Hawaii is expensive because nearly everything they consume has to be shipped or flown there. You're only thinking of NYC as being expensive but the rest of New York State is pretty rural with farmland, forests, and mountains.
Also, all of Polynesia is more expensive. It helps to keep people from moving there in droves. French Polynesian, particularly Tahiti is expensive as F. Even to fly there is expensive. And it keeps the population more Native. For Hawaii, on the other hand it it too late. Because of that whole period that is still being fought I'm the courts
@@tysonl.taylor-gerstner1558 so true! I'd love to go to Hawaii but at the same time I'd rather go with a friend that's Hawaiian or at least a Pacific Islander because I would hate the tourism. I come from a super touristy city and it's awful when you're just trying to have a decent summer or winter lol
Texas girl here, born and raised. I just chuckle that the farthest road trip you have taken is 190 miles. I've driven that far, round trip, to go shopping! Lol!! We definitely have a more varied geography than the narrator mentioned. In addition to mountains, coastal plains, plains, desert areas; we also have forests and swampland. Yes, we have Tex-Mex, BBQ, Whataburger, and Buc'ees. 💕 Oh! And no state income tax!! 💕
I hear you Dana. My commute to the office is roughly 30 miles each way, depending on the route I take, every day. I just returned from a 120 mile round trip that I took today simply to pick up the mail from a house that I am moving into. Once that move is complete, my round trip to the office will also be about 120 miles...but I will be able to hop on a train for about two-thirds of that.
@@kabirconsiders I recommend you definitely visit Austin while you're in Texas. If you like beer I also recommend visiting Black Star Co-op while in town. It's a brew pub. They don't accept tips because they pay a fair wage. Since COVID they had to add a 10% service tax onto their orders but that is still less than the 20% one would be expected to tip elsewhere. The traffic in Austin is CRAZY. Downtown is pretty walkable in the winter months and there are a fair number of bus routes and some express routes. Public transport is still pretty shit compared to Europe, but if you're not going too far it's doable. It's not exactly Texas culture in Austin (a good thing for me), but it's a great place to visit.
@@kabirconsiders Tex-Mex isn't really a fusion of BBQ and Mexican. It's more a matter of American settlers adopting Mexican recipes, but substituting some of the ingredients. For example, Mexicans normally use corn tortillas (corn being the staple native crop). The English speaking Texans came from a primarily wheat based farming system, so used flour tortillas instead. Mexico typically favors white cheeses, while the Anglos introduced yellow, cheddar type cheeses. Mexican food tends to focus more on chicken or pork, while Tex-Mex tends to focus much more on beef. When you come to Texas, I highly recommend that you try fajitas. Imagine a burrito filled with your choice of either grilled and marinated strips of steak or chicken with a mix of grilled peppers and onions. Whatever restaurant you try, you *definitely* want to get the chips and queso (tortilla chips and a cheese dip mixed with peppers and sometimes spicy ground beef or pork). Central Texas also has a lot of German and Czech influence, due to settlers from those areas. Sausages, kolaches and quite a few other foods became staples of the Texan diet due their influence. Texas is also famous for it's many beer breweries, as well as a very large wine industry (Texas vineyards have actually restocked some French and Californian vineyards after blights killed off major portions in the past).
@Dulce Sunshine While there are Red states that depend on blue state taxes, Texas is NOT one of them. We are actually a tax DONOR state (we send out more in federal taxes than we receive in benefits). You might also want to remember that the KKK (along with slavery) was an exclusively DEMOCRAT institution. As Texas gradually became less Democrat, and more Republican, it also became less and less racist. No Republican ever owned a slave. Jim Crow laws and segregation were exclusively championed by Democrats (who had political control of the South at the time).
yes, go see the Coastal redwoods, and Big Sur, which is more Central Coast. Very different areas, like two different countries. NorCal has lots of wineries too.
Yeah I heard his longest drive ever was 3 hours/~200mi and I was just thinking about how lucky he is that he would never have to travel upwards of 1000mi every year to visit family (at least as long as family is in the British Isles).
I always think of that phrase too. I hear many British RUclipsrs discussing this topic and I'm always amazed when I hear it. I've driven 18 hours just to get out of CA from the Mexico border to the Oregon border. Talk about fun!! I guess Brits don't get the whole "car trip" mentality. Get in the car & just drive across the country through the states of your choice. Or, pick a region of the country and drive through a number of states seeing all the beauty, landmarks, culture, etc. that each state offers. Americans can drive an hour each way just to their jobs everyday. Driving more than a hundred miles on a weekend to see family friends, significant others,to go to concerts, theme parks and an abundance of other things, is just normal. Most Americans don't give it much thought. Never once have I heard an American say 100 miles was a long distance. That's a day drive just to get out of town for a few hours and have lunch or dinner somewhere different. :) Never have I heard a Brit mention they just get in the car and drive just to see where they end up. Have a meal/drink, relax take a stroll, etc. & turn around and head home. Not sure why Brits do not seem to enjoy car trips & exploring new places at their leisure. I would love to have the opportunity to do car trips all over the UK. Especially outside of the major cities. :)
Also, Texas was not the only Mexican state to rebel. When Santa Anna started abusing the Mexican Constitution the states of Yucatan, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas all rebelled at the same time as Texas. While those rebellions were put down, Texas was able to defeat Santa Anna and severely damage his power. This allowed those previously rebellious states to try again and you got the briefly independent states of the Yucatan (1841-1848) and the Republic of the Rio Grande (1840). So no, it wasn't just a bunch of white Americans that pushed for independence.
@@Mauther Same thing a decade later in California, except the option of becoming a British territory was in the mix, so some considered the British a better option.
I'm glad you realize the distance between New York and California. You'd be surprised how many people come from smaller countries and want to go see New York City, Houston, LA, and Yellowstone all in a single week.
One thing a lot of people don’t realize is how diversified California is, geographically, ethnically, culturally, and politically. The state has every major world climate except arctic. There are beaches, valleys, mountains,and deserts, sometimes a little more than an hours’ drive apart.
Haha! A fed & equipped army marched 900 miles. I am a Cherokee American. The army “helped” my ancestors march about 1,000 miles. It was forced, not fed, not equipped. Review the Trail of Tears sometime.
If you’re coming to California next year, I would suggest driving up Highway 1 along the coast to Northern California then, take the Highway 99 from north to south. 99 will take you along the mountains and through the Central Valley. The 1 will take you right along the coast through San Diego, if you are in the very south part of the state, through LA, along the coast, (hit me up near Pismo Beach! 🤣), through Monterey Bay, (huge aquarium there), to San Francisco. Don’t forget to see the Redwoods, Yosemite and Joshua Tree! I can’t wait for you to experience it!
Hey! I was born in Newport, RI, when my dad was stationed in the Navy there. My hospital delivery bill was a full $6.56 - in 1957! (That’s not all inflation, you know!)
@@kimberlyrice4294 I'm younger so I didn't see it but I've tried to tell people about what you're trying to inform people of... You could have a baby delivered in the 60's for close to what you pay for an oil change today and no it's not all natural inflation. It's because of the government and insurance companies as well.
Best comment ever I was born in California. I’ve lived in several places lived in Houston for a year and a half and Arlington Dallas Fort Worth for 4 1/2 years. I love the people in Texas had a good time there. The worst part about Texas is the humidity the worst part about California’s politics so I just avoid the politics.
Lmao! I live in Dallas. It's 190 miles to Austin. I make that trip at least a dozen times a year. My longest road trip was to Glacier National Park in Montana. That was about 3500 miles round trip.
I'm in Dallas, too. Make the Austin trip quite often as both my wife and I have relatives there and now my daughter attends Texas State University in San Marcos.
It is true that a lot of Californians are moving to Texas, but those are native born Americans. Huge numbers of immigrants from outside the US are moving to California AND Texas. Not just Latinos but also from Asia. California population is still increasing.
@@RedQueenCreative_Roxie They lost 1 but that was because it was done in 2020. If it was done later it would have lost 2. NY also lost 1 and Texas got 2.
Over 2 million people came from over 150 countries illegally into the US in 2021 over our southern border. The numbers are staggering. The size of a major city every year... Edit I'm fine with the countries south of us but I don't trust the rest of the world. This is the only hemisphere I worry about but our eyes are all over the rest of the world... If we did with south america what we do for asia we wouldn't have people that live south of us trying to get into this country. I'd rather make them rich in their home country than I would making asia rich across the sea...
We've lived in Sugar Land outside of Houston TX for over 30 years. Love it here. Hurricane season is from June 1 to Nov 30th. The last major storm we had here was Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
When he talks about the Sunbelt having "Milder" weather what he in fact means is "warmer winters" and more sun. Today, the 12th of October - the temperatures were a high of 29C and a low of 25 C. Lovely Phoenix, Arizona which has 211 clear days of sunshine a year often competes with places like Baghdad for hottest daytime temperature. All of these places exceed 40C at some point in the summer - some for extended periods. So, If sunny and warm / hot = mild to you, the weather is mild.
We literally just had our first "Fall" night where the temperature was truly below 50 F/10 C in Phoenix last night, in the middle of October, and it was only because of the big storm system moving across Nevada. It'll be over 90 F/32 C in a couple days, so definitely a bit more than "mild" lol
@@denvergray8943 :-) Just got off the phone with my in-laws in Chandler. My wife was raised in Tempe. I like to remind / warn people not from the US, that our concept of "mild" weather isn't quite the same as everyone else's. Kabir talking about 38C as unbearably hot is a great example- If he reads this, the temperature records in Phoenix are above 40C for every month except November - March, and the record for November is 36C and March is 37C... "mild"... LOL.... But definitely Sunny. :-)
14:50 Not only did they march 900 miles. They did it through basically desert. 18:16 The climate is nicer in many places in California. But the extremes are much worse there in other places. So even if it is hot as blazes here in Texas many times, the climate averages about the same. California does have some very cold climes also that the colder parts of Texas just don't get close to. If you want the stunning scenery you will want to go to California. There are some pretty places in Texas also. It is really hard to compare the two. Your idea to visit both is probably a good plan. 21:30 Tex-Mex is just Texas version of Mexican. Not much BBQ in it.
Tex Mex is Texan cuisine created by the settlers from Mexico and America before Texas ever became a state. Some even trace it back further to the Mission era. It’s a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and American food. Tex-Mex is a Texas cuisine created by the settlers of that area not a Texas version of anything else. The settlers took pieces of their old cultures to create something new.
