I Drove Around California For A Month. It Was A Disaster.

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Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson

Күн бұрын

California has changed and NOT in a good way! Wow!
I sent a month driving around California on a road trip. I saw devastating homelessness, amazing ocean views and interesting desert communities. California has a lot to love, but this place sure has changed a lot.
It's been said that as California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. Well, that might be troubling if we all follow California's lead.
Here's an unedited view of my month-long road trip through California.
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@MateiEnric
@MateiEnric Жыл бұрын
I live in Romania, and I never encounter such poverty in my life. It looks like a third country. And, when you think that the main problem of the politicians in the U.S. is the suffering of men trapped inside a woman's body or a woman in a man's body and not these unfortunate people that live in the street... it's crazy!
@mikeb5372
@mikeb5372 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's crazy
@buljo5150
@buljo5150 Жыл бұрын
Yes but orange man was a bad man. He gone so things better now.
@joeaardvark9214
@joeaardvark9214 11 ай бұрын
@@buljo5150 Found the tard. Do you think california wasn't already like this when he was in office? HAhahaa
@User-jr7vf
@User-jr7vf 11 ай бұрын
the homeless/beggers in the US are way more well dressed than their fellows down here in latin america
@mrs.kathleenantuna7701
@mrs.kathleenantuna7701 11 ай бұрын
I agree. The politicians have deflected the real problems in this country such as homelessness, a broken education system, allowing corporations to pollute the environment, and a medical system that can deny a necessary surgery to save a life. We are moving to Northern Maine close to Canada.
@RigHauler
@RigHauler Жыл бұрын
About 30 years ago I lived in Ukraine and Russia (extreme North) and in my wildest dreams I would never thought that America looks like this. Later on I moved to Canada and became a truck driver. I covered hundreds of thousands of miles across United States and Canada for 22 years and I witnessed all this myself. Sometimes we live in imaginary world based on stereotypes and myths and it can be destroyed within minutes or hours once you look at it from inside.
@harrywalker968
@harrywalker968 Жыл бұрын
attitude,, im all right jack, fk you.. this is it,,dog eat dog,,exactly what they want.. i tried coming to the u.s. 10 yrs ago, had land spotted to buy,, sorry,,your british,,we dont give green cards to british people..
@v.r.2834
@v.r.2834 Жыл бұрын
Not stereotypes, but Hollywood propaganda
@lorddaver5729
@lorddaver5729 Жыл бұрын
@@v.r.2834 It's not Hollywood propaganda. It's real poverty. Stop fooling yourself.
@RigHauler
@RigHauler Жыл бұрын
@@v.r.2834 Yeah but they create stereotypes in people's minds.
@HelerifiKtion
@HelerifiKtion Жыл бұрын
Based on fake political boasting and propaganda.
@denome3725
@denome3725 3 ай бұрын
California is slowly becoming one of those Mad Max movies.
@Dingo7423
@Dingo7423 2 ай бұрын
Thanks to Governor Newsom🎉
@indianabroad4530
@indianabroad4530 Ай бұрын
Thanks to always voting Democrats.
@d1want34
@d1want34 Ай бұрын
Book of Eli
@TexasBurningFlower
@TexasBurningFlower Ай бұрын
That’s what I thought!!! Or waterworld
@allamar9083
@allamar9083 Ай бұрын
Looks like it’s already there.
@robertspencer90
@robertspencer90 2 ай бұрын
This is what they DON'T show you on California commercials.
@juanalmanza8167
@juanalmanza8167 15 күн бұрын
I travel regularly it's everywhere. You can see it in California because there's forty million people. Almost 1/5 of the US population. But this exists all over America. Haters can deny it's everywhere, but they're seriously lying. Texas, West Virginia, idaho, everywhere. The bigger the state. The bigger the problem. Covid just made inequality more visible. Get over it. Or, vote blue down the line to stop Republicans from creating this mess with their greed and corruption. Democrats hold some responsibility and complacency. BIDEN 2024 !!!!
@timgraaff7551
@timgraaff7551 Жыл бұрын
I’m 74 yrs.old. My best and happiest time of my life was growing up in Southern California. I can’t believe what has happened to that place. We are truly one step away from a 3rd world country!
@jongallardo8006
@jongallardo8006 Жыл бұрын
It is a third world country .that’s why I left
@anderander5662
@anderander5662 Жыл бұрын
We are there...
@rabbi6225
@rabbi6225 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been to third world countries, most of them aren’t this bad.
@louisliu5638
@louisliu5638 Жыл бұрын
Moi aussi, 72 in May and we sold our LA compound in El Monte when dad passed six years ago, just before covid. I can't BELIEVE it. But if you reach back to seven decades, every ten years SOMETHING happened that put California and the USA on the road to this. I'm in Canada now, in a beautiful area. Even in 3rd. world countries you can see people taking to time to clean up and keep clean where they live, even if it's an alley or street. And then you have those whose "culture" ignore that.
@MsSassySean
@MsSassySean Жыл бұрын
The reason why is because of this horrible distribution of wealth. Why are we allowing this. We vote for people who are only concerned with themselves. When you don't want to help people who can't/won't help themselves this is the result.
@Galen_G
@Galen_G Жыл бұрын
In the 50s and early 60s, California was paradise. The roads were open wide and as you drove around you could smell the orange blossoms, magnolias and honeysuckle. Everyone was laid back and happy. I miss that California and those days.
@jeffc2630
@jeffc2630 Жыл бұрын
Then vote Democrats not republican !
@majstealth
@majstealth Жыл бұрын
@@jeffc2630 that must be the "best" joke ever...
@lindsayschilling8707
@lindsayschilling8707 Жыл бұрын
Me too!
@jjano2320
@jjano2320 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like great times. Your lucky you got to live it.
@Galen_G
@Galen_G Жыл бұрын
@@jeffc2630 The democratic party today is not the democratic party of the past.
@robertj3116
@robertj3116 Ай бұрын
When you show places like Skid Row, you should also show where the governors and mayors live not necessarily their addresses, but show that they don’t have too much problem buying the next meal
@user-rq2es2io8y
@user-rq2es2io8y 23 күн бұрын
They live in gated communities, where their beloved poor are not allowed.
@blueterrace
@blueterrace 12 күн бұрын
@@user-rq2es2io8y multiple gated communities
@SithicusPL
@SithicusPL 3 ай бұрын
When I was a kid I always wanted to visit the West Coast and see Los Angeles and San Francisco with my own two eyes. Now I wouldn't go even if someone would pay me.
@Unrealnezz
@Unrealnezz Жыл бұрын
This is what happens when you let moneyhungry politicians ruin your country and tell you at the same time, that you are living in the greatest country on earth. Im from europe, but even in the poorest parts of our towns, you wont see this many homeless and /or drug-addicted people. Dont let them lie to you. They dont do anything for you, they just fill their own pockets, and you, the people, pay the price. Stay strong americans! We are one family.
@willymaykit1482
@willymaykit1482 Жыл бұрын
Blame the politicians, not the scumbag drug addicts. There ya go, got anymore lame excuses ?
@user-pm8je4fo7e
@user-pm8je4fo7e Жыл бұрын
They bombed your close neighbor with dirty nukes, they destroyed gas pipe that Germany, your main (and only) economy, relied upon, they brought war to your borders and f.ed you over many times including but not limited to racketeering you for NATO fees and giving you nothing of advertised. How is it possible that you still consider them your family?
@AngelloDelNorte
@AngelloDelNorte Жыл бұрын
Well, Europe never got heavily l*berals in their countries to ruin it. I'm Latino, but even I admit USA is way closer to Latin America rather than that of EU. Heck, Chile and Argentina are more alike to EU while usa isn't. That's just how far detached USA is from EU.
@willymaykit1482
@willymaykit1482 Жыл бұрын
@@AngelloDelNorte U.S. doesn't want to be like Europe. Voting has nothing to do with it. What makes you think republicans are so terrific ? How would they make this world better ? I'm waiting.......
@sciagurrato1831
@sciagurrato1831 Жыл бұрын
Hold on there….BO owns his five house fair and square.
@sarahofer4368
@sarahofer4368 Жыл бұрын
Heart-breaking. I grew up in CA. Before 1965, we didn't even have locks on our doors.
@36AccountsBlockedRIP
@36AccountsBlockedRIP Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, was the California you grew up in overwhelmingly populated by white folks before 1965, or were there also other reasonably large communities?
@indigomoon777
@indigomoon777 Жыл бұрын
Lol! But many Californians had to lock their doors. I hope you left, we don’t need any more white supremacists.
@fromthepeanutgallery1084
@fromthepeanutgallery1084 Жыл бұрын
The tents still don't. Tell us something new.
