Texas Isn't What You Think It Is Anymore
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2021
- Wait - people are actually leaving Texas now??
Okay so the last time we talked about Texas we learned a lot. We figured out where the best places in this state to move to, and where you should NOT move. We also talked about the different areas in Texas, and what makes Texas great and what makes Texas bad.
The best places you can live in Texas are the northern suburbs of Dallas in places like Frisco, McKinney and Plano where it’s really safe and the schools are good. A lot of the suburbs on Houston’s west side - cities like Sugar Land are also great. However, these all areas are REALLY expensive.
We talked about the BAD places to live in Texas, too. Houston after dark is a terrible place. The border towns are really rundown but not too dangerous. Bellmead and Humble are also not places you’d want to move, either. Austin is the fastest growing city in this whole damn state, but there’s too many people here now and too many homeless folks now.
Texas remains the top state where people are moving to right now. And with that comes a lot of drama.
But there’s a lot more to Texas than that. We didn’t talk about some Texas history, interesting facts and the issues that people in Texas face today.
So that’s what we’re gonna do in this video. Kind of pick up where we left off in a more lighthearted way. We’re going to look at all of that stuff and even meet some people who LIVE in Texas who are gonna tell us what its like in their state and where you could move if you relocate here. It’s time for Cornerhouse Tales: Texas. The Divided State
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Spent an hour reading these threads and no one agreed with you that Tex Mex sucks...until now🤢. Incredibly boring compared to Mexican fare.
I can tell Nick Johnson don't like Latinos and he don't like democrat states
Cost of living is driving Texans out of major cities. All the transplants are driving our housing market ridiculously high.. We are getting tired of this crap.
You know what interesting? It's happening to Oregon too and we are a lefty state. Don't forget that it's mostly bidens fault. LET'S GO BRANDON!
Yep, time to get people to stop moving to Texas, it is time to become what we hate so we dont lose our state. It is time to stop welcoming new people to Texas, no one invited them to come here, they will leave.
@@hisnameisiam808 Right like you had no problem with housing in the past and it just got so much worse in the past 8 months. Well sorry but that is not how things work. Meanwhile when demand goes up and supplies go down then the prices go up also because the person still need to make the same amount of money even if they have less goods to sell so they sell at a higher price. It is called economic 101 but no learns that anymore either. Meanwhile we have vacant homes all over the country that need to be taken down and built new instead of keeping on wasting and taking land wildlife needs to live on. We need to stop being a throw away culture The sad think is that our billionaires have doubled their money in just the past 5 years where most Americans are even or worse. What I do not understand is why are billionaires not paying there fair share in taxes and why they are not helping more people and give better benefits to their workers. We need to be a society where we see these people as selfish and not people to look up to.
@@texasisfortexans7170 Well maybe you should think that though because someday due to climate change TX may not be a place where people want to live due to the hurricane and the heat. So we in MN will make sure you are not welcomed here either. As far as I am concern we would all be better if all the conservative took the South and made their own country and let the rest of the states on their own. Most states in the south are very dependent on the North and would not do well. For example for every dollar MN send in for federal taxes we get .45 back. For every dollar Alabama send in for federal taxes they get $8.00 back. Yet they are at the bottom and refuse to take a chance to do better with another party. Instead when you have one party in charge of a state for years with no input by the minority you usually end up with a lot of good old boy network where everyone in power is connected some how ( other then work) with each other. For example the Sheriff is the cousin of the Judge ect.
@@JAM661 you must not know how much prices for everything is going up in lefty states because we are not running normally as well as the country in general. Once we stop fearing this virus and get back to work things might get better but hundreds of thousands have been fired because of bidens mandates and other such failures. Yes, it's the lefts fault.
The Urban parts are too big and expanding. I laugh when people move from California and move to Austin, Houston, or Dallas and complain about it being like the California cites.
There is waaayyy more places in Texas than the cities and SO MUCH open country and rural places to see and move to.
Cities man
Yeah i don’t know why people move from LA to Houston. It’s practically the same without any beaches.
"too big"
Too big would be like Tokyo, Shanghai and Sao Paulo.
DFW is only 8million, Houston is 7.1million and Austin and San Antonio are both 2million.
None of these cities are too big.
Top it all of they're cities, they're supposed to be big
@@TheAnomics1 too big. Like sardines.
@@ViralVenom sardines?
Dallas and Houston ain't no NYC or Beijing. 8million and 7million is not much
Folks never mention that the city of Austin owns it's utilities. When they want to spend more money, they raise the utility rates. It's an indirect tax on the residents. I lived there 12 years. During that time, Austin and Seattle kept switching first and second place for the most expensive utilities in the nation. I left and don't miss it a bit.
California has the highest inflation and population, it's out of control!
Austin or as we Texans refer to it by its many names... California's taint, dumpster fire, libtard central, the weird, sh*thole. feel free to use any one of these terms.