Colorado gold miners/cattlemen defeated the Confederacy in New Mexico, before the Californios got to El Paso ;-) Rebels almost got as far West as Tucson, and almost as far North as S Colorado. Features in the best Western: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
If you think 100+ degrees F is milder, then you've never been to Texas. It not only gets hot here, but add the humidity to the mix and it's almost unbearable.
@@d1ndad0r95 Rich Californios and Texicans, have ruined the metros and property prices in Colorado. Colorado was fine in 1970, even Denver metro with one million people then was manageable, now it is almost three million, ruined ;-( I should know having moved to Denver from California, twice ;-) Lived in LA metro first in 1962 ... 6.5 million people then, but not too bad for a kid in the better parts of town. There are 12.5 million there now. Definitely OK for tourism, in the rich places, when the kids are in school (no tourists) and weekdays (Californios are at work).
@@williambranch4283 First off, they haven't "ruined" anything; the market is just doing its thing. Also, the two groups have only wealth in common. Most Commiefornians continue to vote the way that *ruined their home state* ffs. The fools think their political stupidity (they vote with their feelings) will somehow work out in another geographical setting, tf 😑
Hawaii is expensive because the real estate is very limited, and a lot of products need to be "imported" (not really, since it's the same country, but they need much more intense transport). New England is actually closer to the UK than New York, though I see what you mean in terms of which coast. The sun belt boomed once air conditioning made it livable. ;p
Yes, Alaska would also be expensive due to importing, but the oil industry there makes Alaska far more affordable to live in than Hawaii (as revenue gets paid out directly to residents there that offsets the cost of living there).
That last clip was the River Walk in San Antonio I think. I've spent a lot of time in both states. California has the edge in climate and some great National Parks, but I would probably choose Texas for the friendliness of the people of all ethnicities. I live in New Mexico. Beautiful State, but many things to improve on.
I was born and raised in California, went to college in Texas and lived there for 20 years but moved back to California for the last 16 years but still go back and forth to Texas a lot. I would say that the video is pretty accurate. The two states are very different from each other; California is much more beautiful with a great climate but Texas is more affordable, though that is changing now that so many Californian's are moving there for a lower cost of living or because their employer has relocated to Texas because Texas is much friendlier to corporations (their laws are much less restrictive and their taxation much less). The culture and politics of Texas is also changing dramatically with all of the influx of Californian's, among others. I don't see that as a good thing and neither do the Texans.
I've already seen studies that showed the people moving here have been a net positive for Texas ruling political party. The data was pulled before covid though... Not sure how it is with the people coming now though.
I live in CA and can tell you the cost of living is very high! The reason HI costs more is because almost everything has to be shipped in by boat or by plane. It was high in HI when I lived there from 94-97 and imagine it's only gone up. An hour and a half drive is nothing!! I have driven from where I live in Northern CA to 29 Palms in southern CA many times, about 7-8 hour drive. The longest trip was from Washington State to Massachusetts, west coast to east coast, took 5 days stopping every night to sleep.
Cost of living. Texas doesn't have a state tax unlike many states. It's why many former Cowboys players who move to other teams stay and live in Texas. You can buy a home for half a million dollars that would cost 4 million in California. Truth.
Couple of weekends ago I drove from Houston to Fort Worth to see my #2 son and his family, 4 hours. Then a couple of days latter to Lubbock to see #1 and 4 sons, 4 1/2hours. Then the next day back to Houston 8 1/2 hours. #3 lives 30 minutes away. Will do that trip again this month. #1’s family just got to Lubbock from Virginia.
I live outside of Los Angeles. The houses in my area are currently selling for $550000 or more. There’s also a mansion in Los Angeles that is 160000000 in price. It’s crazy expensive.
Doesn't mention our humidity here in Texas..in my area anyway. During the summer step outside and it feels like you stepped into a sauna. The only place I've lived where it was worse was Louisiana and I swear that in both states someone said "hugs welcome" and every species of bug misheard and thought we said "bugs welcome".
I've always laughed and told people the reason I look better than most my age, is because living in the coastal areas like Houston is like living in a 24 hour sauna. 😊
It DEPENDS On WHERE You ARE......I Talked To A man Who Lived in Anaheim California, Back in the Late 70's And he Said The HUMIDITY There Was BAD!!!!!!!
The King Ranch is located in South Texas in Kingsville Texas right out side Corpus Christi Texas. King Ranch is approximately 830,000 acres. That is approximately 1,925 square miles and I am proud to call this area home. My little ranch backs up to the massive King Ranch.
no thats a normal reaction from outsiders of california , my friend moved from minasotta to cali and expected beaches but the first thing he saw when reaching california was the sierra nevadas ( mountains )
9:00 We Arizonans are no strangers to dust storms haha Actually the Arabic word “haboob” for dust storms has come into the lexicon in recent years They LOOK way scarier than they actually are… The dust is really slow-moving. The biggest danger is from getting caught in one while driving since the low visibility can cause wrecks
True blue islands like the Hawaiian Islands are always more expensive to live on across the board since you generally have to import most goods, even domestic products, across the ocean. And due to most islands' small size, there are much more limited job, housing, and commercial markets that increase competition and drive up prices. They also tend to have a lot of "paradise" tourism, with its luxuries and taxes that make it more expensive for residents.
Having lived in both Texas and California, Texas humidity is too much. Fun fact: San Diego county is the size of Rhode Island. Also, the narrator’s mispronunciation of Presidio startled a laugh out of me. Never heard it said like that before. 😳😂
Did you know that Texas used to have it's own Embassy in London? That's when Texas was considered its own country. As for weather it's usually hot and humid the closer you are to the coast; however, the exception was in February of this year when everything froze and there are videos on RUclips showing you how bad it was. Our energy grid isn't hooked up to the national grid. And for Tex-mex food go to San Antonio. If you make it here order some Barbacoa breakfast tacos and drink a Big Red soda with it. Its traditional fare. Great BBQ to but you can that all over Texas.
@@sirmoonslosthismind nah the United States regulations are tyrannical and i would never in understand any circumstances be under their grid lol at all these are the same people who can't even pay the debt off let alone actually take care of America so fuck no texas actually did their shit right and got their shit right you learn as you go and you grow from it fuck them niggas in Washington
My longest car ride was when we moved from Cleveland to SoCal, the only reason it took us more than a couple days was bc we only drove 12 hr/ day and we had our dog, but that was about 4828k.
Most Texans don’t appreciate Californians moving to Texas. In a bio class the professor asked what is the most invasive species to Texas and the popular answer was Californians. We all laughed at it but most felt there was some truth to that statement
Yes we say “Don’t California our Texas”! We don’t want the ruined policies brought to our state. But I welcome them if they are wanting to join us, not change us.
@@Parker-930 lmfaoo wtf does that have to do with what they said. Like you wanted to start something. Literally more Californians move to texas than vice versa. This was so irrelevant lol.
To put that 900 miles into perspective, I used to be an over the road trucker. Before electronic logs (when we could still get away with it) I drove from near Ghent, Kentucky (along the Ohio River) to Hooksett, New Hampshire (near Maine) in one trip without stops. It took 15 hours and was around 950 miles. And yes, it was a bad idea that I don't recommend, but I digress. I can't even imagine walking that distance. At roughly 30 miles per day over rough terrain with limited roads, that would have taken the California soldiers around 2 months of marching to arrive in Texas. By that point, they were probably too tired to fight. 🤣
W/ regard to Death Valley. It is gorgeous there during the winter (e.g. if you go there, go Jan-Feb, closest airport is Las Vegas, then a 2 hour drive). However, in the summer the road surface can get so hot that your shoes melt.
California has Death Valley and the Mojave Desert. Yes California has a lot of coastline and beaches but it also has the highest peak in the US with Mount Whitney. The middle of the state is an agricultural center like none other. California produces the majority of the food for the entire US. Texas is a huge producer of Oil and is an amazingly fertile state, put a stick in the ground and it will probably grow. Texas is also a big producer of meat as is California. California is larger than the entire UK but is only about half as big Texas. Texas has a much more humid climate than California with California (particularly Southern California) being an irrigated desert. A lot of people are leaving California due to the political climate. Also, a lot of businesses have left California for Texas due to the amount regulations placed on businesses in California where as Texas is much more business friendly and the minimum wage in Texas being almost only half of that in California. Hawaii is expensive because everything has to be shipped in, not much is produced in Hawaii beyond sugar cane and pineapples, minimal amounts of small fowl such as chickens and also pigs do provide a bit of home state food relief for the residents. I am a native of California and lived there for the majority of my life. Now I live in New Mexico so I have become much more familiar with Texas than I was while living in California. California and Texas are both very much like their own countries. Being born and living in California one becomes quickly rooted and the idea of anywhere else in the country having anything to offer that California doesn't seems like an impossibility. Produce is fresh and relatively inexpensive in California since it is produced there, keeping shipping costs to a minimum.
Omg you’ve only gone 190 miles😭, yo as a californian that’s absurd yet I’m so jealous 😂. I drive 333 miles and leave the next day to drive another 333 to visit family or to pick up important papers or things I’ve forgot at my moms. Damn keep up the us vids we love you out here. Please keep us updated with our packages. Much love ❤️
@@kabirconsiders np bro, and not yet I’ve been traveling back and forth from cali to az but I’ve got the stuff ready to ship. Just got back to la a couple hours ago so hopefully I can send it before your first unpacking video
Californian here, born and raised. The cost of everything is pretty expensive but aside from that it’s great where I am. I’m on the edge of the Bay Area (about an hour drive from San Francisco or Sacramento). Definitely a beautiful state and pretty nice people too, if only it could rain more
Hey, same here! (Well, 45 minutes or so...or an hour and a half, depending on how the traffic is on 580. 🤣) Farthest town east while still being called the East Bay, rather than the Central Valley.
Favorite place in California: Redwoods north of San Francisco. Favorite place in Texas: Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, right next to the Alamo. Best: Fusion cuisine in California, BBQ in Texas. Good Mexican food from Cali, Arizona, NM and into Texas. Picante sauce doesn't come from NYC ;-(
When you go to California take Pacific Coast Highway thought Big Sur. See Hearst Castle. The movie Citizen Kane was inspired by it's owner. Go all the way over the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oh awesome! You're reacting to Mr. Beat!!! I've known him since before RUclips was a thing (or before he even became a teacher). Cost of living and no state income tax is the main reason for the California flight to Texas. Yes, King Ranch is bigger than Rhode Island. Everything is "big" in Texas, BBQ is a religion, but there are almost no "Cowboys" (I'd wager less than half the state has ever even been on a horse).
