Discovering Mesa, Arizona: Tour of the City 2024

[@LivinginArizona]

Also watch our Gilbert Arizona tour! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5PZaWeArbJ1aqc

[@johngray9986]

Can you do a video on the Payson/Pine AZ

[@hr7055]

Mesa PD might be THE most corrupt police in the entire country. Feds should make an example out of this entire Police Department and the city offcials that enabled their injustices. Why did Mesa rehire Philip Mitchell Brailsford and give him his pension after he blatantly murdered Daniel Shaver? They also allowed fellow murderer Charles Langley to retire and now he is hiding out in the Philippines.

[@petebrown3715]

Great video on Mesa. Should've drove past Sloan Park on Rio Salado where the Chicago Cubs play and showed the Mesa Riverview Park.

[@sandydickinson6193]

Riverview park is awesome!

[@xmazurx]

No mention of all the advantages of Mesa for outdoor activities close by. That's the highlight of Mesa for me by far.

[@francishedges1370]

That's a Great video you did on Mesa.😁

[@chadhart8486]

Mesa is a very beautiful city. Another good video Jeff !!!

[@freightgirl1967]

I’ve been watching your videos for a few years. Finally moved from So Cal to E Mesa. So happy! Thank you for the level of detail in all areas of AZ.

[@eugenedimitrov]

Wow!Mesal looks so awesome and kinda great place to live I guess!

[@nickdigiovanni7483]

thanx for this video,I,m from ridgetop tn,im 65 now,now im seeing where i hung out in mesa back in 74 turned 18 in mesa and thought,damn this is the coolest place,stayed at the copperstate motel,just steps away from pioneer park worked at Red Creech auction barn 29 n robson,had the best time of my life,the day i got home,elvis presley front page of THE NASHVILLE BANNER prestley died! brings back memories! willie nelson lived in this small town then73, used to pump his gas at the old timey shell station

[@AnthonyJay86]

Did anyone else notice the failed cartwheel at 11:31? LOL!

[@AnnaSwan-l5g]

My city☺

[@MiddleEastLebanon]

Lucky

[@rahuliyer7456]

Been a resident of Mesa (Mountain View) since 2010. Great city. Well balanced between rich and poor, liberal and conservative...very diverse population. I like it. My wife likes Mesa. You are basically close to everything. Mesa is also the Northern end of the Asian district in the East Valley

[@eugenedimitrov]

Just checked out your channel and I find it so educating,informative and entertaining as

[@eugenedimitrov]

Hey ! What's up?cool video !Really into Mesa ,Tempe , Glendale and Arizona itself!!!

[@lewisbale1]

Wow, they're doing a lot of building.

[@AMPProf]

yah and it sucks up all the water.. go fiquer it was once empty! oh shert my bad

[@MeachPango]

yea it sucks really bad honestly, Mesa feels more like a small phoenix these days. ugly apartments after ugly apartment. Its sad to see this happening to my hometown while living here.

[@traceytrotter9934]

@@MeachPango So ugly.

[@titlepending1302]

They stay building ish 🙄

[@AMPProf]

@@titlepending1302

[@thedrogo3953]

Gotta love Main Street . . it goes from super old/dumpy to super nice Downtown strip 😅 The Light Rail has really help revitalize the area over the past few years.

[@Gaudy_Santillan]

Born and raised in Mesa.. love Mesa Az

[@calebdonaldson8770]

I never knew Mesa was the largest suburb in the country, though I could've guessed as much! The whole Phoenix metro area is absurdly gargantuan. The streets, the shops, and the houses just never end. Cities like Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, etc. all blur together. It's dozens upon dozens of square mile blocks in every direction. You never realize the scale until you drive the entire length of Baseline.

[@jess97724]

They're all the same if you ask me expensive housing & boring suburban cities all stuck together like glue 😂

[@JuneMacCross]

You made Eastmark look so good! Great community to live, work and play. Mesa is such a good place to live

[@jess97724]

If you're into boring 🥱

[@kimjordan3757]

Moving to Mesa next month. I'm not ready for the heat 😂

[@samueladewumi3423]

It's three months since your comment. How is it going?

[@bodaciousbean]

lucky!! i would love to live here

[@MrRocksteady77]

Thanks, heading out for a soccer tournament this month.

