Why The South is Tougher Than California | James Gregory

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @landrybowen8872
    @landrybowen8872 3 года назад +1085

    As a southerner, the only thing that scares me is sleeping with no fan

    • @BenjaminGunnell
      @BenjaminGunnell 3 года назад +7

      In California, rent can be $3,500 a month, without air conditioning. As a North Carolinian living in San Francisco in a residential hotel however, I do have my little fan!

    • @HH-xe3sk
      @HH-xe3sk 3 года назад +4

      Same

    • @landrybowen8872
      @landrybowen8872 3 года назад +8

      @Adis Traction I work in a -40 degree freezer all day in a logistics plant. It’s not ideal but I could get by

    • @russellwinfree7587
      @russellwinfree7587 3 года назад +5

      Amen! 😂

    • @bigbensarrowheadchannel2739
      @bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 3 года назад +6

      Real talk

  • @richardhunt4928
    @richardhunt4928 Год назад +77

    I met James in person many times. Not only is he extremely funny; he's a really great guy.

  • @JustMe-gn6yf
    @JustMe-gn6yf 2 года назад +315

    As a southerner the only thing that scares me is a car with California plates towing a U-Haul

    • @Dalriada468
      @Dalriada468 Год назад +11

      I second that!

    • @labreeskarogers1102
      @labreeskarogers1102 Год назад +14

      Don't forget New York and Chicago plates

    • @Workerbee-zy5nx
      @Workerbee-zy5nx Год назад +4

      Amen bro. I see nyc and raiders baseball caps all over the place...😬😬😬

    • @wesm3915
      @wesm3915 10 месяцев назад +4

      They go missing in the south

    • @gigicollins3498
      @gigicollins3498 9 месяцев назад +2

      @freedomfirst5557 Can confirm - here in NC.

  • @noahtomlinson5314
    @noahtomlinson5314 3 года назад +3457

    People love to bash the south, but last time I checked, you don't ever see Southerners moving north or west, but those northerners and westerners damn sure won't stop moving here.

    • @sscalercourtney5486
      @sscalercourtney5486 3 года назад +186

      It's because Southerners can't afford New York or California housing prices when they sell their house for retirement. People sell a two bedroom million dollar house in California and move to Mississippi and buy a five bedroom mansion with a swimming pool for the same money. You can't sell a $150,000 house in Mississippi and buy anything in a major city in New York or California.

    • @sokodad
      @sokodad 3 года назад +34

      For several decades my whole state was made up of southerners because of oil. We’re about as far north as you can get in the lower 48.

    • @noahtomlinson5314
      @noahtomlinson5314 3 года назад +162

      @@sscalercourtney5486 that's actually not true, granted the pay is higher in bigger cities like NYC, LA, but the cost of living is still unbelievably unaffordable for the residents. I mean to be fair, I have family in New York who can't even afford the homes you're talking about. This cheaper property is a myth unless you're planning on living out in the armpit of a state somewhere in a two stop light community. You ever priced homes in Atlanta? Charleston? Jacksonville? Charlotte? All bigger cities are expensive, NY and Cali are just beyond outrageous and that is why even their own residents are fleeing from the financial situations and housing bubbles. People come here for the climate and the land, and the freedoms, and some, like you said, do in fact retire here after making their wealth in big northern cities. That's fact. And everyone is welcome, just leave this big city ideals and political views behind. I'm not saying the people are bad from West and north, I'm just simply stating that geographically, it's way better down here....why wouldn't people want to leave colder crowded climates for more peaceful privacy and a cheaper plot of land out of the big cities. I work for a company based out of cali, and I can assure you they don't make one cent more at our west coast facility than I do here on the east coast of South Carolina. But I can promise very few folks will ever leave here out of desire for the big cities up north and out west. I've already turned down multiple offers to leave because I don't want to get away from this beautiful climate and my freedoms of my home state.

    • @stevec7770
      @stevec7770 3 года назад +178

      @@sscalercourtney5486 if it’s so great in NY then why do they leave?

    • @og-greenmachine8623
      @og-greenmachine8623 3 года назад +31

      South has been cool again
      for some time now
      Jason Aldean sp?
      &
      Jase from duck dynasty
      Love them in California
      +
      Southern girls ❤️ on RUclips
      It’s that easy

  • @kyndread71
    @kyndread71 3 года назад +434

    "The Hurricane's coming a week from Tuesday... and they just wait on it."
    True story. There's areas in Savannah, GA and all along the east coast of Florida that have "hurricane parties."
    How to know if a hurricane is dangerous -- if Waffle House is open or closed.

    • @ArtStoneUS
      @ArtStoneUS 3 года назад +19

      In 2018, Hurricane Florence was billed as the “hurricane of the Century” that was going to hit North Carolina worse than Hurricane Hugo. My wife from New Jersey was freaked out for a week.
      I was watching things on livestreams on the Internet, and houses right on the beach where the eye wall hit were not damaged. As the storm came inland toward Charlotte, my wife demanded we bring in the furniture from the deck. When the winds did arrive, there were a few gusts around 35 mph. Other than a few old trees falling over, that was all that happened.
      It’s true there was flooding the next week or so in Eastern NC, in the places where it always floods.
      TV and internet sites and the government have learned you can make money and coerce people into being timid sheep if you scare them.
      I read recently that the story “the boy who cried Wolf” is no longer taught because liberal teachers believe that story causes children to lie even more.

    • @russellwinfree7587
      @russellwinfree7587 3 года назад +20

      Also you can tell how bad a storm was after the fact, as to how long it takes the Waffle Houses to reopen! Lol.
      FEMA actually uses this as a real measure of devastation to a region to understand how to best allocate resources, believe it or not 😅

    • @loganshaw9198
      @loganshaw9198 3 года назад +7

      You know it is a big hurricane if it even has pieces of it left to hit the northern state.

    • @armybeef68
      @armybeef68 2 года назад +4

      Because we all know Huddle House will stay open no matter what.

    • @TheColonelRon
      @TheColonelRon 2 года назад +2

      Savanah hasn't been hit by a hurricane in over a century...

  • @MrDantheNobody
    @MrDantheNobody 3 года назад +236

    Having lived in both California and now in the South, this is extremely accurate.

