I Went To The Richest Place In Texas
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2024
- There's a part of Texas that you've never seen before. And this place will blow you away.
I explored Texas Hill Country, including Fredericksburg, Bandera, New Braunfels and San Marcos to show you what life is like there.
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Nick, my grandfather was the President of Dow Well, his ranch was in Canyon Lake, TX. I would spend every weekend from college (91'-96') (TLU Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX) at his cattle ranch, on the lake. I miss it so, but "you can't go home again!"
New Braunfels, happy times.
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I'm a long distance truck driver and I have to tell you I love Fredericksburg Texas It has the largest German speaking population!
Commanche is a cool central tx town w/ similar vibes + plenty of truck parking
Yeah.😂 they speak German with a kind of American accent.
Fredricksburg is terrific. Willie Nelson lives down the road and does gigs here and there at the neighborhood honky tonk. Fredricksburg is now known as the Texas Napa Valley.
Jawohl Sehr Gut Alte !
Used to have a large German speaking population. Now When I visit, I rarely find anyone to speak German with. Last time I went there Austrian tourists heard me attempting German with the wait staff and we made delightful German conversation for hours.
I really enjoy this channel as does my wife. 62 years old in Ohio. Really appreciate your style and respect for the places you visit.
Ok Tommy! I should come back to Ohio sometime.
I just moved to Ohio from Texas hill country. I was in Bandera in the Medina lake. Lol😂
@@robincanter5835 Welcome!
@@NickJohnson you definitely should check out the rubber city and do a video on it.
All I've heard is negative out of this gut. Never watch this guy again. Enjoy! I'll leave my spot for you.
I'm turning 78 later this year and I love your channel. Thanks Nick!😊
Hey Mike! I'll be 48 soon. Right behind you.
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as a german, i love Texas. i love the beautiful cute houses, the gardens, the whole aesthetic
I have a small family ranch in Texas Hill County. The property taxes in 2022 were $6853, but in 2023, they went up to $12,890!! California is what's happened.
Yeah I've been wanting to buy a house for quite a while but the property taxes are just out of control here in NW San Antonio Texas
Even their sales taxes are high, who'd want to live there.
@@richardsanty9063 It is a bit of it all.
That didn't happen unless you bought it in 2022, and it's not your homestead, and you don't have an ag exemption.
Californians have that effect on every state they invade
Most Fredericksburg wineries don’t grow their own grapes, they buy the grapes and make wine. It’s a complete sham.
From California no less 😂
I stopped off in Austin back in 2015, then went to Austin and San Antonio last year in October 2023. Austin looked like a totally different city, its crazy how a place can get a whole different vibe in such a small amount of time.
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Austin has really become California with more transplants and homeless.
@@MbisonBalrogit really looks like California with the hills
@@HampETX903 true it’s southwest landscape
And it sucks for all of us life long Austinites. It looks like any other big city now and the crime is insane now due to the all the losers who have come here.
I know someone who bought a house in Round Rock back in the 90's. He could sell it for around a million now.
Came to San Marcos from Houston/Galveston, where I grew up, to attend the university there back in 1975 when I was just 19 years old. Fell in love with the Texas Hill Country and have lived here ever since just outside San Antonio near Boerne. Can't imagine living anywhere else in the world! Love it here! Boerne, Bandera, Fredericksburg, Blanco, Dripping Springs, Johnson City, and Marble Falls are my favorite Hill Country stomping grounds.
I love binge watching you! Lol My favorite urban explorer!
You are my kinda tribe, I felt like I was speaking your reviews. It's truly sad what a lot of those towns have become...people make all the difference. It's a hit and miss wherever you go these days. Thank you for what you do.
Hill Country is beautiful and a gem in Texas. But man, the pollen and my allergies😮💨
What part of California did you move here from?
When I lived in Texas, my eyes burned for the first time ever from pollen.
@@mutiny_on_the_bounty from Houston actually. We don't have as much pollen as Central Texas 🙂
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Cedar trees are a problem if you have allergies. You get a case of cedar fever, you’ll hate the Hill Country
What people don’t realize about the wineries is that there are very few of them that are old enough to produce grapes. The grapes that most of them use are brought in from old vineyards in west Texas or Napa. Living here and knowing a couple of owners, they bring in people from Europe a couple of times a year to actually make their wines and use imported grapes.