@ELZ00M
@ELZ00M Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was a long long long time ago. However, in other countries, people still don’t have to lock their doors. No one is doing what is right in the states. No one
@fromthepeanutgallery1084
@fromthepeanutgallery1084 Жыл бұрын
@@ELZ00M Not true. We have a friend in Palm Desert she has never locked her doors. Still doesn't.
@Otalk007
@Otalk007 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Nick Johnson, for taking time to do this video for viewers to see what's happening in our country.
@rusnahjohare8931
@rusnahjohare8931 Ай бұрын
While billion wasted for wars which got nothing to do with Americans.
@JohnDaetwyler
@JohnDaetwyler 3 ай бұрын
our Rome is falling! and it's coming to a theater near you!
@ctuckerct40gmail
@ctuckerct40gmail Ай бұрын
I'm GLAD SOMEBODY HAS SPIRITUAL EYES 👀
@Exmuslimsarajay
@Exmuslimsarajay Ай бұрын
Save Europe. Get Out.. Muslim..
@siddharthsinha2342
@siddharthsinha2342 Жыл бұрын
This is sad to see. Some points come to mind. I am from Mumbai, India. We have the largest slum in Asia, but within that are ppl with all amenities, incldg fridge, ACs, computers etc but no 'proper housing'. Some places have community toilets, etc, but in this video, I see nothing of the kind. I see 2 issues: 1. Hiding a reality doesn't work. If it's public, people will help (like we do in India, we keep talking about it, and government listens). 2. Imagine this! In 20 years, the US government wasted $2 trillion in Afghan war only to replace Taliban with Taliban If half that money was spent here, it'd have kept lives liveable But... the Miltary Establishment has more 'urgent' issues. Sad!
@gedofgont1006
@gedofgont1006 Жыл бұрын
You make an excellent couple of points. US military spending on futile wars is quite probably the biggest crime against humanity ever perpetrated by anyone, anywhere.
@josepeixoto3384
@josepeixoto3384 Жыл бұрын
well said; ignoring the problem like the US Mr JOe Biden does, does ot make it go away; but maybe He shd go away... where is gawd,by the way; he is away too??!!
@wd3650
@wd3650 Жыл бұрын
Its wierd how the west lapped up slumdog millionaire, when they have one in thier backyard
@lilybertine5673
@lilybertine5673 Жыл бұрын
There is an important difference: Western societies (and US in particular) are much more individualistic, which makes them less resilient to change and collapse. While there is a much larger sense of community and intergenerational solidarity in societies with lower levels of individualism.
@lilybertine5673
@lilybertine5673 Жыл бұрын
@@gedofgont1006 They're not futile. It's a business model which only profits to a few, at the expense of many others. But yes, it is a crime against humanity as a whole, but also to the US population. Investing in health, education, food quality, better farming practices, would make the country much richer in a sense, and i think much happier.
@Ziggimomspal68
@Ziggimomspal68 Жыл бұрын
Angry & frustrated doesn’t begin to describe how I feel about the sewer that our cities & towns in Cali have become. Not to mention all the near misses on freeway on-ramps & off-ramps & such trying to avoid hitting these people or their refuse. And speaking of refuse, dodging human excrement on sidewalks, bus stops & benches…it’s beyond disgusting.
@dc76384
@dc76384 Жыл бұрын
Well still far better than being a red state. Just imagine how bad it would be if Trump was President agai
@livescript4462
@livescript4462 Жыл бұрын
What a disaster. So many parts of California are so beautiful. I'm sorry :(
@mikesrandomvideos
@mikesrandomvideos Жыл бұрын
i am so angry and frustrated I am filming it too!
@scottrawlins8165
@scottrawlins8165 Жыл бұрын
😢😢
@inthesunbythebeach
@inthesunbythebeach Жыл бұрын
@@livescript4462 Some areas of California are are really nice and not plagued by homeless people and trash all over the place. Why can't all of California be like that?
@truthtell4life
@truthtell4life 4 ай бұрын
I live in California and it sucks. I visited other states and it helped me have faith in humanity again.
@TenTon-mm6jl
@TenTon-mm6jl 3 ай бұрын
When are you leaving?
@beng4647
@beng4647 2 ай бұрын
I feel like every city in America is the same nonsense.
@StephanieP-zj3df
@StephanieP-zj3df 4 ай бұрын
So much for diversity, equity and inclusion.
@mikelamatria3610
@mikelamatria3610 4 ай бұрын
So queer people is guilty of this as well???😮😮😂
@andsoitbegins464
@andsoitbegins464 3 ай бұрын
Yup! The ignorance and stupidity is astounding.
@Broatch6
@Broatch6 3 ай бұрын
Let’s defund the Police so the poorest of the poor will have absolutely nobody to defend them (against criminals, drug dealers and gangsters).
@CodyRedskin
@CodyRedskin 2 ай бұрын
Woke simp liberal politicians
@martinmikkelsen-yd8sn
@martinmikkelsen-yd8sn Ай бұрын
the two of you said the oppesite of eachother... and yet you managed not to say anything at all... impressive...
@Liss1122
@Liss1122 6 ай бұрын
I am a long time California resident. I can tell you that all that you see here is the reality of our state now. It’s shocking. The homeless epidemic is unbelievable. Nobody can afford housing and most industries packed up and left due to taxes and labor costs. There is not much gray area between poverty and elitism. I am middle class, and make a decent living, but had I not bought a house 10 years ago I couldn’t afford in today’s economy. Also, many wealthier people own multiple homes and they only rent them out as VRBO for crazy amounts of money. A working class person cannot afford rent. Small towns are in dire condition as well. Companies such as Amazon destroyed small companies. They cannot compete so they are boarding up. It’s a nightmare scenario.
@nastap4165
@nastap4165 4 ай бұрын
you're the first commentator here who understands the real causes of the problem!
@billy-il8td
@billy-il8td 4 ай бұрын
keep voting blue! 🤭
@Guilherme-ji9po
@Guilherme-ji9po 4 ай бұрын
This is happening everywhere, I live in a city of Brazil, and I can tell you, we also see an increase rate of homeless.
@jazzyfizzle1376
@jazzyfizzle1376 4 ай бұрын
@@billy-il8tdkeep thinking they’re not the same. Blue or red, they are opposite sides of the same coin and your dumb arse aren’t getting it 🥴
@lenibeni7421
@lenibeni7421 4 ай бұрын
@@billy-il8tdyou can keep voting whatever you want, the two party system is truly f-ed. There is no way out if it because both parties are corrupt and LOVE the money they get from big corporations. Neither of them care to better the living conditions of the poor… because taking advantage of people and their work load is what got them their wealth! The only thing that could fix it would be a TRUE government and system change. The US suffers from capitalism in the terminal stage. THIS is where no public healthcare, good public education and no unions in big companies lead you to… Workers rights in the US are the equivalent to those of the 1850 basically everywhere else? The American dream is for the rich to get and stay rich and for everyone else? Well the rest gets poorer by the minute. And what are all citizens fed? The lie that if you just work hard enough you will be at the top one day… but that is not how it works. No one working 3 jobs will ever get there because those jobs? 95% if what you generate goes straight into your bosses pocket, if you’re lucky you get 2% of that as your salary and that’s without tax deductions. Those jobs were not made to get you wealthy or even provide a good life, they were meant to generate more wealth for the higher ups… But somehow the US managed to tell her citizens that lie and profited off of it! Not only do people work hard and harder because they want to "make" it, generating a lot of wealth. NO! They are also against everything that might sound even a little bit "communist" like paying for a good general education everyone can benefit from or public healthcare that actually is worth its money! No, they are also against unions! THE tool against big companies taking advantage of you, the tool to fight for worker rights… because people don’t want to restrict the power of the 1% in fear that once they "made it" they would also be restricted! It’s truly f-ed up! Americans going against their own people, against themselves, suffering greatly from it, WILLINGLY, because they still dream about being super rich and they don’t want them to lose their privileges in fear they would also not have them when they get there… The truth is, they will never get there and instead of being realistic about it they rather relax, lay back while being fed bullshit and actively sabotage any attempt to make life better for the middle and lower classes…
@sarmstrong7020
@sarmstrong7020 11 ай бұрын
The most depressing thing about this is that ungodly amounts of taxpayer money have been spent trying to address these issues and there is absolutely nothing to show for it (other than a whole bunch of politicians and "community leaders" lining their pockets).
@luckyadeloye3452
@luckyadeloye3452 11 ай бұрын
Are you serious? I thought there is no corruption in America.
@stephanieturner5931
@stephanieturner5931 11 ай бұрын
Because you can’t tax people into prosperity, only into poverty. It’s now been proven but we want to keep escalating with more taxes.