We basically, as a culture, sort of took that "Everything's bigger in Texas" meme and decided to run with it, going out of our way to make it true. Our state capitol building was deliberately made larger that the US capitol building.
Here in Kansas City, during the summer of 2021, it was consistently 38° C & above - thoughout all of June, July, & Aug, & stayed up over 90° F (32° C) throughout September. No, 1/2 way through October, the temps are still close to 80°F (26° C) most every day. But, we'll probably have at least 1 snowfall before November arrives. . .
The King Ranch is legitimately it’s own react. You can hunt from helicopters on the King Ranch. It’s history is literally as. Long as that of Texas. BUT, the Waggoner Ranch was the basis for the show Yellowstone.
The King Ranch is one of the major reasons for the Chisholm and Shawnee Cattle Drive Trail up through Texas, Oklahoma to the major slaughter houses in the Midwest. Kansas had access to the trains and could transport the meat to each of the coasts
You get dust storms a lot in West Texas during March. They are just part of the scenery and you learn how to deal. The strange thing is that sometimes the dust storms have their own weather, and so it's not uncommon for it to rain mud during one of these storms. While Texas gets a lot of dust storms, it's only in Western Texas and the panhandle, usually and is nothing compared to Arizona's dust storms.
@@tejida815 They are indeed spaced roughly a days ride apart - from San Diego, To San Francisco with 2 more on the north side of the bay. 21 in all. Some of those would have been a rugged ride, back in the day.
Well, I've certainly bloviated my way through the comments - clearly I had fun. If you want to imagine the heat in Death Valley - set your oven to 55C once it's hot, then open the door and hold your hand in there. It is a truly desiccating heat - the humidity at those temperatures is a single digit number
Texas has no state income tax and except for Austin is generally a lot more affordable. Cars and houses are cheaper in Texas. I live in the Dallas metro. We don't have the huge wild fires and earthquakes although we do have less severe episodes of both. For people who travel, it can be cheaper from Dallas and easier to manage than from major cities in California. We have the old airport, Love Field where Southwest Airlines is headquartered. We have DFW Airport on the west side of Dallas with direct flights to a good bit of major world cities like Sydney, London, Paris, Mumbai, etc. I can fly about 9 hours directly to London or Paris and the same to Honolulu. It's a pretty nice spot mid-continent to reach the rest of the US and with some cheap flights if people are savvy shoppers.
@@katarinad1309 - You watch too many cowboy movies! Texas is VERY diversified. And we just got two new members of the House of Representatives, so yeah people are moving here.
@@katarinad1309 Don't forget that it's also the home of NASA, Texas Instruments, Dell Computers and a many other high tech industries. The Houston Medical Center is one of the leaders in medical research, and is located in the 4th largest metro area in the US. Also, we have plenty of *real* cowboys.
Kabir.... I just finished driving 6700 miles in 10 days. I live in Florida and I needed to visit 3 more states to complete a Bucket List goal (visit all 50 states)...so I went to South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. I then dtive over the Rockies and visited my favorite state, Utah. Buzzed down to the 4-Corners and El Paso, then dashed back to Florida. (I'm from L.A. and driving is in my blood...PS: I'm 74)
Do y’all have your own cars? Like aside from the Ferrari California… like, I always mean to watch your local news some time when I’m out there, but never get around to it bc I’ve slways wondered. Like, we have Texas editions of all our trucks and beer and stuff.
@@ashleymegganif you’re ever in California there’s this restaurant called roscoes chicken and waffles , as a native Californian I actually like certain things about Texas Y’all have bull riding ( my favorite sport : you would think they bcoz I live in California I love the nba , well I hate it I haven’t watched 1 full season since the toronto raptors won the nba title ) Y’all have better BBQ ( burnt ends ) Y’all gave us music Y’all gave us moonshine
Dude, you should react to Geography King's "San Joaquin Valley- The Forgotten California". You will be blown by how much of the US agricultural economy is dominated by California"!
I haven’t watched that video, but the crazy thing about a lot of the agriculture economy is that the hands on work is done largely by an immigrant population of workers with crap workers right and overall pay. The whole conversation about immigrants is interesting but if they were to just stop working in the agriculture fields it would cripple the US and largely affect the world food supply.
Which makes me laugh my backside off when the right wingers try to claim we'll starve to death if there was a civil war. Dudes, we are the #1 agriculture producing state in the country! It won't be us starving.
@@ms_scribbles The problem, for progressives, in a civil war is that Californian agriculture tends to take place in the most conservative areas. You know, the parts that keep talking about wanting to secede from California?
Yeah, there are a lot of things that came from Texas that quite a few people didn't know were from here. Of course, there's Whataburger, but also there's a large grocery chain in Central Texas called H-E-B, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Texas Instruments (makes great computer stuff), Cavender's Boots, Wolf Brand Chili, Neiman Marcus Retail, Southwest Airlines, the great Buc-ee's (more than just the largest convenience store in the world), and of course, these last ones are from my hometown of Waco, Texas, smack dab in the heart of the state: Dr. Pepper (yep, founded by an actual doctor!), Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, the Waco Mammoth Site, we have our own castle, Cottonland Castle. Famous Wacoans: the actors Steve Martin, Ashlee Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt. Also, Beyonce's from Houston, and Renee Zellweger is from Katy, just outside of Houston. That's all I can think of.
As a native Californian We don’t have heat …we have dry spells it can get as cool as 65 degrees and as hot as ….105 degrees yah hear me as cool as a breeze and a hot as a IRON GETTING SCALDED
I have lived in California and Texas. I would never ever choose to live in California again. But, California is a wonderful place to visit. I swear a person could spend 6 months vacationing there and still not see and experience all California has to offer. Biggest differences to me are that California is more diverse and very liberal. Texas is conservative and more 'Southern' If I had to choose a place in Cali to visit it would be Muir Woods or the Redwood Forrest national parks. My second recommendation would have to be to drive the Pacific Coast Highway - you'll need at least a week to 10 days to really enjoy it. To answer the question as to why people are moving from California, what I've heard is cost of living and politics.
Yes, cost of living and politics is the usual reason people want to leave California. The one problem with that is “Californication.” Californians often take their Californian political viewpoints (liberal, tax happy, and government control) with them thus turning their new location into what they left CA for. I’m in the Los Angeles area and will not be able to retire here - I could not afford the mortgage on my house, which is about 15 ft wide by 45 ft deep (roughly 4.5 m x 13.7 m.) Apparently it’s worth $400K. $400K !?!?!?!? California is just plain off the rails.
I grew up in L.A. & Marin County and I agree with on what you said about the beauty of the state. I was also smart and Escaped From L.A. in 1994 for Montana. DON'T bring Calif. here if you come.
Born and raised in Texas. Yes we give all other states crap for not being Texans. Old saying goes " Son, don't ask where someone is from. If there from Texas they'll tell ya. If they aren't don't embarrass them." So true
Ha, my grandmother gave me that on a postcard which was hung over my bed growing up. Guess what? I was the only Yankee in my family, and now I've moved to... California. :D
@@ellenbryn being from California we have a saying “if you don’t mind crazy wether come here “ ( we have cold , rain, sleet , snow , sweat , heat , blistering heat and oh my god )
@@faiththomas1749 We have crazy weather but not nearly as many earthquakes or wildfires, come to think of it I have never experienced an earthquake in Texas.
Texan here.... Property values are a TON cheaper in Texas. Whataburger and In N Out are both fast food burgers. They are ok and quite different from one another. My recommendation is if you can make it to Texas, try some BBQ, Tex Mex and authentic Mexican food. They are all fantastic here. One annoying thing about Texas is no high speed rail to criss cross this humongous state! Dallas Fort Worth to El Paso is approximately 10.5 hours, Houston 4.5 hours, far north panhandle, over 7 hours and to the East Texas border around 4 hours (all at 70 to 75 mph).
Born and raised in California. Love it will never leave. I have visited Texas. I really liked Austin, not a fan of Dallas though. Texans and Californians smack talk each other but to be honest we probably all have way more in common than we think. People mostly leave California because of cost of living, it’s so much more affordable in Texas. But we still get so many people moving here it’s crazy. Both states have that because there is a lot of job opportunities. I live in Napa valley where all the wine is. You should check it out when you visit California. Northern California is so beautiful.
I live in San Antonio and this is accurate all of our locations are so different and varied on every level it’s literally like traveling to a new land at times just going city to city
In California we just had a 70 billion surplus from the last year. We definitely have a huge GDP. But a 3 hour drive? I just took a trip where I drove about 1300 miles all at once. It took nearly 30hrs
Thanks for a great reacts to California VS Texas. Its was very interested. Note: Hawaii have to import almost everything, so that why its more costing to live there.
I lived in Texas for 27 year, moving there at the age of 20. I loved the Gulf Coast beaches and Tex-Mex food. Then I moved to the Central Valley of California and loved the weather and it's central location to both beaches and mountains. I'm now in Las Vegas, not much here except for casinos and tourists. I would move back to California in a minute.
True it is less expensive. Property taxes, in Austin, are crazy. ~$1000 a month for the area I am familiar with. But cost of living is definitely less.
Property taxes are going up, because new homes are being built with the additional amount of people coming from states like California, New York and Illinois.
@@invizz0ninja no, that is not how propety tax works....Texas has been at 2 to 2.3 percent for many many years, not just since yalls propaganda media started blaming Cali for everything under the sun
@@invizz0ninja Try again. Property taxes in Texas were significantly higher than the national average long before the influx of people from other states
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You haven’t taken your trip yet, have you? I just recently found you so my timeline of when you said you were planning a trip to America is out of whack. The longest car ride I’ve ever taken was from Newport Rhode Island to Newport Beach California. It took five days, not pushing it too hard. I’ve been to the UK and mainland Europe several times but my favorite vacation is to pack up the car and the dog and head out on a road trip. Anything under an 8 hour drive is fine for a three day weekend. 😉
I highly recommend that you pick a region and visit that one region. In both states it is impossible to visit the whole state on one visit. I also recommend looking into renting a vehicle or being prepared to use a ride service like uber or lyft, again because public transportation is not very accessible in either state. Also, don't forget to look for local cuisine because in both states it is pretty amazing
I love hearing about how the brits were nearly dying over a few days of 100 deg. F weather (38c)...This past june it was 97-98-100-100-101-95 for the whole week..Many days it was just 90.. As I speak, this sunday it's going to be 84 deg, f. LOL.
It's what you're used to, though. Also, Brits don't have AC, and a lot of their buildings feel a little stuffy by our standards since until recently the main thing they needed was to keep out the cold and damp on gray, rainy days.