Also, a lot of the people who actually work in the stores, restaurants etc don’t live here. Walmart for instance buses people in from San Antonio. A lot of the workers live in Kerrville, Harper and other surrounding communities. They can’t afford to live in Fredericksburg.
That’s true. There are a few that do. But I think texas wine is just as good a cali wine, I will say I love Napa valley don’t care for the wine. The French winners are old,,,paid off and the wine is cheaper and taste way better, even though I’m a Texas hill country moto riding dude in my60s now, I’m thinking of leaving my home, way to many people and crime is outta control. Can’t stand the cali and east coast attitudes, and their ugly cali houses they build like over night. Really has messed up my home state. My home town, Austin is now a shit whole, it really makes me sad….
I lived in texas all my life, i never been to Fredericksburg. But i sure did love Kerrville Texas, beautiful texas hill county.
Kerrville is unpretentious and nice. I used to drive through and take a dip in the river. I want to retire there one day if I don’t get back home to San Antonio.
I live in hill country and we love it! Fredericksburg is an incredibly cool little town
The HEB is where my son-in-law worked before COVID-19 got him. RIP Gilbert
I'm sorry Larry.
He died from the flu? Or the vaccine?
@@schmassbinderwhat a trashy disrespectful comment
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People build with limestone in Texas because most of Texas uses to be a ancient sea bed back in the era of the dinosaurs. So as a result limestone is relatively cheap and abundant.
Thanks Nick, Texans love you, too!
heres a strange fact New Braunfels Texas still speaks a dialect brought over from Germany no longer spoken in Germany
Texanisches Deutsch in F.burg and New Braunfels. Contact the Texas German Dialect Project (TGDP) for much more information.
New Braunfels has something in common with the "German speaking" cantons of Switzerland. Who'd a thunk it.
We visit the hill country almost every summer, different parts keep you busy, but yes bandera is a hidden gem. Most people don’t know you can rent kayaks and go down Medina river and it’s oh so peaceful this time of year before summer. That place is right across the street from Bricks river cafe.
Went to Fredericksburg about 5 years ago. The whole hill country is beautiful. I was there around Easter and it was already hot there. Didn’t see any vineyards. Seemed like a lot more in Canada near Niagara Falls.
Loved Fred-Town, but it was like Nick said, full of store filled with “stuff “ you don’t need. There’s a Texas style in home interiors in so many stores. You can’t miss it.
There is every kind of B & B you can imagine, it’s all according to price.
The real ranches out in the country are very nice, but I’m sure nobody but millionaires own them.
There were a ton of signs warning you about flash flooding at every curve in the road.
You should go to this area, just to see this pretty part of Texas.😊
That was about 15 years ago, not 5.
Even Bandera has gotten insane. The River Front motels used to be 99 dollars a night, they got bought out, now they’re $300 a night!
Love how your narration points out all the snooty but not necessarily worth it Vineyards, restaurants, houses etc. it’s great.
We’re from San Antonio and spend lots of time in the Hill country. Next time you’re in Texas go to Garner State Park, its amazing. Texas has hidden gems. Love your channel Nick🇺🇸
Ok Reuben!
Lost Maples too.
Have you tried visiting Weatherford,Texas yet? West of Fort Worth, Texas. Heard it's going to be the future Hollywood, California. Allegedly 🤔
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@@NickJohnson You can judge the size of a Texas town, by how many Dairy Queens it has!
Thank you for showing us Rhinos instead of Win-os, this video shows us the positive side of Texas. I am soon to 50 and am from the IL/WI boarder on Lake Michigan.I know Wisconsin well, I look forward to your video.
👍👍👆👆I wish I said that myself!
I Live in Houston but my dads boss owns a ranch in the hill country that he invites us to once in a while outside of a small town called Utopia south of bandera with a large golf course that had a movie based on it called 7 days in utopia if i remember but it’s a nice and humble town.