@noreenebostick9593
@noreenebostick9593 11 ай бұрын
You might want to call them a pile of ticks. I am 66 years, one month and 14 days as of my comments. Smiles
@noreenebostick9593
@noreenebostick9593 11 ай бұрын
The Bible scripture has God said man has dominion over the earth. Nick’s videos do not represent humans having dominion and taking care of it properly. I still see hope and patient for God to intervene. Smiles
@AzzekaTheRealOne
@AzzekaTheRealOne 11 ай бұрын
when the people are cowardly fearful and selfish..
@user-ie8rn7rm1p
@user-ie8rn7rm1p 2 ай бұрын
I live in the UK and for that I am so grateful. Never been to the States and after seeing all these videos I have absolutely NO desire to! Such a shame.
@SuperNevile
@SuperNevile 2 ай бұрын
Problem is there are videos of the dark side of English towns giving the same impression to Americans
@blitz_zen
@blitz_zen 2 ай бұрын
There are wonderful & horrible places in both countries. Travel as much as you can!
@teslarob4790
@teslarob4790 Ай бұрын
I tell people all over the planet - DON'T come to the USA - there is NOTHING here worth seeing. Unless you like seeing SHITE.
@user-ji7jy6dr8l
@user-ji7jy6dr8l Ай бұрын
We’ve seen all the videos of your declining ersatz ‘democracy too friend”. Pensioners who can’t afford to heat their flats, people lining up in soup kitchens, empty shops all along your high streets, the crumbling infrastructure, the unaffordable housing, violent yorbs in hoodies wandering your city streets in packs. Britain is heading in essentially the same downward trajectory as USA, don’t deceive yourself.
@SesterSinmon
@SesterSinmon Ай бұрын
U.K. is in the same state U.S. is!
@MaximRedin
@MaximRedin 4 ай бұрын
I live in Russia and glad this fact. But how can it possible to have so many poor homeless people in such rich country. It's a big shame for their government and social systems
@beachthor1
@beachthor1 4 ай бұрын
I couldn’t be happier that I moved out of this state 10 years ago. I feel like I avoided a car crash.
@nadinefischer7117
@nadinefischer7117 4 ай бұрын
I recently left. I couldn’t avoid the car crash, sustained some serious injuries, but now I’m recovering and am in a better place. Wish I’d left sooner.
@thomasslone1964
@thomasslone1964 3 ай бұрын
thanks for bringing your prices to our states
@th3azscorpio
@th3azscorpio 2 ай бұрын
Lol. I left in 2012. So happy I did. I grew up there during what I feel was its true golden era/peak. I left the state right as it began its descent downward. I'll never forgive the demonrats for what they did to this beautiful state. I cant imagine myself ever going back either. The state has lost its lustre, and seeing footage of California now, just feels like stepping back in time.
@fedupdomer5654
@fedupdomer5654 2 ай бұрын
its everywhere.. not unique to CA. only more in the open because of the weather
@Dingo7423
@Dingo7423 2 ай бұрын
we left 2019, couldn't be more happier
@th3azscorpio
@th3azscorpio 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for documenting all of this in these videos. You are doing more of a service to this country, and showing people the actual reality of whats at stake, than any official media organization, or journalist ever could. I thouroughly enjoy these.
@CodyRedskin
@CodyRedskin 2 ай бұрын
This is what mainstream media don't show you, it doesn't fit their narrative
@negrotski
@negrotski 2 ай бұрын
Lots of Canada is like this too btw -- maybe not as extreme, but noticeably worse.
@jamesgraham6122
@jamesgraham6122 Жыл бұрын
I'm a Brit who's driven over a good deal of the US, also flown over it with a small aircraft, stopping off and looking around. I've worked on the east coast/west coast and Tx. People who don't know America, and that includes the majority of Americans, have no idea just how much poverty there is in the country. It's not surprising that California attracts the most desperate, if you find yourself living on the street it's unlikely you'd select Wyoming or Alaska.
@catvisiontv855
@catvisiontv855 Жыл бұрын
We all need a Universal Dividend if getting this we would get about 25k more a year by taking 30% of GDP and giving it to everyone who is an Adult living in the US for at least 2 years. Get it on a ballot.
@gtc1961
@gtc1961 Жыл бұрын
@@catvisiontv855 OK, Mr. Stalin...what do you do when you run out of other people's money? How about we just get people jobs so we don't have to worry about handouts.
@strengthandbulkMadness
@strengthandbulkMadness Жыл бұрын
Britain will end up much worse once it becomes Africanized/Muslimized. Give it 10 years before London becomes a wasteland with African-migrants hunting-down white- Brits with machetes/bludgeons.
@matthewmcmahon1541
@matthewmcmahon1541 Жыл бұрын
​@CatVision TV sorry, but no. You and every other American is not entitled to my money. I'm not paying additional taxes because people refuse to be productive. If your life sucks, it's your own fault.
@megclifton6692
@megclifton6692 Жыл бұрын
​@@catvisiontv855 Elon musk has mentioned it a lot a universal income will be needed
@TheRealFamespear
@TheRealFamespear 10 ай бұрын
I live in a second world country and we don’t have a fraction of the homeless that America has. I’ve never seen a homeless encampment in my city (one of the largest cities in Asia). Something is terribly wrong with The US.
@NikitaSS7
@NikitaSS7 9 ай бұрын
Where do you live? Which city? If it’s no a secret )
@kelleyrancher
@kelleyrancher 9 ай бұрын
Keep in mind all these bad areas are people that are addicted to alcohol or serious drugs mostly it's a drug problem part of its just homeless people but not the biggest part
@endtimes9763
@endtimes9763 7 ай бұрын
America has removed God and when the Word of God is removed, insanity rules.
@Liss1122
@Liss1122 6 ай бұрын
We are too busy sending money to Ukraine and Israel and filling the bellies and egos of politicians and their special interests. We can’t afford to take care of our homeless.
@USAwelsh
@USAwelsh 6 ай бұрын
Yea. It's called "free market capitalism" Rich people think it's great.
@tigerM15
@tigerM15 3 ай бұрын
what happened to this beautiful country, the land of dreams and great people, the USA is falling, it's sad to see ,I'm from Poland, from a country that loves the USA
@marblox9300
@marblox9300 Ай бұрын
The problem with Poland is it is full of Polish People.
@cornells.1727
@cornells.1727 18 күн бұрын
What happened? What do you think happened? The leftists and all the other mentally disturbed people got to lead this state and soon the entire country. What other results are you expecting when idiots get in power?
@adrianaangelcoria1248
@adrianaangelcoria1248 17 күн бұрын
It's still a beautiful country. Some people just don't like to work. I am from Mexico and I know Mexicans living there and have nice homes because they work.
@marblox9300
@marblox9300 17 күн бұрын
Why is it sad that you are from Poland.??? You hate Polish People.???
@kris78787
@kris78787 17 күн бұрын
Florida is still nice. It's a Republican run state, that's why
@kimberlymcjunkin2641
@kimberlymcjunkin2641 2 ай бұрын
Because of your videos we changed our vacation plans and are staying clear away from California's big cities. I lived in East L.A. back in 1990 and skid row was an eye opener for this sheltered, small-town girl. I see that it's much, much worse now.
@indy18286
@indy18286 Ай бұрын
oh good!! you do know all states have their slum regions. I liv in calif and I Lov it but I don't live in slums. and i have lived in 8 different states and have traveled all through America.
@kimberlymcjunkin2641
@kimberlymcjunkin2641 Ай бұрын
@joegally9411 we are visiting three southern California national parks and one in northern California. The folks I have interacted with so far on the phone and making reservations have restored my feeling that the rural and smaller towns are going to be FINE. ☺️
@dalenebasson5628
@dalenebasson5628 Жыл бұрын
I am a South African from Cape Town and we are seeing that all over our country. I was shocked to see the same thing happening in America. It is so sad.
@faghrudien1
@faghrudien1 Жыл бұрын
yes in seapoint , town etc.
@ramongonzalez2112
@ramongonzalez2112 Жыл бұрын
The template in western societies IS SA. First demonize the white man then beat, kill, and arrest them while raping the women. These white, woke politicians like Gavin Newsom will then be tossed aside as the BLM, La Raza, and Islamic mobs will fight for control; raping and pillaging in tribal warfare for what’s left.😞🙏🇺🇸
@leomarkaable1
@leomarkaable1 Жыл бұрын
De-industrialization. The kind that the computer tycoons feast on.
@indiasuperclean6969
@indiasuperclean6969 Жыл бұрын
WOW SIR VERY DANGEROUS !😠😠I WILL NEVER GO TO USA!😠😠 BUT THIS IS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA 🤗🇮🇳 THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD , WE NEVER DO SCAM AND WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗
@fromthepeanutgallery1084
@fromthepeanutgallery1084 Жыл бұрын
They got Johannesburg. Capetown is next. Just wait and see.
@MidnightFireHuntress
@MidnightFireHuntress Жыл бұрын
I grew up in California, it was nothing like this when I was a kid, such a shame to see how it was ruined, glad I got out while I could.
