I Drove Through The Worst Parts Of Orange County, California. This Is What I Saw.

Wow! Who would have thought Orange County had so many bad areas?
For this video, I visited Orange County, California, which is well known for being a rich, wealthy enclave. It’s not as rich as you might think. It ranks 79th in the nation in terms of average household incomes.
But my goal today wasn’t to see the fancy homes. It was to see the worst part of Orange County, to put things into perspective on the difference between the rich and the poor here. So, I took the 91 to the city of Santa Ana, smack dab in the heart of the OC. It was a bright, sunny day, and of course, there were fires in the area. Because it’s fall, so there are fires everywhere in southern California, coincidentally, due to the Santa Ana winds. The day was Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 11 am.
Santa Ana is well known for being the worst place in Orange County. The city lies in the middle of the county, and has some of the county’s poorest residents, as well as some of its most dangerous neighborhoods.
Using statistical data and firsthand accounts from previous visits, I’m going to drive this section of the city, on the southeastern side of town. I’ll be driving up and down various neighborhoods in this general area.
Santa Ana is the second largest city in the county, population wise, just behind Anaheim, which is also a dangerous and rundown part of the county. There are 332,000 people squished together here. It’s actually the 4th most densely populated city in the whole country, and is California’s 11th most populous city.
As far back as 2011, Forbes called Santa Ana one of the safest large cities in the nation. But crime here has really picked up over the last decade, and now, Santa Ana is about average, crime wise, for all major cities. It’s not that this place is bad for crime, it’s bad for Orange County. Which is, overall, very safe and desirable.
Home prices in Orange County average $781,000. Here in Santa Ana, the average home price is $610,000. Keep THAT in mind as I drive through. There are very few homes under $300,000 in the areas I’m going to drive through. Most are in the $350,000ish range.
The average person here in Santa Ana earns about 24 grand a year. It remains one of the poorest areas in the country, and certainly, one of the poorest places in California.
Santa Ana used to be a very white community. Now, it’s 80% hispanic. You can likely tell by the home design that 4 in 5 homes in this part of town are home to a hispanic family. The Los Angeles Times once called Santa Ana the new face of California, due to the outrageously high percentage of Mexican Americans who live here now.
It would actually be hard to find anywhere else in the country that has more of a Hispanic vibe, culturally and economically, than in Santa Ana. Hence, this is one of the few cities in Orange County, which votes democratic. Orange County is well known for being mostly a republican stronghold.
We’ll drive around the worst neighborhoods in Orange County for a while now, and then at the end, see the main drag in town and eventually drive into downtown Santa Ana. I’m sure the last part will be eye-opening as well.
Now, we’re going to drive up the heart of Santa Ana on Main Street, north, into downtown.
That was a look at the worst part of Orange County, California. It’s changed a lot here, and it seems to be getting worse. There are a lot of great people here, but it remains very poor and much more dangerous than any other place in the region.
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[@kendallevans4079]

Based on the comments you need to find a new job. You swung and missed trying your best to disparage a community that, apparently has strong support. Maybe consult for TMZ? They love your type of "reporting"

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

Do you have a video on Southie (South Boston) or Dorchester which is also a White low income blue collar community near Boston (this community was in "The Fighter" movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams about Irish American boxer Mickey Ward). Boxers don't come from expensive nice neighborhoods like Martha's Vineyard or Dana Pointe.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@richardalvarado-ik9br Dana Point

[@travdasav8829]

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[@BrianScott1111]

Still waiting for you to show me the worst parts of Orange County I didn’t see them in this video

[@dustinwroten353]

Your car would have the word "gringo" keyed into it within a week of moving there. T. An OC native

[@RiverRatGaming]

That's cuz there aren't none lol. Anaheim on beach is a little sketch but I've lived here my whole life

[@gadielg5238]

Bruh this guy is LITRALLY sped

[@monkeyking8131]

@@dustinwroten353 untrue lol quit thinking non white = bad

[@magamaga1827]

come out at night, white liberal

[@johnmcguinness9596]

I m a middle-aged white guy with penchant for walking. I walk through these neighborhoods daily and have never had a problem. If you are afraid you need to get out more.

[@NickJohnson]

Who said I was afraid

[@4mabus]

White people in Santa Ana are awesome great people. Best neighbors too.

