiting San Francisco in 1977 it was so beautiful and wonderful. After seeing this, I doubt I would go there again.
Just got back home from a mini vacation up to Siskiyou and Lassen. There’s a lot of really beautiful natural wonders up there! But to live; it’s super isolated and it’s very limited in both paying jobs and downtown scenery
I grew up in Northern California and I used to think of garlic with Gilroy. Now there's the sad memory of that shooting that happened there. It's hard to really know if "Nor Cal" was bad when I was a kid. It had, and I think still has, a lot of natural beauty. I had the weird experience of growing up in the Bay Area with conservative republican parents who grew up poor in the Midwest. My dad got a good job and was always a little drunk or angry and tried to get things like what he thought the ideal family should look like but I always felt like I had to be two people all the time with my liberal friends and teachers and my conservative parents. I got the feeling that the Bay Area, especially the more financially privileged parts, had a lot of dysfunctional families like mine and maybe that has something to do with the powder keg it seems to be now.
Yes, you made a point about to be dysfunctional families struggling with power and privilege.
@@bridgetc.taylor257 As a kid watching my mother get abused by him, I had no power, but I see your point. I grew up privileged and it looked okay to others.
Concord is the working class version of Walnut Creek
Viva la raza
@@unknownsender6852the race of crime
I live in Half Moon Bay and I'm a public school teacher. First time I've been accused of being a snobby, rich person. Shows you don't know the town at all
That dude out s 100x better than a news reporter (they suck so bad). He's a bit rough but he has real insight. Great source for info.
He reminds me of one of the dudes from the band The Screaming Trees
People need to understand that California can be very expensive; HOWEVER, the opportunity to make it big is amazing. That is why the world's richest people and richest companies call it home. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. California is where things happen Big & oftentimes first. Think Apple, Google, solar, autonomous vehicles. We don't do polluting industry by manufacturing here, we use brains to create the idea and make a fortune doing it. Don't come here unless you are tough in spirit.
California killed the entrepreneurial spirit with their over regulations on businesses. There's a reason why so many firms are leaving for other states. Even large companies like Tesla left.
@@knucklehoagies As I said, companies that manufacture(vehicles, batteries, tires, chemicals, etc.) will leave for other states because the other states do no care about the harm they do to people & the environment. Look at the big picture and see what is coming into California. There is more venture capital here than most anywhere else in the world. Why might that be?
The controllers of California are ruining it! Elitists making it unaffordable and leaving the middle class in ruins. Druggies, tweakers, illegals living on the fringes of the Californian decline.
You must have a good high tech education and be rich,!
@@robertchilders8698 Dear Robert, thanks so much for the compliment about being good at high tech. Actually I'm horrible, but I pay someone to do it for me.
The sarcasm and condescension on this channel gives me life.
I trucked up and down the Central Valley 30 years ago and the homeless thing is an out of control grotesque problem now. I grew up in the Inland Empire and watched San Bernardino (Stockton south) turn into garbage…it’s a spiritual problem in my opinion.
People try to deny that rampant homelessness is a thing in California…but my small town surrounded by orchards and farms, 30 minutes from any large city, has maybe a dozen homeless people. Town of less than 30,000. When I was growing up in the 90’s, we only had two guys like that and neither were really homeless. One was a wino who spent his time outside the stores begging but he had a house to go home to. The other guy looked homeless but he had mental issues and had a family and home to go home to.
I’m sure my town would gladly want to go back to those times vs what we have today.
@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 all of the above.
Nortenõs represent! Nick, just curious, do you ever have security ride with you in these crime infested areas, or is your head just on a constant swivel?
Oi Nick, moro no Brasil e fico triste com o que vejo no seu país tão rico, espere pra ver as coisas ficarem cada vez pior, gonverno incompetente.
Unboxing California: “What’s that smell?!”
They call them Okies Nick! They came to farm during the Dust bowl from Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma
I like your honesty when you tell me I can’t afford it.
it’s like ASMR
it’s relaxing
😂
Well I own a ranch and Santa Rosa California a beef cattle ranch and what you're saying is not true I mean eureka is pretty bad and there is bad spots but there's bad spots everywhere so I think you're full of BS
I grew up in Eureka, Humboldt Co. Left CA 10 years ago. Most of CA totally sucks, unfortunately. It was great in the 60s and 70s, but mass immigration, drug use, crime, and all the shit that results from over-population including sky-high housing prices, traffic nightmares, pollution, etc., turned the state to crap.
You mean Democrats?
@@Jennieallen415 no, there were bigger factors as well, not just Democrats. And plus, there are many Republicans places in this area, and they suck too, like Redding.
