Driving Downtown- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada [3/26/2019]

[@sundaydriver316]

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[@alfredolopez7147]

I love these landscapes :)

[@tommywilliams5140]

American here. I found Saskatoon on a map when I was a kid and when I saw that name I had always had a fascination with this fair city. Then along comes Corner Gas and I fell in love with your whole province.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Tommy Williams Come on up and see us sometime!🇨🇦

[@tommywilliams5140]

@@winnifredforbes8712 My friend I intend too as soon as some of this madness subsides. And if the sitting prez get's re elected I may have to apply for refugee status. All this madness is giving me chest pains and I am for real.

[@tommywilliams5140]

I just physically and mentally can't take this stuff anymore.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Tommy Williams You and me both, Tommy!

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Tommy Williams You may have a bit of trouble getting across our border. We seem to be swamped with people needing to escape!

[@matyanz3082]

I’m from saskatoon and it’s actually not depressing at all this is just a cloudy day we get sun just like everywhere else we actually get more sun then a lot of places because we are very far from any coastline yes it’s cold but saskatoon is also beautiful in the winter

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

Can you elaborate? What in particular is pleasant about the place? There is a dreariness to it, looking at this; The low buildings, the oppressive gray and the lack of green, the penury of human traces, what is there to compensate for these apparent shortcomings

[@pummisher1186]

@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 Downtown is a terrible example of Saskatoon. Go onto Google Streetview and you can take a look at where all the nicer areas are. Downtown is not worth visiting unless you really need to. You could spend your entire life in Saskatoon without really needing to go downtown.

[@peggyholton8930]

Dan C This is a very grey day right at the end of winter.... worst times to film would be late fall and very early spring. In the summer there is greenery everywhere, people out on the streets, pots of flowers in the medians and on the street corners. There are almost weekly festivals going on downtown... the riverbank around the Bessborough hotel and River Landing is filled with people running/ cycling/ walking. This video does not do the city justice at all. As for your comment about low buildings... I suppose if you are keen on a big city with skyscrapers that shut out the sun and the beautiful sky ( Saskatchewan is known for this), then you are right - Saskatoon is not the city for you.

[@williambrycemcmurtry1279]

Saskatoon is pretty depressing

[@pummisher1186]

@@williambrycemcmurtry1279 Sadly yes.

[@Quebedify]

I can't believe i 'lived' here for about a year and a half... I can't help but miss it. I can't articulate why either. Thankful for this video.

[@Quebedify]

Ever try to go back somewhere and find out that it's not there anymore?

[@Quebedify]

i feel like i need to listen to 'when the summer ends' by american football when i watch this shit

[@canadaisgreat]

We are planning to move that city so it's pretty cool to see beforehand. Thanks!

[@tongsupchoi]

I stayed in Saskatoon while taking ESL program of U of S. in 1996-1997. And I visited Saskatoon in 2016 with my family to remember those days. From Korea..

[@ravinhairgirl88]

I grew up in this city thank you for posting this video. I noticed a lot of changes. But there were still buildings I recognized. I like the new facade on Midtown Plaza. This what the old train station looked until 1968 when it was torn down to make way for this new plaza wondering what was going to take Sears place since that closed down. The School Board office use to be in the old tech building at the bottom of the 19 th street now the offices have moved to the old Eaton/Army and Navy store.

[@islandgirl3244]

This was awesome! I lived in Saskatoon my entire life and moved to the Island three years ago. It brought back so many memories as you drove past familiar landmarks. Thank you for this trip down memory lane!😊

[@Thegrinch12]

It’s changed a bunch since then!

[@MikeCanadian]

It's actually looks much nicer now , in summer!

[@exeaux3033]

Has anyone here heard of piinksparkles? Shes constantly bashing saskatoon and shes the biggest youtuber to come from there.

[@robertstrom5398]

It really is so nice in the summer, I lived there for 2 years.

[@Y0shiart2]

Although out my life, this was my gateway of my appointments. I treasured the moment when I rode with Saskatchewan Transportation Company before. It was a great experience.

[@ASAManifesto]

I have family there. Beautiful in the summer.

[@sreejeshellath]

Dear Sunday driver, your effort has been helping us (From Dubai) by simply sit and have great feel of Road trip throughout Canada, great work, highly appreciated, i would like to do same for U.A.E, but we don't have much time for that after work as well as temperature of 50 degree celsius are there most of the time, but your videos are so cool, also it has so much snow too :), all the best.

