I Drove Around California For A Month. It Was A Disaster.
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- 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.
#california #roadtrip
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This channel is about America!
The best video on this topic!
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!
Yes, it's crazy
Yes but orange man was a bad man. He gone so things better now.
@@buljo5150 Found the tard. Do you think california wasn't already like this when he was in office? HAhahaa
the homeless/beggers in the US are way more well dressed than their fellows down here in latin america
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.
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.
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..
Not stereotypes, but Hollywood propaganda
@@v.r.2834 It's not Hollywood propaganda. It's real poverty. Stop fooling yourself.
@@v.r.2834 Yeah but they create stereotypes in people's minds.
Based on fake political boasting and propaganda.
This is what they DON'T show you on California commercials.
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 !!!!
California is slowly becoming one of those Mad Max movies.
Thanks to Governor Newsom🎉
Thanks to always voting Democrats.
Book of Eli
That’s what I thought!!! Or waterworld
Looks like it’s already there.
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!
It is a third world country .that’s why I left
We are there...
I’ve been to third world countries, most of them aren’t this bad.
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.
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.
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.
Blame the politicians, not the scumbag drug addicts. There ya go, got anymore lame excuses ?
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?
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.
@@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.......
Hold on there….BO owns his five house fair and square.
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
They live in gated communities, where their beloved poor are not allowed.
@@user-rq2es2io8y multiple gated communities
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.
Same here
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.
Then vote Democrats not republican !
@@jeffc2630 that must be the "best" joke ever...
Me too!
Sounds like great times. Your lucky you got to live it.
@@jeffc2630 The democratic party today is not the democratic party of the past.
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).
Are you serious? I thought there is no corruption in America.
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.
You might want to call them a pile of ticks. I am 66 years, one month and 14 days as of my comments. Smiles
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
when the people are cowardly fearful and selfish..
Thank you, Nick Johnson, for taking time to do this video for viewers to see what's happening in our country.
While billion wasted for wars which got nothing to do with Americans.
our Rome is falling! and it's coming to a theater near you!
I'm GLAD SOMEBODY HAS SPIRITUAL EYES 👀
Save Europe. Get Out.. Muslim..
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!
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.
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??!!
Its wierd how the west lapped up slumdog millionaire, when they have one in thier backyard
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.
@@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.
I couldn’t be happier that I moved out of this state 10 years ago. I feel like I avoided a car crash.
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.
thanks for bringing your prices to our states
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.
its everywhere.. not unique to CA. only more in the open because of the weather
we left 2019, couldn't be more happier
So much for diversity, equity and inclusion.
So queer people is guilty of this as well???😮😮😂
Yup! The ignorance and stupidity is astounding.
Let’s defund the Police so the poorest of the poor will have absolutely nobody to defend them (against criminals, drug dealers and gangsters).
Woke simp liberal politicians
the two of you said the oppesite of eachother... and yet you managed not to say anything at all... impressive...
I live in California and it sucks. I visited other states and it helped me have faith in humanity again.
When are you leaving?
I feel like every city in America is the same nonsense.
Heart-breaking. I grew up in CA. Before 1965, we didn't even have locks on our doors.
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?
Lol! But many Californians had to lock their doors. I hope you left, we don’t need any more white supremacists.
The tents still don't. Tell us something new.
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
@@ELZ00M Not true. We have a friend in Palm Desert she has never locked her doors. Still doesn't.
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.
Well still far better than being a red state. Just imagine how bad it would be if Trump was President agai
What a disaster. So many parts of California are so beautiful. I'm sorry :(
i am so angry and frustrated I am filming it too!
😢😢
@@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?
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.
Problem is there are videos of the dark side of English towns giving the same impression to Americans
There are wonderful & horrible places in both countries. Travel as much as you can!
I tell people all over the planet - DON'T come to the USA - there is NOTHING here worth seeing. Unless you like seeing SHITE.
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.
U.K. is in the same state U.S. is!
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
The politicians in California should be called to account for this , this is absolutely unacceptable .
So?
Who's gonna do it?
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
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy The elected politicians ! That is why they there are to begin with . That it has reached this stage should embarrass them all .