Well technically California was independent, but only for less than a month. Know as the Bear Flag Republic, it was unrecognized during the Mexican-American War until annexation
My mom's half of her family are from El Paso, Texas. When she was a kid she moved to Los Angeles and stayed there all her life. I told her why did you move to L.A and not any city in Texas or other states around Texas?, she said L.A is closer to El Paso and that L.A has more things to do than Texas etc lol. But if she wanted to, she'll visit Texas during the holidays or summer. Visited El Paso years ago in the summer. Great experience, humid and just looked humble than L.A.
Sandstorms or haboobs are not that dangerous unless you are driving in a car when one passes by. I was in one on Tucson, Arizona when visiting a friend. We stopped at a store for some food and when we walked out of the store we saw the sandstorm rolling in. We ran to the car and closed all windows. The sandstorm took about 20 minutes to pass through the town. Once it had passed we could continue home. During the storm, you cannot see a thing. The sand makes the sky turn as dark as midnight. After it is over, the ground is covered in a dusting of sand. Once the darkness cleared, we drove home without any problem. If you are driving, you are told to pull over and park way off the road and turn off all driving lights and just wait until the storm passes.
You definitely need to watch “Sideways”, the movie where the dude dumped the bucked on his head. Easily one of the best comedies of the last 20 years. It almost won the Oscar for best picture in 2005.
That movie started my fascination with Pinot Noir. My friends thought I'd become a wine snob. Funny thing is they had no problem making all three bottles disappear.
I’m sure someone has already mentioned Texas was its own country. The Texas Embassy still exists in London. Of course it’s no longer an embassy but when we were there in 2009 it was a pub. I am not sure what they did to the Margarita. Mine tasted like it was made from gin instead of tequila. I proudly signed a one dollar bill to have it added to the wall along with all the others from tourists.
I live in Oklahoma. We have driven to Houston several times (a 9-10 hour drive). The reason to cruise out of Galveston. There is no state income tax in Texas, although property tax is higher than here. The biggest difference as far as cost of living: I heard Californians are paying about $4.50/gal gas. We pay $2.88/gal. Probably about the same in Tx. It is routine for many people to drive 30-60 miles to work in their own vehicles. Even in our own metro area of nearly a million public transportation is either nonexistent or spotty. Timing may be very inconvenient. It is not unusual for someone to drive 4-8 hours for a weekend visit to family or holiday!
I'm German born and came to the States by marring a military guy. I live in Texas for years now. I been to California. Its beautiful there, but you couldn't pay me enough to live there. The earthquakes, the wildfires every year was enough for me not to want to live there. Texas has its own beauty, but coming from Germany it was quite a shock to me. All I seen was cactus growing every where and this weird looking trees, Mesquite. In my homeland you see flowers every where. The people sweep their sidewalks and keep Germany quite clean. One thing I don't miss about Germany is winter. Even though it looks very pretty watching big snowflakes fallen down, the amount of snow is unbelievable. I now watch it snow on TV, in Texas where I live we have mostly mild winters. Its seldom that we get a bad winter. One year we did and I managed to wreck my car 3 times. I never drove a car in Germany. My husband comes originally from Ohio. They have awful winters there. I was glad to leave Ohio and come to Texas. It took me some time to get used to Texas, but after you do, I love living here. The people here treated me with respect and kindness. Every once in a while I ran across some real a-holes calling me a Nazi. Guess everyone coming from Germany is a Nazi so they believe. I seen 32 States, but I'm now in love with Texas. My husband died 13 years ago, but I will stay here. Its my home now. All my people live in Germany. I'm the only one that ventured away from my home. I was shocked about all the creatures that come into my home. I'm talking about Scorpions. No matter how often I spray inside and outside, they will come into my house, besides other crawling things. I hate killing living creatures, but I have no problem now killing the Scorpions. When we first moved from the city to the country, I was freaking out over all these bugs that exist here. I used to write to my mother about all these things I experimented here. She wrote back saying you moved to an uncivilized country, come back home. The second night we lived here in the country I got stung by a Scorpion while I was in my bed. That thing stung me in my boob. At first I thought my husband was smoking and a spark flew over to me. I screamed, brushed it off and my husband got stung too. I sat all night long on my couch with my eyes wide open looking if it would come after me again. I would not go back to bed till I know my husband killed it and showed me the corpse. The dust storm you mentioned in this video we get them every year around March-April. It comes from the dry cotton fields out of Lubbock. All you can do is dust and dust and try covering up every small opening in your house. But I never seen a dust cloud that big as shown in this video. In Germany almost everyone has a small piece of land and flowers get sown there. Here I can not grow one plant. The ground here is not very fertile. Besides I don't have a green thumb like my sister has. 7 years in a row I tried growing tomatoes. Never got one good tomato. They either had little worms in them or they looked so small and shriveled up I would not eat them. Other people here grow beautiful tomatoes, so it must be me. So far I have killed every flower I tried to plant up here. I now gave up. Your video is very interesting and I learned some things I never knew before. Have a pleasant day, be safe and be healthy. Greetings from Texas.
There are quite a few Texans of German descent particularly in Central Texas: San Antonio has a relatively large population of Texans of German descent, but small towns like New Braunfels, Brenham, & Fredericksburg are where one will find the greatest German influence. Additionally, Czech Americans live in West & Ennis; & Norwegian Texans live in Clifton. Austin also has a good many Texans of Swedish descent, & Wends live in the Temple-Killeen area. Most of these European immigrants moved to Texas in the 19th-century. Of course, Americans of Mexican descent live throughout the state while African Americans live primarily in East Texas particularly in places like Dallas & Houston; moreover, Nigerians have started moving to the Houston area. Of course, more than a few Texans can claim to be of Heinz 57 descent since many people have married outside of their original ethnic or religious group. P.S. ~ We're a friendly place that welcomes newcomers if they are also good neighbors!
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Hawaii is expensive because nearly everything they consume has to be shipped or flown there. You're only thinking of NYC as being expensive but the rest of New York State is pretty rural with farmland, forests, and mountains.
Also, all of Polynesia is more expensive. It helps to keep people from moving there in droves. French Polynesian, particularly Tahiti is expensive as F. Even to fly there is expensive. And it keeps the population more Native. For Hawaii, on the other hand it it too late. Because of that whole period that is still being fought I'm the courts
@@tysonl.taylor-gerstner1558 so true! I'd love to go to Hawaii but at the same time I'd rather go with a friend that's Hawaiian or at least a Pacific Islander because I would hate the tourism. I come from a super touristy city and it's awful when you're just trying to have a decent summer or winter lol
And Manhattan is practically new jersey lol
And Long Island is suburban
@@kingjellybean9795 New Jersey is awesome
Texas girl here, born and raised. I just chuckle that the farthest road trip you have taken is 190 miles. I've driven that far, round trip, to go shopping! Lol!! We definitely have a more varied geography than the narrator mentioned. In addition to mountains, coastal plains, plains, desert areas; we also have forests and swampland. Yes, we have Tex-Mex, BBQ, Whataburger, and Buc'ees. 💕 Oh! And no state income tax!! 💕
I cant wait to visit Texas, the food and culture look amazing!
I hear you Dana. My commute to the office is roughly 30 miles each way, depending on the route I take, every day.
I just returned from a 120 mile round trip that I took today simply to pick up the mail from a house that I am moving into.
Once that move is complete, my round trip to the office will also be about 120 miles...but I will be able to hop on a train for about two-thirds of that.
@@kabirconsiders I recommend you definitely visit Austin while you're in Texas.
If you like beer I also recommend visiting Black Star Co-op while in town. It's a brew pub. They don't accept tips because they pay a fair wage. Since COVID they had to add a 10% service tax onto their orders but that is still less than the 20% one would be expected to tip elsewhere.
The traffic in Austin is CRAZY. Downtown is pretty walkable in the winter months and there are a fair number of bus routes and some express routes. Public transport is still pretty shit compared to Europe, but if you're not going too far it's doable.
It's not exactly Texas culture in Austin (a good thing for me), but it's a great place to visit.
@@kabirconsiders Tex-Mex isn't really a fusion of BBQ and Mexican. It's more a matter of American settlers adopting Mexican recipes, but substituting some of the ingredients.
For example, Mexicans normally use corn tortillas (corn being the staple native crop). The English speaking Texans came from a primarily wheat based farming system, so used flour tortillas instead. Mexico typically favors white cheeses, while the Anglos introduced yellow, cheddar type cheeses. Mexican food tends to focus more on chicken or pork, while Tex-Mex tends to focus much more on beef.
When you come to Texas, I highly recommend that you try fajitas. Imagine a burrito filled with your choice of either grilled and marinated strips of steak or chicken with a mix of grilled peppers and onions.
Whatever restaurant you try, you *definitely* want to get the chips and queso (tortilla chips and a cheese dip mixed with peppers and sometimes spicy ground beef or pork).
Central Texas also has a lot of German and Czech influence, due to settlers from those areas. Sausages, kolaches and quite a few other foods became staples of the Texan diet due their influence.
Texas is also famous for it's many beer breweries, as well as a very large wine industry (Texas vineyards have actually restocked some French and Californian vineyards after blights killed off major portions in the past).
@Dulce Sunshine While there are Red states that depend on blue state taxes, Texas is NOT one of them. We are actually a tax DONOR state (we send out more in federal taxes than we receive in benefits).
You might also want to remember that the KKK (along with slavery) was an exclusively DEMOCRAT institution. As Texas gradually became less Democrat, and more Republican, it also became less and less racist.
No Republican ever owned a slave. Jim Crow laws and segregation were exclusively championed by Democrats (who had political control of the South at the time).
If you do visit California, don't forget NorCal. It has a lot to offer and is a different experience than SoCal.
California is a world of its own... so much, such diversity, nature, culture, etc.
yes, go see the Coastal redwoods, and Big Sur, which is more Central Coast. Very different areas, like two different countries. NorCal has lots of wineries too.
Ya California is honestly the best place to go to in terms of diversity in cultures and geographical locations.
Exactly! The Bay Area is a completely different vibe then Southern California.
It would be difficult to find two states whose citizens dislike each other more.
New York and Florida might be a close runner up.
@Adam Marshall Unless you're actually on the border, I think that the Texan - Oklahoman rivalry is mostly just a football/college thing.
@Adam Marshall anything North of the Red River is a yankee 🤣 jk! It’s a Texas joke please don’t kill/bash me
SO true.
Oklahomans and Texans or Ohio and Michigan and many more
Again you remind me of the phrase, 'Americans think 100 years is a long time, while Brits think 100 miles is a long distance.'