  • @DavidB45Mustard
    @DavidB45Mustard 6 месяцев назад +21

    Rest in Peace James Gregory. Thanks for the years of laughs

  • @pughconsulting
    @pughconsulting 3 года назад +860

    First thing we do in Florida when we hear hurricane is go to the liquor store, then buy gas for vehicles and generators.

    • @adampindell
      @adampindell 3 года назад +30

      Gotta love those hurricane parties 🤣

    • @claytondavidson1938
      @claytondavidson1938 3 года назад +18

      Big facts. During ima I stayed in a cabin on Tayler creek in Okeechobee, slept through most of it. I been through to many hurricanes to leave now.

    • @KosherPorky
      @KosherPorky 3 года назад +17

      Honestly, when I first moved here, I thought hurricanes were a big deal.. then I realized they happen all the time lol

    • @Chappell5252
      @Chappell5252 3 года назад +5

      Damn right, gotta stock the important items!

    • @lisaschreiber2893
      @lisaschreiber2893 3 года назад +5

      YES!!! hurricane party!

  • @danarisinger7149
    @danarisinger7149 3 года назад +108

    LOL!! I haven't heard James in a very long time. Knew him for years when he would tour the comedy club in Columbia, SC. We would sit out back of the radio station I worked for, smoke cigs together, and admire his 1970's station wagon that he just slung up into a parking space. I LOVE THIS MAN!!! I wish I could sit down and talk with him again. He is totally genuine and a trip to talk to!!!

  • @stevehagen9804
    @stevehagen9804 3 года назад +1777

    California gets Californian governors and senators, which is something far more devastating than a tornado or hurricane!

    • @anthonycrenshaw3229
      @anthonycrenshaw3229 3 года назад +24

      True

    • @gemjourney5210
      @gemjourney5210 3 года назад +13

      You mean like Jeb Bush and Rick Scott?!
      Look again!😆

    • @lisabishop7465
      @lisabishop7465 3 года назад +7

      Definitely

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 3 года назад +11

      @@leagueofotters2774, Texas' claim to fame is an air head named GW Bush!

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 3 года назад +16

      @@leagueofotters2774, happening in New York, too and for basically the same reason ..... somebody forgot to flush the toilet, one escaped, ran for Governor....and WON!

  • @backyardwindow
    @backyardwindow 3 года назад +35

    The delivery on the plywood joke hit me so hard. Perfect.

  • @freddawson6432
    @freddawson6432 3 года назад +141

    This man is sooooooo spot on! His comedy is based in TRUTH! We in the South are far more resilient than people around the country and the world give us credit for. Funny thing is people from all over the country want to move here, but us native Southerners prefer not to leave, I wonder why?

    • @johndough9187
      @johndough9187 3 года назад +9

      Cuz we're smarter than they are.

    • @rochellee.pigman6495
      @rochellee.pigman6495 3 года назад +12

      You can't afford to move. I just saw the house prices in the south. It's like moving to Mexico. Everything is cheaper.

    • @inconnu4961
      @inconnu4961 3 года назад +7

      Well bubba, we reconstructed it for ya, now we wanna live there.

    • @freddawson6432
      @freddawson6432 3 года назад +1

      @@rochellee.pigman6495 Hey Pigman, I could probably BUY and sell your entire neighborhood. Then again used trailers aren't worth a not since scrap metal went down.

    • @markallen6818
      @markallen6818 3 года назад +9

      We Have Always Known that We Live in God's Country.

  • @Ben-cr3xy
    @Ben-cr3xy 3 года назад +324

    As someone who lives in eastern north carolina, we don't sweat hurricanes. Now if it snows or sleets everything shuts down till everything melts lol

    • @warrenchambers4819
      @warrenchambers4819 3 года назад +5

      Yeah and don't forget egg sandwiches with a glass of milk by Gwad it's a southern tradition.

    • @matthewhoffman9242
      @matthewhoffman9242 3 года назад +14

      Its when the northerners transplant here and think they can drive in it because its snow and they've done it up there, but here we have a wet snow, then after the plows finally get down the secondary roads you get to go on a hunt for the wildest place someone went off the road.

    • @matthewhoffman9242
      @matthewhoffman9242 3 года назад +4

      @@warrenchambers4819 dang, now I want a sandwich.......

    • @Ben-cr3xy
      @Ben-cr3xy 3 года назад +2

      Oh yeah man, I've seen a few flip there cars looking at "how pretty the snow looked covering the feilds".

    • @O_Towne_Bear
      @O_Towne_Bear 3 года назад +2

      As a Canadian, I find that funny. Cheers.

  • @Ms.HarmonyJ
    @Ms.HarmonyJ 3 года назад +74

    This man is off the chain 🤣🤣🤣 we need more comedy like this

  • @reneebrown2968
    @reneebrown2968 2 года назад +29

    I've lived in coastal Alabama and I have never run from a hurricane yet. I've lived here for 30 years. And believe it or not I was born and lived in California for my first 18 years. I'd still rather deal with a hurricane than an earthquake

  • @benduncan3930
    @benduncan3930 3 года назад +159

    The funniest part of James jokes and stories is the 99% truth that’s in them.

    • @thecommentary21
      @thecommentary21 3 года назад +4

      If you say so chum.

    • @thecommentary21
      @thecommentary21 3 года назад

      @Jeremy Marsh No he didnt. He isnt right either. Marsh!!!

    • @9019dd
      @9019dd 3 года назад +7

      Ben Duncan - so true and he doesn't have to be crude or vulgar. I can't believe I just found out about him. It seems he has been around for quite a while.

  • @brentwilliams3321
    @brentwilliams3321 3 года назад +2466

    The worst nightmare us Southerners can imagine is a Yankee with a U-Haul.

    • @memj89
      @memj89 3 года назад +59

      I agree with you 100000000%!

    • @stranger5088
      @stranger5088 3 года назад +27

      Amen!!!

    • @josephgonzalez6070
      @josephgonzalez6070 3 года назад +63

      @Brent Williams
      Wouldn't that be a "Damn Yankee"?
      A Yankees is one that visits but goes back home..no?
      Lol

    • @drinkthekoolaidkids
      @drinkthekoolaidkids 3 года назад +10

      🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @doughesson
      @doughesson 3 года назад +24

      @@josephgonzalez6070 you know what a carpet bagger is?