[@mukhumor]

You should do a Sunday Drinker video, and show what the Bars are like.

[@Grace-ic3gi]

I moved to Saskatoon in 1982 lived there until 2006 the year I got married and moved to the Uk I notice a big change in the city,what a difference I think I would be lost if I ever came back for a visit.

[@williamh7759]

Oh my god the ol bridge was still there in that video

[@fritzdixxon6071]

That is the new one that they built in the style of the old one

[@rickyrickardo8347]

I'm from Ontatio and I cant help but notice how small the trees are.

[@Whatdoingdog44]

Young trees they will grow in due time

[@canadiandeplorable2087]

Saw my Canada Post truck at 241 5ave N. Bad time of year for a video

[@abidsaleem4304]

Nice video I watched your all videos thanks for that

[@ThoughtFission]

Why would you do this at the worst possible time of year? Makes the city look awful.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

muddylondon True. I love the greenery in 'Toon. People keep their yards so nice.

[@augustt8282]

From an outsider prospective who's want to live in Saskatoon, this video actually help to make up my mind, it looks great to be honest with you, and it's nice to get better idea of the city vibes though its good and bad days.

[@meganhenderson32]

@@augustt8282 I agree. We're also looking to move there and it's nice to see what it look like at different times of the year. I like how it's so quiet compared to where I live now, and it may look "awful" but i think it's calm and relaxing

[@indianazorrilla716]

You should come to Dominican República and im sure you'll scared in 5 minutes after start driving.

[@ranjdall]

Paris of the prairies, city of bridges, lived 6 months there, plenty of nice places to spend money there but not enough time to enjoy life.

[@mgm661]

This person chose the worst weather and worst time of the year to record this, but WHY ?😕 It's like making a video of your gf when she is drunk and in really bad shape .. then show it to your friends LOOK that's HER, isn't she amazing ?

[@MrZadokthePriest]

Saskatoon is known as the Paris of the Prairies. As a Nova Scotian I had the joy of visiting this beautiful city in July 2011. Would be a delightful contrast to see this same route videoed again on a sunny day in a warmer season.

[@bryan1377]

This is still really beautiful though

[@racsito39]

I like gray days, however I cannot imagine being in a weather like that for weeks.

[@mysticdn2595]

Months*

[@arjay_2002]

half a year*

[@donmacpherson5498]

Actually, our city has major sunlight days per year.

[@arjay_2002]

Don Macpherson yep, sunlight at -25 for half a year

[@abbeyf410]

lol wtf

[@alisonbonar1613]

I love the flat roads. So much better than steep hills.

[@a12gharatvirajvilas57]

Well yes its recorded on a dull day, but i dont know why it feels like Capitalist Soviet Russia 😂😂 Good video👍👍

[@chrissalmon3222]

Why did 46k people watch a guy drive through a relatively unknown city (unless you live in Canada) in the winter

[@bazza945]

The road markings seem somewhat vague.

[@josephbolton5199]

I live here and they are brutally unclear. In the winter, the ice and snow gets packed so hard on the road, that it's like an ice rink. To stop people from sliding into each other, they cover the roads with gravel to add traction. As the ice melts, the ground up gravel acts like sandpaper and removes all the lines off the road... not that people here ever pay attention to the lines, signs, pedestrians, or other drivers on the road anyway.

[@timfronimos459]

"Running back to Saskatoon" was the theme song on every hockey road trip, for my brothers and I, back in the 80s and 90s. Sing another prairie tune! If I were a Canadian I'd live on the prairies.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

The streets are so wide, you can angle-park on both sides. But, where is the scramble corner?

[@iloveprincegeorge8693]

Thanks for uploading. 😃

[@CanadianFirevideos]

Another great video and like 483. Thanks for the upload👍

[@yichaichai8985]

this video is very helpful thanks

[@niasworldinphillipines6403]

I really appreciate your efforts

[@gkiltz0]

i'm in Virginia Was this a Sunday, morning or does Saskatoon not have traffic? There is more traffic than THAT in cities less than half the size. Don't they have single family houses in Saskatoon? Saskatoon DOES have roundabouts. We don't really have those here!

[@dywaynebueckert9574]

Weekend traffic is much lighter in Downtown Saskatoon, also this was filmed in late March which can still be fairly cold here hence fewer people out and about.

[@DeviousShrimp]

Yes there are all types of housing there. Just the cameraman didn’t drive in the residential areas this is more of the downtown core and old area.