We always determined distance to our destination in hours not miles, I'm 3 hours from Dallas
It's about 8 hrs drive from L.A. to San Francisco.
Yeah I heard his longest drive ever was 3 hours/~200mi and I was just thinking about how lucky he is that he would never have to travel upwards of 1000mi every year to visit family (at least as long as family is in the British Isles).
lol, haven't heard of the american part of that phrase before. I would have to agree
I always think of that phrase too. I hear many British RUclipsrs discussing this topic and I'm always amazed when I hear it. I've driven 18 hours just to get out of CA from the Mexico border to the Oregon border. Talk about fun!! I guess Brits don't get the whole "car trip" mentality. Get in the car & just drive across the country through the states of your choice. Or, pick a region of the country and drive through a number of states seeing all the beauty, landmarks, culture, etc. that each state offers. Americans can drive an hour each way just to their jobs everyday. Driving more than a hundred miles on a weekend to see family friends, significant others,to go to concerts, theme parks and an abundance of other things, is just normal. Most Americans don't give it much thought. Never once have I heard an American say 100 miles was a long distance. That's a day drive just to get out of town for a few hours and have lunch or dinner somewhere different. :) Never have I heard a Brit mention they just get in the car and drive just to see where they end up. Have a meal/drink, relax take a stroll, etc. & turn around and head home. Not sure why Brits do not seem to enjoy car trips & exploring new places at their leisure. I would love to have the opportunity to do car trips all over the UK. Especially outside of the major cities. :)
I am going to point out that many Tejanos fought for Texas's independence also.
They too were unhappy with a distant and unresponsive government.
The first Vice President of the Republic of Texas was named Zavala.
Also, Texas was not the only Mexican state to rebel. When Santa Anna started abusing the Mexican Constitution the states of Yucatan, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas all rebelled at the same time as Texas. While those rebellions were put down, Texas was able to defeat Santa Anna and severely damage his power. This allowed those previously rebellious states to try again and you got the briefly independent states of the Yucatan (1841-1848) and the Republic of the Rio Grande (1840). So no, it wasn't just a bunch of white Americans that pushed for
independence.
@@Mauther Same thing a decade later in California, except the option of becoming a British territory was in the mix, so some considered the British a better option.
@@TXKafir *Zavalla
@@Mauther Yea for the "Yellow Rose of Texas"! LOL
I'm glad you realize the distance between New York and California. You'd be surprised how many people come from smaller countries and want to go see New York City, Houston, LA, and Yellowstone all in a single week.
you cant do you’ll be here for like a month
One thing a lot of people don’t realize is how diversified California is, geographically, ethnically, culturally, and politically. The state has every major world climate except arctic. There are beaches, valleys, mountains,and deserts, sometimes a little more than an hours’ drive apart.
I live in oc in SoCal and one thing I love is surfing early morning and big bear snowboarding in the afternoon!
We don’t have arctic climate but we do have glaciers!
My mother and my brother and his family live there. That doesn't make it any less of a piece of shit state that it is...
Amen, this is 100% accurate
Yes it is a beautiful landscape controlled by metropolitan ideals
Haha! A fed & equipped army marched 900 miles. I am a Cherokee American. The army “helped” my ancestors march about 1,000 miles. It was forced, not fed, not equipped. Review the Trail of Tears sometime.
If you’re coming to California next year, I would suggest driving up Highway 1 along the coast to Northern California then, take the Highway 99 from north to south. 99 will take you along the mountains and through the Central Valley. The 1 will take you right along the coast through San Diego, if you are in the very south part of the state, through LA, along the coast, (hit me up near Pismo Beach! 🤣), through Monterey Bay, (huge aquarium there), to San Francisco. Don’t forget to see the Redwoods, Yosemite and Joshua Tree! I can’t wait for you to experience it!
Actually, I’ll have to see if Hwy 1 goes down that far! I haven’t been there since I was a kid.
@@ItsaJday the 1 (I live literally 2 blocks from it 🤣) turns into another highway once you get closer to San Diego. I think it turns into the 5?
Thank! I wasn’t sure! Hey neighbor! 😁
oh i love monterey bay warning though they do have a few canneries so it can smell abit
Lived in Rhode Island-totally possible that Texas has a ranch that's bigger
It's called the King Ranch.
Maybe a few lol
Hey! I was born in Newport, RI, when my dad was stationed in the Navy there. My hospital delivery bill was a full $6.56 - in 1957! (That’s not all inflation, you know!)
@@kimberlyrice4294 I'm younger so I didn't see it but I've tried to tell people about what you're trying to inform people of... You could have a baby delivered in the 60's for close to what you pay for an oil change today and no it's not all natural inflation. It's because of the government and insurance companies as well.
Yeah it is king ranch is humongous I had to go on a field trip to there
A Native Texan, I love both states. Many friends in CA. Glad you will be able to visit both. Doubt you will be disappointed in either.
Best comment ever I was born in California. I’ve lived in several places lived in Houston for a year and a half and Arlington Dallas Fort Worth for 4 1/2 years. I love the people in Texas had a good time there. The worst part about Texas is the humidity the worst part about California’s politics so I just avoid the politics.
Lmao! I live in Dallas. It's 190 miles to Austin. I make that trip at least a dozen times a year. My longest road trip was to Glacier National Park in Montana. That was about 3500 miles round trip.
I'm in Dallas, too. Make the Austin trip quite often as both my wife and I have relatives there and now my daughter attends Texas State University in San Marcos.
@@TXKafir BOBCATS! my son graduated from there in 2020. We love the area.
Like we say here in Tx, "everything is just around the corner"! LOL
It is true that a lot of Californians are moving to Texas, but those are native born Americans. Huge numbers of immigrants from outside the US are moving to California AND Texas. Not just Latinos but also from Asia. California population is still increasing.
California's population is not increasing, it's actually decreasing that's why they lost congressional seats.
@@frankiecantu9586 I think we lost like 2 seats
California's population has dropped roughly 182,000 people in 2020.
@@RedQueenCreative_Roxie They lost 1 but that was because it was done in 2020. If it was done later it would have lost 2. NY also lost 1 and Texas got 2.
Over 2 million people came from over 150 countries illegally into the US in 2021 over our southern border. The numbers are staggering. The size of a major city every year...
Edit I'm fine with the countries south of us but I don't trust the rest of the world. This is the only hemisphere I worry about but our eyes are all over the rest of the world... If we did with south america what we do for asia we wouldn't have people that live south of us trying to get into this country. I'd rather make them rich in their home country than I would making asia rich across the sea...
We've lived in Sugar Land outside of Houston TX for over 30 years. Love it here. Hurricane season is from June 1 to Nov 30th. The last major storm we had here was Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
When he talks about the Sunbelt having "Milder" weather what he in fact means is "warmer winters" and more sun.
Today, the 12th of October - the temperatures were a high of 29C and a low of 25 C.
Lovely Phoenix, Arizona which has 211 clear days of sunshine a year often competes with places like Baghdad for hottest daytime temperature.
All of these places exceed 40C at some point in the summer - some for extended periods.
So, If sunny and warm / hot = mild to you, the weather is mild.
We literally just had our first "Fall" night where the temperature was truly below 50 F/10 C in Phoenix last night, in the middle of October, and it was only because of the big storm system moving across Nevada. It'll be over 90 F/32 C in a couple days, so definitely a bit more than "mild" lol
@@denvergray8943 :-) Just got off the phone with my in-laws in Chandler.
My wife was raised in Tempe.
I like to remind / warn people not from the US, that our concept of "mild" weather isn't quite the same as everyone else's.
Kabir talking about 38C as unbearably hot
is a great example-
If he reads this, the temperature records in Phoenix are above 40C for every month except November - March, and the record for November is 36C and March is 37C... "mild"... LOL.... But definitely Sunny. :-)
I put on my first sweatshirt last night here in Dallas. It was in the 60’s this morning. Ugh - I love our hot summers! Not ready for winter!!!
14:50 Not only did they march 900 miles. They did it through basically desert. 18:16 The climate is nicer in many places in California. But the extremes are much worse there in other places. So even if it is hot as blazes here in Texas many times, the climate averages about the same. California does have some very cold climes also that the colder parts of Texas just don't get close to. If you want the stunning scenery you will want to go to California. There are some pretty places in Texas also. It is really hard to compare the two. Your idea to visit both is probably a good plan. 21:30 Tex-Mex is just Texas version of Mexican. Not much BBQ in it.
Tex Mex is Texan cuisine created by the settlers from Mexico and America before Texas ever became a state. Some even trace it back further to the Mission era. It’s a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and American food. Tex-Mex is a Texas cuisine created by the settlers of that area not a Texas version of anything else. The settlers took pieces of their old cultures to create something new.
Colorado gold miners/cattlemen defeated the Confederacy in New Mexico, before the Californios got to El Paso ;-) Rebels almost got as far West as Tucson, and almost as far North as S Colorado. Features in the best Western: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
If you think 100+ degrees F is milder, then you've never been to Texas. It not only gets hot here, but add the humidity to the mix and it's almost unbearable.
corpus and Houston Jesus it’s like soup weather
Yeah, Texas can be a hellhole. Death Valey gets insanely hot but there is nobody there.
@@shrimpflea No one in Death Valley but Coachella,CA is populated. That music festival, desert region of CA can get very hot in the summer.
Still not worse than the hottest recorded temperature
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Thanks for the kind words Bobby :)
As someone that was born in California and lives in Texas I found this very interesting
Don't move to CO. Locals hate both.
@@EthanBSide Y I K E S. What's their problem with California and Texas?
@@d1ndad0r95 Rich Californios and Texicans, have ruined the metros and property prices in Colorado. Colorado was fine in 1970, even Denver metro with one million people then was manageable, now it is almost three million, ruined ;-( I should know having moved to Denver from California, twice ;-) Lived in LA metro first in 1962 ... 6.5 million people then, but not too bad for a kid in the better parts of town. There are 12.5 million there now. Definitely OK for tourism, in the rich places, when the kids are in school (no tourists) and weekdays (Californios are at work).