  • @tonyjones4610
    @tonyjones4610 3 года назад +241

    People rarely move to the North. There’s a reason. I just hate it when they come here and “that’s how we did it at home” remember you moved here for a reason we don’t care how you did it there.

    • @userhome3601
      @userhome3601 3 года назад +12

      Just 'cause they're trying to teach you the correct way, you get defensive.

    • @samsh0-q3a
      @samsh0-q3a 3 года назад +43

      @@userhome3601 If it were the correct way then why tf they comin' down here? They done destroyed their own homes with the "correct way" now they gotta come down here where it's nice.

    • @relaxingsounds1386
      @relaxingsounds1386 3 года назад +11

      @Ben Franklin cities are for soyboy wussies

    • @ArtStoneUS
      @ArtStoneUS 3 года назад +6

      Odd, when my former wife moved to NC, she could not stop telling me that North Carolina did everything wrong. She is now back in New Jersey living by herself.
      She absolutely refused to put gasoline in the car because people in New Jersey are smarter than people in the South. They don’t want to get their hands smelling of gasoline or having their car explode.

    • @Auron3991
      @Auron3991 3 года назад +6

      Could you do us Notherners a solid though and listen when we tell you how to handle cold weather and snow?

  • @insonh21
    @insonh21 3 года назад +12

    i live in the north Easts and i was in a breakfast place in Scottsboro AL one morning at about 6 AM. there were a group of local guys in there and it looked and sounded like they met there every morning before work, they looked like farmers.
    one guy was the center of attention and sounded a lot like James Gregory telling the others stories, all of a sudden he said something that i remember to this day and it was the most direct advice he could pass on to anyone and this is what he said
    "you know, this is the greatest country in the history of the world, there is so much here to see about our history and every school kid should carry a pencil and a notebook with him so that when they see something interesting they can write it down to remember it because in the end you're as dumb as you want to be and you're as poor as you want to be" than he said "and i should know, I've been working hard my whole life and i'm still poor"
    that's when one of the other guys (who was black) said "well you must be dumb too"
    they all laughed and i got up and walked over to the original guy and introduced myself and where i was from and i said to him
    "i just want to say that is just about the best piece of advice I've ever heard in my entire life "you're as dumb as you want to be and you're as poor as you want to be, i'm going to remember that and pass that on whenever i hear someone complain about how tough their life is""
    i sat with them awhile and they asked about where i was from and when i said Boston one of them said "go get your guns boys ,we got us a Yankee here" and everyone laughed as did i. I've rarely met a finer group of gentlemen.

    • @bmphil3400
      @bmphil3400 3 года назад +2

      I spent a lot of time in Scotsboro as a child. I had an uncle there. I grew up out in the sticks on the mountain to the east.
      It's a great little town and there are some really fine people there...but like anywhere there are some really rough and tough people too. Alot of those old country people are tougher and smarter than people think. They are almost always underestimated.

  • @callmeginga
    @callmeginga 3 года назад +391

    The south is a place you can survive in if you have a rifle and know how to grow corn.
    California is a place you're not allowed to have a rifle and get fined for watering your garden.

    • @levigreen9562
      @levigreen9562 3 года назад +9

      You must not have been to central California.

    • @pizzadoctor7549
      @pizzadoctor7549 3 года назад +5

      @Connor Hoskins HAHAHAHAHA You made a failed argument.
      Constitution > Federal Government > State Government > County > City
      You have just as much "conditional freedom" living in any other place. All freedom is conditional. All freedom requires people to believe in those freedoms and to stand and fight for those freedoms.
      People outside of California only think of Hollywood and think that's California. In reality, most California is farmers. The problem is that Southern Democrats learned that in order to defeat the Union they just need the majority. Remember: Southern Democrats were loyalists to the King and believed that only a certain type of white person was a real white person. If you weren't a Rich Sophisticated Democrat then you weren't worthy of being called White!
      People forget history. The Southerners were of the aristocracy.

    • @jonathangarzon2798
      @jonathangarzon2798 3 года назад +5

      @@pizzadoctor7549 and gun overrules them all.

    • @Ham_Strokers_Ejacula
      @Ham_Strokers_Ejacula 3 года назад +1

      @@jonathangarzon2798 not if ya get shot first 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @scothammond4623
      @scothammond4623 3 года назад

      Man come on lol people from the south come up north to PA and NY to hunt White Tail. I live in North Carolina for 5 years and never saw a farming operation that came close to what we do in Pennsylvania and as far as not being allowed to own a gun the states south of the Masson-Dixon line have awful draconian gun law just look at MD and VA prime examples of that. The only southerners I know who garden and can are old people here in PA it's common place to do both at any given age

  • @joelarmenta9638
    @joelarmenta9638 3 года назад +39

    Came for the comedy, stayed for the comments 🤣🤣🤣

  • @rammon1275
    @rammon1275 3 года назад +397

    This guy could do a great Boss Hog in a legit Dukes if Hazzard remake.

  • @scottmiller8493
    @scottmiller8493 3 года назад +1735

    Only thing tough about Cali is finding a job, house, clean streets and delegates to run the state properly.

    • @davidmromero9739
      @davidmromero9739 3 года назад +22

      💯

    • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
      @carlosoliveira-rc2xt 3 года назад +28

      And a tent. They seem to be all out of tents.

    • @crestonhardcastle7631
      @crestonhardcastle7631 3 года назад +64

      Because they keep voting for Nancy pelosi and then they want to complain about california falling apart. It's california fault they know how she is.

    • @TheFineagler
      @TheFineagler 3 года назад +34

      Says someone who cant afford to live in California.

    • @xyoungblood
      @xyoungblood 3 года назад +32

      6th largest economy in the world. Where California and New York goes follows the rest of the U.S.

  • @kpzcbttp
    @kpzcbttp 3 года назад +225

    Funniest guy I have seen in a while, he cracked me up with the mud joke. Here in Scotland when we get a flood, we are out with the kids in the dinghy having fun.

    • @Rebelrocker69
      @Rebelrocker69 3 года назад +16

      Our gulf coast has what is known as "The Cajun Navy." Whenever a hurricane or flood hits, civilians with air boats or small fishing/recreational boats start working with military and civil leaders/police to start a search and rescue operation. They mobilize within an hour of the disaster and are damn effective.