[@fritzrue]

Good video. How come so little traffic though?

[@georgecorance4595]

Because it is a very depressing place

[@fritzrueffel5721]

Surely it doesn’t suck that bad?

[@DeviousShrimp]

Because it is an ugly day and probably like a Wednesday so not much of a rush day unless it is rush hour.

[@Whatdoingdog44]

@@fritzrueffel5721its pretty bad might be the worst place in the prairies. 1. Calgary 2.Edmonton 3.Winnipeg 4.Regina 5 Saskatoon. Only good thing about this place is the food other than that not much at all to do.

[@iossipmiljak6770]

I finally watched 50 shades of grey :)

[@CanadianFirevideos]

Saskatoon aka the bridge city

[@smartinvestor4306]

is it me, or does it seem the streets are covered in mud?

[@MetalAllDayAllNight]

The city spreads dirt all winter long to cover the snow and ice. Every spring is mud season.

[@drm310]

It's actually a mixture of mostly sand and a bit of salt. It melts the snow and ice and improves traction for vehicles' tires.

[@smartinvestor4306]

@@drm310 pretty smart

[@10tenman10]

Hate to say it but they grey cloudy day makes the town look a bit dreary and depressing.

[@rob5197]

Any town /city under the same circo stances

[@KCDashcammer]

Weird thing to comment but I I love Saskachewan's license plate. It's so beautiful and I also love the green.

[@garbageday587]

I agree ☺️

[@AdrianBlackburnDesteni]

there's hardly any trees :(

[@pummisher1186]

It's because the guy driving didn't drive past places where there were trees... You go to residential areas and parks for that.

[@AdrianBlackburnDesteni]

@@pummisher1186 its not a knock against this town in particular. its unfortunate when cities exist in such a way where one has to go to special areas to see trees.

[@RT-nh6mw]

There were actually a decent number of trees but because it was early spring when the leaves haven’t grown and everything is brown they didn’t really stand out.

[@pummisher1186]

@@AdrianBlackburnDesteni Well, the special areas are away from downtown. Literally every other place in the city is where the trees are. Driving in any direction away from downtown would show that every neighbourhood has countless trees. There's jack rabbits that hop around at night when everyone's asleep. I can't tell you how many trees are in this city. It's just the person filming only drove around the sad and depressing downtown area.

[@fraserpaulina]

Lived here for a year and a half before I ran back to my home province. Saskatoon is the most depressing city I’ve ever visited/lived in. And LOL at your downtown... so sad.

[@PyramidOfBubbles777]

And Saskatoon thanks you for leaving! :)

[@garbageday587]

It also have the second most crime rates in Canada after Regina

[@vincentmartin4063]

I live in this city, and I hate it. Can't wait for the day I leave it. Lucky you.

[@fraserpaulina]

Larry Gunderson I’m glad... at least now I live in a city where people aren’t going 15 under the speed limit on the highway. 🤪

[@thehappyguy8907]

Please need driving video for Québec city downtown and neighborhood

[@markbajek2541]

Perhaps you've mentioned this in a comment before, but what type of camera and mount is being used to film this video.?

[@elidioortiz304]

Come posso andare a questa citta

[@northernbckaren6303]

SUNDAY DRIVER please do a video of Thompson Manitoba 😃

[@SuperGuitarboyz]

I was planning to come here to settle down, and this video change my mind...

[@nainshisingh4718]

Its good city my friend is living overthere

[@hamalot100]

Is that Saskatoon or Russia ??? LOL. Just kidding...sort of. I lived there till age 29. Moved to Vancouver. I’m now 52. Muuchoo warmer in B C. More green. Less....brown

[@bc2love]

Lol why Russia?

[@martincarroll7470]

looks like any large city and full of SUV,s.

[@SuperGuitarboyz]

this is downtown?? damn....

[@avnas90]

its got that Small Town main street sort of feel doesn't it😉😆 I live here, despite the dreariness of this video its much nicer in the summer and fall!

[@sureshpatel-kt2nu]

friend please put video saskatoon 8 street & 51 TO 71 comercial

[@sundaydriver316]

Thank you for your comments. Our shooting schedule for next month includes Saskatoon. Please recommend other good areas for the video.

[@tanisgentle3576]

This video just does not do downtown Saskatoon justice at all and should have been done in the Summer during a busier hour when downtown is alive. This makes Saskatoon look like a bleak, cold, uninviting and unprosperous place to be to people who don’t know the city. Disappointing to say the least. I hope you will redo and delete this.