[@steveturner5519]

Well I guess I wouldn't mind taking a walk either through Santa Ana but it's probably going to be through Floral Park and that's about it

[@4mabus]

@@steveturner5519 santa ana welcomes everybody regardless of skin color republicans and democrats too. NO FAR RIGHT NAZIS ALLOWED.

[@steveturner5519]

@@4mabus I don't care where people come from or who they are what bothers me is that 95% maybe more of the entire city can't even pick up the Frito bags in front of their house the place is covered in garbage and when I go to Irvine it's not covered in garbage and I do not know why this is but I believe it's the inhabitants of the city and like I said it doesn't matter where you come from some people are fine with garbage in their front yard and some people aren't

[@MOV1983]

I lived Orange County for 36 years, worked in Santa Ana for 32 years. I even lived in Santa Ana for couple years and walked down many of those streets in the video, but I never encountered any problems on the streets. Interestingly, compared to other poor cities in the US, Santa Ana looks pretty darn good.

[@Mike-01234]

My family moved to Fountain Valley in 1971 where I started school. I remember Santa Ana looking at the video it looks lot nicer than it did in the 1970's and 80's. Most had bars on the windows back then that is a good sign when you see many homes with bars there is a problem with crime.

[@alvarotorres9057]

The worst part of Santa Ana is on 1St street off of the 5 and 55 freeway; there are a lot of homeless drug addicts. Most of the Latino neighborhoods are pretty quiet; there isn’t that much gang activity like there was in 70’s or 80’s. Most Latinos just just go to work and go home to their family.

[@SpaceCaseZ06]

Don't think this video is an accurate reflection of "the worst parts" Need to look along railroad tracks and along the sides of major freeways. Some of this footage and connected commentary is a bit biased. In part this looks tame because this footage appears to have been taken while things were still locked down because of the COVID pandemic. as Alvaro Torres said, 1st St. between 5 & 55 but even heading past Main St through Bristol over to Harbor. also Main St from the 22 South to MacArthur which he only covered part of. This video seemed to suggest that the neighborhoods of Santa Ana were poor and unsafe because it was "Hispanic" but the unhoused and the addicted I encountered here were about equally white. In fact, in my approximation, addicts of opioids such as meth tended to be white more than Latino. They had the grand sense of entitlement and abusive obnoxious narcissism more often too. They even were the more belligerent of the bunch. Generally speaking, Latinos were less belligerent than Blacks or Whites. For the most part, this video does a disservice by capitalizing on tactics of uncertainty, fear and prejudice. Orange County needs policies to help the poor. Costs of housing and healthcare are out of control and many oppose the will to fix these issues. Zoning restrictions enable the NIMBYs and those who've historically benefitted from discriminatory policies to keep stuck the insecure who actually have a right to live in Orange County. Housing developers are abusing their control. Oversight of the bureaucrats and politicians and auditing of the corruption by the corporations profiting from funding allocations devoted to addressing the problem. Policies and contracts are designed in such ways as are certain to fail while for-profit companies grift and their executives pocket taxpayer money only investing to expand continuously their empire. Of the people who genuinely want to help, many are oblivious to the severity of the problem and the great areas of need. Basic needs are steeper cost for the housing insecure however we're too focused on rewarding the wealthy and the bankers. Regulations on the rich are too loose compared to regulations on the poor's access to assistance. Efficient and Expedient and Comprehensive transportation to provide opportunities for upward mobility. Showers & Laundry. We can't assume the unhoused are lazy and leave so many obstacles in their ways while we take so much for granted in a wealthy nation with a disappearing middle class and eradication of the lowest rungs of opportunity.

[@inthendwealldie]