True. One party state.
Eureka, so very sad. I was a disc jockey for the FM Station there 1978-79. It was wonderful back then. Lived in an old Victorian on Wabash. Had a wonderful time for the two years I lived there. Fond Memories. Oh well.
I used to travel to Eureka in the 80's on business. It was just fine back then. Shit must have hit the fan there at some point
@@leerothman7570 it started getting bad toward the end of the 80s
I was stationed at the navy base there on Centerville Beach
My son was born in Fortuna
Eureka and Arcata got really trashy in the 90s during the grunge scene
SUBPOP stickers all over on shuttered or half empty business
Then it became meth central where one in four rental homes became weed or meth labs
Hey Nick my wife and I enjoy watching your videos for your humor and objective presentation style. We are researching where our daughter would best enjoy her college life with quality of campus life (including safety) and all things considered. Then we thought hey this would be a great topic for you to delve into with many parents with similar circumstances with their college-bound kids. Do you think you could do 'best/worst ofs' colleges in the nation? thanks and keep making videos we love'm.
I could! But probably not in time for your decision. Email me I can think of some good college towns. It all depends on how much money you have and how much cold she can stand.
In California, I'd recommend Cal Poly SLO, UCI or UCSD.
Cal Poly SLO grad here, I highly recommend it. It’s undergraduate-focused and graduates tend to get employed quickly with higher-than-average salaries, compared to other schools. What state do you live in?
I got my first two degrees from SDSU. It’s a great university.
California has no quality of life anymore. I left years ago & never happier.
Love your shows Nick! I am a regular and avid follower! You are an excellent educator!
You left out much of the suburbs around the east of Sacramento and the safety and prosperity of those areas plus up in the far far north it’s still decently affordable compared to the rest of the state. Like Mckinleyville and little river area
Northern California is nice. A lot of nice things to see there. It’s hard to live there though. Very expensive. I will probably run the SF marathon in 2023.
Duude! Your maps cracketh me uppp!!! What a hoot!😂 I look forward to seeing your vids and the greatest food vids to get my weekly laffs!!! Besides getting some honest editorials! Thank you Nick really appreciate you! Luv your solid truths - sure you ain’t from the frank-in-your-face Midwest?!☺️♥️
Yeah the maps are funny as sht!
It’s NorCal👍🏻 You missed Butte County. I moved up here from Los Angeles, after living in south Orange County for the better part of 40 years. I’ll take Norcal over SoCal any day!
Also I think you and your correspondent are wrong on Crescent City, ca. It's a conservative county. It's been cleaned up alot in the last 3 years. Alot of people moving there for retirement during the pandemic. Crime is low. Weather is great, !! No drought there too, plenty of water. The Smith river there is the cleanest river in the lower 48 states. For jobs, it's not just the prison like the correspondent said, everywhere is hiring. There is Walmart, Home Depot, the lumber mill, commercial fishing, etc. Housing is way cheap compared to the rest of Ca.
My next move may be Humboldt County,! Lived in Crescent City when very young! A native Californiañ, to dumb to escape!? Burned out of Paradise, as I was trying to move in!
The sharks in the Crescent City aquarium predict earthquakes
The Palo Alto to San Bruno stretch is absurdly overpriced. The residents there know what they’re doing though. They consistently fight against building more houses to keep the housing supply low & costs high.
I just moved to Oakland from SoCal, so I guess I am a straight up fool. :(
You're not a fool. Oakland has been extremely gentrified. Stay in the nicer areas... North Oakland and near the lake and you'll be just fine. It has tons of culture.
P l ease be careful! Guard your life. Be on alert at all times and do not go out at night.
Move out asap.
God bless you and keep you safe 🙏🏼
Nick complains about every state and city lol. Nick wher do you live that's so amazing?
North Carolina
Was wondering the same thing. North Carolina is very appealing.
I was waiting for your assessment of solano county like Benicia, Vallejo, Fairfield, vacaville, Dixon and winters.
Great point, my pops grew up in Vallejo back in the 50s & 60s & moved down here to SCAL for college/career and never looked back because the economy/ job prospects weren’t super great up there at the time…
Suburban and semi rural middle upper class neo shitlibs whom you would think are conservative but are actually democrats
Benicia lost all its glass blowing factories in this last decade …I miss them
Vallejo was all crack and meth since the late 80s
The bridge communities around the major freeways all got cleaned up and moved. They ended up in cities under small overpasses and bridges. The smaller bridges get cleaned and the people move right back.