That's called a power monopoly totally illegal yet those criminals who run the state are ok with that lol
@@mferdez2066 How about "the land of fruit and nuts". Lol 😆
But so does San Antonio and we have some of the lowest utilities. Must be Austin.
Moved to Texas in 2019. First to Dallas, then to McKinney earlier this year. The goal is to eventually end up in a small town in order to truly enjoy Texas. Never thought I'd be the small-town type, but here I am dreaming of it.
Same yuri....always been a big city boy, older I've gotten the more I just want to move to a tiny town away from the city
The Waco area is nice. I live there. It's got everything the DFW, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio area do. Nice people. Affordable.
How about Wylie? I love the Ballard St. Cafe.
Welcome to my town I hope you love it here
McKinney is the dfw not a small town
Texas is a nice state and all, but I really get the feeling that it's gonna become just like California in the near future. Cities like Austin already look like they belong in California.
I agree. It's like the rest of the USA in that regard. The beginning of the end.
@@davidhasselhoff619 maybe not the rest of the US. There’s Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Utah. Those are the actual progressive states in this country.
I live in Austin it used to be a nice place before California people ruined it. Now they are ruining other cites and not just in Texas. They won’t be happy until they ruin all the states.
@@Baeckler If you leave a blue state because of the high cost of living and you continue to vote Democrat, then there's something wrong with you.
@@rolandserna7805 yep. They leave a blue state for a red state and expect it to be like where they are from. Austin lost its charm a long time ago because of it. They are spreading all though the US especially in the South. Another example is Tennessee. A lot are going there too. The highly red states I don’t imagine being red in years to come , or at least not overwhelmingly red It’s not all just California but mostly them in my opinion
Lived in Austin on and off for about 12 years. Austin is one of those places that was probably really awesome before everyone found out how awesome it was and then every kind of asshole you can imagine moved there causing it to be way overcrowded, snobish and pretentious as all hell, traffic jammed, and just tons of miserable, angry, suspicious, superficial personality types occupying every corner of it. I've been all over the U.S. for 50+ years and I rank Austin the most overrated place in the U.S. HANDS DOWN.
Our GPS let us down....it took us to a part of Austin that looked like Compton... I couldn't wait to get back into Luling...
100% agree. In the early 2000s austin was still very much a place that was just a music town but then the music ordinance changed and tons of people from the IT world and the “artistic” types moved here. It’s absolute trash and incredibly self righteous.
yes i visited austin back in january and def felt a weird vibe from the locals
Sounds like what happened to Boulder, CO, fake leftist snobs,
My dad worked in Austin back in the early 80's and he said that it was a pretty laidback city during that time, and then the 90's came with all of those companies moving in like Dell and it hasn't been the same since.
A lot of the complaints people are making are not exclusive to Texas. A lot of these issues are going on in every major city in America right now.
Texas is not what it used to be too many transplants from other states have driven up the cost of living there.
Nah. Texas was ALWAYS a terrible state. Matter of fact any sunbelt state excepting California is terrible.
TEXAS shoreline is a TOXIC WASTE!! 🤣
It’s really nice when you get down south.
You are correct. Y'all need to go back to California and get big glass of water you crapped in yesterday . They say its fine to drink but hold your breath when glass is close to your face. LTFOL
Bubbling water is not normal lol
@@heather957 lol, wow really does it bubble?
Great fishing on the Texas coast.
I’m moving to San Antonio from San Diego, but once they hear my southern accent, they are immediately filled with joy (I’m from Louisiana).
Rockwall, Texas, 20 miles east of Dallas. Had a house built for $160,000.00 in 2003, then had to move. House now valued at $349,000.00. Texas can be Hot. Houston is hot and humid and probably has the most bugs.
It costs a lot less to cool a house 20 degrees than to heat it 60 degrees.
@@JimForeman interesting thought.
Tn.the same way..1,000,000 from California n the last yr..
SAME N HOUSING N TN..
That seems like an awful low rise in valuation for a house over 20 years. I bought my house in a small city in Maine for 123,000 in 2017 and its sale value as of August 2023 is 335,000. But housing cost in southern Maine have gone crazy. Many people from Massachusetts and New York are moving here and compared to their housing costs, Maine is still cheap. 335,000 is relatively low for southern Maine. Central and Northern Maine is cheap. You can get a very nice house along the coast of mid Maine for under 300,00 and one inland for under 200,000.
Fort Worth is NOT part of Dallas! It’s the 13th largest city in the US, and has its own unique culture (very different from Dallas).
Amen
@@blackcherry6877 It’s never been called that. Ever. DFW refers to the metroplex that contains the DFW Airport- the world’s 2nd busiest airport. DFW metroplex refers to Dallas, Arlington (Home of the Tx Rangers and Dallas Cowboys), Ft. Worth, Plano, Frisco etc. There’s more cities, but those are the biggest ones in the metroplex. Dallas has 2 million people & Ft. Worth has about 1 million
Yes! Fort Worth is very different from Dallas and I’m glad! I love Fort Worth.