    • @auroramariealmeara8622
      @auroramariealmeara8622 3 года назад +14

      Ah, Scotland. European version of the American South

    • @bbsal4031
      @bbsal4031 3 года назад +4

      @@auroramariealmeara8622
      Oh awsome !

    • @samsh0-q3a
      @samsh0-q3a 3 года назад +1

      @@auroramariealmeara8622 ??? have you seen their policies? they're as bad as californians, ironically they're some of the most freedom-hating people of the UK, somehow the English desire it more than they do, that's how you know the world is upside down.

    • @kevinbyrne4538
      @kevinbyrne4538 2 года назад +3

      @@auroramariealmeara8622 -- That's more true than you realize.

  • @PhilG999
    @PhilG999 3 года назад +143

    Atlanta native with family in South Georgia, North Georgia, and Tenn. True Southerners will stock up on grits eggs and firewood ('cause we have a REAL fireplace). Canned goods, some steaks, porkchops, Beer and Liquor of course. And THEN we already HAVE the damn plywood and deck screws leftover FROM LAST TIME!

    • @HolyThunder460
      @HolyThunder460 3 года назад +1

      Sorry to burst your bubble but it's TRUE country folk not southerners...we do that up north too

    • @GFPunch
      @GFPunch 3 года назад +10

      @@HolyThunder460 sorry to burst YOUR bubble but y'all buy toilet paper, eggs, bread and milk at the first sign of a snowflake. What do ya do with that? Make French toast? LOL

    • @edmundooliver7584
      @edmundooliver7584 3 года назад

      how do you fit all that junk in your trailer park

    • @nadinedaniel5249
      @nadinedaniel5249 3 года назад +10

      @@edmundooliver7584 it's prejudiced responses like this that show how ignorant people like you are about the south.

    • @edmundooliver7584
      @edmundooliver7584 3 года назад

      @@nadinedaniel5249 keep voting for lindsey and people like McConnell and racist politcians

  • @YoungoneYoung-lm4xe
    @YoungoneYoung-lm4xe 3 года назад +339

    I heard someone say that in certain parts of California: The cost of living goes up, but your chances of living goes down.

    • @simplyhuman3982
      @simplyhuman3982 3 года назад +5

      Makes some annoying sense I guess.

    • @han3wmanwukong125
      @han3wmanwukong125 3 года назад +11

      That would be the California parts of California.

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад +3

      @Nick Miller Seems to me like there is a shortage of affordable housing for the non-millionaire part of the population to live in. Every available piece of real estate is bought up, new and improved, or torn down and rebuilt altogether, solely to maximize the profit for the real estate developer. The little guy doesn't have much of a chance. When they finally fix this problem there will be a lot fewer homeless there.

    • @theRustynail9
      @theRustynail9 3 года назад +3

      It's all parts of cali

    • @aaronpolite4281
      @aaronpolite4281 3 года назад +2

      Robin Harrris and he was referring to Compton 👨🏾‍🔧

  • @darlatidwell6255
    @darlatidwell6255 3 года назад +23

    This guy is effortlessly funny. Love that southern reasoning.

  • @777coffeelover
    @777coffeelover 3 года назад +464

    What? 3:36 minutes of true humor without bashing Trump? I never thought it could be done!! 😂😂

    • @Putaspellonyou
      @Putaspellonyou 3 года назад +2

      He started in on him at 3:50. Sorry.

    • @monk3110
      @monk3110 3 года назад +12

      @@mydnytmover who bailed out those rioters involved in riots they explicitly encouraged and approved of that killed 30+ people?

    • @doughesson
      @doughesson 3 года назад +5

      @jay monamay Well, he's still living rent free inside your head,Zippy.

    • @cafeglover
      @cafeglover 3 года назад

      @@Putaspellonyou thanks for telling me. I’m leaving. I do not want to encourage any of that anymore.

    • @SilvaDreams
      @SilvaDreams 3 года назад +8

      That is because it is actually humor, bashing Trump isn't funny it is just sad after 4 years (and counting)

  • @Endeavor545
    @Endeavor545 3 года назад +211

    You have not lived until you've seen a 150ft oak tree bent down and the top is touching the GROUND!

    • @Rebelrocker69
      @Rebelrocker69 3 года назад +27

      Or straw embedded 7 inches deep into said oak tree! Or a house lifted completely off of its foundation and moved into the middle of the street with only a few dishes broken! I saw both of those in 1989.

    • @BexnRN
      @BexnRN 3 года назад +4

      Amen brother. I lived through Katrina. I feel ya.

    • @riddlemark7009
      @riddlemark7009 3 года назад +4

      Try being on a ship in em

    • @dehydratedwater4803
      @dehydratedwater4803 3 года назад +3

      @@riddlemark7009 that's just poor navigation

    • @kusinkleatus4780
      @kusinkleatus4780 3 года назад +8

      @@Rebelrocker69 a few years back I saw a old friend of my mom's who passed away in a tornado, I was doing search and rescue volunteer work and had seen that his whole house was gone, the toilet was still there, and we found his body with a 2X4 through his face, terrible things man, if you're in an area with tornados be careful, same with anyone else reading this

  • @tamaracalderon3184
    @tamaracalderon3184 3 года назад +112

    Welcome to The South...💖
    Now, go home!

    • @CathyScott1030
      @CathyScott1030 3 года назад +5

      There used to be bumper stickers in CA, "Welcome to California, now go home", when they started giving out higher welfare checks than the rest of the country.

    • @jeffhale2278
      @jeffhale2278 3 года назад

      Welcome(ish).

    • @ginnymiller2448
      @ginnymiller2448 3 года назад

      Every state has a sticker that says this

    • @tamaracalderon3184
      @tamaracalderon3184 3 года назад

      @@ginnymiller2448 ya' think? 🤣

  • @connotations1
    @connotations1 3 года назад +20

    I love him. He explained mudding. He's casual to the max.

  • @christinerobinson2570
    @christinerobinson2570 3 года назад +46

    2 words and I'm already crying, the hip toss did me in😂

  • @andrewfyakim525
    @andrewfyakim525 3 года назад +14

    Yes you are, the funniest man in America!.... I wrote you a letter back in the 1990's. You sent the letter to John Boy and Billy. They read that letter on the air one morning. It was one of the high points of my life. My wife and I heard it on The Big Show as we were driving to work one morning.... Love to you Mr. Gregory, and also to John Boy and Billy!