@@williambranch4283 Well that makes sense. If I go to Colorado I'm not saying one word about where I'm from
@@williambranch4283 First off, they haven't "ruined" anything; the market is just doing its thing. Also, the two groups have only wealth in common. Most Commiefornians continue to vote the way that *ruined their home state* ffs. The fools think their political stupidity (they vote with their feelings) will somehow work out in another geographical setting, tf 😑
Lol!! That’s your longest drive? Yep, things are a bit different here
Hawaii is expensive because the real estate is very limited, and a lot of products need to be "imported" (not really, since it's the same country, but they need much more intense transport). New England is actually closer to the UK than New York, though I see what you mean in terms of which coast. The sun belt boomed once air conditioning made it livable. ;p
Yes, Alaska would also be expensive due to importing, but the oil industry there makes Alaska far more affordable to live in than Hawaii (as revenue gets paid out directly to residents there that offsets the cost of living there).
That last clip was the River Walk in San Antonio I think. I've spent a lot of time in both states. California has the edge in climate and some great National Parks, but I would probably choose Texas for the friendliness of the people of all ethnicities. I live in New Mexico. Beautiful State, but many things to improve on.
I was born and raised in California, went to college in Texas and lived there for 20 years but moved back to California for the last 16 years but still go back and forth to Texas a lot. I would say that the video is pretty accurate. The two states are very different from each other; California is much more beautiful with a great climate but Texas is more affordable, though that is changing now that so many Californian's are moving there for a lower cost of living or because their employer has relocated to Texas because Texas is much friendlier to corporations (their laws are much less restrictive and their taxation much less). The culture and politics of Texas is also changing dramatically with all of the influx of Californian's, among others. I don't see that as a good thing and neither do the Texans.
Don't California my Texas lol
Californians should stay in California and clean up their mess instead of spreading it.
I've already seen studies that showed the people moving here have been a net positive for Texas ruling political party. The data was pulled before covid though... Not sure how it is with the people coming now though.
I live in CA and can tell you the cost of living is very high! The reason HI costs more is because almost everything has to be shipped in by boat or by plane. It was high in HI when I lived there from 94-97 and imagine it's only gone up. An hour and a half drive is nothing!! I have driven from where I live in Northern CA to 29 Palms in southern CA many times, about 7-8 hour drive. The longest trip was from Washington State to Massachusetts, west coast to east coast, took 5 days stopping every night to sleep.
Cost of living. Texas doesn't have a state tax unlike many states. It's why many former Cowboys players who move to other teams stay and live in Texas.
You can buy a home for half a million dollars that would cost 4 million in California. Truth.
Yep, neon Deion, Emmitt, Nate Newton, Irvin. Soooo many!!
It helps that Texas gets so much state money from oil wells.
@@corvus1374 Not as much as they used to before the oil bust in the early 1980's although fracking boom did add a lot of tax money.
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That has nothing to do with it. This was way before.
@@mikeet69 BS. This decision was way before what you're suggesting.
Couple of weekends ago I drove from Houston to Fort Worth to see my #2 son and his family, 4 hours. Then a couple of days latter to Lubbock to see #1 and 4 sons, 4 1/2hours. Then the next day back to Houston 8 1/2 hours. #3 lives 30 minutes away. Will do that trip again this month. #1’s family just got to Lubbock from Virginia.
The ocean used to cut through the middle of the US. The Texas cliffs you paused on are old corral reefs
I live outside of Los Angeles. The houses in my area are currently selling for $550000 or more. There’s also a mansion in Los Angeles that is 160000000 in price. It’s crazy expensive.
The longest car ride you’ve done is only like a 1/6 of the way from Houston to El Paso
Doesn't mention our humidity here in Texas..in my area anyway. During the summer step outside and it feels like you stepped into a sauna. The only place I've lived where it was worse was Louisiana and I swear that in both states someone said "hugs welcome" and every species of bug misheard and thought we said "bugs welcome".
I've always laughed and told people the reason I look better than most my age, is because living in the coastal areas like Houston is like living in a 24 hour sauna. 😊
@@sunnyfarrill7665 lol. I'll have to use that next time someone tells me I can't possibly be turning 60 next month despite the silver hair.
@@toodlescae I stopped coloring my hair when I realized I had really beautiful silver strands appear. I'm nearing 50 and I plan on being a silver fox.
You are right about the humidity and bugs!!
It DEPENDS On WHERE You ARE......I Talked To A man Who Lived in Anaheim California, Back in the Late 70's And he Said The HUMIDITY There Was BAD!!!!!!!
The King Ranch is located in South Texas in Kingsville Texas right out side Corpus Christi Texas. King Ranch is approximately 830,000 acres. That is approximately 1,925 square miles and I am proud to call this area home. My little ranch backs up to the massive King Ranch.
no thats a normal reaction from outsiders of california , my friend moved from minasotta to cali and expected beaches but the first thing he saw when reaching california was the sierra nevadas ( mountains )
9:00 We Arizonans are no strangers to dust storms haha
Actually the Arabic word “haboob” for dust storms has come into the lexicon in recent years
They LOOK way scarier than they actually are… The dust is really slow-moving. The biggest danger is from getting caught in one while driving since the low visibility can cause wrecks
True blue islands like the Hawaiian Islands are always more expensive to live on across the board since you generally have to import most goods, even domestic products, across the ocean. And due to most islands' small size, there are much more limited job, housing, and commercial markets that increase competition and drive up prices. They also tend to have a lot of "paradise" tourism, with its luxuries and taxes that make it more expensive for residents.
Having lived in both Texas and California, Texas humidity is too much. Fun fact: San Diego county is the size of Rhode Island.
Also, the narrator’s mispronunciation of Presidio startled a laugh out of me. Never heard it said like that before. 😳😂
Humidity or not...I would choose Texas over California any day
The humidity in Texas is different, depending on which part of the state you live it.
Did you know that Texas used to have it's own Embassy in London? That's when Texas was considered its own country. As for weather it's usually hot and humid the closer you are to the coast; however, the exception was in February of this year when everything froze and there are videos on RUclips showing you how bad it was. Our energy grid isn't hooked up to the national grid. And for Tex-mex food go to San Antonio. If you make it here order some Barbacoa breakfast tacos and drink a Big Red soda with it. Its traditional fare. Great BBQ to but you can that all over Texas.
yes, texas is all about letting people die in the name of freedom from reasonable regulation.
@@sirmoonslosthismind nah the United States regulations are tyrannical and i would never in understand any circumstances be under their grid lol at all these are the same people who can't even pay the debt off let alone actually take care of America so fuck no texas actually did their shit right and got their shit right you learn as you go and you grow from it fuck them niggas in Washington
My longest car ride was when we moved from Cleveland to SoCal, the only reason it took us more than a couple days was bc we only drove 12 hr/ day and we had our dog, but that was about 4828k.
Most Texans don’t appreciate Californians moving to Texas. In a bio class the professor asked what is the most invasive species to Texas and the popular answer was Californians. We all laughed at it but most felt there was some truth to that statement
Yeah, f California. Yee yee squad don’t play.
Yes we say “Don’t California our Texas”! We don’t want the ruined policies brought to our state. But I welcome them if they are wanting to join us, not change us.
Most Californians don’t think about Texas at all.
@@Parker-930 Truth.
@@Parker-930 lmfaoo wtf does that have to do with what they said. Like you wanted to start something. Literally more Californians move to texas than vice versa. This was so irrelevant lol.
To put that 900 miles into perspective, I used to be an over the road trucker. Before electronic logs (when we could still get away with it) I drove from near Ghent, Kentucky (along the Ohio River) to Hooksett, New Hampshire (near Maine) in one trip without stops. It took 15 hours and was around 950 miles. And yes, it was a bad idea that I don't recommend, but I digress.
I can't even imagine walking that distance. At roughly 30 miles per day over rough terrain with limited roads, that would have taken the California soldiers around 2 months of marching to arrive in Texas. By that point, they were probably too tired to fight. 🤣
W/ regard to Death Valley. It is gorgeous there during the winter (e.g. if you go there, go Jan-Feb, closest airport is Las Vegas, then a 2 hour drive). However, in the summer the road surface can get so hot that your shoes melt.
How do car tires fare in the summer? 🤔
@@RogueReplicant Tires are intended to operate at a higher temperature than shoes, so they do fine.
first time watching your content your reactions are priceless! Thanks for producing great content!
California has Death Valley and the Mojave Desert. Yes California has a lot of coastline and beaches but it also has the highest peak in the US with Mount Whitney. The middle of the state is an agricultural center like none other. California produces the majority of the food for the entire US. Texas is a huge producer of Oil and is an amazingly fertile state, put a stick in the ground and it will probably grow. Texas is also a big producer of meat as is California. California is larger than the entire UK but is only about half as big Texas. Texas has a much more humid climate than California with California (particularly Southern California) being an irrigated desert. A lot of people are leaving California due to the political climate. Also, a lot of businesses have left California for Texas due to the amount regulations placed on businesses in California where as Texas is much more business friendly and the minimum wage in Texas being almost only half of that in California. Hawaii is expensive because everything has to be shipped in, not much is produced in Hawaii beyond sugar cane and pineapples, minimal amounts of small fowl such as chickens and also pigs do provide a bit of home state food relief for the residents. I am a native of California and lived there for the majority of my life. Now I live in New Mexico so I have become much more familiar with Texas than I was while living in California. California and Texas are both very much like their own countries. Being born and living in California one becomes quickly rooted and the idea of anywhere else in the country having anything to offer that California doesn't seems like an impossibility. Produce is fresh and relatively inexpensive in California since it is produced there, keeping shipping costs to a minimum.
Awesome you did my idea! Came out great mate (-:
Thanks Camdon :)
Omg you’ve only gone 190 miles😭, yo as a californian that’s absurd yet I’m so jealous 😂. I drive 333 miles and leave the next day to drive another 333 to visit family or to pick up important papers or things I’ve forgot at my moms. Damn keep up the us vids we love you out here. Please keep us updated with our packages. Much love ❤️
Thanks Jairo :) Did you send me something?
@@kabirconsiders np bro, and not yet I’ve been traveling back and forth from cali to az but I’ve got the stuff ready to ship. Just got back to la a couple hours ago so hopefully I can send it before your first unpacking video
Californian here, born and raised. The cost of everything is pretty expensive but aside from that it’s great where I am. I’m on the edge of the Bay Area (about an hour drive from San Francisco or Sacramento). Definitely a beautiful state and pretty nice people too, if only it could rain more
Hey, same here! (Well, 45 minutes or so...or an hour and a half, depending on how the traffic is on 580. 🤣) Farthest town east while still being called the East Bay, rather than the Central Valley.
hello my fellows im in sactown myself come give the capital a visit kabir we have the best tomatoes
Favorite place in California: Redwoods north of San Francisco. Favorite place in Texas: Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, right next to the Alamo. Best: Fusion cuisine in California, BBQ in Texas. Good Mexican food from Cali, Arizona, NM and into Texas. Picante sauce doesn't come from NYC ;-(
When you go to California take Pacific Coast Highway thought Big Sur. See Hearst Castle. The movie Citizen Kane was inspired by it's owner. Go all the way over the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oh awesome! You're reacting to Mr. Beat!!! I've known him since before RUclips was a thing (or before he even became a teacher).