[@mamatemari6061]

Mesa is so cool

[@justinbelzer816]

moving to mesa in a week and a half after spending the last few years in North Dakota. any suggestions clothing wise besides the uv clothes and hats

[@23pinkpear]

Please be aware there is a very large homeless encampment here the city cannot control it can be dangerous at times

[@aubriawood7433]

Especially downtown

[@Gucci_Membrane]

Can confirm, I got yelled at by a crackhead screaming gibberish at a crosswalk

[@scottmac3539]

Shades of Portland, Ore. which I'm quite familiar with. Fortunately, Scottsdale isn't plagued

[@GamingandfitRN]

Thank you but I’m use to it I’m from Los Angeles

[@adolfo5195]

Where is the encampment located?

[@eddiemautone209]

😊😊 your videos are so great thanks I appreciate your help I live in Florida I can't stand worst place in the USA damp high humidity I stopped in Arizona on the way to California years ago two nights I felt so good

[@lynwill9946]

Wow! This is my home😊 I was not aware it is the largest suburb. I would like to see more farmers markets spread out throughout Mesa.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

You're in AZ dude. Theres no culture there unless you consider No Culture a culture. People are small minded, and mostly ignorant and intolerant. So glad my parents got me the hell outta there in '77 before it caused irreversible brain damage.

[@leechjim8023]

There is Superstition Market on Main between Higley and Greenfield rds. At 48th st.

[@SamsungA01-j6v]

Прает из далёкого Казахстана. Какой красивый город, ваш Меса

[@yousifhappycowfarm1172]

I did some construction work underground tunnel, pave me by power Road in Main Road in 1999 average house w Wass about 200,000 that time

[@theregoesmiller389]

forgot to mention eastmark is HIGHLY congested and the traffic is HORRENDOUS plus if you need to use ironwood AT ALL , good luck using it during rush hr.. even with them opening it to the 24...

[@soksopheak4464]

Relax time

[@emanueldawkins5862]

If you do make a video on Scottsdale, can you please show the night clubs no one ever shows them😢 great video by the way😊

[@shaynahall-vm4fu]

That would be fun film for old Town bar hop video it

[@simonelojeck]

Next time you're near the Superstition Mall, instead of the chain story, I would suggest Nana Dee's. 50's style diner with Great food! We moved here just 3 years ago, and this is one of our favorites.

[@QueenB572]

Maybe ask to do a video of True Garden on University! Tower gardens used all over the world and in airports growing greens! You missed some good restaurants downtown. Margaritas next to the coffee shop! I’ve been here 37 years, now in Apache Junction. Some great hiking in the beautiful mountains! I don’t know where the homeless encampments are being discussed. They are certainly not on the streets in tents. Someone care to enlighten me? Great video!

[@stevefenwick8299]

Twin knolls by main Street has a big homeless camp, starting to look like a Garbage Dump...

[@nikkicole2149]

Love superstition springs mall. I'm from Scottsdale and it's much more affordable than fashion square mall

[@lauraslanesvanlifetravels]

There's a great food store called American discount foods that has basically beat up products but that are still good to eat... 😆... You know the boxes that get dented that they throw away well this is where they go to stay! I can't make it out there too often cuz it's so far from Phoenix but if you live near it it's worth I go you can save a lot of money they have great prices on everything including meat.

[@brendac8732]

I’m not too sure that the data centers going up near the Eastmark area will actually create a lot of jobs. If they just house servers, relatively few employees are needed to run them. Some, like the new Amazon warehouse, will need quite a few employees - not sure if the majority will be high paying jobs or not.

[@sandyzalecki1145]

I moved to Mesa in 1983. It sure is different these days. I don't live there anymore because it's too hot. I do visit it a lot though.

[@danakolpin1289]

I just moved from California to Yuma, Arizona. It's pretty quiet here and safe. Most of the people that I have met are from California.

[@wesleygoodrich1572]

How is the water shortage in Yuma? Are they concerned about it

[@milessampson3942]

Not surprising. Yuma is a pretty obvious choice for San Diegans who can’t afford the cost of living but still want to maintain their ties in California whether it be work or family. Go to east Yuma like Fortuna Foothills that’s where the retirement communities are and you’ll meet all the transplants from the rest of the country.

[@digitalsoldier1345]

Commiefornia's Stay AWAY

[@mongooseelixer]

Reminds me of the movie Vivarium endless suburbs, kinda freaky all in the middle of the desert, such a wide expanse and all this development surrounded by corporate buildings... what is that place

[@joefisher1972]

I'm going to be in AZ in April and i see a 1 day Valley metro pass is only $4 so I'm definitely gonna ride out to downtown Mesa and Tempe and of course I'm going to Sedona and Grand Canyon. It's definitely going to be different scenery since I live on the East Coast in Virginia Beach VA! Cool video my friend!

