Oh my, this is a most awesome and very well put together video about beautiful Tacoma. It was refreshing to be shown all those amazing and beautiful places that make the city, instead of showcasing all things that went wrong there over time. Sure, T-Town has a dark side as well, but we don't have to be reminded of it 24/7. Tacoma was 'my' town for a while as well, and I know every place, every street, every corner shown in the video. It felt like 'coming home again' for the duration of the film. Great job, and thanks for sharing it with us!
I moved to Tacoma in 1982 to attend Bates Technical College, The condition of the city was very rough at the time, Pacific Ave. was mostly hookers and XXX movie houses. I remember taking the shoe leather express all over Tacoma, walking around exploring, Union Station was a disaster the wrought iron fencing was almost completely rusted/corroded away, the Union Station roof was virtually gone. Ruston way was still mostly industrial, the ASARCO plant dominated the scene with its smoke stack etc., old worn out pilings, remnants of a bustling waterfront were still present along the shoreline. Then came the renaissance, it is amazing how the city was transformed, what a beautiful thing to see, such a great city!
My wife and I were married in the Japanese Pagoda in 1990. Thank you so much for this beautiful tour of our home town. It's so nice for once to watch a video where positivity is the theme. Thank You
My home town. I was born here in 1946, raised here, lived briefly in other regions, and returned to "home." I'm glad you took the time to make this video, Greg. Thanks!
My family's history revolves around this city. My father, born in 1904, moved to Tacoma at the age of 14 and recalled how he would always be on the lookout for horses that had broken away from the milk carts along Market Street and ride them until he got caught! Both my father and my son attended Stadium High School 50 years apart!
That's awesome. My family has been here a long time also, but none of them were alive in my lifetime to tell me about how it was. So, thanks for the stories.
Lol! There's a chance that those horse drawn milk carts were owned by MY family! I'm told we had the first home delivery dairy in Tacoma back in the 1800's and I think they were still in operation around 1920. (Zehnder Brother's Dairy).
I have not been to the new smelter area, but it sure doesn't look the same...I watched the old smoke stack come down many moons ago. Edit you really have brought up some old memories. Thank you, you did a wonderful job on this.
❤ ty so so much for this beautiful story video...my grandparents came from Michigan in the late 1800s , my grandfather helping to build the RR into a new Tacoma. Both my parents were born and raised here. My dad graduated stadium high in 1940 and my mom worked at Brown and Haleys . I was born at st Joe's in 1950. We moved to San Diego in 52 but always visited my grandparents who lived near Cheney stadium ❤..I returned to tacoma to attend UPS 1968 - 1970, working 2 summers at Longmire, Mt Rainier....❤❤❤ such great memories of such a fun time so long ago 🤗 😂😂 LOL I remember the smelter well...we called it the Tacoma Aroma 😂😂
Awesome presentation of the landmarks and history of Tacoma with its famous residents. I'm a newbie to this city and appreciate how informative and entertaining this video was... I have so many other places to explore now. Thank you!
Outstanding video featuring the beautiful landmarks that I still remember well! Amazing artwork: it looks like you can be a director, producer and narrator at the same time. Also, love the music selection perfectly aligned with every theme and aerial view. It was definitely worth watching it 😍 (even though there was no Tom Cruise or Chris Hemsworth). Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work! 🤩
I am going to blast this all across social media! Bravo to you! I put in the search bar Tacoma, Wa liter to show my sister in Nebraska how bad Tacoma has gotten. And your video pulled up. I have the Mayor’s assistant’s email and they are going to get a link to this! This is how we want Tacoma! Bring it back! It brought me to tears. My father moved us here from Nebraska to start his organ repair business. Although he has passed his sign is still in the building across from Peerless laundry on 12th Street. I’m now 65. We moved here back in 1960. Our first home here was right down the street from Bing Crosby’s house. A year later we moved to the south side a couple blocks from where his business finally landed. He had his shop in the garage before he bought the building. I can relate to every picture or place you mentioned. That big train station. Waiting for grandparents to come for a visit from Nebraska and cry when they left! Pt. Defiance - remember the big swings they had and Never, Never Land? And not only did we go sled in the winter there but we would go ice blocking in the summertime. We would also sneak behind Annie Wright and go ice blocking back behind the building as well. In Junior High my friends and I would sneak behind the Washington History Museum, which has