Utopia is …..a Utopia. Cool water and still small town feel
You cannot compare Texas vineyards to California. The Napa Valley is so beautiful especially now when all the mustard greens are growing in the vineyards . The green and yellow color is too beautiful for words. Also the wineries themselves are a lot better in appearance. I am not a wine drinker but I visit the area often and I can't get over the beauty of it at this time of year.
You’re right! Texas isn’t beautiful compared to California. It’s horrible here. Don’t move here. Don’t tell your friends, either.
That is what I said. Napa Valley is the most beautiful place Texas is no where near it in comparison. @@colleenpeck6347
Cowboy Nick makin my day once again😂Stop the Car!😂😂😂best videos on yt❤😂😂😂😂😂
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You are outrageous😅 I love when you go back and forth with Mappy! "Can I Shoot it?" And "Sign says I can't film the Boots!" Lol😂
Looks nice, now I and 2 million others will move down there, thanks.
Will? Already have.
Don’t worry- people can’t afford it
Downtown Fredericksburg looks far more Australian to me than German, with the extensive use of verandas. In fact, if I didn't know it, I would have thought Nick had gone to some Australian town. Fascinating. Similar climates and settlement periods, so not surprising. Great video, as usual, Nick!
If you own a
$1 million dollar house up there in hill country expect to pay $30,000.00 a year in property taxes.
My dad pays about 10k a year in property taxes on his 685k house
They can get farm and agricultural exemptions to lower taxes.
Thats a weird thing to say.... Why?
Not if you're a 100% disabled veteran in TX 😂
And say TX is cheap
Mom and I were in Fredericksburg back in 1992 and it was touristy but not nearly like it looks now. We stayed in a motel right across from Admiral Nimitz boyhood home. We also visited LBJs ranch, boyhood home and grave. Hill county is beautiful. And we tasted wines in San Marcos. I loved all your Texas videos. Brought back memories of past vacations.
Ok Leslie!
I appreciate your sincere assessment of things. I don’t think I ever laughed as much during one of your videos. I think I’ll stick with life here outside of Tucson.
I went Fredericksburg for a wine tour and never made it out of the bier gardens 🤦🏻♀️ Between the German food and Hefeweizen I was so happy😂
the Longneck Manor in Fredericksburg is such a cool place!!!! ❤️ the Texas Hill Country! Great vid, Nick!
It really is! We had fun!!
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A lot of teachers moved to Austin in the late 30's and 40's. They paid very well.
Fredericksburg is the epicenter of the Texas subcontinent for Houston expats.
When my kids were of school age we spent Spring Breaks in the Hill Country. Later when two of them moved to Austin we would visit often and do day trips to different places like Johnson City, Fredericksburg, Enchanted Rock...etc. They moved back to Houston so I don't get back much. My wife and I loved Kerrville and thought of it as a possible retirement destination. But that is no longer possible. While the price of home in Houston have a double, tripled prices in the Hill Country have increased 7x. From I have read the average price for a home in Fredericksburg is $750K. That dream which seem doable years ago and it is now gone.
It's so sad 😭
One of my bucket list items is to visit Texas. Everything I've seen/read about it describes an interesting, friendly place (well, most parts, anyway). Plus, I don't have California plates on my car anymore, so if I drove there, I wouldn't be hated.
P.S. : and you're right, Nick, Texas Hill Country isn't Napa level as far as wineries go!
I spent a winter in the New Braunfels and Boerne TX area. Real nice area.
The only man to deliver political comedy right down the middle. Genius!