    • @rayrobertson2068
      @rayrobertson2068 2 года назад

      What a cool memory to be able to have!!! John Boy and Billy are awesome! I listened to them every morning from the time I left my house going to work, then during work. till they went off. Probably did it at least 5 years or more.

  • @Birchwood1976
    @Birchwood1976 3 года назад +29

    I think I might cover all the bases, I was born in California, raised in the Midwest, and have roots in the south. LOL

  • @GeoFry3
    @GeoFry3 3 года назад +35

    Yeah my southern wife likes to follow the hurricanes in. It's reality TV show for her. I road out my first hurricane a few years ago. I'm freaking out putting up plywood and she is chill just making sure we have enough ice, drinks, and snacks.

    • @chris72.
      @chris72. 3 года назад +1

      Where I live in North Carolina Domino's and Pizza Hut was delivering the day after hurricane Hugo hit running off a generator that had hooked up to the buildings 😂.
      You won't see that up north or in California

  • @westondecker68
    @westondecker68 3 года назад +41

    I slept through hurricane Laura, and the eye came directly over us, just off U.S. Highway 171 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. The next morning we got up and went to cleaning, BFD.

    • @nathankinman7753
      @nathankinman7753 3 года назад

      I was wondering just yesterday what ever became of those in Cameron post Laura.

    • @westondecker68
      @westondecker68 3 года назад +1

      @@nathankinman7753 they are moving on (or moving away) as they have after every other hurricane. They rebuild, sigh a prayer that it doesn’t happen again (they know it will,) and continue with life on the (often) treacherous Gulf Coast.

    • @DChrls
      @DChrls 3 года назад

      I didn't sleep through it in Calcasieu parish. The wind was howling big time. It was worse than Rita for me.

    • @westondecker68
      @westondecker68 3 года назад

      @@DChrls I had some help called Seagram’s Seven!

    • @ashleybartels6457
      @ashleybartels6457 3 года назад +1

      My husband and I had bring our daughter home during hurricane Rita

  • @darla5371
    @darla5371 3 года назад +30

    I’m from California and you had me cracking up 😂 Limp wristed 😂

    • @dinosaurcj
      @dinosaurcj 3 года назад +3

      Don't take it too seriously, California certainly does have some rugged folks.

    • @samsh0-q3a
      @samsh0-q3a 3 года назад

      @@dinosaurcj Lol no it doesn't.

  • @machinis
    @machinis 3 года назад +189

    The scariest thing a southerner can hear: "I'd just moved from New York"

    • @dereklea1183
      @dereklea1183 3 года назад +2

      Love it😁 Can I use that phrase and give you credit?

    • @machinis
      @machinis 3 года назад +1

      @@dereklea1183 fire away! No credit needed. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @JayTX.
      @JayTX. 3 года назад +2

      California***

    • @Ryzenberg78
      @Ryzenberg78 3 года назад +9

      NY is 90% red by area. We have the same problem in NY as the nation has .... big cities with inner city welfare deciding our elections. Chances are if you get a neighbor from NY they vote Red. It is embarrassing though to be from NY for this reason and all of the stereotypes that come with it ....

    • @samsh0-q3a
      @samsh0-q3a 3 года назад +2

      then they don't understand why weird sh** keeps appearing in their yard

  • @greeneyes2797
    @greeneyes2797 3 года назад +15

    I love it when someone is naturally funny

  • @SuperGaleford
    @SuperGaleford 3 года назад +1136

    I can sum up why. In the South we have guns and ammo. In California they can’t decide which toilet to use.

    • @crowderscustomizing
      @crowderscustomizing 3 года назад +25

      so true

    • @discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236
      @discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236 3 года назад +19

      Yup 👏

    • @daniellaw2528
      @daniellaw2528 3 года назад +109

      @James Crabbe You forgot your punctuation. Bless your heart.

    • @discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236
      @discoveryoutdoorskcfishing236 3 года назад +39

      @James Crabbe Actually I can honestly say that during my 20 plus years of traveling the country I have found that there is no significant aptitude variation in the south contrary to prejudiced gossip. Additionally I have found that people of significant intelligence all summarize that same perspective. I mean you don't so we've basically narrowed that down. 🤭

    • @WillBlindYouWithLight
      @WillBlindYouWithLight 3 года назад +12

      😂🤣😂🤣 amen

  • @bayoustormryder3823
    @bayoustormryder3823 3 года назад +10

    I came across his comedy by on Pandora a few years back. Been listening to his comedy ever since.

  • @bustem579
    @bustem579 6 месяцев назад +4

    RIP Mr Gregory you brought a lot laughter and smiles

  • @laurablackmon2782
    @laurablackmon2782 3 года назад +8

    I just love James. I could listen to him all day.

  • @DD-oi3vh
    @DD-oi3vh Год назад +7

    Lol. I’ve lived in Florida since I was a kid, & now have 6 of my own kids. We’ve never run from a hurricane- we have fun getting ready for them, & prepping for the power outage😂

  • @chrisericsson7886
    @chrisericsson7886 3 года назад +263

    California is bleeding to death...
    All the useful people are running away.

    • @ChicanoOne760
      @ChicanoOne760 3 года назад +10

      The people that do manual jobs are all foreigners.

    • @skirk248
      @skirk248 3 года назад +19

      And they're bringing their politics with them

    • @oliveoil7642
      @oliveoil7642 3 года назад +10

      It will end up like Soviet Union and Venezuela. Why don’t people ever learn?

    • @spudward6902
      @spudward6902 3 года назад +11

      Spreading like cancer

    • @gemjourney5210
      @gemjourney5210 3 года назад +1

      Well I lived in Swampland Florida...that is where all the swamp creatures and monsters dwell...more Pedos than anywhere else in the USA!

  • @jimbob8088
    @jimbob8088 3 года назад +138

    Yankee comes to visit..
    damn yank comes to stay...

    • @edmundooliver7584
      @edmundooliver7584 3 года назад +1

      they give them one way tickets from back east it to cold in the poor red states.

    • @southerntrendkiller2632
      @southerntrendkiller2632 3 года назад +2

      Either way it’s bad.

    • @burtonwilliams5355
      @burtonwilliams5355 3 года назад +5

      got that right . . from a 7th generation native of Tennessee . .