I would say the big problems are if you are Hispanic and maybe Asian, living in the varrio, esp in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, it gets worse if you are fully banged out, shaved head, or a hat repping where they from, lookin like they for real bang, then definitely may get hit up, likely no hop outs, drive bys, but I heard stories from back then... like one of my friends grew up in Santa Ana, and he had to avoid many certain dangerous active streets walking to school and back home, cuz it was straight hood, so one time when he was a kid or a teenager walking to or from school, and wearing a backpack, a pickup or SUV pulled up on him, stopped on the street, and demanded his backpack, he said no, and they pulled out a sawed off shotgun on him, aimed it and he gave up his backpack, he told me he pretty much had in there was just chips, papers, school stuff, and that his backpack wasn't worth getting blown away for by a sawed off shotty... Heard the robbery stories, where they shot the clerk dead, and I believe the shooter ended up getting life. Heard gang bangers actually shot down a police helicopter... but most of these stories are from back then, and these days, I think there's like over 15-30+ gangs, you'll see them mark up their varrio in Old English, finger fonts and whatnot, crossing out, even writing "CK" up on the wall, doesn't feel too comfy driving thru, it does often get covered up in a week or so unless it's in a hard-to-reach or unseen place behind a business back parking lot or something, they have dedicated city worker that paint the walls. Definitely don't wanna go to a park in SA lookin banged out, and being unfamiliar with the locals there, as you may get pressed, but I'm talking about a straight bald head pelon cholo G'd up, cuz it does happen in SA IMO quite a bit of homeless people, and for some reason, from what I seen a lot of them are White crazy homeless addicts, ever seen homeless people yell, shout, talk to their invisible friends? Even seen people tripping on invisible enemies, I seen it... Downtown Santa Ana, I saw a homeless woman just grabbing weeds, pulling it in an alley, and speaking gibberish, couldn't really understand her, her mind was that gone But it's all up to you how one would view SA, if you grew up hood and familiar with it, or an average joe, or a paisa, etc., cuz IMO when u see them G finger throw up fonts, Old English gang fonts on the wall and all sorts, loads of covered up paint on the wall, with shoes hangin on the electric wires, dogs barkin, it just hits kinda different... like I ain't supposed to be here, in this hood if I ain't know nobody here if you know what I mean... somebody might drive through or walk up, might get checked of where you from... but that's just how I feel

[@justanotherputz2538]

common theme in many of these comments is past tense

[@ozkrprz360]

Lol it’s funny how this guy is basically painting Santa Ana as a “dangerous” place, and then proceeds to run a red light at the end of the video. 😂

[@user-pj3ks7dq7e]

🤣😂🙌🏻

[@mondoman1890]

Glad someone else saw and thought this.

[@iamjackscompletelackofsurp9606]

He’s a trumper just trying “own the libs” but he is failing miserably here

[@CeCe-fh2ix]

oh lol that is funny! Good observation

[@darylmarshall6906]

It’s obvious he doesn’t know OC at all. It’s diverse SA has old Victorian homes worth Multi Millions, he did not show that area of SANTA ANA. It’s majestic

[@tonpetitami]

The worst parts of OC are still better than the best parts of South LA.

[@evoni2010]

Definitely agree

[@kevina5009]

What

[@sinnopal1]

True. The worst part of oc would be considered a safe middle class neighborhood if it were in LA.

[@kevina5009]

@@sinnopal1 nah bruh that’s not accurate at all

[@sinnopal1]

@@kevina5009 nah. It is accurate. Santa ana or anaheim would be as good as westlake or usc neighborhoods. Of course, it is a lot better than south LA or skid row in downyown.

[@VB-vl1tg]

I don't see anything scary about this city 😂

[@julioluna4278]

White people logic.... they will stick their hands in a alligators mouth but dont drive through Santaana. They won't live in a neighborhood with people but prefer living in the hills with mountain lions and coyotes. They are moving to Texas where the neighbors have tigers and tornados but dont buy a house in Santaana🤔

[@enlightenedone1769]

I'm white and I say he's a wussy lol

[@diegohernandez9662]

He didn’t go to the hoods.😂😂 he went to some of the middle class house which is pretty much the only safe places in Santa Ana

[@MrPlax11]

This guy should have went to minnie street or down chestnut, Townsend, Salvador park, down center where alley boys reside. There many areas he didn't show

[@YouTubechannel-dk8fw]

Ik huh giving my city a bad name tbh go to nyc ur more likely To get robbed there

[@RicardoRoams]

I'm 72 years old and I've seen a lot of bad neighborhoods over the years. I was surprised that based on the narrator's preparation, how nice all these neighborhoods looked. All the houses seemed well maintained. The yards were obviously cared for, no overgrown weeds, no trash strewn about the streets or sidewalks. No junker cars cluttering the driveways or streets. And I saw only one wall with graffiti along the entire route! If this is the worst of Orange County, then this must be a nice county to live.