Nick is tuckered out😂😂😂😂
He is
I enjoyed all the Great Texas videos, being from Texas this video had me laughing the most, fancy wine tasting snobs with the crappy back wine yards 😂
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You so called it Nick! The Hill Country used to be nice and quaint with a cowboy edge. As the Caliphornians move in, and jack up real estate prices they screw over the old time residents. Happening everywhere now. My little town outside of Austin was always about 8k residents, now it is 50,000. That $2 mill bungalow...yikes. Now when I go back to TX i never pass through these places because they are gone. Great Videos
Just found a home there with an acre $326k..🤔 Just outside there in Kerriville is less than 300k with a half acre.. New Braunfels is similar.. Beautiful and much safer..less knuckleheads less negative issues.. Stay Positive Brother because the Country has allowed over 300k bad guys to inflitrate (mixed in the masses) and everything is about to change..📕🎪🔍🤔😎🙏💪☝️👍
@@benallmark9671more Americans have been killed BY Americans in AMERICA than ALL the Americans killed in ALL the foreign wars combined that Americans have fought in,mainly thanks to the second amendment .but hey let's blame ALL Americas ills on IMMIGRANTS
@johnathandaviddunster38 Let's correct that.. MORE LIKE 20 MILLION HAVE COME ACROSS, in addition to the 400K flown in. YEA, lots you know. As a retired LEO, the crime from the Cartels has EXPLODED and more are killed by illegals, than legals. Idk where you get your information from, but, it is NOT realistic.
We finally see "The Manager" wow - I'm in love.
This is where I live! Comal County, Canyon Lake!
It has been a crazy texas journey from crazy hoods in houston to hill country and backwoods communities and the ghost towns of the panhandle and the gulf coast texas offers about everything. The long neck manor was awesome.
I love fly fishing, and fly fishing in and around hill country for bass is one of the best things ever. It's beautiful.
The limestone is a city mandate for any building being built
Boring and ugly
My GF and I ate at Otto’s one night back in ‘16. Ended up befriending one of the owners who took us to the basement where they had discovered an unopened bottle of whiskey from 1927. Which led to us finishing off the last of a bottle of Pappy 20 year old bourbon. Very memorable night.
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Pre Covid, I spent the evening at the campfire of a Fredricksburg ranch where the home dated back tovthe mid 1800s. An awesome family who had an ancestor kidnapped by Commanches.
That whole Hill Country and Southern Plains were home to Commanches, some smaller tribes and the Vuffalo.
Been looking forward to this one!
Another fantastic video! Thanks for taking us along on your journey!
I love visiting hill country
I love your channel man, you're like an honest and down to earth Rick Steves
I like this channel that you travel with informative talks and reveals the reality of the US.
I love that you ended the series in the Hill Country. I can agree that Texas is not very special and honky tonk like it used to be in the past, but hey you did cover a good amount of places in one month. Much respect to you Nick. Can’t wait for more of your road trips around the country.
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Don't forget to stop at a dairy and a brewery when you come to Wisconsin and visit the driftless region!
Look at all that food, yum yum yum!
This was so much fun!! Like petting a purse full of sand. . Lol You're hilarious!
Shit howdy! Excellent tour through the Hill Country. Never heard of Fredericksburg before now. Besides all the nice visuals, the amount of time you must spend on research shines through and definitely educates and informs.
My German ancestors moved to Nebraska to get out of the mines.
Fredericksburg Wineries: When you want to have some the pretentiousness of Napa without being among fields of grapevines.
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A lot of the vineyards in the hill country got hit hard by the big freeze a few years ago, hence why the vines are so small. Also, lots of the vineyards don't even grow their own grapes on site -- they import them and blend them at the vineyard.
It's not Napa, but they're trying...
Your cracking me up Nick... love it!
If you went to Bandera you were so close to Tarpley, where the best cabrito burgers and pies you can find at Mac & Ernie's Roadside Eatery.
😅😊 I like that you said, "Hey guys", to the deers crossing the road and to that one that had that deer in the headlight look.❤🎉
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There are super nice vineyards all over East Texas and North Texas too. Tara Vineyard in Athens, TX is super nice and Grapevine Texas is known for all of they're vineyards too.
Glad to see no 'worst place...' I'm past burnt on those, but understand it too should be shared. Keep the balance. Very good stuff Nick.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas is amazinf
26:20 As a german i can say, that pancake dosent look like a german pancake at all. Germans dont eat their pancakes with lemon juice, i prefer applesauce on them.
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That pancake looked like a potato pancake. The Germans traditionally eat it with applesauce.
Keeping it real. Thanks Nick.