    • @markallen6818
      @markallen6818 3 года назад +1

      That's what I've always been told.Truth.

    • @markallen6818
      @markallen6818 3 года назад +3

      @@burtonwilliams5355 Rocky Top You'll Always Be Home Sweet Home To Me!!!

  • @michaelsorrentino7409
    @michaelsorrentino7409 3 года назад +84

    IF YOU AINT LAUGHING...YOU AINT RIGHT !!

    • @Heavywall70
      @Heavywall70 3 года назад

      Damn commies !
      Cant laugh at nothin

  • @victoriapulcifer6218
    @victoriapulcifer6218 3 года назад +38

    *I'm a lifelong Californian, and* (political stances aside) *I approve this message.*

    • @zerotodona1495
      @zerotodona1495 3 года назад +2

      You shouldn’t though since most CA are from the south. Where do you think most southern side the depression went? They went west to CA.

    • @victoriapulcifer6218
      @victoriapulcifer6218 3 года назад +3

      @@zerotodona1495 The depression was a full 5 generations ago

    • @StevesSlideandJazz
      @StevesSlideandJazz 3 года назад +2

      You can leave please.

  • @Heavywall70
    @Heavywall70 3 года назад +48

    Not Laura, after Harvey here in SE Texas we got in our lifted 4x4’s and got the truck outta here!!!

    • @jabronjunklove760
      @jabronjunklove760 3 года назад +2

      Well that's only cause you didn't want yer nice trucks to get damaged. Yaw wood have rode it out otherwise. Take it frum me, a spellin beee champ all fore (4) years of skewl.

    • @simplyhuman3982
      @simplyhuman3982 3 года назад

      Just make sure you have extra parts for that truck as you're leaving. Like belts and a thermostat. (For example).

    • @Heavywall70
      @Heavywall70 3 года назад

      @@simplyhuman3982
      Oh that sounds like a biting inside joke if ever there were one.
      Please do expound.

  • @primebeef3938
    @primebeef3938 3 года назад +512

    I didn’t even have to watch this to know that the south is tougher than California. That’s just plain common sense.

    • @donnanutt3650
      @donnanutt3650 3 года назад +10

      Thank you. I’m Southern too.

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 3 года назад +7

      Prime Beef, even babies in nurseries are tougher than California! How that state continues to exist is the eighth wonder of the world!

    • @tylerduke7657
      @tylerduke7657 3 года назад +1

      @Bill Leonard visit any holler in the south then get back to me

    • @chrissmith8216
      @chrissmith8216 3 года назад +2

      @Bill Leonard the south is waaaay harder then that

    • @chrissmith8216
      @chrissmith8216 3 года назад

      @Bill Leonard harder then the west.

  • @johnduffy6546
    @johnduffy6546 7 месяцев назад +1

    THAT was one of the BEST punchline deliveries EVER!...Perfect timing!

  • @tha2793
    @tha2793 3 года назад +39

    Umm, California is only tough on it's own citizens.

  • @The7humpwump
    @The7humpwump 3 года назад +28

    I remember seeing him in a small bar in Charleston SC back in the mid-80’s...seems like yesterday

    • @richardd6669
      @richardd6669 3 года назад

      We had him in Tuscaloosa ,AL at our club in 97 or so . He was great . We paid him like $4000 and a couple openers another $1000.

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 3 года назад

      That's because he's probably just as fkn fat now as he was then.

    • @UnderTheMillkyWay
      @UnderTheMillkyWay 3 года назад

      I'm in Charleston right now and I wish he was here for me to see. I was a little too young in the 80's. Would love to see him live.

  • @Turkeysammich3000
    @Turkeysammich3000 Год назад +10

    I was in the Tuscaloosa tornadoes, and we had plywood in my back yard, the tornado took them and flung them at my house like ninja stars, and the stuck in the brick wall like it was paper… plywood… cut into brick, and the plywood was still intact lol

  • @jofrazier-hansen4097
    @jofrazier-hansen4097 3 года назад +26

    Did I hear Wheels in mud!😃 Yahoo! That's what we do here in Minnesota too!

    • @THExRIOT1865
      @THExRIOT1865 3 года назад +2

      They do it in Pennsylvania too! That’s a weekend event in the summers around here 😂

  • @lanceboyett9034
    @lanceboyett9034 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for this. You're a VERY FUNNY GUY. We need MORE LAUGHTER.

  • @dsl32
    @dsl32 3 года назад +29

    I feel like since I moved from California to Florida I feel like I have a tougher attitude. Last year I went to San Francisco all my friends and family where freaking out over a few thunderstorms, me I was like we call that 3:30pm in Florida.

    • @Hhhhhh-sz9ud
      @Hhhhhh-sz9ud 3 года назад

      How do you think most of your friends in Florida would handle the fires? Like, I’m sure there’s an element of tougher attitudes regionally but there’s also just that people tend to get more freaked out by what’s unusual to them.

    • @boondocks8002
      @boondocks8002 2 года назад

      Lol

  • @forcesightknight
    @forcesightknight 3 года назад +74

    The miracle of plywood is that it's cheaper than replacing glass.

    • @ToolforOffice
      @ToolforOffice 3 года назад +11

      I'll like this comment cuz you're not wrong lol. But that wasn't the point of the joke.

    • @ToolforOffice
      @ToolforOffice 3 года назад +1

      @Jonathan Spier thats your view from looking at the joke the wrong way. In fact its the opposite. What he's saying is plywood won't save your lives if that storm turns out to be worse than you think. Thats why all the smart people leave. As someone who went through Katrina and Rita, I get what he means. Its not about saving some superficial windows you dolt. Its about lives

    • @johnchandler1687
      @johnchandler1687 3 года назад +6

      A question: Every storm people buy out all the plywood. Didn't they save what was bought last year's storm? Or better yet, have it already cut to fit and painted to match. From La. so I've seen it, but don't understand it.

    • @ToolforOffice
      @ToolforOffice 3 года назад +3

      @@johnchandler1687 I think many different reasons, some use it for other projects, some keep them, some let them stay out and rot and have to buy new. I'd imagine people are always moving in and out of areas and having to start fresh.
      Worth noting, just because the south is prone to hurricanes doesn't mean they get hit directly every year. Sometimes we go 5 or 6 years before getting hit. So plywood will end up getting used or abused in that time

    • @nitrojunkie9027
      @nitrojunkie9027 3 года назад +1

      @M Fisher no you don't.......son.