[@johnnyh3653]

You may want to check out the old mining town of Jerome and also Montezuma's Castle. They're in the same general area as Sedona. Sedona is incredibly beautiful and because of that, the tourist traffic is really terrible. Get there very early in the day if you can.

[@michellesanchezmartinez7132]

Just FYI Downtown Mesa is full of transient people since it's cheap to get around and many soup kitchens are located on main st, broadway, etc etc, drug exchanges and dangerous Scenarios happen while riding light rail. Since the development of this they've had to place permanent cops around the light rail and police bike systems to be able to keep up. Please be careful and plan things early enough 🙏 not all of mesa is like this I would just say downtown. Once you get to east mesa, and tempe it's more calm, usually college students.

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

11:48 Song?

[@XxXxXBig]

Wealthy live in NE mesa. Groves and red mountain hills. Mesa is large. But wealth is concentrated to specific areas in NE mesa

[@pamelaelkins8947]

Omg. I lived in Apache Junction 25 or so years ago & nothing looks familiar at all, I'd be so lost

[@jessmarie8850]

I really miss Mesa 😢

[@dannie8078]

I’ve lived in Mesa 3 years and I hate it. Many horrible experiences. I can’t wait to move from Mesa!

[@Justify4935]

Why?

[@curiousuniverse438]

@@Justify4935 There are parts of Mesa that are nice, but there is also a massive drug problem with parts of town I won't in drive in. Parts of it are not maintained but still over-priced. Politics are a joke. They've tried to make some improvements (Fiesta Mall area) but so far, it hasn't seemed to change the culture. I do like what they've done with downtown, but they need to invest in more than propaganda videos.

[@traceytrotter9934]

I would rather die than live there. Seriously.

[@joshbachmann5065]

@@traceytrotter9934 no kidding I paid extra to get out of there

[@helprehouseourvets6919]

@@traceytrotter9934 🤣😂😄😀🤭

[@Hschlick84]

Can you cover Prescott Valley next? The city is growing quite a bit, attracting new businesses and young families. Trying to be different from Prescott.

[@AMPProf]

there's a moutain, lynx lake, a few bars {bring money $$-$$$}, lots of old people (if you think you old.. there's someone older.), Lots o Religion Lds-Catholic, Look here.. PV and P are only to be found if you're meant to find it!

[@Hschlick84]

@anthonypeters5604 Nah, it's already on the map according to what some of the boomers are afraid of. REI is rumored to expand here. They're also building some trendy lofts near downtown Prescott Valley. The mayor explicitly says he wants to bring younger and more diverse demographics to the area.

[@AMPProf]

@@Hschlick84 ha lol

[@AMPProf]

Soooo we're Defragging PV?! err uhh ohhh

[@AMPProf]

Trust me when I tell you: Nothing good will come of the Type of building they are doing! Repeating zero lot is bad. Ask lake Mead what it thinks!!!!...

[@keithsparbanie2108]

Why didn't you show Val Vista Lakes or Mesa Community College???

[@LivinginArizona]

Val Vista Lakes is Gilbert.

[@15Jogador15]

Mesa is beautiful.

[@HighHeelsAndPonytails]

Where are the best taco shops in Mesa?

[@jamessprague203]

I've lived in Mesa for 16 years. It's a Hell hole full of crime drugs and a lot of homeless people. I hate it here so much.

[@Sonikbytes]

Got lucky entering the LDS temple in Masa. It was once of a lifetime opportunity, so they say. It is mostly of limits to visitors

[@tutttutt9558]

Cults usually are.

[@Sonikbytes]

@@tutttutt9558 For sure...

[@lorenzobeanbeansonthescene]

They have open house once a year

[@Sonikbytes]

@@lorenzobeanbeansonthescene That is not what I have heard from long time LDS member. The reason they open up the temple last time was because of some restoration work they been doing for few weeks and tons of people came. It was never the case to enter the actual Temple's rooms like the celestial room, etc. The site however is open yearly for their Christmas light show where gets very busy but you cannot enter the actual temple

[@jonniewaniak4494]

The most affordable place, I found to live rent wise, is somewhere near Bisbee

[@brendac8732]

The Mesa Az temple he mentions in downtown is one of the LDS, more commonly known as Mormon, temples. Mormon pioneers founded Mesa, and they still dominate government and politics in Mesa. He drove by several churches with white steeples. Those are Mormon churches, also called Wards. They are strategically placed in almost every neighborhood in the entire East Valley, not far from a public school.