The moment you uttered “ The Politicians in California “ , is the moment you delegated solving your problems to someone else. Don’t
@@JohnMoore-xf5wy People from California, citizen daaannnnn
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.
you're the first commentator here who understands the real causes of the problem!
keep voting blue! 🤭
This is happening everywhere, I live in a city of Brazil, and I can tell you, we also see an increase rate of homeless.
@@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 🥴
@@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…
Lots of Canada is like this too btw -- maybe not as extreme, but noticeably worse.
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
The problem with Poland is it is full of Polish People.
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?
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.
Why is it sad that you are from Poland.??? You hate Polish People.???
Florida is still nice. It's a Republican run state, that's why
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@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.
@@catvisiontv855 Elon musk has mentioned it a lot a universal income will be needed
My father was a navy WW2 vet. This is not the country he fought to save . So sad .
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.
@@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.
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
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
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.
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.
@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. ☺️
Yes stay away from big cities like SF. You can park your rental car and within minutes it will be broken into and don’t waste your time calling law enforcement as they will protect the criminal
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.
This is what mainstream media don't show you, it doesn't fit their narrative
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!
Americans absolutely chose this! They're proudly non community non social everyone for himself! This is the promised land!
Truth be told, it's happening at an alarming rate all over the U.S. the American dream has become a nightmare
@@patricialongo5870 people vote for free stuff
@@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?
California has been ruled and controlled by the
Democrat party FOREVER and this is the result of their
Policies. Yes it's horrible.
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.
Same here
Thank a Democrat!!!
What was the population when you were growing up? What was the cost of housing then?
@@martinnormand7458 This didn't happen because of Democrats. It's started in the 80s/90s when Republicans were more prominent.
@@yvonneplant9434 It's 2023 now... still nothing, huh?
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 🙏😇
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.
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.
Ok!
@@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.)
Governor must be so proud
You took your life in your hands.
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.
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.
So happy I left California 4 years ago. Slowly at first and then all at once into rot.
Where did you go blessed man?
@@peterkariuki9073 Des Moines Iowa, a mostly white safe and affordable place to live. But you have to mow a lot of grass.
It’s heartbreaking. To remember what these places were like and what they have become. It’s just sad.
This is what the Democrats and their corruption and communism are doing to the United States
Leaders we have today are watching this and just laughing, just sick just sick.
Thought it was bad down here in Oz, but this is mind boggling.
Great work, man.
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.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse and we all know the worst is yet to come.😓🙏🏼
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.
This is the way.
@@gemmalee3032 I agree, no fear.... Just faith. 👍🙏
Oh it's going to get worse because you keep voting for corrupt self-serving pocket lining communist Democrats
Waiting for the AI to take over all jobs. Will everyone become homeless?
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.
You got what you voted for, sleep in that.
@@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
Keep on voting blue, guys.
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 🇺🇸
@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.
17:24 nooooooo
Chabon 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Im a single female who loves to go camping/hiking. My little campsites always look like a homeless encampment.
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.
Where do you live? Which city? If it’s no a secret )
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
America has removed God and when the Word of God is removed, insanity rules.
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.
Yea. It's called "free market capitalism" Rich people think it's great.
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.
yes in seapoint , town etc.
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.😞🙏🇺🇸
De-industrialization. The kind that the computer tycoons feast on.
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 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗
They got Johannesburg. Capetown is next. Just wait and see.
Appreciate this 🙏 God bless
Thank you Nancy you do such a good job with your district you do truly care for your constituents!
No!!😮
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.
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.
It’s still nice. Just avoid many of the places in this video.
Now shit, piss and vomits fill the air
Massive illegal immigration turned a state that twice elected Ronald Reagan to what it is today.
I'm an Aussie who drove across the USA and back again, and thought a lot of places were like third world countries there. The terrible poverty and homelessness shocked me. It was not just California, but several states, particularly in the south. I couldn't understand why anyone would call that the best country in the world - I can assure you - it's not!
Yeah mate I was also on walkabout in the US totally dump reminded me of flaming India
This is called KARMA RETURNS 😂😂😂
Capitalism...Haves and have nots. There is another view equally shocking, but you can't get past security.