[@NickJohnson]

Yes Ricardo

[@darylmarshall6906]

I’ve been in this area 35 years. LA is the real SHIT HOLE

[@TheLovinjourney]

@@NickJohnson There are parts that are a shit hole. This neighbourhood is basic lower middle and clean.

[@rosselnator]

It's a great place to live

[@mediaxpuppet]

Seems like a tired perspective by someone's older relative. I'm glad to read all the comments noting that this is a lovely regular working class neighborhood. The housing tract I grew up in was once all white and is now one of the most diverse suburban neighborhoods in the country. I live in LA now and always love visiting places in OC like Santa Ana, Fullerton, Anaheim and Orange.

[@mwalako]

This was based on crime stats. Those are just the ones reported.

[@AD-uq4pz]

This is a working class neighborhood to me....looks normal.

[@diegohernandez9662]

The video hella misleading bruh

[@tee228]

working class is where the hood is lol looks normal but theres over 10 ppl living in those houses

[@traphouseburger3234]

You have no idea...

[@bodaciousbruin3003]

Poverty is not abundant in SFHs. You need to hit the apartment streets to see real poverty.

[@davidandrews2059]

Yeah I go to UC Irvine and my family lives in Santa Ana. I go there all the time and Santa Ana is a Mexican city through and through. Race always plays a part in what people see as "undesirable" with this beautiful city sitting at the epicenter of white undesirability in SoCal.

[@tonyboyle9667]

This is a joke right? On one hand I do understand where you're coming from because I live in Orange County my entire life and I do know there are parts of Santa Ana that are a bit shady but your actual video recording does not describe in any shape or form any of the points from your narrative. The only thing your video shows was well kept homes for the most part clean city streets and normal people doing normal things that you would see in any other American city. If having a high Hispanic population coincides with violence and danger well you just proved the exact opposite. I know the area well and things have gotten better in the area not worse your video proves that. I will give you an a+ for video quality and an f- for content. Not that any type of critic I just call it as I see it. If you want to see a hood go to Hawaiian gardens.

[@NickJohnson]

Fair I suppose but Hawaiian gardens isn't in OC

[@juliarobertchewza]

Right Tony! Soo true.. though I don’t vote Democrat. Of course we all wish we could live on balboa peninsula or Newport by the beach , but it doesn’t look that bad...

[@tonyboyle9667]

I just want to apologize to the author of this video . I didn't mean to be so Harsh or condescending. I just felt there was a form racial profiling in the commentary , associating violence and danger with certain people and where they live. Neighborhoods in Santa Ana have come a long way in a positive way from what they were 10-20 years ago. It's fair to say that residents working together In the community have helped the city become a little safer of an environment. Santa Ana is rich in history and culture is a very interesting City to learn about. Now I need to apologize for rambling. Lol. All apologies aside I still feel your video did not jive with the commentary.

[@tonyboyle9667]

@@juliarobertchewza Balboa peninsula is beautiful. Though I don't vote Republican. (I just had to throw that in there) 😃

[@maretvilla1531]

When we enter Hispanic neighborhoods, my husband is like it's ok. If it's a black neighborhood, my husband would be like let's get out of here.

[@jorgeelprimo714]

I worked as a street vendor in Santa Ana and met so many humble and generous people. You can just feel it their presence. It was such an amazing and unbelievable experience. From the bottom of my heart thank you again.

[@ufomammut2557]

Growing up I used to think these places were “bad” neighborhoods but then I experienced the worst parts of Oakland and Philly. Living in the Orange curtain really blinds you to what a real “bad” neighborhood is like. This place is normal compared to the rest of the US.

[@zzzzz2621]

Right, I used to think Santa Ana was so ghetto but when I took a trip to LA it changed my perspective, truly lucky we get to live in a nice place that some people wish they’d lived in.