[@kvpilots]

Worst thing about mesa in my opinion

[@ChawgnCron]

@@kvpilots Mormons make the BEST neighbors. Having gone to Gilbert High and now living in East Mesa and NOT being LDS, they are some of the best neighbors and friends to have. Sure they get a bit cliquish sometimes, but they make for a great community overall.

[@paultribble7181]

Mormons are a bunch of self centered a holes

[@paultribble7181]

@@ChawgnCron The LDS girls will let you do butt stuff so that is good

[@helprehouseourvets6919]

@@ChawgnCron Yeah, like *The Stepford Wives*

[@jonniewaniak4494]

it's weird that Phoenix is supposed to be cheaper than Prescott but I find apartment rentals for a lot less in Prescott than in Phoenix I'm confused.

[@rossvesci1706]

What’s up jeff I miss you how you been how was your international trip

[@watertiger319]

Jeff, it would be great to have you come to Fountain Hills ⛲️.

[@Jack3dBrett]

fountain hills is the malibu of AZ

[@tinajonh9367]

Phoenix

[@TheDarkhorse386]

A/c 6 months out of the year. april- sept even into October

[@alansnow1129]

We should be passing Tucson soon in population here in Mesa.

[@SamuelAttias-w6g]

This city?

[@hypeairsoftandgaming]

0:50 i live in that neighborhood to the right lol

[@sonigokuu]

How's the nightlife in Mesa? Is it decent enough not to need to drive into Phoenix or one of its other suburbs?

[@LivinginArizona]

Downtown Gilbert, Chandler and Tempe are better for nightlife and nearby

[@AMPProf]

LOL HA🤣

[@thehoneybadger8089]

Mesa is more family oriented. If you're a party animal, live in Tempe.

[@AMPProf]

@@thehoneybadger8089 ughhhh noooo live in suprise

[@rahuliyer7456]

Mesa is quiet. Not a lot of clubs.

[@thehoneybadger8089]

Center Street is NOT MLKjr Street. That would be 3rd Drive between N. Center and N. Centennial(Sirrine).

[@eddiev73]

Oh....so you live out here in Valley of the Sun. I had no clue man, we should meet for lunch man haha.

[@rossvesci1706]

Jeff you found your dream house in Mesa or Acadia

[@rossvesci1706]

How’s the raptor

[@MaseratiChris556]

how do we get people to stop moving here?

[@dmota3124]

You should have drove down Mesa drive in Broadway in back in the day and showed that. You should also pioneer Park you should also ride the light rail at night with the bums

[@tinajonh9367]

They have very beautiful Fiesta mall in mesa not any no more

[@kvpilots]

Mesa sucks. I have lived here for basically my entire life. Hope to get out one day

[@ChawgnCron]

I hear ya, but just think about why so many people move here. Everywhere else sucks worse.

[@jonniewaniak4494]

I have a question are there any veteran communities down there like housing for disabled veterans specifically?

[@LivinginArizona]

I would check in with the VFW for that question

[@alansnow1129]

Bill and Ted’s adventure and used cars was filmed in Mesa

[@daneboro6847]

East Mesa is nice I lived in the ghetto part many moons ago between Dobson and Southern trrrrash I says!

[@ChawgnCron]

Dobson Ranch is still nice. and if you knew anything you'd know that Dobson and Southern intersect and you can't live between them. That is also where the biggest Hospital in town is as well as the College.

[@Pita-y4j]

Cómo estraño pero algún día estaré nuevamente x alla

[@shaynahall-vm4fu]

I miss Jeff I need advice for states to move to call me !

[@LivinginArizona]

Call me same ole number mate

[@sandydickinson6193]

That’s my hood bro! 😄 Just moved to Mesa recently. 👍🏼

[@CHRISRepAZ]

i remember when it was less than 100000 😃

[@hughsalter7769]

you didn't mention the great college

[@masondrip42]

comment section won this time.

[@GregHofer-e3n]

Walsh Dam

[@medhue]

Don't you have the most corrupt police department in the country? Doesn't seem like the community wants to correct it either, as the cops aren't punished at all. Been going on for decades too.

[@tinajonh9367]

Go to north Scottsdale that very nice location

[@XxXxXBig]

Go to NE Mesa hills. Big homes. High wealth cheaper 3500~20,000 sq ft homes

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

When you say the largest suburb in America, do you mean to say in the USA? I think there's a Toronto suburb that is bigger than Mesa. Edit, it's called Mississauga.