now moved downtown, that was across the bowl from Stadium high school. Those bleachers farthest away from the school we’re condemned. We would sneak in and throw rocks down the huge holes in the bleachers to see if we could hear where they landed. Never heard them hit bottom. There are tunnels underneath a lot of North Tacoma where people from the ships would smuggle stuff in or people. You also showed houses of my friends and also my boss’, both doctors. She was a dentist, he was the first Infectious Diseases Specialist here in the NW. Thats where I started. I was her dental assistant but later I also worked for him as well. She was the dentist for the movie stars when they came to town, including “I Love you to Death. that you mentioned with Kevin Kline, River, Phoenix, William Hurt, Tracy Ullman and more. The Three Fugitives was another movie with Nick Nolte and Martin Short. It was fun going on set. They were also friends of Dale Chihuly, with his beautiful work throughout the house. Two brothers worked at Frisko Freeze. We kept our boat at Foss Harbor under the Murray Morgan Bridge, or what we also called it, the 11th Street Bridge. Stadium! We all graduated from there! So proud to say I went there. One thing that is sad is the Manuscript Museum closed down this year. I don’t know why. I lived here all my life and just heard about it about a year ago. My daughter even went to preschool at First Presbyterian a couple blocks over. My other daughter was married at Wright Park at the Conservatory. I can go on and on. “The mountain in is calling. I must go!” Beyond beautiful. Thank you! You just brightened up my day! Now, everyone, smash that “LIKE” button and share with all your friends!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad some people have liked this. I put some effort into it abd taught myself along the way. I had wanted to do something like this, but I didn't even know how to put music to it, how to do voice overs, how to edit or cut video... So I taught myself on the fly and I didn't even realize that I could delete my voiceover if I messed up so I had to get it right the first time every time. But it taught me a lot and it came out pretty close to what I was hoping for. I'm glad that some people appreciate my effort though. I appreciate your nice words and I'm glad it helped you relive so many great memories. Very kind of you to want to promote my video too. Thank you
I remember in the 70's, you could still walk all the way across the Tide Flats, starting at the 11th Street Bridge and ending at the Hylebos Bridge. I remember once walking by a Japanese ship, and I could hear the commander speaking over the loudspeaker in Japanese. I walked that way to go over to Brown's Point. Today I think you have to take the 509 freeway to get over there from the main part of Tacoma.
I spent a few years as a child living in Seattle while my dad was in school but I haven't been back since and I am visiting next month. I have fam and friends there. I figured I'd better bone up on my attractions and culture. Thank you so much for a totally enjoyable and educational and very well-deserved documentary about your hometown.
Appreciate it. Hope you have a great time. While you are in Seattle I recommend getting up to Kerry Park. More a viewpoint than a part, but it has world class views you'll be glad you saw. Especially if you can do it on a clear day so Mt. Rainier is out.
i'll look into it sir Thank you @@Gregthegreatone do you have other videos I should probably actually click on your page lol.... I am a clam chowder freak do you have a localstaple that's been there forever?Are you still live near Pismo Beach in California and they have splash cafe and it is unbelievably good clam chowder they win award after award but anonymous tasters every year so they must be doing something right. If you're ever in the hood jump in line because it goes out the door but don't get to you quick and they'll find you! Have you done a food video yet?
@@jphillips7083 There are a lot of places that serve clam chowder around here. In Seattle there's quite a few in and around Pike Place market. On the Seattle waterfront is just down from downtown is a local chain called "Ivar's" that is pretty popular. They are in a lot of cities around here such as Seattle and Tacoma. For me personally I think Skippers is much better. But it is not in as many cities as it used to be. But it is still in a few cities around here. Very friendly workers there too.
thank you very much sir! I'll look into it. What I really love about Ytube versus any other media is the fact that you are a real human being and you took the time to talk to me. Thank you. My nephew and I have been talking back and forth and we're going to have a great time while I'm up in Tacoma. I can't wait, Rain or shine it will be fun. Peace!@@Gregthegreatone
It’s a heart felt your hometown tour turn to be a great places. Music made it spectacular and your monologue it’s pro with deeply connection with the places you tour. Am heading Tacoma 🔜, too bad you skip that Asian park might not your ideal I guess. Than for your hard work !