[@firewildboy9831]

I would have to agree on that one

[@discodirk48]

I thought Winnipeg was depressing...

[@mjohnhayes]

Born and raised here. Just aint the same

[@sureshpatel-kt2nu]

realy good superb

[@MattBuysHouse]

hows' the singles life and ladies here?

[@papermoon4129]

I’m from there and it is a beautiful city......just not the downtown.

[@fraserpaulina]

What downtown? 😂 You can’t call that downtown. Lived there for under two years... downtown has like 3 roads and 4 buildings. LOL.

[@papermoon4129]

Paulina Iwanowa hahaha, when were you there last ? I just came back from there, I went back for 8 yrs to be with my mom after her Herat attack. There’s a few more than 4 buildings. It’s people like you who give prairie towns a bad wrap.

[@fraserpaulina]

Paper Moon Just moved from there less than two weeks ago. Downtown has absolutely nothing to offer. It’s such an empty city. Maybe it’s someone’s cup of tea, and it’s really not my place to judge, but to me it was VERY bare-boned (fiancé even had the same opinion despite him enjoying more of a country lifestyle). I prefer a much more lively and “dense” city than Saskatoon. It really felt empty and sad the entire two years I was there. It just seemed as if the only people who thought of Saskatoon as the “big city” were the ones who never stepped foot outside the province.

[@Algoframe]

Nice Beautiful

[@Larry-nz9pi]

How much does it cost to live here?

[@CountChilly]

Suggest Living At Alberta but idek about the jobs cause u get 15$ per hour wage Saskatoon has 11.35 but increased I think cause of Covid-19. There are some nice house but some costs ALOT like ALOT. U an get an apartment for 800 - 1,000 or rent a House Which is decent but 1,000 - 1,500 a month but idk Security and privacy is what I like. You wouldn’t really know if There’s hidden tiny Cameras projected everywhere

[@josephbolton5199]

I lived at the building on the right hand side at 20:25 and it was $1250 a month for a, fairly spacious 2 bedroom.

[@jameshanson5933]

looks like a town in Siberia

[@alainlyrette6876]

Really?I'm from Quebec City and somehow i always wanted to visit Saschek,,,sackath,,Sasqkchw..always wanted to visit the prairies.I saw a picture of downtown Regina and it seems quite impressive for a city of that size.I hope you are right when you say Saskatoon is beautiful in summer cause this video is ugly and sad.

[@atinyzenarmy]

It's beautiful in the summer but such a depressing place to live in. There's nothing fun to do here at all.

[@lizwilliams14]

All of Saskatchewan looks grey and colourless in winter. Spring is short and summer comes quickly and then it’s way more attractive. Saskatoon has very nice university buildings. And the river. And a paddle boat that offers trips.

[@ddicin7759]

@@atinyzenarmy That's canada in general. Rules everywhere, prohibitions on anything that's fun, a work obsessed culture, high cost of living and too many taxes imposed on the lowest paid workers...a place with a low quality of life except for the select few.

[@garbageday587]

I'm also from Quebec City ☺️

[@SAGERODS250REM]

Suicide rate is pretty high here I imagine, lots of bridges to jump off anyway.

[@garbageday587]

Streets looks like shit

[@monicamccarthy3932]

Looks like a very unimpressive city.

[@fraserpaulina]

It is. I lived there for a year and a half before my fiancé and I left to go back home. It’s very depressing there.

[@georgecorance4595]

It is very depressing there

[@avnas90]

I am not sure what exactly you were expecting to see? Its a pretty normal place, not fancy no, but also this is just a video of a guy driving around in the worst weather. I live in Saskatoon, have been living here since 1999. Its not for everyone, but for such a large city its got that small town feel you can feel when talking to a majority of the people here. I Like it anyways🤷‍♀️but I am not picky either.

[@bc2love]

@@avnas90 I would love to visit Saskatoon, such a beautiful place.

[@eniolopes7862]

Cidade deserta, e as ruas parece está suja de lama

[@Whatdoingdog44]

Why does this look like a soviet city? Even Regina had more character than this place. Where are the old architecture? The trees? Parks? People? The opening shot was amazing then it just turned into blah.

[@Ghost-Rider667]

WOW it looks like Detroit but without all the blacks, graffiti, waste and vacant houses.