[@user-di7vl3ol8r]

That’s cuz y’all in the good parts of Santa Ana, Sana’a worst hoods get you a 1/11 chance of being a victim to a crime, most of y’all haven’t ever been to McFadden street, Laurelhurst, or fair haven, pico Lowell, edinger/bristol, pretty much bru some of Santa Ana’s bad parts are the worst in the country, jus look at statistics

[@user-di7vl3ol8r]

I have a homies from San barnadino and he said Santa Ana is similar to SB, just that SB is more ran down but gang affiliation still bad

[@RomaineMelvin-zi3iv]

​@@user-di7vl3ol8rand that's a fact

[@sliepa]

I've lived in Orange County for 50 years. I've spent time photographing Santa Ana for a while. What I saw in that video was clean streets, tidy and well kept houses, almost all that had been upgraded or remodeled over the years. You drove through neighborhoods where people obviously took care of their property. Downtown Santa Ana, and especially historic downtown, is filled with art, restaurants, bar and shops and lots of rehabilitated historic buildings. It's very walkable and vibrant. There is an online map of all the fantastic murals in the city. There is a Tennis Center, a Performing Arts Center and even a Lawn Bowling Center. And an Artist Village downtown. You don't state what your criteria for "Worst" is. "Worst" in what way? If it's based on crime rates then Santa Ana (and Anaheim) definitely has a higher violent and property crime rate than most of Orange County but Orange County cities have extremely low violent crime and property crime rates overall compared to the rest of California and the US.

[@NickJohnson]

crime poverty and rundown.

[@kathialandaverde]

@@NickJohnson then why did you wrote worst cities of orange county. I grew up in Santa Ana My whole life and there are less crimes now than before.

[@razorsharplifestyle101hard9]

@@NickJohnson Exactly,But your definition of run down is personal.Maybe you should have did your mini doc on the chronically homeless community there,drugs, methamphetamine addicts etc.Instead of just drive through the business districts and neighborhoods that wasn't bad looking at all.

[@razorsharplifestyle101hard9]

@@NickJohnson You must have a terrifying experience in that part of orange county?

[@angelzanetti-1947]

@@NickJohnson lol this guys is a buffoon 🤡

[@Veso27]

The home prices you have mentioned are not accurate 350k range is not true. These homes are listed at about $500k right now.

[@xC-od8js]

Fr I live by mater dei HS houses be like 650k+

[@olg06]

700K where I live (northwest santa ana)

[@skatevidcentral]

700k+ in Garden Grove where I live. Good luck finding even a crappy condo for anything below 500k.

[@BtrflyBelle]

This person clearly doesn't know what he is talking about... He's only feeding into his prejudice. This video is so pointless.

[@micaelaesparza7823]

Exactly can’t even get an apartment for 350k

[@GamerSipes]

Looks like a community that is proud of their homes. I've driven through many times and it's not a bad place.

[@catintown4404]

I am so glad i live in santa ana.May not be the most modern looking city but it sure is the most home feeling city.

[@chantalbanon9518]

The real irony is here that if you drive just a few miles away to main St. and Flower you'll run into a little neighborhood that has multi-million dollar homes in it.

[@ooooo3999]

He drives past OCSA which is like an upper middle class, prestigious high school

[@alexxsanchez7985]

“Worse parts of OC” *shows Santa Ana* bruh, I love my city, yeah it has its gangs and it’s shady parts but if you ain’t out here looking for trouble youre chillin.

[@crystaljmarrujo7425]

Facts

[@ooooo3999]

He should show the motels of beach blvd instead. That is the area I hate. And driving through there is ok but going inside the motels is scary

[@cramread347]

“The Hispanic population is OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH” not the greatest Choice of words lmao

[@marcduchamp5512]

Put in as matter-of-factly speaking. Let’s erase all reality and live in a LaLa Land

[@sociedadnortena9514]

As a Mexican I don’t mind the choice of words. He’s correct btw. It went from barely Any Mexicans to majority Mexicans.

[@q-chan4764]

Yeah, that phrasing makes it sound like it shouldn’t be that high or it is a problem.

[@ibi137]

But he’s right though

[@josephaugello1527]

California is 43% Hispanic. That should not even be a ? Downey is nice it's close to 80% Hispanic, whittier to

[@nelsonortas818]

I live in Huntington Beach. I drive my 2019 Range Rover often through those same streets you filmed visiting my Vietnamese friends. I’ve never had any issues in these WORKING CLASS neighborhoods. Can it be my 6/2 athletic build, half French (white) half Pac Islander physical features or is it the fact that I show respect to the people living in those areas the reason I’ve never had issue? I believe it’s how you treat people that determines your experiences in Santa Ana…..

[@mushy18100]

Car thieves don’t like European cars. They like to steal 90s Japanese Honda Cars like Civic Hatches and Integras. Park your 2019 Range Rover outside, you’d see it again flawless the next day whereas a 1992 Honda civic hatch and it’s gone in a heartbeat.