  • @sscalercourtney5486
    @sscalercourtney5486 3 года назад +11

    I live in the South and have visited California. I like both. Both have different charms.

  • @dixieinstrumental805
    @dixieinstrumental805 2 года назад +35

    As a southerner the only thing that scares me is the waffle houses closing

    • @kennethv5250
      @kennethv5250 Год назад +3

      pure blasphemy, ive NEVER known of one to close

    • @Maugrays
      @Maugrays Год назад +4

      @@kennethv5250 Waffle House is known as an economic indicator. And in cases of severe weather (if their OWN weather center) has been deemed to dangerous they will shut down in that area until the danger has passed.

  • @thevox1075
    @thevox1075 3 года назад +18

    I didn’t even realize the two were comparable. The South rocks!

  • @Enjoyinglife22
    @Enjoyinglife22 Год назад +9

    I just love him! I just stumbled across one of his videos and been watching a lot since he makes me laugh so hard! 😂

    • @mikewithers299
      @mikewithers299 Год назад

      My mother in law was from Georgia and she joked just like he does. Love his humor 🤣🤣

  • @dherman0001
    @dherman0001 3 года назад +13

    For once, the algorithm was correct!
    Laughed my arsch off!
    Subscribed!

  • @geneorr559
    @geneorr559 3 года назад +23

    The only thing that’s scares southerners is Californians moving to there state

    • @conradsylvestre3841
      @conradsylvestre3841 3 года назад +2

      Moving from Southern California. LOL

    • @DMR013
      @DMR013 3 года назад

      Nope southerners remember the 3 S's: Shoot, Shovel and Shut up.

  • @chuckg2016
    @chuckg2016 3 года назад +6

    "The miracle of plywood" ..... Stellar!!

  • @JayTX.
    @JayTX. 3 года назад +7

    I've been the plywood guy for a few Texas gulf hurricanes lol

  • @pabrowncoatbrewer7154
    @pabrowncoatbrewer7154 3 года назад +183

    California doesn’t know which effin’ bathroom to use. A tornado might be EXACTLY what they need.

    • @jeffreyburney6161
      @jeffreyburney6161 3 года назад +6

      I was thinking more like a earthquake with a massive landslide right into the ocean

    • @Pyr01
      @Pyr01 3 года назад

      At least we know how to have a great economy, red states... Not so much

    • @pabrowncoatbrewer7154
      @pabrowncoatbrewer7154 3 года назад +2

      @@Pyr01 why not just vote to secede? California leaving would raise the IQ of American politicians by 400%.

    • @Pyr01
      @Pyr01 3 года назад

      @@pabrowncoatbrewer7154 why not just vote to secede? Because im a true patriot, not like the right that screams about civil war, secession and that ATTACK on the capital. All because they cant except reality. Cute IQ line but your politicians dont even believe in science.

    • @pabrowncoatbrewer7154
      @pabrowncoatbrewer7154 3 года назад +1

      @@Pyr01 yup… that’s why people are leaving California in droves for places like Texas. Let’s get something straight, they’re not leaving for the great weather in Texas either.

  • @lesclanton8372
    @lesclanton8372 3 года назад +85

    The South doesn't have Warning Shots,like California! !!!😎😝

    • @borednarmed5612
      @borednarmed5612 3 года назад +2

      Those are illegal in florida

    • @codyhorn4824
      @codyhorn4824 3 года назад +2

      We do, it's called a knee capper

    • @bbugzyb
      @bbugzyb 3 года назад +3

      That's because we don't believe in "warning shots", it's a waste of precious ammo.

    • @edmundooliver7584
      @edmundooliver7584 3 года назад

      yes we saw how you guys killed that blackman.

    • @bbugzyb
      @bbugzyb 3 года назад +2

      Which one?

  • @hmmreally620
    @hmmreally620 3 года назад +2

    He is just too funny. Hi is delivery is so natural cause he lives it

  • @maximusaurelius610
    @maximusaurelius610 3 года назад +22

    Lol where else in the world mud is a natural disaster lol 😂 we just put big wheels on & go out and play in it -

  • @trish9900
    @trish9900 2 года назад +3

    Proud southerners!!!Tennessee. Go big Orange.

  • @terryscheid9224
    @terryscheid9224 6 месяцев назад +1

    RIP James Gregory
    Heaven gained another angel
    He will be greatly missed

  • @paulanthony872
    @paulanthony872 3 года назад +66

    If a tornado ever came to California it would be taxed into nonexistence. Just like small businesses.

  • @tracywilson1356
    @tracywilson1356 3 года назад +6

    I love that. It’s mud. Here we put big wheels on something and go play. So true.

  • @davida472
    @davida472 Год назад +5

    I live in Cali and we had a tornado spawn here recently about a month ago and I seen my neighbors running out and getting in their cars and heading towards the opposite way. Lots of honda civics blaring once the tornado warning was issued. I was used to this type of weather growing up back in late 90's and to see it come again didn't scare me. Knowing the tornado doesn't touch down and usually only touchdown in the fields. Lots of farmland here.

  • @ricky6720
    @ricky6720 3 года назад +4

    I’m from California and I can’t say nothing .. lol. 😂😂. Damn he’s so funny.

    • @200x-v4k
      @200x-v4k 2 года назад

      Yeah it’s only humor. It’s not that we really have anything against Californians. Only comedy.

  • @sjleak1
    @sjleak1 3 года назад +6

    We had a fire tornado in my town here in California with 160 mph winds. Put some big wheels on THAT!
    Funny stuff man! ✌🏼

  • @Boyfr8end
    @Boyfr8end 2 года назад +1

    Mann. I wish he would come to Chattanooga TN. I'd be there

  • @michaelfarmer537
    @michaelfarmer537 3 года назад +3

    I just laughed till I cried man! Love from the hills of NWA! That’s just plain funny!!

  • @dncarac
    @dncarac 3 года назад +69

    My kitten is tougher than California. It takes 60 cop cars two hours to stop a car. And even then most of the time the car wrecks itself.