Well they sell us lies. And it's not only USA visit UK, France, Belgium and see level of decay and gang culture being promoted it's disgusting
Americans are supposed to be "nations of one" individually. But what you see today is like any other shit whole country made up of government citizens.
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
Our country is going down the hill what comes up must go down
I lived in San Diego from 2004 to 2009. Needless to say, the homeless problem has gotten WAY worse than it was then.
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.
And having this in their native country they use to slag off Russia and other former Soviet states.🤦🤣
30 millian poor immigrants since Obama.
@@deborahdean8867 it’s a disaster turning the US into a 3rd world nation
Back to the future II. Biff is running California
Looks fine to me.
Exactly how I'd expect (and hoped) it would be.
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.
Same here except except I live in Oregon and it’s a disaster here as well.
As Donald Trump said yesterday evening at his Mar-A-Lago speech "Our country is going to Hell." I tend to agree with him. Never seen this country is such a terrible mess and I'm 85 years old and have seen it all.
Well you silent generation and the boomers imported half the third world here for cheap labor. What did you think would happen.
How he give a speech in Mar A Lago? The MSM kept touting he was in Trump Tower in Manhattan and all the NYCers were scared of the traffic
Instead of Trump giving 2 trillion dollars of tax cuts to the ultra wealthy to increase the disparity and inequality between the rich and the poor, that money could have been used to provide health care, child care and affordable housing to people.
@@MbisonBalrog He was back in Florida that evening after that phony arraignment nightmare business in NY. His speech was at 8:00 pm.
He was in NY then flew back & gave a speech from MaraLago.
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
Thud is looking mire like those ghost towns in the Wild West when the gold rush ended
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.
"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.
Not true; vote Conservative.
Maybe it is best to guve it back to mexico they can si better with it
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! 😢
the united states has started to see "favelas" much like the ones in Brazil.
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
Faveras are clean , neat. No lunatics there just a few
We don't have half our population living in shantytowns.
@@mlioneahell tf no they’re not 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Is good to expose all of this, keep doing it
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.
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 .
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
And it happened under progressive leadership.
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.
@@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.
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.
Soros lives there, he's been kicked out of many countries for GOOD reason.
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.
@@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.
where did you live? I lived in Sacramento from 97-2015....I know live in Africa, way better standard of living, and much safer
are you in a better place now ?
I was there a few times in the early 90s and it was still quite nice.
Born and raised in Carlsbad it’s even reached here and all the way to vista and PB it’s so bad they are crapping on the beach and streets here like it’s skid row the cops were told to stand down until they started camping inside the gated community’s then they wanted something done about them
If people can't see how corrupt the government has become I feel sorry for them
Hunters a clever chap, the Ukranians and Chineese pay him millions for advice, send him down here Joe......Cummon Man!
This is Democracy..isn't it? And capitalism! This is what they want to sell to other countries!
@@radleysmith7528 this got nothing to do with Chinese you dumb.. It's your own problem the corrupt politicians.
Homelessness in America has NOTHING to do with government corruption. The real problem is that the US Constitution in no way mandates that the Fed Govt is responsible for the welfare of The People. I only realized that recently when I discovered FDR's proposal for an Economic Bill of Rights in 1945, just before he died. These were a set of Constitutional Amendments that would guarantee all citizens a place to live, a job, medical care, education, and more. However, this idea died with FDR. Reality is that among the various "rights" that Americans enjoy are the Right to Starve to Death, and the Right To Be Homeless, all with no government interference. Lucky us !!! Consider that NONE of the food banks and soup kitchens either now or going back to the Great Depression have been supplied or run by the Govt, but but by private charities and private donations.
@@ArtCurator2020 I absolutely agree with your comments. However, in America, people have been indoctrinated to a large extent to believe that if you can't make it on your own, you deserve what you get (meritocracy), and that propositions you refer to, are a mark of Socialism/Communism, as in Reds under the bed, etc, so better that people die in poverty than have such "evil" concepts contaminating society. It's quite bizarre.
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!
no comments, it's shame am crying my beautiful CALIFORNIA ful of garbage this people hates America thank to Nick for this video.