Thank you. It's my first time trying to use music, editing, adding music... I was just teaching myself as I went along. I'm glad you liked it. I appreciate the nice words. I definitely could have made another hour worth of touring. Even showing the high school memorial to possibly the greatest fighter pilot in American history Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, who fought even before America joined WWII for the "flying Tigers". An American volunteer group of pilots that fought to help China during WWII. He is credited with shooting down 28 Japanese planes. Anyway lot's of interesting things. Thanks for watching. Hope you get to visit here. I will be off world traveling again starting next week.
@@Gregthegreatone thanks for sharing and it’s honor to know your Dad it’s the member of “ flying tigers 🐅 “guess he is the team with President bush ( father) and the time at 1940’ American Air Force play a extraordinary role for a China and allied army eventually won 🏅 over Japanese at Southwestern part of China and around evergreen Moutain. I thought those hero’s invented the most amazing impossible way the support the war supplies. How come you can be so young if your pappy active at that time of period ? Anyway that’s the best humanitarian support during the world war. The best bond of Sino- China relationships.
@@athenaguan3809 Oh no, his nickname was "pappy" because he was the oldest member the flying tigers. He was 27 I believe and most of them were around 20-22 so they nicknamed him pappy. But he did graduate from Lincoln high school in Tacoma and we do share the same first name haha. But no, he would be much too old to be my dad. But yes, I am a big world history buff. I was planning to go back to China next week actually, but that fell through this time so. I will see a few countries in Africa and Europe over the next month. I would still like to see the memorials to WWII in Nanjing.
@@Gregthegreatone oh thanks for the correct and please check 重庆市（the temporary capital at that historical 8 years anti-Japanese war time. They preserved a lot where “ flying tigers 🐅 “ historians included later days the “ Marshal Road” or others. 成都 nearby or worth to go. The originate spices hotpot from( 四川麻辣火锅🍲）Yes the Nanjing massacre，will definitely blow humans mind how war brutality would go and let any other “ massacre” thought it’s a piece of cake compared this one. I am glad you come back to China. Would very much like to watch your next video what you see with rich view under historical background in Morden days. That would be a high quality documentary. Safe trip tour all over the 🗺️
Damn this video is filled with 💎’s, my wife and I took a shuttle from SeaTac couldn’t really saw everything. When we definitely have to check these places out when we head back. Thank you for the info 👏🏾👏🏾🤙🏾
I love this video . I’ve lived here my whole life, born in Seattle but we are selling our home because unfortunately my beautiful city of tacoma has changed so we are going to a more peaceful place Port Ludlow wa selling our home in May! You’ve done a great job of highlighting the most beautiful parts of tacoma which I will miss that’s for sure.
@@Gregthegreatone sweet! Maybe I'll see you there! I LOVE the playful, sunny disposition you so awesomely display in your videos! I bet we'd have great fun! I'm gonna go watch that video/Tac-umentary again now. I'm so excited to explore Tacoma.
@@Gregthegreatone well since you're offering I do have some questions about the area... Like, how often does it snow each year (I love the snow) and how many days are uncomfortably warm?
@@hilostateofmind This is one of the most mild weather places anywhere. So we get just a few days of snow each year (it is rarely freezing. But we do get a few days to experience it. Also the mountains nearby have snow all year (check out my Christmas video on nearby Leavenworth. Actually a Korean tv channel just asked me if they can use clips from it for their show next week). And it is very rarely very hot. Usually it's like mid 70's in the summer. We have average about three 90 degree days a year since WWII and I've seen it be 100 once which was a huge shock. I couldn't believe it. It lasted one day then immediately dropped. Some weird fluke thing.
Well, I can't take credit for that. I'm Greg the great, but not Greg the immortal. Depending on your beliefs, God or mother nature did that, but I'm glad you like it. Thanks!
I've lived in victoria bc Pacific Northwest but this place looks amazing will visit one day n will take your help this is prettier than victoria bc right?
It is. Great place to take photos. If you need help on suggestion on Tacoma or Seattle just ask. Victoria is also pretty as well though. The PNW is gorgeous. Especially on a sunny day.
Yes, it IS very bad, like in nearly ALL American cities. Some worse, some less bad. However, in this video the focus is on beauty and all things lovely. We don't need to see terrible things around the clock, and Greg has done a fabulous job bringing this beauty of a seriously cool city close to us:))
It is insanely bad in Tacoma especially, there are people camping all up and down the streets and in the alleyways, under every bridge, in front of stores, huge communities in the brush just off the freeways
Lol😂 I wouldn't eat an antique sandwich if you paid me! Only fresh sandwiches for me. Sorry, I could not resist. Mt. Ranier is stupendous and beautiful at the same time.
