I am watching this in Kyoto, Japan. I am a high school teacher here and we have a student who will probably start at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire in the fall. We are super excited for her to start living in your fabulous town! Thanks for a great video!😊
Grew up in Eau Claire but haven't been back in years. Nice to see the changes after all these years. The downtown looks great. Honestly better than I remember. Appreciate the video.
Sure is...! Worked in the kitchen there for 2 years back in the day: 1979 - 1981. Disco ruled the radio waves & hard rock/heavy metal vinyl LPs ruled the turntable of my stereo at home: Scorpions(Animal Magnetism), MSG(Michael Schenker Group), Judas Priest(Hell Bent For Leather), Gamma 1(w/Ronnie Montrose), Terrible Ted Nugent(Scream Dream), Blue Oyster Cult(Cultasaurus Erectus), Black Sabbath w/Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell), Alice Cooper (Flush The Fashion), AC/DC (Back In Black), UFO(No Place To Run), Aerosmith (Night In The Ruts), Van Halen(Women & Children First), etc.,etc.,etc.,! Also, Schlitz Malt Liquor (U drink the bull - U get the horn!) & Andeker beer(imported from Denmark) ruled my refrigerator...!
@@petervankauwenbergh3375 Yeah back then living downtown & working at Houligans for 2 years in downtown Eau Claire consisted of much beer drinking & having the police at my door for loud music complaints after hours. At one point I was living in 1 of the 2 apartments above the WigWam tavern on Madison Street which is also still here. Many taverns, much drinking & plenty of loud music everywhere you'd turn back in the day. Think at one time there was a statistic that said Eau Claire had more taverns per person based on city population than any other city in the entire United States, so yeah growing up here getting drunk was pretty much what most people did... party, party, party!!!
I disagree. That makes the downtown cosy and nice to live. Buildings are in human scale. Compare this to the Minneapolis downtown. In Europe old downtowns are in similar scale.
Place is so liberal and full of homeless. Corrupt county officials and constant property tax increases. Eau Claire is a mini Portland, Oregon who is on the verge of being St. Cloud, Minnesota. The town is full of an inclusive people as well. You will not find yourself accepted as an outsider and trust me. This is a terrible place to live and I do live in Chippewa which I wish that we could just cut out and move ourselves so far away from this terrible place! No career paying jobs and the division 3 university UWEC specializes in liberal arts. So, if you’re looking for a PhD in psychology and sociology and liberal political science this your place. I must admit that the video is done well to show you the the downtown, but do not kid yourself, if you went downtown today you would see so many homeless people it would make you sick! Enjoy this dump town!!!!
I haven't been back in ten years. The town has changed so much. It looks so different.
It has changes SOOO much in the last 10 years. Almost unrecognizable!
I am watching this in Kyoto, Japan. I am a high school teacher here and we have a student who will probably start at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire in the fall. We are super excited for her to start living in your fabulous town! Thanks for a great video!😊
I am a UWEC Alum!! I'm so excited for her. She is really going to love this place! :)
Such a Wisconsin accent lol I was born and grew up in EC, good memories:)
9:48 rest in peace the old children’s museum.
Yesss!! The new one is amazing tho 😍
Eau Claire used to have a Amtgard group. Volume One did a article on them. They have moved to Menomonie since then.
I remember when The Oxbow was The Green Tree. Green Tree was really a dive. Ox Bow looks very nice.
what happenned to the good Thai Restuarant downtown? It was across from the post office.
They made it a really nice place!
Grew up in Eau Claire but haven't been back in years. Nice to see the changes after all these years. The downtown looks great. Honestly better than I remember. Appreciate the video.
Come visit sometime I’ll show you around downtown :-)
My office is right downtown and I love it down there.
It’s changed a lot in the past few years.
Me too! Actually thinking about moving back in a few years when I'm done working.
Ol Claire 😅 where is that in Milwaukee we say eau Claire is it weird being in Wisconsin but a suburb of the twin cities
I wouldn’t say we’re a suburb being an hour and 15 minutes away!
But it is nice having an international airport near by! :)
Amazing drone footage in Reboot Social!!!