[@asoiaf__]

Jon Snow Interesting comparison; I’ve seen you in Game of Thrones videos before btw

[@linhughes3111]

Without all “the blacks”? Tf is your problem.

[@hesterramirez6700]

Lin Hughes he’s not wrong tho

[@rd4501]

Not a big difference nothing good to see, nothing good to do just a shit hole, now Regina is a nice little town.

[@hesterramirez6700]

@R D nothing really to do in either cities. At least Saskatoon has a river running through it.

[@menna-s2p]

What 's your nationalty??

[@clemlowes2112]

Where was the downtown gridlock? Lol

[@hamishstevenson1451]

Why? Absolutely hideous.

[@georgecorance4595]

I lived there. Very depressing place. Would rather live in Prince Albert or an other surrounding city. Ugly city

[@uvy3908]

Nah the east side is awesome

[@bradwhitcomb1879]

Ummmm...wow.

[@RT-nh6mw]

Brad Whitcomb yeah, I live in Saskatoon and I’ve gotta say that they chose the worst possible of all days to film it. We put a lot of sand on our roads so when there’s a drought like there was last year the sand stays all spring. I love biking downtown as it’s actually really beautiful especially along the river; unfortunately this video didn’t really showcase that.

[@talal1010]

مرحبا فيديو رائع شكرا لك

[@evgenyfatilnikov6503]

удивительно какие дороги местами убитые. И большое количество грязных машин. Что-то среднее между штатами и Россией. Но архитектура и планировка улиц однозначно штатовские.

[@notispanos32]

It looks like eastern Europe

[@PeterFranks-ls5qw]

from swift curreent sask 60 yrs ago got to revisit saskatoon when my friend al bechthold lived therte on taylor west by fair grounds.had a great time each two week vist folkfest great antique car show even betyter,keep up the good work saskatoon,keep up the great work but don,t vote for the crappy conservatives,they destroyed my home town.

[@SAGERODS250REM]

Fuck you I live in speedy creek, you must be one of those NDP dippers

[@turdferguson74]

Any hots chicks there

[@nima9018]

I like Regina more in every aspect except nightlife.

[@makeartanubhav]

Looks quite sad.

[@Peter-vy4rl]

It goes to -40 to -45 during winter, What do you expect?

[@cristianmangano7616]

Sos cachetón

[@Drewbie96]

It's just so ..... brown

[@Fan-zx1lz]

What a dirty road and dusty cars. Very unworthy of moving here. Untidy place.

[@DeviousShrimp]

Well everything is dirty because the snow has recently melted leaving mud and stuff everywhere....

[@testfortester7131]

Depressing place

[@FaDeNitroz]

Test Fortester how is it exactly?

[@midnightlorenzo5918]

I know it may not look like a nice populated city in Canada, but still a nice city to live in

[@rajkirannatarajan9276]

Very sparse, poorly cultured, lots of crime, winters that are too long, roads that suck, a lack of interesting natural features, all in the middle of one of the worst ecological disasters, the Canadian prairie. When you compare Saskatoon to even towns half its size in BC yet have more to do, it shows just how boring this place is.

[@AzizKhan-zu4ef]

So ugly saskatoon. oh no :/

[@DeviousShrimp]

It’s a very nice city in the summer. It’s just the worst time of year to show off the city.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Why record this in winter/early spring when the city looks like death?

[@bobjames6284]

I lived there for about a year in the early 80's, and the only month it didn't snow was July. Honest to God, it snowed the first week of June and the last week of August. In between it was hot, windy, and dusty, and there were trucks pumping out clouds of mosquito poison at night, though I never saw or felt a mosquito the whole time. Maybe it worked. Good area for driving, though. I could make the 425 miles to Calgary in about five hours, and speeding tickets were $50 no matter how fast you were going.

[@ThePrizmbot]

@@bobjames6284 Lived in Sask my whole life, not once did i see it snow in summer, so i have a hard time believing that. Granted i wasn't alive in the 80s.

[@bobjames6284]

@@ThePrizmbot - I'm not lying - it really happened. We also had a flood with water six feet deep up the side of my house. I think one person drowned when her car got stuck in an overpass and ended up fifteen feet underwater. (I just looked that up - it was June 24, 1983) There were also quite a few incredibly windy days, including once when the wind broke a window beside the toilet while I was sitting on it. Didn't see any plagues of locusts, but it wouldn't have surprised me. I don't mean to insult your town, but the weather just wasn't cooperative that year.