Awesome! Hope you have a great experience. Summers here are really great. The weather isn't too hot and we get very little rain during that time. You'll want to check out the "Freedom fair" on Ruston way on the 4th of July. It's ranked as one of the biggest and best 4th parties in the country.
Tacoma is not even among the nation's top ten. So chill. And we haven't had any mass shootings there lately either...? It's all good, and ya'll would be totally safe in T-Town if you know how to behave, just like any other place on earth.
Tacoma is fundamentally different from Seattle, in all aspects. Both cities have a great deal of awesomeness and a good deal of less than ideal things to offer. Same holds true for Dallas, NYC, Chicago, L. A., S. F., Miami, Tulsa, Boston, Memphis, etc., etc. You get my point? This video was also not about politics, so let's just keep that out of it, shall we? There's a place for that if you'd like to talk about it.
One thing I have learned from traveling all over the world is that there is something that is being put into American's to never appreciate what they have. To never feel grateful or proud like other countries. It's very sad. But yes indeed these are great sights, that if it were other people, would be highly praised and highly regarded. Some of the poorest places with the least, I've seen some very happy, appreciative people that if they had any of what we had would take great pride in them and realize how lucky they are. I hope some day we get there.
the amount of effort put into this deserves MUCH MUCH more than only 10k views!!
Thanks. I appreciate that. I'd like to put that effort into more videos, but it's hard to have the time and work.
YES but selfishly I hope no one else sees it 😂
Oh my, this is a most awesome and very well put together video about beautiful Tacoma. It was refreshing to be shown all those amazing and beautiful places that make the city, instead of showcasing all things that went wrong there over time. Sure, T-Town has a dark side as well, but we don't have to be reminded of it 24/7. Tacoma was 'my' town for a while as well, and I know every place, every street, every corner shown in the video. It felt like 'coming home again' for the duration of the film. Great job, and thanks for sharing it with us!
I moved to Tacoma in 1982 to attend Bates Technical College, The condition of the city was very rough at the time, Pacific Ave. was mostly hookers and XXX movie houses. I remember taking the shoe leather express all over Tacoma, walking around exploring, Union Station was a disaster the wrought iron fencing was almost completely rusted/corroded away, the Union Station roof was virtually gone. Ruston way was still mostly industrial, the ASARCO plant dominated the scene with its smoke stack etc., old worn out pilings, remnants of a bustling waterfront were still present along the shoreline.
Then came the renaissance, it is amazing how the city was transformed, what a beautiful thing to see, such a great city!
I was in the military for 20 years and stationed at McChord a time or two. I knew Tacoma would be my home when I retired.
My wife and I were married in the Japanese Pagoda in 1990. Thank you so much for this beautiful tour of our home town. It's so nice for once to watch a video where positivity is the theme. Thank You
Thank you. I appreciate the positive messages.
My home town. I was born here in 1946, raised here, lived briefly in other regions, and returned to "home."
I'm glad you took the time to make this video, Greg. Thanks!
Thanks, glad you liked it.
My family's history revolves around this city. My father, born in 1904, moved to Tacoma at the age of 14 and recalled how he would always be on the lookout for horses that had broken away from the milk carts along Market Street and ride them until he got caught! Both my father and my son attended Stadium High School 50 years apart!
That's awesome. My family has been here a long time also, but none of them were alive in my lifetime to tell me about how it was. So, thanks for the stories.
Lol! There's a chance that those horse drawn milk carts were owned by MY family! I'm told we had the first home delivery dairy in Tacoma back in the 1800's and I think they were still in operation around 1920. (Zehnder Brother's Dairy).
I have not been to the new smelter area, but it sure doesn't look the same...I watched the old smoke stack come down many moons ago. Edit you really have brought up some old memories. Thank you, you did a wonderful job on this.
❤ ty so so much for this beautiful story video...my grandparents came from Michigan in the late 1800s , my grandfather helping to build the RR into a new Tacoma. Both my parents were born and raised here. My dad graduated stadium high in 1940 and my mom worked at Brown and Haleys . I was born at st Joe's in 1950. We moved to San Diego in 52 but always visited my grandparents who lived near Cheney stadium ❤..I returned to tacoma to attend UPS 1968 - 1970, working 2 summers at Longmire, Mt Rainier....❤❤❤ such great memories of such a fun time so long ago 🤗 😂😂 LOL I remember the smelter well...we called it the Tacoma Aroma 😂😂
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. You have a great family history here too.