[@gbarroso2]

I’ve lived here for 25 years and just recently the last 3 years been in downtown fullerton area. I loved Santa Ana because it felt like home to many Mexicans and everyone in my neighborhood was friendly, but I grew up poor and these areas are actually the decent parts of Santa Ana. I’d choose Santa Ana over LA any day. This is a low income area and just because we don’t have the funds or live in a boujee place, doesn’t make it bad. We do with what we can and just because some people decide to be in gangs, it doesn’t mean everyone in Santa Ana thinks the same. At least Santa Ana doesn’t have urine smells, homeless in every corner, trash liter like other states in other counties. Santa Ana is slowly building it’s way back up with a lot of fun bars and restaurants opening up in the downtown area. Try them, on Broadway street.

[@CoronaryArteryDisease.]

Lived in Santa Ana for a few years. Definitely not a bad place to live compared to places around the country. People there are hard working with families and a sense of community and purpose. I loved the vibe. I miss driving down Bristol.

[@jesusjaimes6987]

You missed the real hoods, you drove thru “middle class” Santana !

[@vippersor]

nah middle class santa ana is near the 55

[@variouspromotions1391]

I'm from Santa Ana and most of it is pretty bad

[@tinkerbell69714]

I think he was afraid of going into the real hoods. Because he assumes the worst of us. Just proves that even though you may sound knowledgeable with your extended vocabulary you can still be ignorant in so many other ways.

[@elpaletero123]

He should see the Townsend area and warner

[@josea.martinez2134]

Should’ve gone through Jackson and 5th street

[@MsRhondaRandy]

I'm still waiting to see whats supposed to be so bad about this part of Cali. It looks as good as anywhere else to me.

[@CarnageZ.]

Nah trust me it’s pretty bad

[@diegohernandez9662]

@@CarnageZ. this foo showed the good parts of Santa Ana and passed it off as ghetto 😂😂

[@CarnageZ.]

@@diegohernandez9662 I mean there places even nicer the houses by the cube

[@projectjt3149]

@@diegohernandez9662 and he went to Main Street, the BEST part of Santa Ana, before it leads right into Orange and that area is pretty much urban.

[@winning3329]

It's very expensive to live there so the bad people got to keep it moving.

[@raggazo23]

You did a great job making it look dangerous with the filter and background sound, but honestly to me it looks very clean, just an average US city; if this is bad to you I recommend you not to put a foot in east Los Angeles, Oakland, Tenderloin SF, Detroit or South Beach Fl. ..hmm…. I’m not really able to decode the meaning of this vid, but I’m suspecting.

[@kylemontano228]

east la really isn’t that bad either, been there countless times

[@ericklocke4908]

Is Santa Ana really the 4th most densely populated city in the country? When I look up the data, Santa Ana doesn’t even get mentioned. I’m curious if you have your source for this? I grew up in OC and always remember thinking of Santa Ana as like the “downtown” of the OC, but I’d be surprised if it was really that dense in reality.

[@jman2781]

I’m sorry that my city scared you. I love it here. Born and raised in this beautiful city full of culture. It’s a shame that you only drove during the day and also during the pandemic. Come visit downtown in the evening after this is all over. It’ll give you a different perspective. I’m not being sarcastic either. I love the nightlife here and always feel safe walking around. Now don’t get me wrong, if you’re up to no good and looking to cause trouble, then trouble you will find. But for the avg folk...it’s all love around here.

[@NickJohnson]

Good

[@alexistap2658]

Yupp.. born and raised in S*A 🔥

[@paigeherrin29]

Same, raised in Santa Ana and my parents still live there in the same house. At 50, I’ve lived all over the country and every time I go home to visit the folks, I’m thankful of the neighborhood I grew up in.

[@julioluna4278]

I love California, I've seen worse neighborhoods in Oklahoma city. Not to mention Georgia....abandoned cars homes.

[@beths1655]

Lol the fact that he was scared driving by lolol im like who is going to attack you the paletero!?

[@calmwave7309]

this is like a beverly hills compared to other bad areas in the country

[@MizaG115.]

He didn’t even drive through the hoods he drove though their nice parts, most their hoods are at apartment complexes

[@herbertthewaterrat]

Compared to the hoods back east its a cake walk

[@MizaG115.]