Lived in Dallas for almost 70 years and have never been in downtown Fort Worth. That's crazy.
They are completely merged. I consider them the same metroplex
All of the big Texas cites , especially Austin were great places to live until about 2010. The only city that I find remotely livable when visiting the state I was born and raised in is San Antonio .
yep all big cities in Texas are overcrowded shitholes.
@@victoriafisher6561 Dont move to Texas, you will regret it. There are no parts other than West Texas that are not overcrowded and overpriced. Stay where you are, you will not save any money by moving to Texas.
@@victoriafisher6561 if you value freedoms than Fort Worth is best city in Texas. If you don't, then don't move here.
The Texas history short take ,
Very nice.
@@victoriafisher6561 Fort Worth is an amazing city that represents my state well. I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve also traveled the world. I’m always glad to come back home to FW. 🤠💕
I grew up in LA and moved out in 1981 for the same reasons the panel is talking about in 2021! Moved to Austin and lived there for 30 years…same thing. Traffic, high rent, and horrible government! Moved to WA state to a small town, slashed the budget and dumped the car, etc. and living a GREAT life.
You must be East of the mountains cause everybody I know out in Western WA are all leaving to other states due to the high cost of living, population and the homeless/opioid problem.
I live in Houston and I’m thinking about Washington, but the homelessness in some cities is crazy
*interesting video with valuable interviews and gr8 narrative.*
*Thx 4 sharing Nick n Sage* 👍🇺🇲
Love the cowboy hat Nick. Had to chuckle... You do great work! Keep it up.
I've been anxiously awaiting a redux of your original unboxing Texas video. I'm someone who's grown up in the DFW metroplex nearly all my life and the growth has become so uncontrollable and urban sprawl even more unbearable. The influx of people moving from other states (and other factors) has drastically increased the price of housing in the last few months alone. Some are buying said houses with no intention of even living in them themselves (Renting out property). Summer's are absolute hell too, 80-100+ degree weather for a period of 6 months is becoming easier said than done (especially when the energy bill comes in the mail). Gas is pretty cheap here though, but you're also driving a lot more than you would if you lived in pretty much any other town in the US. Though I love Texas to death, there's just too many people here now for my tastes, sadly my plans are probably to leave here soon...
Where you headed walker?
@@NickJohnson Portland Maine! Lived about 45 min from there before, so I’m ready to shovel a bit more snow. ❄️ trading in the steak for the lobster 🦞!
As a DFW native, I agree. It's gotten extremely out of hand, and the region doesn't have the affordable edge it used too. Looking at Des Moines, Kansas City or San Antonio.
I'm a DFW native myself it is unbelievable how much the area has changed! The JR Ewing days is long gone
The population growth is making the quite outdoors a congested horrible experience. The cost of homes has driven a number of young Texans out of the market. To many companies coming in buying and renting homes.
Love this channel. Fun to watch too. ❤️
moved to corpus Christi , Texas 7 years ago.. was one of my best choices of my life .. i absolutely love the beach here.. its smaller city 300k people, feels like plenty of stores for amything i could want . but a small city vibe , lots of green open spaces . i love fishing and long walks and BBQing on the beach .. plenty of manufacturing jobs here. if i am off work on a Tuesday afternoon i can sometimes go to the beach with the dogs and be the only person there. . my only real complaint is it is a little too hot /humid 4-5 months out of the year. .truly i could not be happier living here.
You do great work. I really appreciate your channel.
Native Texan here. Attended a chili cook-off & a rattlesnake roundup in the same weekend mid-March 1989. 😂🤣😂
Brooooo I laughed so hard when he called El Paso a shithole! 😭😂🤣
it is a shithole tho
What’s funny is when it’s a democrat/blue state it’s “oh it’s the democrats”
But videos about the south don’t even get views compared to the ones about blue states. The truth is the same issues in red states are also in blue states. There’s homelessness everywhere. There’s overpriced properties in both blue and red states. There’s drugs, crime, lack of jobs in every state. It just depends on which part you’re in
As a recently escaped Californian I am so happy to be here near San Antonio Texas. I've wanted to come here for several years and I finally got my opportunity two months ago. Life is wonderful here.
I hope you didn't bring any California with you. Just saying. I love San Antonio. So much to do.
Go home Californian
@@87aggietim there are as many Republicans in California as Texas, it just there a more democrats. Most people are sick of the decaying morals.
you must weigh 300lbs if you like san Antonio
Pardon the unfriendly comments.
Welcome to Texas.
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25:22 LOL he meant "greenspoint" 🤣 but everybody calls it Gunspoint. Especially the mall
I remember going to that mall around 2003 and thinking 8t wasn't that bad. Hell there's even a McLaren car dealership on the other side of the freeway not too far away
Texas is blazing hot, and then some parts are hotter. The end
We can have all the sessions in a week
Yes don't move here if you can't stand heat. In San Antonio we get humidity too.
The panhandle area isn't so bad and it gets cold and snow in the Winter.