The best tour of Tacoma I've seen 😊.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Brother Greg the RUclips algorithm brought me back to you! Awesome wonderful stupendous intriguing hilarious beautiful video!
Thanks! Glad you liked it! Now if youtube can algorithm a few million more people to my channel I'll be ok with that!
Just moved from Tacoma last year, after 20 years there raising my sons. This vid brought so many memories. I am an empty nester in Iowa now.
I hope it brought back good memories for you.
Thank you Greg. Visiting your city soon. This was a great tour and ideas on places to visit. 👍
Thank you. I hope you have a great time. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Awesome presentation of the landmarks and history of Tacoma with its famous residents. I'm a newbie to this city and appreciate how informative and entertaining this video was... I have so many other places to explore now. Thank you!
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. Hope you get out there and see some cool things.
Outstanding video featuring the beautiful landmarks that I still remember well! Amazing artwork: it looks like you can be a director, producer and narrator at the same time. Also, love the music selection perfectly aligned with every theme and aerial view. It was definitely worth watching it 😍 (even though there was no Tom Cruise or Chris Hemsworth). Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work! 🤩
Yeah, I thought about it. But then I realized I had the budget for a really good looking actor to narrate it so I sprung for him.
Maybe you’ll include one of those actors next time! We know you like to surprise us!
By the way, my favorite part here was soaring over Titlow towards the Narrow Bridge.
@@Dilsora That's a really pretty area. Especially at sunset.
Parts of this video made me cry and gave me goosebumps
Thank you, that's awesome to hear!
I am going to blast this all across social media! Bravo to you! I put in the search bar Tacoma, Wa liter to show my sister in Nebraska how bad Tacoma has gotten. And your video pulled up. I have the Mayor’s assistant’s email and they are going to get a link to this! This is how we want Tacoma! Bring it back!
It brought me to tears. My father moved us here from Nebraska to start his organ repair business. Although he has passed his sign is still in the building across from Peerless laundry on 12th Street. I’m now 65. We moved here back in 1960. Our first home here was right down the street from Bing Crosby’s house. A year later we moved to the south side a couple blocks from where his business finally landed. He had his shop in the garage before he bought the building. I can relate to every picture or place you mentioned.
That big train station. Waiting for grandparents to come for a visit from Nebraska and cry when they left! Pt. Defiance - remember the big swings they had and Never, Never Land? And not only did we go sled in the winter there but we would go ice blocking in the summertime. We would also sneak behind Annie Wright and go ice blocking back behind the building as well. In Junior High my friends and I would sneak behind the Washington History Museum, which has now moved downtown, that was across the bowl from Stadium high school. Those bleachers farthest away from the school we’re condemned. We would sneak in and throw rocks down the huge holes in the bleachers to see if we could hear where they landed. Never heard them hit bottom. There are tunnels underneath a lot of North Tacoma where people from the ships would smuggle stuff in or people. You also showed houses of my friends and also my boss’, both doctors. She was a dentist, he was the first Infectious Diseases Specialist here in the NW. Thats where I started. I was her dental assistant but later I also worked for him as well. She was the dentist for the movie stars when they came to town, including “I Love you to Death. that you mentioned with Kevin Kline, River, Phoenix, William Hurt, Tracy Ullman and more. The Three Fugitives was another movie with Nick Nolte and Martin Short. It was fun going on set. They were also friends of Dale Chihuly, with his beautiful work throughout the house.
Two brothers worked at Frisko Freeze. We kept our boat at Foss Harbor under the Murray Morgan Bridge, or what we also called it, the 11th Street Bridge. Stadium! We all graduated from there! So proud to say I went there. One thing that is sad is the Manuscript Museum closed down this year. I don’t know why. I lived here all my life and just heard about it about a year ago. My daughter even went to preschool at First Presbyterian a couple blocks over. My other daughter was married at Wright Park at the Conservatory.