@blakeh6250
@blakeh6250 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@martinnormand7458
@martinnormand7458 Жыл бұрын
Thank a Democrat!!!
@yvonneplant9434
@yvonneplant9434 Жыл бұрын
What was the population when you were growing up? What was the cost of housing then?
@yvonneplant9434
@yvonneplant9434 Жыл бұрын
​@@martinnormand7458 This didn't happen because of Democrats. It's started in the 80s/90s when Republicans were more prominent.
@stephen-dev
@stephen-dev Жыл бұрын
@@yvonneplant9434 It's 2023 now... still nothing, huh?
@bradley-sky-watcherlynn2612
@bradley-sky-watcherlynn2612 3 ай бұрын
This is a crisis, every where.. only to get worst. They just took down several homeless camps in Salinas, CA. Last year. Prayers for the homeless 🙏😇
@genes.3285
@genes.3285 Ай бұрын
Holy mackerel. I thought I had seen everything until I saw a lady with her pet rabbits out on the street, caged. As advice to the channel owner, I would have grouped the videos together by city.
@debradoernbach5548
@debradoernbach5548 Жыл бұрын
I loved CA, when I was a kid. Not much traffic to speak of, all the flowers, strawberries, lemons and limes filled the air. It was all amazing. I am so sad to see this..thank you for the work you do to educate the public.
@louisliu5638
@louisliu5638 Жыл бұрын
I ran down the Interstate 5 six years ago when dad passed in LA, sold the family house, and now I would't want to go back as it would ruin the memories. I trimmed up the navel orange and lemon tree all the neighbors would come for fresh juice. End of an era.
@ladesigner8764
@ladesigner8764 Жыл бұрын
It’s still nice. Just avoid many of the places in this video.
@sonder007
@sonder007 Жыл бұрын
Now shit, piss and vomits fill the air
@scottslotterbeck3796
@scottslotterbeck3796 Жыл бұрын
Massive illegal immigration turned a state that twice elected Ronald Reagan to what it is today.
@eugenewalton7336
@eugenewalton7336 Жыл бұрын
It’s heartbreaking. To remember what these places were like and what they have become. It’s just sad.
@schuy601
@schuy601 Жыл бұрын
This is what the Democrats and their corruption and communism are doing to the United States
@MrMac5150
@MrMac5150 Жыл бұрын
Leaders we have today are watching this and just laughing, just sick just sick.
@jimbo43ohara51
@jimbo43ohara51 Жыл бұрын
Thought it was bad down here in Oz, but this is mind boggling.
@Frontslider
@Frontslider Ай бұрын
So happy I left California 4 years ago. Slowly at first and then all at once into rot.
@peterkariuki9073
@peterkariuki9073 10 күн бұрын
Where did you go blessed man?
@Frontslider
@Frontslider 9 күн бұрын
@@peterkariuki9073 Des Moines Iowa, a mostly white safe and affordable place to live. But you have to mow a lot of grass.
@soyunceltafurioso3306
@soyunceltafurioso3306 Ай бұрын
17:24 nooooooo Chabon 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
@marknan5352
@marknan5352 Жыл бұрын
My father was a navy WW2 vet. This is not the country he fought to save . So sad .
@JamesO512
@JamesO512 11 ай бұрын
And yet, remember that even prior to WW2, such things as the Great Depression were happening, and slavery, and so much more. America has never been, nor will it ever be, a paradise everywhere for all people at all times. There are always challenges. And suffering is always a part of things. Also, this video involves a lot of cherry-picking to show some of the worst spots. I am an American from a poor region in Colorado and recently moved to Slovakia to be with my wife, who is Slovak. I miss the US! I see its value more now than I did while it was all I knew, especially in the basic core value of freedom. People don't realize how good it is in so many ways, even now, even where it isn't so glamorous. The American approach to life is still worth fighting for.
@janmojzis
@janmojzis 11 ай бұрын
@@JamesO512 US is a paradise for everyone rich, living in their tall&expensive flats and apartments, far above the commoners. And living in their villas surrounded by a tall walls and personal guards. Yes, then you are living in a paradise. But this is just an illusion, you see as soon as you get out from your bubble to the real world.
@suehafford9463
@suehafford9463 10 ай бұрын
My father was in ww2, and knew when to get friends with rifles and scopes . THIS WOULDN'T BE TOLERATED. UNITE AND STOP GOVERNMENT CONTROL, ELIMINATING 50% OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, CUT FREE MONEY AND SERVICE
@Secretorder13
@Secretorder13 5 күн бұрын
Like I say the people who made the ultimate sacrifice in WW2 if they could look at the country now they'd have fought for the germans
@Kuulei265
@Kuulei265 Ай бұрын
Like a dystopian nightmare. Back in the sixties people dropped acid to see stuff like this. Now you can see it in real time sober.
@antonlavrentiev5249
@antonlavrentiev5249 4 ай бұрын
Great work, man.
@geesh8709
@geesh8709 Жыл бұрын
I give you a lot of credit for documenting this Nick. It's important and I share it on social media. Thanks for spending the time.
@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson Жыл бұрын
Ok!
@tallwalls76
@tallwalls76 Жыл бұрын
@@NickJohnson I have often wondered as I watch your vids why you have such a dour look. It just hit me that I would have the same appearance filming this catastrophe day after day. Bravo your endurance. (edit spelling.)
@huertalapaz8359
@huertalapaz8359 Жыл бұрын
Governor must be so proud
@scottslotterbeck3796
@scottslotterbeck3796 Жыл бұрын
You took your life in your hands.
@freebirdjackson5511
@freebirdjackson5511 Жыл бұрын
I’m 65 and was born in Avenal, raised in Fresno, and went to college in LA in my 20s. I lived in LA during the 84 Olympics which was also about the time The Night Stalker was on the loose. I bought my first house in San Gabriel in 1985. I left the CA in 88 to further my education. I had the intention of moving back and retiring in San Diego. Watching videos of Cali is like watching a close family member die in front of your eyes and there’s nothing you can do about it.
@missmartyjackson
@missmartyjackson Жыл бұрын
"Watching videos of Cali is like watching a close family member die in front of your eyes and there’s nothing you can do about it." It's more like watching a home security cam and seeing strangers have broken in and are torturing your loved one to death and there's nothing you can do about it. That's how I feel here.
@scottslotterbeck3796
@scottslotterbeck3796 Жыл бұрын
Not true; vote Conservative.
@benjoudi3399
@benjoudi3399 2 ай бұрын
Maybe it is best to guve it back to mexico they can si better with it
@juhaTre
@juhaTre Ай бұрын
Back to the future II. Biff is running California
@multipass888
@multipass888 3 ай бұрын
You no longer have to drive down route 66 to Oatman AZ to see a ghost town... I will always cherish my beloved memories of California circa many many years ago.
@jessicabailey6792
@jessicabailey6792 Жыл бұрын
I lived in San Diego from 2004 to 2009. Needless to say, the homeless problem has gotten WAY worse than it was then.
@jamesmack3314
@jamesmack3314 11 ай бұрын
I just got back from visiting the area around Carlsbad and Encinitas and I was pretty impressed. It was basically clean and people were civilized, and it seemed like a very pleasant quality of life.
@kissthis5361
@kissthis5361 11 ай бұрын
And having this in their native country they use to slag off Russia and other former Soviet states.🤦🤣
@deborahdean8867
@deborahdean8867 11 ай бұрын
30 millian poor immigrants since Obama.
@jamesmack3314
@jamesmack3314 11 ай бұрын
@@deborahdean8867 it’s a disaster turning the US into a 3rd world nation
@MrOldvideo
@MrOldvideo 11 ай бұрын
I live in Germany and I visited California in the late 1970s three times, it was wonderful, like a paradise. To see this now, it makes me so sad and frustrated. Will Germany become like that in a few years? I think so, but I won't be around anymore!
@eeeesloth1865
@eeeesloth1865 11 ай бұрын
no comments, it's shame am crying my beautiful CALIFORNIA ful of garbage this people hates America thank to Nick for this video.
@tijluilenspiegel
@tijluilenspiegel 11 ай бұрын
Where whould you go to, if you don't mind my asking?
@AzzekaTheRealOne
@AzzekaTheRealOne 11 ай бұрын
when the people are cowardly fearful and selfish...
@minixtvbox
@minixtvbox 10 ай бұрын
Yes, merkle let in Afrikaans like California let in Mexicans
@HrSamstag
@HrSamstag 10 ай бұрын
Das Ding ist ja nicht nur, dass es an einigen Stellen der Welt schon so aussieht (Frankreich, Russland, China…alle kriegen ihr diesbezügliches Fett ab), man kann sich leicht an einer Hand ausrechnen, dass es bald massiv viele Alte und wenig Junge geben wird. 70+% aller Staaten weltweit weisen mittlerweile eine Geburtenrate von unter 2 auf. Alte leben derzeit länger, Junge kommen kaum nach. Wer noch vor einer Bevölkerungsexplosion warnt, schläft.