@@herbertthewaterrat ye my bad CA actually has the money to gentrify their areas

[@douglasl1320]

lmao he didn’t even go thru the biggest hoods of santa ana. he literally passed by the areas with the most money flowing thru. come by Townsend, or Memorial Park. then we’ll see

[@elwoodblues9613]

Poorer? Yes. Scary? No. Now South Central LA *is* scary.

[@adventure7434]

In the late 60's We lived in Fountain Valley. Santa Ana was mostly Mexican Americans. No Crime. There were lots of cows, horses, citrus trees, fields of food growing everywhere. This is before they tamed the Santa Ana River. Santa Ana also had everything for your shopping needs and entertainment before South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. We were a Military family along with many others all around Orange County. My mom drove my dad through Santa Ana 5 days a week down Edinger Blvd. When El Toro Air base was still in use. They would train Helicopter pilots and perform touch and go operations in the area of Fountain Valley, which is now known as Mile Square Park today.

[@yasminea7149]

Such interesting history. Thank you for sharing.

[@uzin0s256]

Its stil a good place to live tho.

[@crystaljmarrujo7425]

I was raised in Santa Ana and I grew up just fine! Saying that they are poorest residence is not ok. Most of us grew happy here!

[@GHOST_M3RK]

F*** Santa Ana it’s too ghetto Newport and Costa Mesa > Santa Ana

[@paigeherrin29]

I grew up happy in Santa Ana in the 1980s 😁

[@abebalderas]

This video is problematic and tone deaf. It equates working class with “worst parts”. It is borderline elitism. There are actual neglect/dilapidated neighborhoods, or, as you would say, “worst parts” in Santa Ana and other parts of Orange County. Why didn’t you go to those? Then again, someone else might say the “worst parts” are those neighborhoods in Irvine and elsewhere with all those cookie cutter neighborhoods. All looking the same. All beige and boring with no character or personality. Truly awful.

[@NickJohnson]

That's an opinion

[@abebalderas]

@@NickJohnson it’s irresponsible

[@paigeherrin29]

Totally agree. I grew up in Santa Ana in the 70s and 80s. The track home cookie cutter housing development push south into Irvine is hideous. I went to Foothill High School and Santa Ana High School. I remember huge areas of agriculture between Santa Ana and Irvine. Now it’s all one big housing development for miles and miles. Hell, I remember going to concerts at Irvine Meadows. It seemed like the middle of no where. My parents still live in their modest home in Santa Ana in a beautiful neighborhood that has very nice size manicured lawns. The older homes have way more lot square footage and space between neighbors than the fancy cookie cutters piled on top of each other to the south of it. No character, no uniqueness.

[@LunaDewdrops]

Thank you! This video was trash. All it did for me was give me nostalgia about the neighborhood where i grew up.

[@flowersfromh-evanlakshmi7577]

Thank you. I am not crazy of production homes. These are unique and I bet the neighbor's homes don't look exactly the same. Lo

[@JorgeGarcia-ri9ol]

Your word selection says alot about your perspective, cities like Santa Ana, Fullerton, Anahiem & Orange are the cultural centers of Orange County. I am born and raised in Santa Ana, and I love the city I live in.

[@isaiahdaily123]

I grew up in Orange County. Santa Ana was the first 8 years of my life and I would never live there again. I went to bed hearing automatic fire arms as a child. We had a drive by shooting at our house before I born for no reason. And I got bad looks for not being Hispanic. The only positives I remember were the food and parties/fiestas, and the closeness of the houses made it easy to have friends as a child. The gang/illegal alien presence is VERY strong. Overall bad influences are at every corner.

[@antzerr1704]

@@isaiahdaily123 I am curious which part of Santa Ana has been dangerous? I myself have lived in Santa Ana for a long time.

[@WorkHardBeNice]

Let's keep it real. Santa Ana (or most of it) is shitty, but it's Orange County shitty. Which means it's a damn sight safer than comparable cities in LA. But as Democrats encroach on Santa Ana, expect it to get worse. Much worse.

[@WorkHardBeNice]

@Jorge Do you consider the cities you mentioned "cultural centers" because of their minority populations or because of their history? It almost sounds like you're saying only minorities can contribute anything of cultural significance.