Panhandle isn’t really that hot.
Do you live there? I'd put Arizona at the top of that list...I've lived in Arizona, San Antonio, for example is hot, but the humidity is baaad
Great vlogs. Thank you Nick. Love your outfit!
Thank you so much nick for ur hard work
4:50 Nick showing El Paso some love. Thanks for not forgetting about EP like most people do.
@@roadwarrior528 I kind of like it here:) ... moved here from north east Texas .
I love watching your videos, thanks for sharing. God Bless You.
OK Nick I’ve stated many times on your channel I’m originally from California I lived in South Carolina for five years before I moved here to San Antonio and I was much more happier when I first came here in 2013, because everybody’s moving here LOL. The traffic is getting terrible LOL but the people are really nice and it’s still more laid-back than California. Plus we have H‑E‑B
Love ya Gina!
@@NickJohnson we Love you too! You’re the best youtuber
You aren't a real Texan.. so your opinion is invalid
Howard E Butts
HEB😍 oh god I miss H‑E‑B.
The HOT AS HELL summer weather will force the Californians back to their state.
Good, let them move back. Besides, Texas does not have a place equivalent to Death Valley (btw, its in California) so yeah, we're not HOT as hell.
@@pacificrules No there going to flee into Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota.
@@pacificrules Exactly, I live in the high desert in Ca. It's hot here too. Not humid, but very hot in the summer.
@@pacificrules nobody even lives in Death Valley
@@weareallone8442 I know. But DV aint that far from Los Angeles or Palm Springs, make them hot AF to live.
15:00 you forgot to mention mexico didnt want to allow slaves. But texas did want slavery going
I lived in Kyle a few years ago. Close to Austin but low traffic and great people.....but, the heat in the summer - brutal.
Yeh my friend moved to Texas in 2014 and he warned me not too come over in the main summer months as it’s just too hot, to the point it’s oppressive. He said you’ll only want to go at night after sundown because it just gets too hot during the day. So I flew over in September and it was still hot then. I dread to think what it must be like in June/July☀️😱
@@matty6848 August and September are the hottest. You would have been better off in May/June/July.
@yoganggi 2020 Is English your first language?
@@BP-or2iu Upper 90's for most of May-September. Evenings cool off a little but the temp drops to 80 with near 100% humidity.
You are an awesome guy! I get to know every single inch and culture of each American state thanks to you!!
Greetings from Greece!
Hi!! Did you know I'm a quarter Greek?? My great grandmother came over on ellis island. 🇬🇷
@@NickJohnson wow my God !! So nice!! I am really proud of you guys!! I am from Ioannina city which is the capital of Epirus region, Northwestern Greece!!
Texas is huge and much cleaner than California cities. Cities in California are beginning to look like slums especially downtown Los Angeles , Oakland and downtown San Francisco area which is littered with homeless encampment goring so rapidly that it's out of control and there is zero hope for any improvement. Gas is overpriced here in California where its $5 per gallon along with high home prices that is out of reach completely. Not to mention high taxes which our politicians loves to waste on useless program. California has became a criminals playground there is no consequences for their crime. It's like giving them a slap on a wrist and let got. Criminals are kept in jail for only 8 hours and freed again. Cities are looking like a trash bin with lots of illegal dumping everywhere. Bottom line is that cities in California are turning into a ghetto. No wonder the state's population declined and companies are moving out.
Beginning to look like the slums? It’s the slums already. When homeless people are literally s#*tting in the street in broad daylight you know the party is over. In San Francisco the residents can even download a poop app map that gives you all the locations of the latest turds on the streets, so you don’t step in it. Apparently places like Skid Row in L.A just wreak of s#*t and urine. Especially in that warm Californian climate. Imagine it wafting through the streets as your about to chow down on a nice burger and fries🤢🤮
@@michaelwhite2823 who cares where they come from. I wouldn’t live in San Francisco for all the money in the world. Not with all them homeless s#*tting in the streets🤮
That's what happens when democrats are in control. I've seen it time and time again, including my hometown
@@ahmade.8142 well Bakersfield is run by Republicans, but it is also in shambles.
Same in Texas
I live in McAllen Texas and it's growing way too quickly and changing for the worst because of all the outsiders that came here since the 2000s.
I appreciate your pronunciation of those border Mexican states. I'm from Nuevo Leon and the current governor Samuel Garcia announced that there is going to be a new freeway which connects Colombia, Anahuac, Nuevo Leon (close to Northwest Laredo) and La Gloria close to Nuevo Laredo, in order to avoid Tamaulipas, so "regios" can go to Texas directly. It's funny that Monterrey is closer to the Texas Triangle than El Paso lol
About the video, these area my 5 favorite cities to live in Texas:
1. San Antonio
2. DFW (my father and sisters live in Arlington)
3. Houston
4. Austin
5. El Paso
God bless Bronco? .. kidding, but yeah DFW has a lot of shi**y parts too, Arlington is ghetto af now a bunch of lacras invaded it around 2016 and lot of my highschool friends from Arlington moved to Frisco to get away from it. Regios are cool af, but I think they stay in Grand Prairie(see a bunch of Tigres Jerseys at Traders VIllage) and Plano now,. To be real, I wouldn't really consider PLANO and Frisco as DFW now, they feel like their own identies and it almost reminds a lot like Anaheim and Orange County California, whereas Dallas feels like a St. Louis Missouri at night, Arlignton feels like Compton, Ft Worth like a Oklahoma City 2.