@KyleClausius
@KyleClausius 4 ай бұрын
Real great interview bro…
@rj-zz8im
@rj-zz8im 4 ай бұрын
It's not just CA. It's everywhere, open your eyes.
@RedWolf17
@RedWolf17 Жыл бұрын
California is a shell of what it used to be. My first time residency there was before Silicon Valley was a thing. I lived in San Jose from 1981 to 1984. It was beautiful then. In 2000 I moved to Redondo Beach from Boston Massachusetts. California was still beautiful then. I’m back again after seven years away and it is mostly unrecognizable. A sad state of affairs.
@michelgouverneur885
@michelgouverneur885 Жыл бұрын
the number of poor people is raising .there is not middle class anymore .....in france we have (again ) a middle class but for how many times ? the french gvmt spend lot of money for poor people .
@schuy601
@schuy601 Жыл бұрын
California is the result of democrat politicians running the state look what they turned it into but you keep voting for them so you can expect this to get worse
@tommycash9
@tommycash9 Жыл бұрын
And it happened under progressive leadership.
@charrua59
@charrua59 Жыл бұрын
Dollar was connected to Oil after second world war. Kept dollar strong. Inflation keeps killing value of money. Been going on last 50 years. Gonna get worse when countries start moving away by from dollar and trade in other currencies. About to happen now that Oil energy becoming more thing if past ( at least they wanna change to other energy resources). Sorry too say that things gonna get worse. Biden Seems to be mental patient. Trump a attention seeking wore with childish solutions too complicated problems.
@alphajava761
@alphajava761 Жыл бұрын
@@tommycash9 most of the homeless are from red states. they're not natives here. red states have the highest poverty rates in the U.S.
@Alaninbroomfield
@Alaninbroomfield Жыл бұрын
My father was born in 1932 here in Michigan. When he was 16, he hitchhiked out to CA just for the heck of it. Back then, it was a golden land of opportunity & dreams, now it's just a place for the ultra-rich and the working-poor, and SOME middle class. Sad to see.
@NimNim2024
@NimNim2024 Жыл бұрын
God bless you Nick for raising awareness. I am an Iranian origin migrant, US citizen and these images in metro Atlanta was shocking to me. I wrote a letter to congress about it and mentioned them take care of your own veterans and citizens before bringing anymore refugee and immigrants like myself into this country but the system always looks for cheap labors and slavery. It is very sad.
@db-ui8bw
@db-ui8bw Жыл бұрын
I see the same happening in Canada. There are no proper jobs for it's own people and the country wants to bring in loads and loads of immigrants and students for dirt cheap labor. Add to that the thousands of fake asylum seekers who just cross into the country from the US who are put up in star hotels everything paid for by the government.
@paperandmedals8316
@paperandmedals8316 Жыл бұрын
Many if not most homeless don’t want to be taken off the street. California has spent billions on the homeless and the problem is worst. In the 1980’s the metal health hospitals across the US were closed. Those you see on the street today would have been involuntarily admitted decades ago. So the help you think these homeless need is actual forced hospitalization and that will never happen. Refugees and immigrants typically add to US society, the homeless are on the other side of that coin.
@SkullyTheHypnoSkull
@SkullyTheHypnoSkull Жыл бұрын
The coin of the refugee and the homeless is ever flipping.
@DoctorMangler
@DoctorMangler Жыл бұрын
@@paperandmedals8316 Lock 'em up, and if they continue to be drunk and drugged on public streets lock them up for longer and longer periods of time. If they're committing other crimes like selling their asses and theft, three strikes should earn them 50 years. But people keep voting for the leftist soft on crime politicians.
@thisguy1920
@thisguy1920 Жыл бұрын
They purposely poisoned america & caused these problems.
@deeprollingriver52
@deeprollingriver52 3 ай бұрын
Im a single female who loves to go camping/hiking. My little campsites always look like a homeless encampment.
@hikerx9366
@hikerx9366 Жыл бұрын
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse and we all know the worst is yet to come.😓🙏🏼
@gemmalee3032
@gemmalee3032 Жыл бұрын
Once you reach the bottom,, there's no way but up UNLESS you dwell down there. It takes mental strength, hange in perspective, spirit to survive, kick the bottom and pull yourself up no matter what.
@brendanmichel5313
@brendanmichel5313 Жыл бұрын
This is the way.
@hikerx9366
@hikerx9366 Жыл бұрын
@@gemmalee3032 I agree, no fear.... Just faith. 👍🙏
@schuy601
@schuy601 Жыл бұрын
Oh it's going to get worse because you keep voting for corrupt self-serving pocket lining communist Democrats
@jenniferbringman9054
@jenniferbringman9054 Жыл бұрын
Waiting for the AI to take over all jobs. Will everyone become homeless?
@petuniasevan
@petuniasevan Жыл бұрын
Seeing what has become of my home state just tears me in two. I was born in Los Angeles and grew up middle class in the East San Gabriel Valley about 20 miles east of LA. Mom was born and raised in LA, and my dad was from eastern Ohio. Our neighborhood was working class, lots of families from all over ethnically. My maternal grandparents lived nearby and I spent as much time there as at my own home. Rode my bike all over the place, enjoyed the climate and we kids had a good life. But somewhere along the way, apparently things were changing, and mom didn't like it. By the late 70s she was urging my dad to plan to move north. So we uprooted and moved hundreds of miles, and it was a culture shock for me. It was only a temporary fix, as same issues cropped up a few years down the line. Left for the military in 1985, came back after, moved away for good in 1993. I miss what was, what could have been, what should still be.
@reggie2334able
@reggie2334able Жыл бұрын
Same here except except I live in Oregon and it’s a disaster here as well.
@MapleSyrupPoet
@MapleSyrupPoet Ай бұрын
Appreciate this 🙏 God bless
@kalasatwater2224
@kalasatwater2224 Ай бұрын
Is good to expose all of this, keep doing it
@danielthompson7575
@danielthompson7575 11 ай бұрын
The politicians in California should be called to account for this , this is absolutely unacceptable .
@JohnMoore-xf5wy
@JohnMoore-xf5wy 11 ай бұрын
So? Who's gonna do it?
@svenlundergard1
@svenlundergard1 11 ай бұрын
Yes you're right. It all got worse when RONALD REGAN ended funding for mental health institutions. Those folks were just put out onto the streets and this is part of the downstream effect of that
@danielthompson7575
@danielthompson7575 11 ай бұрын
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy The elected politicians ! That is why they there are to begin with . That it has reached this stage should embarrass them all .
@serafinacosta7118
@serafinacosta7118 11 ай бұрын
The moment you uttered “ The Politicians in California “ , is the moment you delegated solving your problems to someone else. Don’t
@Evileneist
@Evileneist 11 ай бұрын
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy People from California, citizen daaannnnn
@moniquecopeland5711
@moniquecopeland5711 Жыл бұрын
Native of southern California, San Diego to be exact and the homeless problem is so sad and out of control. Getting worse by the day.😢
@lovesongization
@lovesongization 2 ай бұрын
Let’s hope everyone will be doing great next time you visit the same place
@user-ff4ix9jr5s
@user-ff4ix9jr5s 2 ай бұрын
I also thought the same 6 years ago. I took Amtrack from L.A to Sacramento. I saw those plastic houses all over in the side of the track
@specex
@specex Жыл бұрын
As someone who has lived in four different countries, this is just pathetic and really upsetting to see. This is where our politicians have taken us. Distrust Authority!
@patricialongo5870
@patricialongo5870 Жыл бұрын
Americans absolutely chose this! They're proudly non community non social everyone for himself! This is the promised land!
@barringtonsmith9147
@barringtonsmith9147 Жыл бұрын
Truth be told, it's happening at an alarming rate all over the U.S. the American dream has become a nightmare
@garypope6382
@garypope6382 Жыл бұрын
@@patricialongo5870 people vote for free stuff
@heyabusa1
@heyabusa1 Жыл бұрын
@@patricialongo5870 Do you ever stop and question why millions are traveling from all over the world to illegally enter the U.S. across the southern border every year? Or is that beyond you?
@thomaslawson801
@thomaslawson801 Жыл бұрын
California has been ruled and controlled by the Democrat party FOREVER and this is the result of their Policies. Yes it's horrible.
@horsegonewild
@horsegonewild Жыл бұрын
20 years ago San Francisco was my favorite place to visit. From Oregon it wasn’t that long of a drive. We drive down and have a fabulous dinner, catch trolleys to get around, visit China town, buy enough sourdough to stock in our freezer. Like Portland and Seattle, what has been done to our cities is criminal
@adammartin7007
@adammartin7007 Жыл бұрын
I was in San Francisco 17 years ago and the homeless problem was very bad then.