Where whould you go to, if you don't mind my asking?
when the people are cowardly fearful and selfish...
Yes, merkle let in Afrikaans like California let in Mexicans
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.
Let’s hope everyone will be doing great next time you visit the same place
It's not just CA. It's everywhere, open your eyes.
The scary part is how fast people got used to it.
Never underestimate Stockholm Syndrome. It's easier to just take the changes, justify it to yourself with phrases like "I like the lifestyle" or "best weather anywhere" and ignore growing lawlessness, homelessness, trash, regulations, home prices, cost of living, illegal aliens.....and less middle class. I've got relatives who'll be there when the cartels make their neighborhoods into their personal workhouses. At least my cousin's daughter said enough is enough, and moved with her second husband to Tennessee.
Yes, isn't it. And how nobody is willing to do anything about it...People these days go into meltdown even thinking about change! Can't have improvement without constructive criticism...can't criticise these days as it is taken as a personal insult! Can't think about better times of the past because people are too jealous to cope, so can't learn from the past!
Apathy prevails. Most locals just turn a blind eye. Till affects them. Gun crime is is a similar instance.
It can’t happen to me they think !
Well it can. It will.
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????
Ask the old dementia patient in the White House.
White became a minority in many places. That's what happened.
We are giving the phrase third world country a bad name
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.
@@shanonangermeyer-norman5280 Import the third world. Become the third world.
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🎶🎵🎵🎶
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
I grew up in Southern California. I will NEVER go back. Not even to visit. It's too heartbreaking. 😢
Same here. Australia is my home now.
😢
When people are cowardly fearful and selfish......
@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! 🙄
😂😂😂Right...I am looking to get out of Oakland very soon, it is a 3rd world city now, simply appalling
Its interesting to see the real US, it's almost post apocalyptic.
In the UK we see tv programs with people eating great food, relaxing on the lake with their speed boats, nice cars/bikes, and everyone seems to have a massive garage/workshop.
From an outside perspective, It really seems to be a sink or swim place now. If you have money and things go right for you, it looks great. If you get left behind a little and are down on your luck, you are screwed.
Don't feel too good about Britain, mate. Because we have a nasty habit of importing all the crap from Amurrica. Their crime, their race problems, their terrible fast food as well as their extemely bad English. California today, the rest of Amurrica tomorrow, Britain next week.
One third of the US homeless live in Cal. one thing is the weather is good year round so if you are on the street it is better but also it is a large state population wise with a lot of gov. mismanagement I am a Canadian and visit the US regularly it is not all like this there is plenty of what you see on your TV programs and I've been to the UK too and it is not free of poverty for sure nor is Canada. It is the way the world is going.
Depends where do you go in USA there is a lot of truth in what you see on UK television as well. America is huge country. California is failed state people are moving out.
I have been to the UK 11 years ago and saw a LOT of homeless people sleeping everywhere. It's not just a huge problem here, it's everywhere and politicians from one country to the next do NOT care.
Exactly 💯
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.
How is the food prepared? Could be it is as worse as that of pigs?
How is the food prepared? Could be it is as worse as that of pigs?
How is the food prepared? Could be it is as worse as that of pigs?
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
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
I was in San Francisco 17 years ago and the homeless problem was very bad then.
@@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.
That's what happens when far left is in charge
@@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!
@@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.
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.😢
Temecula! I used to live right next door in Lake Elsinore! Temecula kept their city up.
I am glad that I watched this. It throws away the idea of ever going to California again.
I live in Peru. It’s a latinamerican country. Here poverty is pretty common. I have travelled to US several times and I found homelesss people on each state I was. There they have special places to support homeless. But I got surprised when I was in Europe, specifically France and Italy. Homeless where sleeping on the ground with under zero temperatures, just freezing. In my country it’s common to help other people, but the indifference kill souls.
Which place you value 1st, 2nd,3rd... According to poverty standard. Peru, USA, Europe
@@yiannishadjiloizou5501 Right now it is very difficult. Massive migrations have been happening throughout the whole world. US and Europe are developed countries,, they have more resources. On the other hand, Peru is an emergent country. Here you could find whole states with high levels of poverty. Towns with no electricity, water, or schools, besides the immigrants that have settled in different places.