    • @drh3b
      @drh3b 3 года назад +1

      Rodney King would like to have a word with you. Along with plenty of other people,

    • @elfhighmage8240
      @elfhighmage8240 3 года назад

      I know! After I saw so many cop cars wrecked on the streets, those idiots finally caught those Blues Brothers on foot in a tower!

    • @dncarac
      @dncarac 3 года назад

      @@drh3b Was his language recognizable as English?

  • @randykent9594
    @randykent9594 3 года назад +22

    Snow is a southerner's kryptonite.

    • @joeymerrell8585
      @joeymerrell8585 3 года назад +6

      Damn right it is. I’m 6’4” and 240lbs and as soon as snow flurries are visible I turn into the biggest 5 yr old girl you ever seen.

    • @hellraisor21
      @hellraisor21 3 года назад +1

      Cant agree this Texan boy drives through like it's a big mud puddle on the highway I drive faster than most it's called 4x4 for a reason.

    • @simplyhuman3982
      @simplyhuman3982 3 года назад +1

      Not exactly. Oklahoma used to get actual snow. Now it's weird that it doesn't happen. We only get ice now.

    • @shanewallace2045
      @shanewallace2045 3 года назад +1

      Disagree, it snows south of mason dixon line. Even in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Have seen it snow in Florida. So...

    • @joeymerrell8585
      @joeymerrell8585 3 года назад

      @@shanewallace2045 I seen it snow in Baghdad. I didn’t like it then or there either.

  • @arhoghunter01
    @arhoghunter01 3 года назад +4

    Wish I could meet this man, he's hilarious !!!

  • @fyte4luv23
    @fyte4luv23 3 года назад +6

    please keep the south libtard free, preserve & save our country!

  • @MultiverseMediaSpace
    @MultiverseMediaSpace 3 года назад +1

    I've been doing a version of this joke i came up with for years, but this guy expands it and nails it!

  • @cpsclan2447
    @cpsclan2447 3 года назад +12

    When you see a fourwheeler in California you think you got lost and went down south

  • @jeffnorris3913
    @jeffnorris3913 3 года назад +59

    The Dusty Rhodes of Comedy

    • @michaelmacgeorge1082
      @michaelmacgeorge1082 3 года назад +10

      Anyone who gets that reference is pushing 60 or better. I loved Dusty.

    • @CamaroAmx
      @CamaroAmx 3 года назад +8

      He does look a little like The American Dream.

    • @Heavywall70
      @Heavywall70 3 года назад +1

      @@CamaroAmx
      He’s a bit thin
      Maybe just
      The American Daydream.

    • @rodneydortch9060
      @rodneydortch9060 3 года назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @chrismoore58
      @chrismoore58 3 года назад +3

      @@michaelmacgeorge1082 I get it, and I am only 47.

  • @jimmmmy41
    @jimmmmy41 3 года назад +5

    I saw him about 20 years ago. He hurt me that night. So funny.

  • @Seawizz203
    @Seawizz203 3 года назад +23

    I’m from Rhode Island and we don’t have tornados and I’m a true blue Yankee but this guy is funny. Anyone that makes fun of California is ok by me!

    • @CamaroAmx
      @CamaroAmx 3 года назад +2

      I live in Pa. we get tornadoes and hurricanes. Guess the south cant handle snow.

    • @donnerblitzen1388
      @donnerblitzen1388 3 года назад

      Yeah, texas can handle snow. Poorly, but they can. Btw, you are welcome in texas. Come have some carnitas!

  • @tonysmith5465
    @tonysmith5465 3 года назад +6

    Outstanding video friend. Thanks a lot. SC Navy vet.

  • @robiny.4395
    @robiny.4395 3 года назад +17

    We in California couldn’t handle a tornado we can barely handle the ground shaking.

    • @Pyr01
      @Pyr01 3 года назад +1

      people like you make it seem like we have magnitude 9 earthquakes everyday 😂 All in all, Id rather be here rather than a broke red state.

    • @Pyr01
      @Pyr01 3 года назад

      @Clint Berry don't need clues. 5th largest global economy speaks for itself

    • @Pyr01
      @Pyr01 3 года назад

      @Clint Berry yet we're still the 5th largest global economy. Let me know when red states pull their own weight

  • @vanessahenry7238
    @vanessahenry7238 3 года назад +6

    They do have tornados in California, I have seen them. NOW they do not have them often, but they do have them!

  • @dannyjackson3879
    @dannyjackson3879 3 года назад +4

    Never seen him before. But DAMN IF HE AINT IN MY TOP 5 RIGHT NOW! ROFLMAO. Fkin plywood slayed me

  • @bipolarmarket
    @bipolarmarket Год назад

    LOL!! new 5minute old fan!! You are hysterical and original

  • @CoreyKReisher
    @CoreyKReisher 2 года назад +3

    I've never heard of this guy. He's hilarious.

  • @bsmith8943
    @bsmith8943 3 года назад +13

    Anywhere is tougher than California

    • @TheGoodShepard31
      @TheGoodShepard31 3 года назад +2

      U a damn lie and u know it. Lol

    • @bsmith8943
      @bsmith8943 3 года назад +1

      @@TheGoodShepard31 ok lol. Your feelings get hurt?

    • @edwardross6475
      @edwardross6475 3 года назад +1

      Except Oregon, some counties are trying to become Idaho

  • @valuedhumanoid6574
    @valuedhumanoid6574 6 месяцев назад

    RIP James. You made us all laugh out loud for many years

  • @barbaramashburn7980
    @barbaramashburn7980 3 года назад +2

    This one is One of My Favorites ❤️!
    Still laughing!

  • @mitchellhelms7238
    @mitchellhelms7238 3 года назад +27

    Ain't that the truth

  • @brianspangenberg9598
    @brianspangenberg9598 3 года назад +6

    I remember when I lived in California a tornado did touch down in California, and sure enough it hit a trailer park!

    • @lilysfield1
      @lilysfield1 3 года назад

      inevitable.

    • @StevesSlideandJazz
      @StevesSlideandJazz 3 года назад

      What do you call seven white women holding hands in a trailer park?
      A full set of teeth!

  • @OneBiasedOpinion
    @OneBiasedOpinion Год назад +3

    Counterpoint: California has forest fires, earthquakes, and critical infrastructure failure.
    That said, the South also have more freedom, common sense, and general courtesy for our neighbors’ property and privacy than the average Californian.