If you visit Redding go to Battle Creek and float down rapids for 2 Ana a half hours have a car waiting at the bridge to bring you up again to float down again you’ll stay cool.
Loved this.. You did a great job.. I'm born, raised, and currently still living in Methdesto, I mean Modesto. 900 days clean today off Meth.
Don’t do meth kids! lol😂
I lived in Mountain View and Cucamonga in the late sixties early seventies, still a lot of orcharding, they were pleasant places then.
Sacramento has had some changes, but it's a nice city/town. Also the South side going toward the Southwest of Sacramento includes The Pocket, Greenhaven & South Land Park. Nothing shabby about those areas at all. I'm native to those areas.
you dont look native to anywhere in california but rather west Africa.. 👍🏽✌🏽
Northern California where you see every asian chick with a white dude
OMG ! Look at all that beautiful Diversity ! Yes yes yes ! Diversity is America's strength ! Give us MORE !
Anybody gonna tell this man it’s NORCAL and not NOCAL lol
Good Morning Nick Johnson,
I'm 62 now. I used to be a Navy Pilot based in "NorCal" (NAS Moffett Field - Mountain View, CA) ~ 1984-1987
That place was Expensive then !
We used to call it "The Land of Fruits & Nuts"
Tell You What - Those Fruits & Nuts have a Lotta Money !
The Granola state …fruits, nuts, and flakes 😂
what a nice place to live. you don't have to pay rent, water and electricity.
Yes, DON'T MOVE TO REDDING!!!!!!
it used to be nice in 1992 right before they changed the zoning
Excellent Video. Sums up Nor Cal!
I live in a small town in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento. We don't have homeless. They show up and then they leave... one way or another.
They probably don't have soup kitchens there either!
True, I live up there too…no freebies and they hate snow…
Grew up in NorCal, spot on. I was laughing so much. One place you forgot outside of Sac, is a city called Folsom. Huge growth there.
Yes I know a friend just moved there
It makes me terribly sad to see what CA has turned into due to the neglect of its politicians. I will cherish my memories of growing up there in the 1950’s thru the 1970’s, when it was still a prized location to call home. I moved to Austin, TX in the early 90’s before the states downturn, though I could see the writing on the wall at the time! It’s like the state has given up the fight!
Neglect from not neglect of.
They should neglect they’re politicians more.
Hahaha, I love your intros Nick, you got the best videos 😆
~150 mile radius around crater lake that includes Klamath Falls & parts of Northern California & central Oregon is some beautiful landscape that’s seemingly uncrowded. Lots of empty areas with plenty of eye candy.
Nice work. It's getting worse and worse in the bay area
Travis...you watch Nick?! It seems like the community that's awakening to this matrix, seeking truth, knows the difference between money and currency, and who want to break free from this debt and death and enslavement is actually, pretty small in size. BTW, the 'burbs around Sac, are quite conservative and take a live and let live attitude. It's refreshing compared to the fear, shaming, and low vibrational feeling one gets in the Bay Area. WWG1WGA, Let's Go Brandon! and let's roll truckers all across our beautiful earthly plane! Godspeed to you and your channel/purpose and Nick, sorry for hi-jacking your comment section. I'm ready to head east.
@@rogervilleneuve3779 Research Tartaria if you're ready for next-level awakening
@@unknownsender6852 Yes, and mudfloods, and level Earth and well, I could go on...it's all about the children.
Heyy ninja 🥷 fancy seeing ya here! 🤟🏼
@@rogervilleneuve3779 Future generations will be children of the lie just like we were, so I wouldn't expect things to get any better. The status quo is not fertile ground.
This guy speaks and shows the truth! Keep up the good work!
Shame for CA. Good thing I live at TN even though it is a bad state
@@Jennieallen415 Nick, the creator of this channel.
@@itsbeyondme5560 TN is not a bad place
@@kaydenchan7093 West tn
@@RandomRabbit007 sounds like your mad? California is geographically beautiful but so is Zimbabwe…politically and economically is another story.
I stayed in San Mateo for awhile with some friends, everybody has roomates there, that's how they afford it, everyone makes good money but they tend to share homes with other people, to make it work but it's a nice area, they have some great food!
Does anybody you know ever consider moving so they can own a home someday?
Very accurate account of nor cal. It has changed a lot since i was a kid i grew up in Martinez and i really can't afford to live here but this is home ive been all over California 20 years of driving commercial vehicles its a beautiful state the really nice places i can't afford
YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT - hahaha! Man, that's why I moved to Missouri. Love the low taxes and country life here, Chris! Keep up the good work!