I can go on and on. “The mountain in is calling. I must go!” Beyond beautiful. Thank you! You just brightened up my day! Now, everyone, smash that “LIKE” button and share with all your friends!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad some people have liked this. I put some effort into it abd taught myself along the way. I had wanted to do something like this, but I didn't even know how to put music to it, how to do voice overs, how to edit or cut video... So I taught myself on the fly and I didn't even realize that I could delete my voiceover if I messed up so I had to get it right the first time every time. But it taught me a lot and it came out pretty close to what I was hoping for.
I'm glad that some people appreciate my effort though. I appreciate your nice words and I'm glad it helped you relive so many great memories. Very kind of you to want to promote my video too. Thank you
Awesome! I miss home.
Thank you. Very awesome
Thanks!
Wow! The video looks great! The quality is amazing as well!
Thanks!
Fantastic! Great job!
Thank you
I remember in the 70's, you could still walk all the way across the Tide Flats, starting at the 11th Street Bridge and ending at the Hylebos Bridge. I remember once walking by a Japanese ship, and I could hear the commander speaking over the loudspeaker in Japanese.
I walked that way to go over to Brown's Point. Today I think you have to take the 509 freeway to get over there from the main part of Tacoma.
Dont believe the haters...Tacoma is a great town. Been around the beautiful planet ...t-town for me.
The city has a lot of charm. I too love to travel. Been to 94 countries so far.
Thinking about moving here with my wife thanks for the tour
Great. I wish you the best either way.
I spent a few years as a child living in Seattle while my dad was in school but I haven't been back since and I am visiting next month. I have fam and friends there. I figured I'd better bone up on my attractions and culture. Thank you so much for a totally enjoyable and educational and very well-deserved documentary about your hometown.
Appreciate it. Hope you have a great time. While you are in Seattle I recommend getting up to Kerry Park. More a viewpoint than a part, but it has world class views you'll be glad you saw. Especially if you can do it on a clear day so Mt. Rainier is out.
i'll look into it sir Thank you @@Gregthegreatone do you have other videos I should probably actually click on your page lol.... I am a clam chowder freak do you have a localstaple that's been there forever?Are you still live near Pismo Beach in California and they have splash cafe and it is unbelievably good clam chowder they win award after award but anonymous tasters every year so they must be doing something right. If you're ever in the hood jump in line because it goes out the door but don't get to you quick and they'll find you! Have you done a food video yet?
@@jphillips7083 There are a lot of places that serve clam chowder around here. In Seattle there's quite a few in and around Pike Place market. On the Seattle waterfront is just down from downtown is a local chain called "Ivar's" that is pretty popular. They are in a lot of cities around here such as Seattle and Tacoma. For me personally I think Skippers is much better. But it is not in as many cities as it used to be. But it is still in a few cities around here. Very friendly workers there too.
thank you very much sir! I'll look into it. What I really love about Ytube versus any other media is the fact that you are a real human being and you took the time to talk to me. Thank you. My nephew and I have been talking back and forth and we're going to have a great time while I'm up in Tacoma. I can't wait, Rain or shine it will be fun. Peace!@@Gregthegreatone
@@jphillips7083 Well I hope it will be sunny days so you can see Mt. Rainier. It's truly a sight to behold.
What a great video.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Amazing video ! Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you
It’s a heart felt your hometown tour turn to be a great places. Music made it spectacular and your monologue it’s pro with deeply connection with the places you tour. Am heading Tacoma 🔜, too bad you skip that Asian park might not your ideal I guess. Than for your hard work !
Thank you. It's my first time trying to use music, editing, adding music... I was just teaching myself as I went along. I'm glad you liked it. I appreciate the nice words. I definitely could have made another hour worth of touring. Even showing the high school memorial to possibly the greatest fighter pilot in American history Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, who fought even before America joined WWII for the "flying Tigers". An American volunteer group of pilots that fought to help China during WWII. He is credited with shooting down 28 Japanese planes. Anyway lot's of interesting things. Thanks for watching. Hope you get to visit here. I will be off world traveling again starting next week.
@@Gregthegreatone thanks for sharing and it’s honor to know your Dad it’s the member of “ flying tigers 🐅 “guess he is the team with President bush ( father) and the time at 1940’ American Air Force play a extraordinary role for a China and allied army eventually won 🏅 over Japanese at Southwestern part of China and around evergreen Moutain. I thought those hero’s invented the most amazing impossible way the support the war supplies. How come you can be so young if your pappy active at that time of period ? Anyway that’s the best humanitarian support during the world war. The best bond of Sino- China relationships.