#1. Frisco,Plano & Mckinney
#2. Garland, Richardson,Carrolton
#3. Round Rock Austin
#4. San Antonio
#5.Mcallen
#6. El Paso / Juarez/ Las Cruces
- Proper Dallas like Oakcliff and South Dallas and West Dallas suck and very ghetto
-Proper Fort Worth like Stop 6 and its Eastside are ghetto too
-Houston Guacala
Great shirt Nick!
I went deep into the wardrobe for that one chris
I have to wonder what the zoning laws are in those fancy suburbs. Who wants a big house that is right on top of their neighbor? It seems comical rather than exclusive.
What about all the property taxs.
It is rather disgusting what the developers have done to Texas. It used to be open space and woodlands, now it is crappy cookie-cutter houses everywhere from Houston to SA to Dallas
@@texasisfortexans7170 basically what’s happened all over the country. The country’s historically dense downtown were ripped up to allow for car commuters from low density suburban sprawl. If our zoning codes allowed for more density then we would have more natural and rural areas.
Hank Hill is from Arlington Texas.
Arlen (Garland)
@@Imperial0666 Oh ok
What's good Nick, its Nate:) Can you do a video on unboxing the Carolina Coast in NC and SC please? I think th at would be your best video because you live in NC and you have done some cool driving tours in that region of the country, and it is BEAUTIFUL. I went there on a roadtrip in August and it was fabulous.
i visited friends in Waco about 4yrs ago, it is just a lovely place & overall the people were so nice. Best wishes from Australia.
Texas growing is growing big if I were living in Texas I would probably live in the less expensive areas of this state
I live in Sugarland TX and it's a great suburb. The closer you get to Houston the worse it is. I was born in California and my parents moved to Texas in the 70s. There are so many Californians moving here. The cost of living is going to go sky high! Look at Austin. After my father passes away I'm moving out or I'm going to Texit! Hmm,🤔 where to go though? Anyway great videos! 👍
Sugarland Texas is where all the sugar daddys live. And where a lot of gold digging women go to get a sugar daddy. 🤪
Great video
Very interesting
I’m in Houston. If you have kids the schools suck, so get ready to pay up for private school. I know. I went to Texas public school.
You aren't lying 😂
Unfortunate, but true.
Went to Corpus Christi and saw so many homeless people. Wasn’t like it was a few years ago
Due to overpopulation.
Rent for house or apartment is too high. Tent city is cheaper. 🙂
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OMG I thought Los Angeles was the only city with a homeless problem 😱
@@brettsfav4 every city has one?
Did a long walk downtown Austin and was shocked with the homelessness on nearly every single street.. Blew my mind!
Ye it sucks. Gotten so much worse since the pricd of living started to go up. San Antonio and Houston also have much more homeless people then they had a good 10 years ago. I've been to San Antonio countless times and it would be uncommon for me to see a homeless person. Nowadays there are a lot of them in the downtown area, not as bad as Austin tho.
Blue States & cities have more crime.
Go figure.
Great video.
It's interesting hearing some places not wanting people moving there. I live in CA but a smaller county...so a lot of people are coming from LA and San Fran...I'm constantly hearing friends and family complain. People are over living in these large cities and with certain conditions...it happens. We got pushed out of our hometown and now we have to look into moving elsewhere...so really it's just a chain reaction. Can't really blame people wanting a better life.
They vote wrong though n ruin what made the place great
🤠 Yeehaw Nick! You look ready to ride! Another great Cornerhouse Production! I hope the Cali people moving into Texas didn't bring all of their wacko ideas 😕
They're coming whether Texans like it or not Lori! Maybe I should wear cowboy stuff more often haha
@@NickJohnson yes you should! You wear it well. Somehow you never struck me as a Wrangler & flannel wearing guy.
Nick, in that outfit you look like you just walked right out of my fave t.v. show---Gunsmoke- a western series on for 2o years in the 50s, 60, and 70s! Still on in repeats on a couple of channels.@@NickJohnson
That was a super cool history lesson I like how you win in-depth into the way we was called the Lone Star State and the war between Mexico and Texas I didn't know about any of that that was really awesome it's too bad you didn't give the Civil War battle more than just a flick of the violin or whatever that was
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@@NickJohnson you crack me up
Lol!@@NickJohnson
This is a great video
Stop moving to Texas !!! Too much traffic 😭😭
Texas is still a great state!
It is a good state but I don't like hearing about politics.