Cost of living and no state income tax is the main reason for the California flight to Texas. Yes, King Ranch is bigger than Rhode Island. Everything is "big" in Texas, BBQ is a religion, but there are almost no "Cowboys" (I'd wager less than half the state has ever even been on a horse).
We basically, as a culture, sort of took that "Everything's bigger in Texas" meme and decided to run with it, going out of our way to make it true. Our state capitol building was deliberately made larger that the US capitol building.
Hey when he was talking about Texas football stadiums that bottom picture is the Pasadena TX stadium by the refineries ( Veterans Memorial Stadium)
El Capitan is the name of the "chunk" in the Texas Guadalupe Mountains. It's also the name of a bigger chunk in Yosemite.
Here in Kansas City, during the summer of 2021, it was consistently 38° C & above - thoughout all of June, July, & Aug, & stayed up over 90° F (32° C) throughout September. No, 1/2 way through October, the temps are still close to 80°F (26° C) most every day. But, we'll probably have at least 1 snowfall before November arrives. . .
Cost of living is less, no state taxes. The King Ranch is enormous
The King Ranch is legitimately it’s own react. You can hunt from helicopters on the King Ranch. It’s history is literally as. Long as that of Texas. BUT, the Waggoner Ranch was the basis for the show Yellowstone.
The King Ranch is one of the major reasons for the Chisholm and Shawnee Cattle Drive Trail up through Texas, Oklahoma to the major slaughter houses in the Midwest. Kansas had access to the trains and could transport the meat to each of the coasts
4:10 Anna Creek Station, here in South Australia, is the largest cattle ranch in the world; I think it's believed to be as big as New Hampshire?
You get dust storms a lot in West Texas during March. They are just part of the scenery and you learn how to deal. The strange thing is that sometimes the dust storms have their own weather, and so it's not uncommon for it to rain mud during one of these storms. While Texas gets a lot of dust storms, it's only in Western Texas and the panhandle, usually and is nothing compared to Arizona's dust storms.
18:36 - That's just a recent proof of high temperatures. The actual record he was talking about was from 1913 and it was 56.7-57 C.
Grew up near Houston and now live in San Diego 😁 For visiting TX I recommend choosing when should be based on time of year.
Keep in mind in the Texas summers are brutal! It can get up to a 110 or worse in the summer!
Remember, the king of Spain's title was once "His Most Catholic Majesty"... The Missionaries were primarily Franciscan Friars.
Even Spain's Dictators were "Muy Catolico"...
@@george217 I try not to think to hard about that.
Somewhere I read that the California missions were placed a days donkey or horse ride from each other.
@@tejida815 They are indeed spaced roughly a days ride apart - from San Diego, To San Francisco with 2 more on the north side of the bay. 21 in all. Some of those would have been a rugged ride, back in the day.
@@theblackbear211 😊 Thanks!
What you said in your beginning remarks all the above and a lot more
Well, I've certainly bloviated my way through the comments - clearly I had fun.
If you want to imagine the heat in Death Valley - set your oven to 55C once it's hot, then open the door and hold your hand in there.
It is a truly desiccating heat - the humidity at those temperatures is a single digit number
Kudos. Your knowledge of American history is impressive.
Texas has no state income tax and except for Austin is generally a lot more affordable. Cars and houses are cheaper in Texas.
I live in the Dallas metro. We don't have the huge wild fires and earthquakes although we do have less severe episodes of both. For people who travel, it can be cheaper from Dallas and easier to manage than from major cities in California. We have the old airport, Love Field where Southwest Airlines is headquartered. We have DFW Airport on the west side of Dallas with direct flights to a good bit of major world cities like Sydney, London, Paris, Mumbai, etc. I can fly about 9 hours directly to London or Paris and the same to Honolulu. It's a pretty nice spot mid-continent to reach the rest of the US and with some cheap flights if people are savvy shoppers.
It’s cheaper cause no one wants to live there lmao. Lame state of wannabe cowboys.
@@katarinad1309 - You watch too many cowboy movies! Texas is VERY diversified. And we just got two new members of the House of Representatives, so yeah people are moving here.
@@katarinad1309 Many companies and people are leaving California for Texas.
@@katarinad1309 Don't forget that it's also the home of NASA, Texas Instruments, Dell Computers and a many other high tech industries. The Houston Medical Center is one of the leaders in medical research, and is located in the 4th largest metro area in the US.
Also, we have plenty of *real* cowboys.
Kabir.... I just finished driving 6700 miles in 10 days. I live in Florida and I needed to visit 3 more states to complete a Bucket List goal (visit all 50 states)...so I went to South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. I then dtive over the Rockies and visited my favorite state, Utah. Buzzed down to the 4-Corners and El Paso, then dashed back to Florida.
(I'm from L.A. and driving is in my blood...PS: I'm 74)
I'm from California (In Los Angeles) and tourism is very popular here. We like seeing visitors all the time.
Do y’all have your own cars? Like aside from the Ferrari California… like, I always mean to watch your local news some time when I’m out there, but never get around to it bc I’ve slways wondered. Like, we have Texas editions of all our trucks and beer and stuff.
@@ashleymeggan Hmm that's a good question. We do have editions of our own stuff but vehicles I don't think so. Unless I misinterpreted your question?
@@ashleymegganif you’re ever in California there’s this restaurant called roscoes chicken and waffles , as a native Californian I actually like certain things about Texas
Y’all have bull riding ( my favorite sport : you would think they bcoz I live in California I love the nba , well I hate it I haven’t watched 1 full season since the toronto raptors won the nba title )
Y’all have better BBQ ( burnt ends )
Y’all gave us music
Y’all gave us moonshine
I think this means we're inviting Kabir 😃
And in Northern California/ Central Valley where I live it’s a lot of grape vineyards, orchards& wetlands.
Dude, you should react to Geography King's "San Joaquin Valley- The Forgotten California". You will be blown by how much of the US agricultural economy is dominated by California"!
Even though I live in the Bay Area now, I've lived in the central valley before.
I haven’t watched that video, but the crazy thing about a lot of the agriculture economy is that the hands on work is done largely by an immigrant population of workers with crap workers right and overall pay. The whole conversation about immigrants is interesting but if they were to just stop working in the agriculture fields it would cripple the US and largely affect the world food supply.
With the whole shipping issue right now, I feel safe to be in CA where so much food is grown and produced.
Which makes me laugh my backside off when the right wingers try to claim we'll starve to death if there was a civil war. Dudes, we are the #1 agriculture producing state in the country! It won't be us starving.
@@ms_scribbles The problem, for progressives, in a civil war is that Californian agriculture tends to take place in the most conservative areas. You know, the parts that keep talking about wanting to secede from California?
Yeah, there are a lot of things that came from Texas that quite a few people didn't know were from here. Of course, there's Whataburger, but also there's a large grocery chain in Central Texas called H-E-B, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Texas Instruments (makes great computer stuff), Cavender's Boots, Wolf Brand Chili, Neiman Marcus Retail, Southwest Airlines, the great Buc-ee's (more than just the largest convenience store in the world), and of course, these last ones are from my hometown of Waco, Texas, smack dab in the heart of the state: Dr. Pepper (yep, founded by an actual doctor!), Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, the Waco Mammoth Site, we have our own castle, Cottonland Castle. Famous Wacoans: the actors Steve Martin, Ashlee Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt. Also, Beyonce's from Houston, and Renee Zellweger is from Katy, just outside of Houston. That's all I can think of.
18:18 The man says California is classified as "warm, dry..." 😏🤣
Warm, he said warm!!!🤣🤣🤣
Sorry, I think the heat got to me a little bit....😏😁🤣😂
As a native Californian We don’t have heat …we have dry spells it can get as cool as 65 degrees and as hot as ….105 degrees yah hear me as cool as a breeze and a hot as a IRON GETTING SCALDED
Love both states. Nice comparison. Enjoy your commentary. Thank you.
Thanks Ileidis :)
I have lived in California and Texas. I would never ever choose to live in California again. But, California is a wonderful place to visit. I swear a person could spend 6 months vacationing there and still not see and experience all California has to offer. Biggest differences to me are that California is more diverse and very liberal. Texas is conservative and more 'Southern' If I had to choose a place in Cali to visit it would be Muir Woods or the Redwood Forrest national parks. My second recommendation would have to be to drive the Pacific Coast Highway - you'll need at least a week to 10 days to really enjoy it. To answer the question as to why people are moving from California, what I've heard is cost of living and politics.
The central coast has beautiful scenery.
Yes, cost of living and politics is the usual reason people want to leave California. The one problem with that is “Californication.” Californians often take their Californian political viewpoints (liberal, tax happy, and government control) with them thus turning their new location into what they left CA for. I’m in the Los Angeles area and will not be able to retire here - I could not afford the mortgage on my house, which is about 15 ft wide by 45 ft deep (roughly 4.5 m x 13.7 m.) Apparently it’s worth $400K. $400K !?!?!?!? California is just plain off the rails.
I grew up in L.A. & Marin County and I agree with on what you said about the beauty of the state. I was also smart and Escaped From L.A. in 1994 for Montana. DON'T bring Calif. here if you come.
@@michaelwaller7365 : Never! Why bring what I’m leaving?
Don't Texas my Austin.
The road trip from Mount Whitney to Death Valley is truly amazing.
and SHORT LOL
Born and raised in Texas. Yes we give all other states crap for not being Texans. Old saying goes " Son, don't ask where someone is from. If there from Texas they'll tell ya. If they aren't don't embarrass them." So true
Ha, my grandmother gave me that on a postcard which was hung over my bed growing up. Guess what? I was the only Yankee in my family, and now I've moved to... California. :D
@@ellenbryn being from California we have a saying “if you don’t mind crazy wether come here “ ( we have cold , rain, sleet , snow , sweat , heat , blistering heat and oh my god )
@@faiththomas1749 We have crazy weather but not nearly as many earthquakes or wildfires, come to think of it I have never experienced an earthquake in Texas.
@@faiththomas1749 Californians probably just moved here to Texas for our food though.