[@AMPProf]

lolololo Canada

[@carlife_710]

Don’t try and compare anything in Canada to the USA. We still have freedoms down here

[@AMPProf]

@@carlife_710 Yah right the land of killer mooses /moossis/moose and You cant buy a gun to save your life!

[@AMPProf]

How they get upcountry redneck mountian woodsy folks but no Rifles? My brain hurts 'merica

[@AMPProf]

yah know it's like 90% Roal crown bs up threr thre ghettos are super yah nope

[@Acsdkdo]

The no firearms got me thrown off from that area completely.

[@ChawgnCron]

We are Constitutional Carry here. No one needs to know you are armed, unless you need to shoot someone, and they can find out then. I've never had to in the last 35 years.

[@tinajonh9367]

Go to garden olive red lobster almaschool and southern

[@Truth-Be-Told-USA]

Need desperately to divide Maricopa county it's too large

[@ChawgnCron]

WORD! But its strange that Apache Junction is in Pinal, its also very big. we'd do well to triple our Counties by splitting them ALL up.

[@dirgesinthedark5637]

Stack and pack death grid of frequencies

[@AMPProf]

🧐🏦🏦💵💵💵💰💰💰💰💰

[@AMPProf]

👮‍♂🕵‍♂🥸✌😆

[@SamsungA01-j6v]

Привет

[@jessmarie8850]

Where's all the traffic LOL?

[@ChawgnCron]

3pm on a Wednesday. He also drove Main Street. Which nobody does if they want to actual get somewhere.

[@eugenedimitrov]

But housing seems to be pretty pricey

[@vanespeer]

I have lived in the Phoenix metro area for 20 years and worked on construction sites as security in locations at every corner and every point in between and I have never heard of Eastmark. Even lived in West Mesa right at the Tempe Mesa line for a time and Eastmark was not on the radar. Something new I guess but it looks like the same-o same-o to me, mile after endless mile of asphalt and characterless architecture and cinder block fences adding to the urban island heat effect. Sorry to have to be the "Downer" but that's the fact of the matter.

[@XxXxXBig]

NE and east Mesa is where the wealthy is. Move

[@seanjohn6608]

You skipped the ghetto part of Mesa.

[@richardwernars5327]

Love to visit Arizona, butt those suburbs are so lifeless. Why are there no homes in the downtown areas.

[@brendac8732]

Turn down any one of those streets off Main Street downtown to find the homes. Many of these neighborhoods are designated historical districts. Others are not.

[@brendac8732]

Main Street is also called Apache Trail (in Tempe, and Apache Junction east of Mesa).and is the original U.S. 60. It is at least 15 miles long.

[@Bibby904]

There's another real estate KZbinr that focuses on Phoenix and much of his videos are about how bad it is in Mesa. In fact, he usually gets into deep conversations with addicts (in Mesa). I have been to Mesa.... Not impressed. Old folks retire in sun city west and Peoria... The idea that my grandma would have died in Mesa is laughable.

[@paulalarsen7697]

I live in Mesa and have lived here for 22 years. I was born and raised in Southern California so believe me when I say it's pretty safe. Every city has bad areas but those areas are few and far between. This city is a great place to live.

[@brendac8732]

It depends on where in Mesa you’re talking about. There are definitely areas you may want to avoid, but other areas are very nice.

[@nicholastaylor9396]

Mesa looks like hell on earth. You’ve obviously never been to an actual city in the US…

[@davidparnell1903]

7th

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Mesa's not a suburb. Never was. I left when the population was a grand 100k. Have no desire to go back. Pioneer Park still has that old rusty train. Many a children have been seriously injured playing on that old beast. Not Mormon, but been inside the LDS temple back in '76 I think for a tour, bizarro place. Just rando shots of nothing driving up and down east Main and University. That pretty much sums up Mesa.

[@IamValentina66]

Just one more month and I’ll be living in AZ

[@CAMOSITYSTAR]

Where u moving from

[@pob42]

I liked the video until you started talking about crystals...

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

And all HOAs! Everything out there is cookie cutter. Just remember Summer heat lasts over 6 months. Mesa is very old city, and there are many ghettos and barrios. Area surrounding Downtown is dangerous and crime ridden. Mostly looks like it's stuck in the 1980s because it's so poor. A lot of empty vacant businesses. Pawn shops, etc.

[@CHRISRepAZ]

there are many homes in the downtown area built in the 1940s

[@CHRISRepAZ]

maybe show a non mormon church 😀