California is welcome to bring its money to Austin but leave your policies
You Got That Right. When In Rome Live Like The Romans Eh?
Austin has so many job openings that even the homeless want to move here.
Not for the elderly.
@@ursulasmith6402 The elderly should all be retired, not looking for a job. They should have done that when they were young. It worked for me.
Homeless don't want to work. Besides that they can't pass a drug test. Besides that they just want handouts.
@@jimtalbott2894 Yes, I was just being sarcastic. Homelessness is a life style and once you get used to it, it is hard to change.
Yess Nick keeping it real! Yess 👍
Here’s a fun fact, in 1930 Cleveland, Ohio had more population than Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin combined 900,000 vs 800,000 for those four cities. And this figure doesn’t include Cleveland’s suburbs or satellite cities, for example just Lakewood had more population than Austin. Texas is a great state but its also a lot of mundane sprawl.
@@michaelwhite2823 it's a great city and a great value compared to the real estate prices in the rest of the country. You can still find a large home here for under 100k. Cleveland has a lot of nice things, the best hospital system in the world in the Cleveland Clinic, a great downtown with 3 sports teams, a casino and vibrant nightlife, nice tree lined streets, a great food culture, lakeside beaches, many bikeable neighborhoods, lot's a great cultural institutions, parks, libraries, universities, museums, excellent transportation links, all different kinds of suburbs if that's your thing, the list goes on and on.
@@CheapCharlieChronicles Another fun fact related to yours, the population of Cleveland has declined to 372,624 people, down from as you said more than 900,000 people in 1930, a decrease of about 60 percent. This was while the rest of the country more than doubled, or increased by more than 100 percent. The city of Houston alone has more people than the entire metro area of Cleveland, despite the metro area of cleveland having more than three times the land area of Houston's land area. The City of Houston has more than 6 times the people of the City of Cleveland, City of San Antonio 4 times Cleveland, City of Dallas 3 and a half times Cleveland, Austin 2 and a half times Cleveland, Fort Worth has twice the people of Cleveland, El Paso 1.8 times the amount of people, and Arlington has 20,000 more people than Cleveland. As for the metro areas as a whole the DFW Metropolitan area has more than 3 and a half times the population of Cleveland Metropolitan area and the Houston Metropolitan area has about 3 and a half times the population of the Cleveland Metropolitan area.
@@daquariussmith9772 no doubt, it just shows how much Texas has boomed and Cleveland has declined. One stat there I would dispute is the land area, Cuyahoga County, of which Cleveland is the seat, has 450 square miles and 1.2 million people (use to have nearly 2 million). Houston city has 670 square miles and 2.3 million people. Dallas has 330 square miles and 1.3 million people. So they’re not all that far off. The problem with Cleveland city is it covers a very small area, only 75 square miles while Houston has nearly 700 square miles. Still even in that 75 square miles it used to have nearly a million people. The enlarged metro area including Akron and Canton has about 3.6 million people. As the sunbelt becomes more overcrowded, huge traffic and expensive Im hoping the “rust belt” can make a comeback some day. Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis, Buffalos, etc. are cheap and light traffic.
@@CheapCharlieChronicles Yeah that's fair, I was using the other counties that they include in the "Metro area", ie Geauga County, Lake County, Lorain County, and Medina County in addition to Cuyahoga. And yeah Cleveland seems like a beautiful place/ underrated gem in some ways, I was just pointing out the flip side to Cleveland being so prominent/big in comparision to Texas cities in 1930.
@@CheapCharlieChronicles I agree with you on Cleveland. I moved to a town outside of Cleveland that’s right on Lake Erie and it’s a great place live. So affordable and the city of Cleveland has so many fun things to do. Yes, the winters are gray and we get snow but it hasn’t been too bad these last couple of years. The summers are never too hot like I had living in Oklahoma or even Colorado. I move with my family quite often and Texas is on my do not move to list for several reasons. The heat down there is one of them. Sure, Cleveland has problems but most places have their good and bad points. There is no perfect city.
You forgot the homeless problem in Austin and the crime ridden deep elem in Dallas. harris county got the highest number of Californians moving here
I'm fixing to move to like Shiner or somewhere like Waco, Houston becoming a liberal shithole quickly
Deep ellum is safe compared the actual hood... OAK CLIFF nigga
@@vstvrxth goo luck with that, hope you have ranch and farm experience because those are the biggest Industries in Shiner and Lavaca county, Agriculture.
@@texasisfortexans7170 I'm well aware Friend, I have experience and my family has land in Flatonia
@@ReichX1000 oak cliff? Lived in oak
All my life never really felt unsafe, now south oak cliff? Yeah thats unsafe
"TAMAULUPIAS" 😂😂😂😂 Greetings from Nuevo León 😂😂 love your chanel!
The ranch house at 29.00 minutes, is that the ranch house in the latest Purge movie? Sure looks like it to me?!
Nice, another Unboxing Part 2! I love these.