Thank you! Our friends over at Reboot lent us the video so we could use it for our watchers! Its a great place to check out :)
Great video Glad the audio is fixed now (-:
Glad you enjoyed! The video posted before it was scheduled unfortunately. But everything is in top shape now!
8:19 it's always obvious who doesn't do much walking/cycling. You can tell Dan travels via car everywhere he goes.
Haha! You’re not wrong! 😂 How could you tell?
Just got here! Looking for some places to go this weekend!?
What do you like to do ?
Great video tour!! I’m moving to the area in 2 weeks!!
That’s so exciting! What brings you here?
And are you buying a home or renting?
715-577-8435 text me when you’re in town!
What happened to the space that used to be Barstow Tap Bar?
To be honest I’m not even sure! Where was that at ?
hi!!! will be relocating to eau claire on march. hope u can help me find a good place to stay or transition. will be in the mayo clinic area.
ABSOLUTELY! 🤩🤩 shoot me a text 715-577-8435
Is Houligans still there?
Sure is...! Worked in the kitchen there for 2 years back in the day: 1979 - 1981. Disco ruled the radio waves & hard rock/heavy metal vinyl LPs ruled the turntable of my stereo at home: Scorpions(Animal Magnetism), MSG(Michael Schenker Group), Judas Priest(Hell Bent For Leather), Gamma 1(w/Ronnie Montrose), Terrible Ted Nugent(Scream Dream), Blue Oyster Cult(Cultasaurus Erectus), Black Sabbath w/Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell), Alice Cooper (Flush The Fashion), AC/DC (Back In Black), UFO(No Place To Run), Aerosmith (Night In The Ruts), Van Halen(Women & Children First), etc.,etc.,etc.,! Also, Schlitz Malt Liquor (U drink the bull - U get the horn!) & Andeker beer(imported from Denmark) ruled my refrigerator...!
Sounds like you were living the life! 🤣🤣
Yep! :)
@@petervankauwenbergh3375 Yeah back then living downtown & working at Houligans for 2 years in downtown Eau Claire consisted of much beer drinking & having the police at my door for loud music complaints after hours. At one point I was living in 1 of the 2 apartments above the WigWam tavern on Madison Street which is also still here. Many taverns, much drinking & plenty of loud music everywhere you'd turn back in the day. Think at one time there was a statistic that said Eau Claire had more taverns per person based on city population than any other city in the entire United States, so yeah growing up here getting drunk was pretty much what most people did... party, party, party!!!
Its like I wouldn't even reconize Eau Claire anymore.
Even in 10 years since I’ve been here it’s completely different!!
Daisy looked so sad..
I knoooowwww :(
No Joynt?
Oh man! I wish I could include everything. The Joynt is a great idea.
It's too bad downtown doesn't have any taller buildings 😞 still love the amount of pride u have in your city❤
Its a great place! Love it here!
I disagree. That makes the downtown cosy and nice to live. Buildings are in human scale. Compare this to the Minneapolis downtown. In Europe old downtowns are in similar scale.
No grand illusion???
Sorry man! There's so much cool stuff downtown we just tried to hit the top places the best we could.
Exp Realty? Ehhh!!!!
👋🏼 hello
Interesting place unfortunately mostly known in California for the murder case.
Huh?
Exactly...clue us locals in on the Eau Claire murder case that's making news in Cali cuz it's news to me in E.C....!
Place is so liberal and full of homeless. Corrupt county officials and constant property tax increases. Eau Claire is a mini Portland, Oregon who is on the verge of being St. Cloud, Minnesota. The town is full of an inclusive people as well. You will not find yourself accepted as an outsider and trust me. This is a terrible place to live and I do live in Chippewa which I wish that we could just cut out and move ourselves so far away from this terrible place! No career paying jobs and the division 3 university UWEC specializes in liberal arts. So, if you’re looking for a PhD in psychology and sociology and liberal political science this your place. I must admit that the video is done well to show you the the downtown, but do not kid yourself, if you went downtown today you would see so many homeless people it would make you sick! Enjoy this dump town!!!!
That’s ironic because Eau Claire is consistently voted / nominated as one of the best medium / small cities in the US