*Thx4share great content Nick* 👍🇺🇲
*See U N Wisconsin Mappy*
WOW!! Yet again Nick, you’ve blown my little mind mate!! Fricken hill!! I don’t even know what to say! Well , for starters, a big thank you so much showings us around . Really dig it. Big smile on my dial right now. Silver Creek looked pretty out there. Gotta love the German in Texas. Bizarre. Hope the beer was good! Thanks again buddy for the heads up. Definitely give that place a miss!! I want to see the real, not the fabricated. You rock Nick, and team. Thanks again for the look in! Big love from us here in Canberra Australia. ♥️♥️♥️🇦🇺🍺🍺🍺💋
I need to come down there and see you guys some time!!
and oh yeah - where should i visit when I am there? The REAL places??
According to a few of the Vintners in the area, much of the grape stock for their wines comes from places like...Lubbock. hmmm.
I bust out laughing When you said, I know ruin something else~
We have been going to Fredericksburg for years. Its a great place. The Auslander has great German food.
Province of Québec is 1.668 millions km² and Texas is 695 662 km². It's took you 4000 mi to go around. Our territory is very big.
I really enjoy your videos, I love all the information you give us, it's great to see so much of the states...
Thank you..
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A+ video!
Awesome tour through Texas, very interesting to see what it all looks like!
What would it take for an A- video anyways?
@@NickJohnson Maybe a shaky cam?
You also forgot to mention Johnson city near Fredericksburg.
There are some clone drillers and mood trails down there in Texas. You have to manage some stake boulders and rural scapes just for the flown onion residue. Its rather escaping more than a win team.
You're fuckin trippin
I almost moved to Fredericksburg before they became even more touristy. I love the area, but it has changed so much. Texas hill country is crowded BTW yes not like the big cities, but it keeps getting more populated. I did move somewhere where the population is around 1000. It's getting populated by implants from the hill country.
and the city if Llano is called Lan-O Texas.
Yee hah started in town years ago.. The new place started being built 4 years or so ago.
Anyone wanting to go to wineries that are welcoming with good vines and super friendly go to Williams Chris and Perdenales. Worth the drive! Or Whiskey at Garrison Brothers is a must too.
Pontotoc Winery on the West end of Main Street is friendly with good wine.
I love Otto's it is amazing food! I am a foodie though.Old German Bakery is always a win for breakfast, and pastries are great.
I still visit town often if you cannot tell. Haha
Damn, Nick! Never heard of the fancy hills area of Texas. Thanks for your funny AF vids.
My greedy CEO lives in a big mansion in hill country. Some of his workers are like homeless
Welcome to Texas! 😂 Boss gets paid untaxed $1 million, works get paid Texas min wage of $7.25 an hour.
hey 👋 Nick
Les here. that’s my name I just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed your Texas trip that I am a longtime listener and a very big fan of your work. I look forward to revisiting some of your stops in Texas.
it’s Sunday 3-10-24 & i hope you have a very nice day
Hi Les! Hope you have a good start to your spring!
Mappy is a legend. He shotguns with just a hand.
It was fun while it lasted, Nick, but I think I will stay where I'm at. Thanks for the very enjoyable trip through Texas. Where to next? Can't wait.
Once again, another entertaining, informative show. Thank you Nick.
Ahh, You can have Texas!
I’m here and I don’t want it😢
Fredericksburg, birth place of Admiral Chester Nimitz (Supreme Alied Commander of the Pacific Theater) and home of the World War II Museum of the Pacific.
I've lived in Galveston, Texas and also in Germany for over 6 years. Even though I'm fluent in German, this video has convinced me never go to Fredericksburg.
Wait why?
I love Fredericksburg! Anyone who visits there I want to suggest you go to the Texas Jack Wild West Outfitter and to Rustlin’ Rob’s Texas Gourmet Foods.
Love watching Nicks channel and the explanations are well worth the listen!! Oh yea, Mappy!!! Love it!!
I love your videos! As a texan i eant to say thanks for checkingbout our state!
Thanks a million for showing! U always deliver. I really enjoy your videos! Thank U!!😊
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That's where my daughter and grandkids live. Nice place!