@@athenaguan3809 Oh no, his nickname was "pappy" because he was the oldest member the flying tigers. He was 27 I believe and most of them were around 20-22 so they nicknamed him pappy. But he did graduate from Lincoln high school in Tacoma and we do share the same first name haha. But no, he would be much too old to be my dad. But yes, I am a big world history buff. I was planning to go back to China next week actually, but that fell through this time so. I will see a few countries in Africa and Europe over the next month. I would still like to see the memorials to WWII in Nanjing.
@@Gregthegreatone oh thanks for the correct and please check 重庆市（the temporary capital at that historical 8 years anti-Japanese war time. They preserved a lot where “ flying tigers 🐅 “ historians included later days the “ Marshal Road” or others. 成都 nearby or worth to go. The originate spices hotpot from( 四川麻辣火锅🍲）Yes the Nanjing massacre，will definitely blow humans mind how war brutality would go and let any other “ massacre” thought it’s a piece of cake compared this one. I am glad you come back to China. Would very much like to watch your next video what you see with rich view under historical background in Morden days. That would be a high quality documentary. Safe trip tour all over the 🗺️
Damn this video is filled with 💎’s, my wife and I took a shuttle from SeaTac couldn’t really saw everything. When we definitely have to check these places out when we head back. Thank you for the info 👏🏾👏🏾🤙🏾
Thanks, I appreciate it. You definitely should. Let me know if you have questions, glad to help.
I love this video . I’ve lived here my whole life, born in Seattle but we are selling our home because unfortunately my beautiful city of tacoma has changed so we are going to a more peaceful place Port Ludlow wa selling our home in May! You’ve done a great job of highlighting the most beautiful parts of tacoma which I will miss that’s for sure.
I wish you the best in your future. Hope it works out well for you.
Love this ❤ thank you, I learned a lot
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Amazing - a Treasure Trove of Information! Thanks for sharing. 😊🌷
Thank you
Your a superstar! 🌟
This is great video.
Thank you
Excellent video! Thank you!
Quite the extensive video, well done!
Thank you
@@Gregthegreatone Thank you!
@@thegatesofdawn...1386 by the way I just saw the gate of dawn in Vilnius, Lithuania a couple months ago. You can see it in my Vilnius video.
@@Gregthegreatone Oh! Thank you. 😊
He went to iowa. I'm from Iowa des moines living in wa for 3yrs now. Good site scene 👍 👌
Holllllllllllly smokes! It's like I was made for this place! I'm sold. I'm coming. See you in a month
Awesome! That's a great time to come too. I will be down recording at the Freedom fair.
@@Gregthegreatone sweet! Maybe I'll see you there! I LOVE the playful, sunny disposition you so awesomely display in your videos! I bet we'd have great fun! I'm gonna go watch that video/Tac-umentary again now. I'm so excited to explore Tacoma.
@@hilostateofmindThanks! I'm glad you like them. If you need help let me know.
@@Gregthegreatone well since you're offering I do have some questions about the area... Like, how often does it snow each year (I love the snow) and how many days are uncomfortably warm?
@@hilostateofmind This is one of the most mild weather places anywhere. So we get just a few days of snow each year (it is rarely freezing. But we do get a few days to experience it. Also the mountains nearby have snow all year (check out my Christmas video on nearby Leavenworth. Actually a Korean tv channel just asked me if they can use clips from it for their show next week). And it is very rarely very hot. Usually it's like mid 70's in the summer. We have average about three 90 degree days a year since WWII and I've seen it be 100 once which was a huge shock. I couldn't believe it. It lasted one day then immediately dropped. Some weird fluke thing.
Greg, this is great! Well, of course it is. Have you considered adding time stamps to each Chapter?
Thanks John. That's a good idea. I'll see if I can figure out how to do that.
Figured it out. Should have bookmarks now.
not sure how you get the mountain so big but love it!
Well, I can't take credit for that. I'm Greg the great, but not Greg the immortal. Depending on your beliefs, God or mother nature did that, but I'm glad you like it. Thanks!
tacoma is like if the outside of a city were the whole city
레이니어 산(Mount Rainier)이 그동안 보아온 역사기록들과 영상에서도 보아온 후지산하고 똑 닮아서 흥미롭네요.
I've lived in victoria bc Pacific Northwest but this place looks amazing will visit one day n will take your help this is prettier than victoria bc right?