@Qrayon
@Qrayon Жыл бұрын
@@adammartin7007 I lived in San Francisco in the 1980s. The homelessness exploded when Ronald Reagan took office as President in 1981. I saw it with my own eyes. Since then, no politician has solved the problem.
@richardtuchscherer3589
@richardtuchscherer3589 Жыл бұрын
That's what happens when far left is in charge
@Mr_Facts
@Mr_Facts Жыл бұрын
@@Qrayon Naw man, I grew up here. It really, really hit the fan around 10 years ago. If you havn't been here recently, DONT BOTHER!
@Qrayon
@Qrayon Жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Facts Look. I've lived in the San Francisco Bay Area SINCE the '80s, and didn't move away until last December. So yes, I've been there recently, and I'm hep to the state of the homeless situation over the decades including 10 years ago and including now. What I'm saying is that even though there have always been homeless people, it was not a huge problem until Reagan became President. Never did I say that the homeless problem ever improved since then. As I said in my response to Adam, no politician has solved the problem.
@everioke
@everioke 2 ай бұрын
Lifelong Californians, my wife and I left four years ago for peace, affordability, and comfort in our retirement. It's working out very well.
@donalddday7741
@donalddday7741 2 ай бұрын
use to drive semis and as a driver you sometimes delivery on the worse parts of cities, i thought it was bad before i retired in 2014, feel bad for todays good drivers that have to go into these areas
@ZorinInc
@ZorinInc Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Southern California. I will NEVER go back. Not even to visit. It's too heartbreaking. 😢
@nick_captain_slow
@nick_captain_slow 11 ай бұрын
Same here. Australia is my home now.
@iamgroot4706
@iamgroot4706 11 ай бұрын
😢
@AzzekaTheRealOne
@AzzekaTheRealOne 11 ай бұрын
When people are cowardly fearful and selfish......
@ZorinInc
@ZorinInc 11 ай бұрын
@AzzekaTheRealOne I'm literally NONE of those things. When I lived there it was all countryside, dirt roads, and beautiful unexplored mountains. Now, it's all covered with houses, crime, hypodermic needles, and human poop. 💩 You enjoy! 🙄
@DiamondCrushIvory
@DiamondCrushIvory 11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂Right...I am looking to get out of Oakland very soon, it is a 3rd world city now, simply appalling
@dulcineadurance1391
@dulcineadurance1391 Жыл бұрын
Deregulation of banks, street drugs and lack of affordable housing ... no mental health services or affordable health care. Grew up in NYC ... no homeless that I can recall until the 80's. Been in Cali last 20 years. It is tragic the gap in wealth. This is a valuable video you have shared. We are in a terrible state.
@Harbinger_of_nurgle
@Harbinger_of_nurgle Жыл бұрын
You got what you voted for, sleep in that.
@Dalt21
@Dalt21 Жыл бұрын
@@Harbinger_of_nurgle if you think that this is only the doing of democrats, then you’re mistaken. Republican states / cities aren’t so great either. The whole country needs to work together. Quit the blaming shit , it’s not doing anything
@carloshortuvia5988
@carloshortuvia5988 Жыл бұрын
Keep on voting blue, guys.
@daverose4774
@daverose4774 Жыл бұрын
Well let's just give them free health care, free education, free housing ,free money free food free drugs And you can't pay for it after you've given every negroe in America 350.000 dollars for slavery 400 years ago America you are finished Go biden The destrutor of America 🇺🇸
@SuperSpeederCarl
@SuperSpeederCarl Жыл бұрын
@𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 𝕭𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖗 be careful your stupidity is showing, there’s people who have been waiting for government assistance for five years with children. Don’t sit here and tell me it’s just as easy as a program. You obviously know NOTHING about how this country is right now.
@jmichaeledgington6045
@jmichaeledgington6045 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Nancy you do such a good job with your district you do truly care for your constituents!
@johnnyperez1969
@johnnyperez1969 2 ай бұрын
No!!😮
@livingtribunal4110
@livingtribunal4110 3 ай бұрын
Looks fine to me. Exactly how I'd expect (and hoped) it would be.
@ajf5823
@ajf5823 Жыл бұрын
40 years later Mad Max is reality
@faheemabbas3965
@faheemabbas3965 Жыл бұрын
The death of the west coast.
@joyceleadbetter2600
@joyceleadbetter2600 Жыл бұрын
LA is Barter Town now.
@missmartyjackson
@missmartyjackson Жыл бұрын
Except Mad Max was in English.
@silverianjannvs5315
@silverianjannvs5315 Жыл бұрын
​@@joyceleadbetter2600 who owns Barter Town?
@maxmeeks9910
@maxmeeks9910 Жыл бұрын
Yep, and there are Books describing it ahead of the pandemic. I wrote em.
@connie7226
@connie7226 Жыл бұрын
I lived in Santa Barbara, California 50 years ago. It was absolutely beautiful.
@lindaweldon1927
@lindaweldon1927 Жыл бұрын
I did too Always thought Id return Not anymore
@Scott-ly2nk
@Scott-ly2nk Жыл бұрын
You said it was
@michelgouverneur885
@michelgouverneur885 Жыл бұрын
and now how it is ?
@zipcode9
@zipcode9 Жыл бұрын
I've been all over the country and my first choice to live anyplace would be Santa Barbara. It's my happy place. Sadly, I could never afford to live there.
@mitchyoung93
@mitchyoung93 Жыл бұрын
@@michelgouverneur885 It still has really nice areas...in fact most of it. Yet there are large pockets of extreme poverty. It's also really crowded now...to the point there are traffic jams.
@juanvera9469
@juanvera9469 2 ай бұрын
Our country is going down the hill what comes up must go down
@TexasBurningFlower
@TexasBurningFlower Ай бұрын
I am glad that I watched this. It throws away the idea of ever going to California again.
@Lisa1111
@Lisa1111 Жыл бұрын
Wait until it really gets ugly! Be prepared! ❤
@NoNameToYou
@NoNameToYou Жыл бұрын
I think we’re too demoralized to fight honestly.
@kamakaziozzie3038
@kamakaziozzie3038 Жыл бұрын
Sounds right. But we are past the demoralization. The country is now well into the destabilization phase.
@faheemabbas3965
@faheemabbas3965 Жыл бұрын
The west coast is dead. With Californians moving out to red states like now, we’re definitely doomed.
@seanobrien2306
@seanobrien2306 Жыл бұрын
"This is what America has come to ?" This is an eye-opening video and the devastating homelessness in our country... A lot of people are living paycheck to paycheck and barely surviving... We could be homeless in a heartbeat... Thank you for sharing the video... Sad... Sad for all... "Semper Fi" Mike in Montana :)
@patricialongo5870
@patricialongo5870 Жыл бұрын
It's how you want to be - public housing was never going to be. Americans proudly left themselves in the road. No socialism. No nanny state! WAR poverty and riches.
@harpran346
@harpran346 Жыл бұрын
People misused their votes. Look at the red states. Its definitely not this bad.
@JohnSmith-uy7sv
@JohnSmith-uy7sv Жыл бұрын
Not in Florida. That's why New Yorkers and californicationers are moving to Florida. Jeremiah 17:5 New Living Translation 5 This is what the Lord says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord." For by the Grace of God.
@JohnSmith-uy7sv
@JohnSmith-uy7sv Жыл бұрын
@AlisaRed◇BandanaDashaVVV41 Brigades NOT IN FLORIDA!!!
@FaYT02
@FaYT02 Жыл бұрын
Not America, man, not America. USA.
@Dan-440
@Dan-440 4 ай бұрын
I was there a few times in the early 90s and it was still quite nice.
@LawpickingLocksmith
@LawpickingLocksmith 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Joe B.
@Mar-en6fe
@Mar-en6fe Ай бұрын
Joke Biden
@leggiemeggie5837
@leggiemeggie5837 Жыл бұрын
Left Northern California last year.. the decline is so rapid .. The homelessness and despair.. it’s literally exploding. It’s heartbreaking to see what it’s become.
@noreenalbright2245
@noreenalbright2245 Жыл бұрын
Soros lives there, he's been kicked out of many countries for GOOD reason.
@chch4509
@chch4509 Жыл бұрын
I seen in this video how you can give your money for something but nothing to earn money. They haven’t factory’s and so on. I think some people must speak with the industry bosses about this problem.
@SuperSpeederCarl
@SuperSpeederCarl Жыл бұрын
@@chch4509 plenty of jobs California doesn’t want you to work though. They make more money with homeless programs that don’t work not to mention they won’t even arrest you anymore. People getting away with actual murder out there.
@Augfordpdoggie
@Augfordpdoggie Жыл бұрын
where did you live? I lived in Sacramento from 97-2015....I know live in Africa, way better standard of living, and much safer
@Mr.Wonderfull
@Mr.Wonderfull Жыл бұрын
are you in a better place now ?