Texan here.... Property values are a TON cheaper in Texas. Whataburger and In N Out are both fast food burgers. They are ok and quite different from one another. My recommendation is if you can make it to Texas, try some BBQ, Tex Mex and authentic Mexican food. They are all fantastic here. One annoying thing about Texas is no high speed rail to criss cross this humongous state! Dallas Fort Worth to El Paso is approximately 10.5 hours, Houston 4.5 hours, far north panhandle, over 7 hours and to the East Texas border around 4 hours (all at 70 to 75 mph).
Hawaii has to have all products shipped in or flown in. That includes lumber gasoline food and pretty much everything else.
Born and raised in California. Love it will never leave. I have visited Texas. I really liked Austin, not a fan of Dallas though. Texans and Californians smack talk each other but to be honest we probably all have way more in common than we think. People mostly leave California because of cost of living, it’s so much more affordable in Texas. But we still get so many people moving here it’s crazy. Both states have that because there is a lot of job opportunities.
I live in Napa valley where all the wine is. You should check it out when you visit California. Northern California is so beautiful.
One day you’ll move to texas like the rest of em
I live in San Antonio and this is accurate all of our locations are so different and varied on every level it’s literally like traveling to a new land at times just going city to city
In California we just had a 70 billion surplus from the last year. We definitely have a huge GDP. But a 3 hour drive? I just took a trip where I drove about 1300 miles all at once. It took nearly 30hrs
He is correct. I am on my way to Whataburger for a # 4 all the way heavy Mayo with onion rings. 👍😎.
Thanks for a great reacts to California VS Texas. Its was very interested. Note: Hawaii have to import almost everything, so that why its more costing to live there.
I love my California..even with all is probs. Nowhere can you go to beach,mountains and desert in same day. 😊
The video must be old. We hit 130° F about six weeks ago here in the high desert of California.
I lived in Texas for 27 year, moving there at the age of 20. I loved the Gulf Coast beaches and Tex-Mex food. Then I moved to the Central Valley of California and loved the weather and it's central location to both beaches and mountains. I'm now in Las Vegas, not much here except for casinos and tourists. I would move back to California in a minute.
Texas seems way more affordable to live at first glance… But those property taxes tho
It IS much less expensive. Not if, ands or buts
True it is less expensive. Property taxes, in Austin, are crazy. ~$1000 a month for the area I am familiar with.
But cost of living is definitely less.
Property taxes are going up, because new homes are being built with the additional amount of people coming from states like California, New York and Illinois.
@@invizz0ninja no, that is not how propety tax works....Texas has been at 2 to 2.3 percent for many many years, not just since yalls propaganda media started blaming Cali for everything under the sun
@@invizz0ninja
Try again. Property taxes in Texas were significantly higher than the national average long before the influx of people from other states
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You haven’t taken your trip yet, have you? I just recently found you so my timeline of when you said you were planning a trip to America is out of whack.
The longest car ride I’ve ever taken was from Newport Rhode Island to Newport Beach California. It took five days, not pushing it too hard. I’ve been to the UK and mainland Europe several times but my favorite vacation is to pack up the car and the dog and head out on a road trip. Anything under an 8 hour drive is fine for a three day weekend. 😉
Planning to come over around March!
@@kabirconsiders Spring and Fall (Autumn) are the best times to visit Texas, as far as weather goes.
I highly recommend that you pick a region and visit that one region. In both states it is impossible to visit the whole state on one visit. I also recommend looking into renting a vehicle or being prepared to use a ride service like uber or lyft, again because public transportation is not very accessible in either state. Also, don't forget to look for local cuisine because in both states it is pretty amazing
I love hearing about how the brits were nearly dying over a few days of 100 deg. F weather (38c)...This past june it was 97-98-100-100-101-95 for the whole week..Many days it was just 90.. As I speak, this sunday it's going to be 84 deg, f. LOL.
It's what you're used to, though. Also, Brits don't have AC, and a lot of their buildings feel a little stuffy by our standards since until recently the main thing they needed was to keep out the cold and damp on gray, rainy days.
It's called The King Ranch and it is 825,000 acres around 1289 square miles and it was built in 1852.
Well technically California was independent, but only for less than a month. Know as the Bear Flag Republic, it was unrecognized during the Mexican-American War until annexation
My mom's half of her family are from El Paso, Texas. When she was a kid she moved to Los Angeles and stayed there all her life. I told her why did you move to L.A and not any city in Texas or other states around Texas?, she said L.A is closer to El Paso and that L.A has more things to do than Texas etc lol. But if she wanted to, she'll visit Texas during the holidays or summer. Visited El Paso years ago in the summer. Great experience, humid and just looked humble than L.A.
That's why Sacramento is the capital, closest town to where the gold rush happened.
Marshall Gold Discovery Park is a fun day trip from Sacramento
Sandstorms or haboobs are not that dangerous unless you are driving in a car when one passes by. I was in one on Tucson, Arizona when visiting a friend. We stopped at a store for some food and when we walked out of the store we saw the sandstorm rolling in. We ran to the car and closed all windows. The sandstorm took about 20 minutes to pass through the town. Once it had passed we could continue home. During the storm, you cannot see a thing. The sand makes the sky turn as dark as midnight. After it is over, the ground is covered in a dusting of sand. Once the darkness cleared, we drove home without any problem. If you are driving, you are told to pull over and park way off the road and turn off all driving lights and just wait until the storm passes.
You definitely need to watch “Sideways”, the movie where the dude dumped the bucked on his head. Easily one of the best comedies of the last 20 years. It almost won the Oscar for best picture in 2005.
That movie started my fascination with Pinot Noir. My friends thought I'd become a wine snob. Funny thing is they had no problem making all three bottles disappear.
I’m sure someone has already mentioned Texas was its own country. The Texas Embassy still exists in London. Of course it’s no longer an embassy but when we were there in 2009 it was a pub. I am not sure what they did to the Margarita. Mine tasted like it was made from gin instead of tequila. I proudly signed a one dollar bill to have it added to the wall along with all the others from tourists.
I live in Oklahoma. We have driven to Houston several times (a 9-10 hour drive). The reason to cruise out of Galveston. There is no state income tax in Texas, although property tax is higher than here. The biggest difference as far as cost of living: I heard Californians are paying about $4.50/gal gas. We pay $2.88/gal. Probably about the same in Tx. It is routine for many people to drive 30-60 miles to work in their own vehicles. Even in our own metro area of nearly a million public transportation is either nonexistent or spotty. Timing may be very inconvenient. It is not unusual for someone to drive 4-8 hours for a weekend visit to family or holiday!
Gas tends to be much less expensive in Texas, due to large number of oil refineries here. We actually *export* refined gasoline to Saudi Arabia!
Going to the whataburger in and out debate. Shake Shack in New York is excellent as well
I'm German born and came to the States by marring a military guy. I live in Texas for years now. I been to California. Its beautiful there, but you couldn't pay me enough to live there. The earthquakes, the wildfires every year was enough for me not to want to live there. Texas has its own beauty, but coming from Germany it was quite a shock to me. All I seen was cactus growing every where and this weird looking trees, Mesquite. In my homeland you see flowers every where. The people sweep their sidewalks and keep Germany quite clean. One thing I don't miss about Germany is winter. Even though it looks very pretty watching big snowflakes fallen down, the amount of snow is unbelievable. I now watch it snow on TV, in Texas where I live we have mostly mild winters. Its seldom that we get a bad winter. One year we did and I managed to wreck my car 3 times. I never drove a car in Germany. My husband comes originally from Ohio. They have awful winters there. I was glad to leave Ohio and come to Texas. It took me some time to get used to Texas, but after you do, I love living here. The people here treated me with respect and kindness. Every once in a while I ran across some real a-holes calling me a Nazi. Guess everyone coming from Germany is a Nazi so they believe. I seen 32 States, but I'm now in love with Texas. My husband died 13 years ago, but I will stay here. Its my home now. All my people live in Germany. I'm the only one that ventured away from my home. I was shocked about all the creatures that come into my home. I'm talking about Scorpions. No matter how often I spray inside and outside, they will come into my house, besides other crawling things. I hate killing living creatures, but I have no problem now killing the Scorpions. When we first moved from the city to the country, I was freaking out over all these bugs that exist here. I used to write to my mother about all these things I experimented here. She wrote back saying you moved to an uncivilized country, come back home. The second night we lived here in the country I got stung by a Scorpion while I was in my bed. That thing stung me in my boob. At first I thought my husband was smoking and a spark flew over to me. I screamed, brushed it off and my husband got stung too. I sat all night long on my couch with my eyes wide open looking if it would come after me again. I would not go back to bed till I know my husband killed it and showed me the corpse. The dust storm you mentioned in this video we get them every year around March-April. It comes from the dry cotton fields out of Lubbock. All you can do is dust and dust and try covering up every small opening in your house. But I never seen a dust cloud that big as shown in this video. In Germany almost everyone has a small piece of land and flowers get sown there. Here I can not grow one plant. The ground here is not very fertile. Besides I don't have a green thumb like my sister has. 7 years in a row I tried growing tomatoes. Never got one good tomato. They either had little worms in them or they looked so small and shriveled up I would not eat them. Other people here grow beautiful tomatoes, so it must be me. So far I have killed every flower I tried to plant up here. I now gave up. Your video is very interesting and I learned some things I never knew before. Have a pleasant day, be safe and be healthy. Greetings from Texas.
There are quite a few Texans of German descent particularly in Central Texas: San Antonio has a relatively large population of Texans of German descent, but small towns like New Braunfels, Brenham, & Fredericksburg are where one will find the greatest German influence. Additionally, Czech Americans live in West & Ennis; & Norwegian Texans live in Clifton. Austin also has a good many Texans of Swedish descent, & Wends live in the Temple-Killeen area. Most of these European immigrants moved to Texas in the 19th-century. Of course, Americans of Mexican descent live throughout the state while African Americans live primarily in East Texas particularly in places like Dallas & Houston; moreover, Nigerians have started moving to the Houston area. Of course, more than a few Texans can claim to be of Heinz 57 descent since many people have married outside of their original ethnic or religious group. P.S. ~ We're a friendly place that welcomes newcomers if they are also good neighbors!
The "King Ranch" is the largest privately owned ranch in Texas. It has been in existance since the cowboy days.
OMG! 190 miles?? I drive a truck local, and I drive 250-280 miles a day. 🤣 🤣 🤣
Wow.. thats a lot of miles! Do you listen to music/radio while you drive?
@@kabirconsiders Sometimes. I really take the responsibility of driving truck seriously, so mostly I'm focused. I avoid distractions. In the car, yeah, music on. 🎶
Visit San Antonio, you check out the Alamo, river walk, and then take mission row just outside San Antonio!