It is. Great place to take photos. If you need help on suggestion on Tacoma or Seattle just ask. Victoria is also pretty as well though. The PNW is gorgeous. Especially on a sunny day.
@@Gregthegreatonethanks wen m planning to visit I'll ask doubts
Is homelessness a big issue in Tacoma??
Same question I have.
@@JohnLee-db9zt I've heard it's bad in Seattle
You guys would look at the Mona Lisa…and criticize her hair. Trolls…
Yes, it IS very bad, like in nearly ALL American cities. Some worse, some less bad. However, in this video the focus is on beauty and all things lovely. We don't need to see terrible things around the clock, and Greg has done a fabulous job bringing this beauty of a seriously cool city close to us:))
It is insanely bad in Tacoma especially, there are people camping all up and down the streets and in the alleyways, under every bridge, in front of stores, huge communities in the brush just off the freeways
You've done my home justice
Excellency
Thanks!
Lol😂 I wouldn't eat an antique sandwich if you paid me! Only fresh sandwiches for me. Sorry, I could not resist.
Mt. Ranier is stupendous and beautiful at the same time.
I won't lie. MSM deli is much better
Oh you showed all the beautiful spots in Tacoma now he needs to show all the bad spots
It’s very windy in Tacoma….
Is it?
Going to be station in JBLM. so hopefully ill enjoy the area.
Awesome! Hope you have a great experience. Summers here are really great. The weather isn't too hot and we get very little rain during that time. You'll want to check out the "Freedom fair" on Ruston way on the 4th of July. It's ranked as one of the biggest and best 4th parties in the country.
Its great you'll love it
Grew up there in the 50 and 60s ,before the hippies screwed it all up.😢
What happened to the hill top? That has to be one of the big attractions.
Johnson's is on Hilltop.
lets clean up the crime here in the northwest, like seatle tacoma has so much potential, if we both can solve our issues
How’s crime? I’ve been interested in moving there from Miami
North Tacoma is great. The East and south have more crime than the North.
I still hate driving in Tacoma. I find Lacey and Olympia are much more zen.
To each their own.
i feel like you definitely can’t see the mountain like that
You definitely can. That's Ruston way in Tacoma. There are several other really great viewpoints as well. Nothing is doctored or photoshopped.
I'm a resident of this City. To be frank its quite literally unavoidable.
Pt Ruston is at the end of Ruston Way it is not Ruston Way itself.
Ruston way runs from Jack Hyde park to point Defiance park. Point Ruston is part of it.
43:33 totem pole is no more. Was taken down by woke movement.
Crime statistics!
Tacoma is not even among the nation's top ten. So chill. And we haven't had any mass shootings there lately either...? It's all good, and ya'll would be totally safe in T-Town if you know how to behave, just like any other place on earth.
@@gmm3080Thank you for this response. With so many RUclips creations like this the first comments we'll see is "But the glass is 1/2 empty!"
Have you read the crime statistics
Isn’t Tacoma becoming another Seattle with homeless and drugs and woke liberal politics?
Tacoma is fundamentally different from Seattle, in all aspects. Both cities have a great deal of awesomeness and a good deal of less than ideal things to offer. Same holds true for Dallas, NYC, Chicago, L. A., S. F., Miami, Tulsa, Boston, Memphis, etc., etc. You get my point? This video was also not about politics, so let's just keep that out of it, shall we? There's a place for that if you'd like to talk about it.
Tacoma is worse than Seattle when it comes to homelessness and drugs. There are camps everywhere there is an open spot in Tacoma
Ah, the brotherhood of idiots…posting their crap about any city on a scenic or cultural blog.
And crime... PLU, south tac, Portland Ave... Sadly all of that is Tacoma too, not just parts of Ruston Way.
@@gmm3080Ah no. I don’t care about what you want. I asked specific questions because I’m considering to move to the region.
You call these atrocities beautiful? You dont live here.
One thing I have learned from traveling all over the world is that there is something that is being put into American's to never appreciate what they have. To never feel grateful or proud like other countries. It's very sad. But yes indeed these are great sights, that if it were other people, would be highly praised and highly regarded. Some of the poorest places with the least, I've seen some very happy, appreciative people that if they had any of what we had would take great pride in them and realize how lucky they are. I hope some day we get there.
I live in Tacoma, Greg is right about MY home. If you don't like it here, move.