@vanessaweiss3904
@vanessaweiss3904 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Southern California and have been all over those areas in the late 70 and early and late 80s I left in 92. So sad to see what has happened and is happening!
@feleciawallace8420
@feleciawallace8420 Жыл бұрын
I departed from my home state of California in 2000...never looked back 😢
@davidfessler1826
@davidfessler1826 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, let’s clean it up!
@chillwill5080
@chillwill5080 Жыл бұрын
@@davidfessler1826 Realistically, the only way to clean up anything is to get rid of two thirds of our parasitic government who steal more and more wealth from citizens to pay themselves ever larger salaries and bonuses. The results of their expertise at their jobs are pretty apparent in every sector of our society, hmmmm? :-/
@petuniasevan
@petuniasevan Жыл бұрын
I grew up in SoCal also (east San Gabriel Valley); our family moved to Northern California in 1979. I'd been back to my hometown many times (grandma still lived there) and to surrounding communities to see aunts and uncles, cousins and nieces/nephews. Moved permanently out of California in 1993. I miss what it was. I don't miss the crowds, crime, cost of living, homeless and bums, drugs, trash, loss of the middle class, lack of pride in community.... you name it.
@jayneblond
@jayneblond Жыл бұрын
Me too! I lived in Venice between the 60’s - 90’s, and worked in the fashion district blocks from skid row. This is not good. It will only get worse. 😢
@anthonymorris5084
@anthonymorris5084 Ай бұрын
This is what India looks like. Congratulations on your devolution.
@superiorretribution
@superiorretribution 26 күн бұрын
Temecula! I used to live right next door in Lake Elsinore! Temecula kept their city up.
@ladydi4runner
@ladydi4runner Жыл бұрын
💔As a former resident of almost 30 yrs in the SF Bay Area, this is so very SAD! Heartbreaking actually. 😱🫣So many places Nick,you’ve shown transformed from a lovely day out strolling to a nightmare of the wretched of Humanity. 🥵 Don’t know how Newsome can hold his head up. Can only hope there a way better times ahead. 🥲🙏🏻👍 Thanks for keeping it Real Nick. 👍👏🏻
@ActiveAussie2024
@ActiveAussie2024 Жыл бұрын
I don't know how you can stand it, going outside with literally shit all over the place, piss, and garbage. I know all of SF not like that but many areas have that.
@CheviotHills
@CheviotHills Жыл бұрын
The residents must enjoy it as they keep voting for more….
@bseidem5112
@bseidem5112 Жыл бұрын
@@CheviotHills No, the dems steal the vote now. Most cities will remain dem until the common folk rise up and terminate the deep state and start over with people who don't want the job, but create accountability.
@dianawitty9628
@dianawitty9628 Жыл бұрын
It’s happening in Tulsa Oklahoma
@vex6559
@vex6559 Жыл бұрын
He's not just holding his head up... he's going to preach to Florida supposedly 😆. "Just vote left and someday you too can live in a tent!"
@sionnachog894
@sionnachog894 4 ай бұрын
THE AMERICAN DREAM MY ARSE! I’M STAYING IN IRELAND!
@Ivan-wp1ne1
@Ivan-wp1ne1 3 ай бұрын
Greets from Russia, I prefer our “dictatorship” rather than this democracy😂
@joachimndahne5710
@joachimndahne5710 3 ай бұрын
lol u all Irish are in Australia 🇦🇺 😂😂😂😂
@sionnachog894
@sionnachog894 3 ай бұрын
@@joachimndahne5710I was there myself! Wasn't mad about it but a lot better than California , by the sounds of it.
@martycallmer9865
@martycallmer9865 3 ай бұрын
​@@Ivan-wp1ne1we are a Republic
@Ivan-wp1ne1
@Ivan-wp1ne1 3 ай бұрын
@@martycallmer9865 huyablic🍌
@carolbiondo
@carolbiondo 4 ай бұрын
I came from Brazil 2 years ago. These were the saddest memories I will forever carry with me : the empty parking lots with people suffering from drug addiction, the homelessness in the downtown area , the amount of car break-ins. For me in America you are responsible for your own success and well being . The people that make money have endless oportunities to make more money and have access to any luxurious items (including private doctors). On the other hand if for some reason you can't make enough money nothing comes for free. Vaccines for example , in Brazil you could get your child vaccinated at any neighborhood in any town as long as you wake up early and wait in line . In Charlotte if you tried getting vaccines in September 2022 the next availability was for December. Poor people don't even have easy access to birth control, to buy contraceptives here you need prescription from a doctor and even when you get you are bound to that one pharmacy your doctor sent the prescription to.
@David-fj5lz
@David-fj5lz 2 ай бұрын
Thud is looking mire like those ghost towns in the Wild West when the gold rush ended
@karinmilenebender
@karinmilenebender 9 ай бұрын
I'm from Brazil and I've got to tell you, you've managed to get yourselves into a situation that is even worse than in south american countries!! This is really disturbing! 😢
@WastedBananas
@WastedBananas 8 ай бұрын
the united states has started to see "favelas" much like the ones in Brazil.
@faustinreeder1075
@faustinreeder1075 8 ай бұрын
The USA has a lot of idiots who think socialism and government control is a good thing. Hopefully the people suffering are the clowns who voted blue
@mlionea
@mlionea 7 ай бұрын
Faveras are clean , neat. No lunatics there just a few
@alanj9978
@alanj9978 7 ай бұрын
We don't have half our population living in shantytowns.
@mileswilliams4356
@mileswilliams4356 6 ай бұрын
@@mlioneahell tf no they’re not 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@carlossoares712
@carlossoares712 4 ай бұрын
From 🎶🎵🎵🎶All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey, i've been for a walk on a winter day, i am safe and warm if i was in L.A🎶🎵🎵🎶 To 🎶🎵🎵🎶Under the bridge downtown is where is drew some blood, under the bridge downtown i could not get enough🎶🎵🎵🎶
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 3 ай бұрын
I moved to California in October 2023 and it has been a very clear case of making a gigantic mistake. I thought that moving here wpild bring more opportunities, not less and I sure as hell didn't think I'd be this broke all the damn time. California, as evidenced in this video, is a very clear example pf the have and the have nots
@gwynnmccallan8856
@gwynnmccallan8856 Жыл бұрын
Sadly this is happening in cities all across the country. And often people don't find themselves homeless because of a drug or alcohol problem. But once they've been out there awhile they turn to that to numb themselves to the feelings of anxiety, fear, helplessness, desperation etc. The cost of living has out paced the availability of jobs in this country that pay a high enough wage to live on. People constantly say "Get a job". But what job? Not everyone has the intelligence to do the kind of work that actually pays well. (The idea that anyone can do anything, they just need an education simply isn't true. My husband has been teaching a beginner college level programming class for the last six years. Every semester he has 25-30 students. Only two or three ever pass. Most of them just can't do the work.) We gutted the lower and middle class jobs over the last 40 years. If we don't redesign the work structure we'll eventually have only the rich, and the rest of us will all be homeless.
@ziruk-king4466
@ziruk-king4466 Жыл бұрын
Instead of giving money each week to people. Simply give a sturdy shovel.
@janicelee3148
@janicelee3148 Жыл бұрын
True! Build back the middle class, the backbone of the economy. In any case, normal isn't coming back. Jesus is. Best call on Jesus John 3:16 and be Rapture Ready 🕊
@Paislywalls4767
@Paislywalls4767 Жыл бұрын
I've never had a job that pays enough to live on my own. Am so glad now , they're referring to pay as a "LIVING WAGE ". Hopefully that will make at least some people Think about what it actually takes to have a home of one's own. But, sadly, most can't see past the end of their own nose. Teachings a fine line of work. Hope you do well. 🕊
@johnnieblackburn3182
@johnnieblackburn3182 Жыл бұрын
SO TRUE.
@steve0504
@steve0504 Жыл бұрын
It’s happening in all DEMOCRAT cities. NOT ALL cities. Just DEMOCRAT cities where the Demotard STRANGLEHOLD is destroying EVERYTHING it touches
@russellmcelveny1014
@russellmcelveny1014 Жыл бұрын
My wife and I grew up as teenagers a bit East of Berdoo in the early 60s when the Inland Empire was vibrant, welcoming and full of amazing people. It's very sad to see what has become of that area as well as the rest of Cali that we knew and loved.
@mikesrandomvideos
@mikesrandomvideos Жыл бұрын
Government has just thrown the wrecking ball to just about every city....San Bernardookie now.
@anderander5662
@anderander5662 Жыл бұрын
Most of my relatives moved from Oklahoma and Texas to Southern California in the 30s, 40s and 50s..... Every last one of them AND their kids and grandkids have moved back. I used to have dozens of relatives in SoCal....not one now.