Sad Sad how once a good state is being over ran with “woke liberals” who keep voting for the policy’s that ruined there sate that they are coming from
Texas is getting expensive for Texans. Sad but true. I know so many people who have 2 or more jobs that are still scraping by. Quality of life isn't the same. Either you've got money for bills, food, and nothing else or you have to work to have more money and no extra time to spend it.
lol I love watching your videos. I think you're slightly insane but I love it.
Can’t be talking about the Dallas Cowboys like that bro
Don’t California my Texas!
Your first unboxing Texas video was kind of figuring out how best to unbox states.
Yes
Lol I’m not from Texas but I figured Rodeo was the sport 😂
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Carpetbagger outsiders? Lyin' Ted Cruz (our Senator) is from Canada, and our (utterly useless) lieutenant governor is a disc jockey from Maryland. Both are now pretending to be good Southern Baptists and Texans... 🤷♂️
I thought it was horse racing or something weird like that.
Thank you for the history lesson. Fabulous video as ever Nick.
When a state is in the headlines for popularity it has reach its zenith
Ok. Maybe folks will leave now. Texas isnt a Shangri-la that people want or hope it to be. Its home for me. Im in SA.
What most historians ALWAYS forget is Mexico was against SLAVERY. It wasn’t GUN’s, the Tejas or Texans wanted the freedom to keep their slave economy.
Yeah original US migrants to Texas had their slaves sign indentured servitude contacts to get around the fact slaves were illegal. To be honest the friction between Texans and Mexico was inevitable as it was literally two different cultures and Mexico was hands off until things started to actually develop. Mexico looked the other way because they didn't have the ability to actually govern the whole territory but eventually with all things they eventually stopped ignoring it and things went south from there...
I love my state and I live in San Antonio best citY in Texas, but it’s a big joke how tourist think the battle of the Alamo was fought over Texans and Tejano’s wanted their freedom. That’s only partially true. We still have acorns like our Governor, but still can’t MESS WITH TEXAS. it’s the people and mixture of cultures that make our state great, not the politics.
@@pamlaenger6870 yes and no, you talk about reading history but then make a wildly misleading statement. Spain made slavery illegal well before Mexico gained it's independence, during the years following Mexico's independence the government failed to enforce it's laws across the territory, slavery was still illegal. In fact their inability to govern the whole territory is part of the issue that allowed Texas to grow as it did and fight for independence. So pointing to what was happening in Mexico and inferring slavery was legal is a misrepresentation of early Mexico. To be honest Mexico still has trouble governing and policing it's country so you can imagine how it was as a newly independent government with more land than they can possibly govern.
@@pamlaenger6870 True, Slavery is not all and inclusive to just Africans. History is reap with the servitude of all races of slaves. The focus here is about Texas and the white southerns who wanted to continue their African slave exploitations and the Tejanos (Mexican empresarios) who encouraged the continuation of the same slavery.
So that history (slavery) was hidden until 2018 when it was first mentioned. Mexico asked the Americans to settle the area now know as Texas because the Indians were wiping the floor with the Mexicans in Texas. Once the Americans got the area prosperous Mexico wanted the land back Ask any of the many families who have lived here since that time. FYI The Indians and Mexicans held quite a few slaves
Dude lets get this clear. Almost all the Corps did is move their head quarters to Texas. The main reason why is their incentives and tax breaks ran out and are not getting renewed. They all have buildings/property in Cali. So many of them can move back when things go bad in Texas.
Love the outfit, Nick.
I'm from the RGV area and it's NOT run down, it's just low salary area. Not all citizens can afford to have luxurious homes. Move to the RGV 14 years ago from New Jersey, I testify that this area has leap forward in every way. 😀
The best thing about Texas is watching Jerry Jones bust a hemorrhoid every Sunday.
Amen I am a Texan and totally agree with this statement, Jerry Jones is the reason I hate the Cowboys......
Billy Bob Thornton says: "I like the way you talk." You are an excellent narrator that keeps your audience alert and interested! You could narrate films for the military. Keep those recruits from falling asleep in boot camp, you can save them from doing a lot of push-ups. Hi from Delaware
They can't even keep the lights on in this podank state.
Move then you won't be missed
I have lived in San Antonio for a decade and it’s a decent place to live as long as you avoid the south side. I have been held at gun point and assaulted for being on the wrong part of town but the north side is very safe and I have lived there for many years. You can see change coming through, homelessness is starting to rise especially in Austin. Prices for rent and everyday items is starting to go up I honestly feel it’s becoming way too overcrowded and it’s only a matter time before it starts to resemble Austin.
You're weren't packing your own heat? 🤔
Great video Mr.Johnson I’ve never been to Texas but being a Florida resident I wouldn’t mind taking a trip to the “Lone Star state”, to experience things like Big Bend National park, the Alamo, a Dallas cowboys game (I’m a Miami dolphins fan), try some Texas BBQ, and just experience Texas. Texas has some of the problems that Florida is facing like high influx of people moving in, constant building of homes, apartments, and home values going up and other issues but hey no place is perfect. Not to mention both states have no income tax, also this is a question for the natives, would you consider yourselves being the most hospital of all southern states ?