@@susanponce1084 Europa is for many years invaded by "refugees" from Africa. They get everything for free and get all the houses meant for the local people. in 10 years it will become as bad as I see in this video.
Mhh these countries have shelters for homeless aswell sadly many choose themselves to go out for what ever reason worked in austria in one people would just come in to eat in winter stay for an hour after and leave ... i mean it didnt happen often that someone froze it happens very rarely ... and usually people are helpful ... but for instance in austria many people ive talked with chose to be homeless there were some gamblers ex convicts but was amazed how many people actually chose to be homeless ... obviously also memtal ill people but there was always ome or two dudes who were qualified to deal with those usually normal workers dont interfere much with those since sometimes one wrong word can set them off
@@derionone how can someone be a home-shelter less in Austria's wintet? My God,
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.
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.
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.
The coin of the refugee and the homeless is ever flipping.
@@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.
They purposely poisoned america & caused these problems.
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.
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.
I'm a child of the seventies. We already knew that americans always overated themselves. Sending condolences from Perth Australia
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 🙏🇺🇸
Just like life is history at a point in time.
@@karenharrison885 it’s the wars, they cost money .
Lifelong Californians, my wife and I left four years ago for peace, affordability, and comfort in our retirement. It's working out very well.
I moved from Cali to Tx almost 3yrs ago, couldn’t be happier. CA is a distant memory.
Hope you left your politics in California as well.
What amazes me is I have some crazy California relatives that want to tell me they are all right and we are all wrong in the south, I told them to take a hike, hadn’t seen them in 30 years, told them to check back in 30 more
Exactly the same with me but those oh so virtuous SoCal relatives have now moved to Texas and Tennessee..😅.
on point
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.
get out while you can,it is really not worth it there anymore--glad I left 5yrs ago
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.
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.
Illegal immigration. They have to live somewhere, and eat something, right?
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.
At least the weather is nice for sleeping outside.
The worst part is majority of these people on the streets don’t even want help. So many addicts are comfortable living this way, and if given a better opportunity they would take full advantage and trash whatever their given. They can’t even keep themselves clean let alone their makeshift homes, the streets, public areas. Everything is completely trashed. The majority couldn’t care less and only know how to take instead of give back.. and a good amount of these people just genuinely don’t want to work towards anything. Addiction, mental health and bad habits play a huuuge part.
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!
I departed from my home state of California in 2000...never looked back 😢
Yeah, let’s clean it up!
@@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? :-/
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.
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. 😢
Go to Philadelphia..Boston utter sadness😢
Almost at one million Subs
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As a California survivor, I can confirm that this state is a disaster.
And you will continue to vote for Democ rats.
It's the same across most of the state now. The bums only stay out of places like Arcata and Eureka in the north because they are quite remote, and they get cold at night even in the summer.
why is that?? bcz it’s a blue state not a red??😂😂. Cry me a river cali is the best in sports high schools universities u name it and good medical schools like west coast university
Ah California. One of the few states where you can make $50k and still live paycheck to paycheck
@@midcenturymodern9330 - Arcata is full of druggies. Last time I was there I watch a young guy carry his drugged out female friend down the street. She couldn't walk. I went to Safeway, sidewalk near there had a few hanging about. The cold keeps the number lower. Hoopa is the most dangerous reservation in California. Crescent City is full of women and feral children with a man-daddy in Pelican Bay.
I lived in Santa Barbara, California 50 years ago. It was absolutely beautiful.
I did too Always thought Id return Not anymore
You said it was
and now how it is ?
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.
@@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.
Thanks Joe B.
Joke Biden
Bakersfield, Barstow, Fresno, Stockton all have some serious issues also!
"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 :)
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.
People misused their votes. Look at the red states. Its definitely not this bad.
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.
@AlisaRed◇BandanaDashaVVV41 Brigades NOT IN FLORIDA!!!
Not America, man, not America. USA.
40 years later Mad Max is reality
The death of the west coast.
LA is Barter Town now.
Except Mad Max was in English.
@@joyceleadbetter2600 who owns Barter Town?
Yep, and there are Books describing it ahead of the pandemic. I wrote em.