@anderander5662
@anderander5662 Жыл бұрын
@@edmundmcgrath213 I see you got a degree in virtue signaling....congrats.
@schuy601
@schuy601 Жыл бұрын
This is what corrupt Democrat politicians did to the state of California a beautiful place to live but a hellhole because of the Democrats
@burly636
@burly636 4 ай бұрын
Pretty sad when the country is starting to look like a post-apocalypse movie. OUR COUNTRY!!! That's what it reminds me of. it's not only in California. It's already spread you ever look at Kensington Street in Philadelphia. That's sobering. I watch homeless videos regularly because I don't want to forget how other people are living and how it is in this country. But if you're illegal immigrant, you can have your hotel paid for food, and if you don't like the food, you can throw it away and go beg house the house, door-to-door. That's what they've done because they don't like the food they throw it away and beg for money from people in their homes. I know how I would show them my hospitality and welcome them. They wouldn't want to come back.
@peterkariuki9073
@peterkariuki9073 10 күн бұрын
How is the food prepared? Could be it is as worse as that of pigs?
@peterkariuki9073
@peterkariuki9073 10 күн бұрын
How is the food prepared? Could be it is as worse as that of pigs?
@peterkariuki9073
@peterkariuki9073 10 күн бұрын
How is the food prepared? Could be it is as worse as that of pigs?
@rjwhetstone8639
@rjwhetstone8639 3 ай бұрын
O, my God ! What a disgraceful disaster - a human tragedy
@pathlopez6750
@pathlopez6750 Жыл бұрын
I'm mexican and legal resident of USA, because of health issues I decided to go back to live in Baja California Mexico, life if easier here, less expensive, I'm impress to see so many US and Canadian citizens living here, they all say they love here better then the USA or Canadá, plus they can easier live with their retirement, It's so sad to see California with such problems and it will be worst.
@chrislaw8025
@chrislaw8025 11 ай бұрын
Jehovah god ,will bring an end to all poverty in the new system
@elizabethvillamil4707
@elizabethvillamil4707 11 ай бұрын
But I wouldn't feel safe in a country filled with cartels, hell no , I know that with al the migration coming from every where it just a matter of time here also 🥺😭😢😢😥
@mikepalmer2219
@mikepalmer2219 11 ай бұрын
The cost of living has gotten so out of hand in America. It used to just be in parts of it but now it is getting like that everywhere. It has seriously effected my living situation.
@red2theelectricboogaloo961
@red2theelectricboogaloo961 11 ай бұрын
@@elizabethvillamil4707 to be fair the cartels are more down south. doesnt mean baja cali is necessarily safe in comparison to the states but its not that dangeorus by mexican standards [is my guess] EDIT: i was right but NOT IN TIJUANA. tijuana is extremely dangerous.
@DIVISIONINCISION
@DIVISIONINCISION 11 ай бұрын
@@red2theelectricboogaloo961 Tijuana and Juarez are extremely dangerous, baby Boogaloo. You go down there on the wrong night and they'll chop your Booga from your Loo and we'll never see the likes of you on KZfaq again.
@lunainezdelamancha3368
@lunainezdelamancha3368 11 ай бұрын
The horrible places on this video don't look like "3rd world countries"... not at all. They look like Post apocalyptic cities!! The kind you see in movies like: The book of Eli, I'm legend and many others. I have traveled to many "3rd world countries" and I've never seen this level of filthiness and drug addiction. I've seen some but here in the US is exponential. I lived in Costa Rica for 10 years...then I came back to the US and I couldn't believe my eyes...😮 speechless!!! What happened????
@largol33t12
@largol33t12 10 ай бұрын
Ask the old dementia patient in the White House.
@002lisamarie
@002lisamarie 10 ай бұрын
White became a minority in many places. That's what happened.
@cherylsmith4826
@cherylsmith4826 10 ай бұрын
We are giving the phrase third world country a bad name
@shanonangermeyer-norman5280
@shanonangermeyer-norman5280 10 ай бұрын
Yeah I was wondering if it was the set of the Walking Dead. Wow. Did you see that movie This is How it Ends? I don't know if I'm impressed or scared. Just never seen anything like that. And I've been homeless. But not that committed to it. Astonishing.
@002lisamarie
@002lisamarie 10 ай бұрын
@@shanonangermeyer-norman5280 Import the third world. Become the third world.
@pooman4185
@pooman4185 4 ай бұрын
At least the weather is nice for sleeping outside.
@edwardderr6859
@edwardderr6859 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Nick.This is a remarkable video. I lived and worked in California from the 1960s through the 1980s. When I first arrived I thought it was a beautiful, exciting place to live. It breaks my heart to see it now.
@elenatrofimova419
@elenatrofimova419 Жыл бұрын
Oooo, who did all that horrible stuff??? Why paradise has transformed in the hell? Someone knows?
@michaelmayo-vb5fl
@michaelmayo-vb5fl Жыл бұрын
This happens when allow world economy to trade lol. Back in 60s we had our own lol. We did it all lol. This is just history paying the country back . Both parties did it to US lol it's trash now
@patriciaheil4752
@patriciaheil4752 Жыл бұрын
I work there in Hollywood in the 60s and it was beautiful.
@patriciaheil4752
@patriciaheil4752 Жыл бұрын
My first child was born in Ventura California .
@Pierus1
@Pierus1 4 ай бұрын
Twelve years ago I stay in California and felt in love with the SD Area… It always was a dream to life there in the Future but when I See That, it it an Horror Movie now 😢 Regards from Germany
@markthompson7727
@markthompson7727 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Southern California and lived for awhile in San Francisco. I left California for the Piedmont of North Carolina in 1988. I returned to visit about fifteen years ago and it just reinforced all the reasons I had left in the first place. The California that I had grown to love was now history.
@mr.marius5094
@mr.marius5094 Жыл бұрын
Wow that is heartbreaking. I am watching this from Europe and I always fantasized to visit California and other states, now that I am seeing this it feels like I missed an opportunity. I feel very sorry for you man.
@karenharrison885
@karenharrison885 Жыл бұрын
I'm a child of the seventies. We already knew that americans always overated themselves. Sending condolences from Perth Australia
@ramongonzalez2112
@ramongonzalez2112 Жыл бұрын
I’m still here because of my business; but wish to leave. Soros funded DA’s are making this a 3rd world hell hole; total lawlessness on horizon 🙏🇺🇸
@lunafringe10
@lunafringe10 Жыл бұрын
Just like life is history at a point in time.
@lunafringe10
@lunafringe10 Жыл бұрын
@@karenharrison885 it’s the wars, they cost money .
@christineHoxsey
@christineHoxsey Жыл бұрын
Loved San Diego as a child growing up but left El Cajon in my early 30’s and never regretted getting away from there. It changed so drastically that you hardly recognise the shell it’s become!
@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Жыл бұрын
I lived in El Cajon in the 80s. It was very quiet, suburban to the core, and fairly upscale. Sad to hear it's gone downhill.
@yehoshuacirt8645
@yehoshuacirt8645 Ай бұрын
I upgraded and moved from there to Israel in 1982. Wow. California really went south since.
@user-df5zq9up3t
@user-df5zq9up3t 2 ай бұрын
Its sad to see that people could live like this. Some people through unfortunate situtaions find themselve homeless. I am homeless but i fight to get back to a ñorm
@bellagirlgirl8827
@bellagirlgirl8827 Жыл бұрын
Yep, that's our Golden State. It turned out to be gold plated and the gold finish is rapidly wearing off.
@SeanD808
@SeanD808 Жыл бұрын
This is completely intentional... The rich people have tons of money... They just don't care... They'd rather the drug-addicts fight it out to the death in the streets than put anyone in jail...
@annhowcroft9493
@annhowcroft9493 Жыл бұрын
California is the land of haves and have not with a diminishing middle class between them. I was born in Long Beach in the 50's. My parents were middle class, we had a home, one car, and my mother stayed at home until I was in the 5th grade. Most of my family has moved out of state and I am here alone worried that I might become homeless. The cost of groceries, gas, and everything else has just skyrocketed these last 2 years.
@MichaelBd39
@MichaelBd39 Жыл бұрын
get out while you can,it is really not worth it there anymore--glad I left 5yrs ago
@mi-da2920
@mi-da2920 Жыл бұрын
I left the state in 2017, but came back in 2021 because of work. I'm on the same boat as you and have made a goal to leave by the end of the year. This state is done for.
@smalltownhomesteadAC
@smalltownhomesteadAC Жыл бұрын
Get out as soon as you can. If you can’t, make sure you have a functioning car you can sleep in till you get out.
@scottslotterbeck3796
@scottslotterbeck3796 Жыл бұрын
Illegal immigration. They have to live somewhere, and eat something, right?
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