@Big Dick Black I was born in Virginia (south eastern Virginia), I’ve lived in Georgia and now Florida, and I must say from my experiences the nicest out of those three were people from Georgia.
@Big Dick Black also one my previous bosses was from West Virginia, lemme tell ya he’s good hearted person, and when I would go to North Carolina I was always happy with how the North Carolinians treated me. As for the west coast I’ve only been to Washington state and Alaska, I was going to Alaska for a 7 day cruise, we didn’t really spend to much time on land but I would imagine that the locals have a love hate relationship towards tourist. Canada was the only foreign country I’ve been to I was in British Columbia, again we didn’t have much time be around the locals but from what people say Canadians are nice.
Houston is I where I live and work…not the prettiest area but very convenient and accommodating with a relative low cost of living. When we want to get away from the sprawl we visit places in the Hill Country…Austin, San Antonio and everything in-between the two cities. Also we recently visited Waco and that seemed like a pretty cool small city to live. Another good thing about Houston is it’s easy to travel when you live here…we have two airports and the port of Galveston from which we can go on cruises to the Caribbean frequently. One more thing…the best thing here is the variety of food you can get…Tex-Mex, Cajun and Creole, Asian, Barbecue, Nigerian, Caribbean, Mediterranean….so much good food here…
I don’t want to lie but I like your content like that !! Now I really want to move from France to Texas ! Keep doing 🔥🏆💪🏾
Texas is full, we dont want yall here. Texas is for Texans
bro. Texas is way better then france.
The border towns are not run down and are growing lol the food is amazing, if you think you had tacos, you have not. One hour from the beach; I think yes 😎
It's improving quite a bit...
Another VERY ENTERTAINING and INFORMATIVE video. Come on everyone, turn on the notification bell !
tama-yoo-lipas !! 😂😂😂 you have a great personality, nick! ha ! I think the U is silent..my grandparents came from nearby Nuevo León back in the 1950's to Laredo, btw 😁
I was born and raised in Texas I recently left, thankfully! It’s not a bad place but I laugh every time people leave other states and head there like it’s some “safe haven” with a “booming economy “
Yeah there’s jobs but most don’t pay enough and yeah there is no state income tax….but if you own a home you’re gonna owe an arm and a leg in property tax every year. And not to mention there are way too many people and the weather is TERRIBLE freezing windy winters, fall lasts 3 days spring lasts 3 days and ridiculously hot summers.
I’ll always be “Texas” kid I guess but I won’t be moving back there anytime soon
I don't like the Texas weather. Rents and houses are getting more expensive and property taxes as well. Salaries in general are not keeping up. I recently left Texas and went to a place with much better weather.
So what better place did you move to?
@@kibblemonster3801 I never understood this either. Theres also more to Texas than the larger cities which are obviously more expensive.
@@MrMarkovka11 ..i love the whole east coast
@@christianguzman6510 you do?? Oh good! Lol
PLEASE NO MORE CALIFORNIANS LOL
You mean no more blue states
You Got That Right
don’t californicate texas
@@UserName-ts3sp Vote For "TEXIT."
Just landed in Texas, 30 more of my Californian employees moving right in next :)
What about Amarillo? I lived there for 4 years, liked it, had a small above ground pool for my 2 little boys and myself. I think i remember some lake there for swimming, , but it wasn't great. I rented a house which was really big, nice, and cheap. Stores were good. I was on S Washington st, across from the college.
Thanks Nick 🥰
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The people in texas are defl the nicest and most generous that i have ever seen and met and i have lived in many. This is 100% true
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oooooooo I'd love to do an interview with you. Born and raised texan here :) From big city to small rural. Let me know! wanted to add... im from el paso :D
Email me Amanda NickJohnsonNC18@gmail
@@NickJohnson I'll shoot over an e-mail this evening
Nick I’m from the Midwest thinking about moving to your state North Carolina but I’m moving to the western mountainous part how much snow does it get
You need to do a Texas tour series Nick!
Please do an exclusive video just on New York City alone. (5 Boro's) New York has always had wonderful places that are the best in the country but also has had one of the worst places in the country. Most People don't know. There's mansion in the Riverdale Section of the Bronx as well as Jamaica Estates in Queens. Then there's the Rich Upper east side of Manhattan and then the bad Harlem and Washington Heights. Also do a video on Long island. (Nassau and Suffolk County) A place where millionaires live and also places that can be bad as well.
West texas was run down and a few nice people . East texas felt like heaven in America 🇺🇸
Another Gem Nick
Nick - what is the point of having a map on the wall if you put book shelves in front of it so you can't read it?
I read that the Texas flag was a blend of the Polish and Scottish (St Andrews, in color only) flags, in representation of Scottish and Polish settlers being the largest groups to settle in Texas initially. It certainly explains the large number of Scottish names throughout the DFW.
Also explains it's success.