[@aldairt4899]

@@WorkHardBeNice not much cultural representation in Cookie Cutter South OC where everyone has the same home

[@Longhairedvato]

Leave it to a white guy accustomed to wasp areas to label something different bad. There’s worse parts of the OC that aren’t Santa Ana.

[@jakeliujakeliu]

This is great stuff, how do you film it? 360 camera mount in front of car?

[@VitaInDC]

I see small, comfortable well-kept homes and nice lawns. No trash or graffiti. I have to ask if his perception of "worst" translates to people of color people moving there (let's just call it what it is - "white flight" - and now it's 80% Latino. If the majority was still white, in his view would this still qualify Santa Ana as a "bad" neighborhood? He said in 2011 Forbes rated it one of the safest large American cities, but "crime has picked up", but is now "about average" for American cities. This is his first video that I ever down voted.

[@NickJohnson]

The title explains it

[@angelzanetti-1947]

Nick was trying desperately to spin the narrative.

[@saucytats7976]

@TruthSeeker oh so you’re saying you believe in racial inequality and white privilege?

[@butafligq1606]

Exactly

[@Hairybarryy]

Santa Ana’s ghetto is paradise compared to the Central Valley

[@kevina5009]

Nah bruh not at all

[@lukesmith981]

Yup lol, just moved from Long Beach to Fresno and it was the biggest mistake! Thinking about moving to Clovis just a door over.

[@Hairybarryy]

@@lukesmith981 i would check out Kingsburg. Beautiful place. Not far from anything. it has nice breeze too during the summer. Homes are going up in price so dont hesitate if you find something you like

[@peaceandquiet1983]

Yup

[@robzilla730]

@@lukesmith981 West Side Fresno. You'll swear you're in a 4th world country!

[@GoFarAway5338]

Nick, if you had to pick three locations (or even just one) where you would live now, based on your research, where would you choose? Thanks.

[@micaelaesparza7823]

Born and raised, 56 years. Growing up in Santa Ana I would agree on the rapid rise of Hispanic families however all the folks I’ve encountered are hard working, honest individuals. Crime exist everywhere and trouble will find you if you go looking for it. Have not experienced any of that and I feel more than safe walking in my neighborhood.

[@juliarobertchewza]

I’d love to be able to afford one of those cute little Spanish style homes with mature landscapes! I don’t see scary, just middle class??!?

[@1javixD]

Omg no. Go to Costa Mesa. Neighbors are rude and not friendly. All you hear is sirens at night and gun shots.

[@spacemono5419]

Its not scary! this is just a false advertisement,

[@isaacguerrero597]

@@1javixD haha Costa Mesa

[@olg06]

Those fully remodeled 1920's Spanish style homes with lush lawns you speak of start at $1,000,000+ now. They are charming indeed tho. You may not be able to afford one put you can stay in one, there is currently an airb&b listing of one in santa ana's higher-end neighborhoods

[@nataliesthompsonxo]

As someone who’s middle class I’m not buying a home in Santa Ana 🤣🤣🤣

[@shizuogeorgekamita3303]

Gee, Nick, the neighborhood is older but most houses looked really well kept. I'd say a pretty nice neighborhood compared to some places in Oakland or L.A. If those houses were in Carmel or Palo Alto I'd say it was a beautiful neighborhood. The downtown seemed typical (and not that bad either) compared to other big cities.

[@taelorwatson9822]

The downtown is nice. It contains the center of government for Orange County

[@NickJohnson]

It's bad for OC but average I guess for all big US cities

[@johnmcguinness9596]

@@NickJohnson It is not bad for OC, get out and live a little.

[@dennisevans3164]

@andydguitar This guys doesn't know anything about Santa Ana. He didn't go threw all the many ghettos in Santa Ana. There are areas like Santa Nita is a part oh f Santa Ana very poor. The section look like Huntington Park in East LA. If he drive threw area like Bristol & McFadden ave,5th ih s ghetto from Eastside all the way to the westside . Then you'd see the truth .

[@OnlythaRealness]

Dont let if fool you the problem is the gangs theres helicopters at night and lotta shooting yeah he didnt his alot of the poor neighborhoods but I get he was going thru from some statistics thanks for showing santa ana tho theres alot of culture there I got shot and stabbed there by the age of 16 so I definitely know it can be bad

[@neyler9314]

There's a really really nice neighborhood in Santa Ana (near Main Place) where the homes are actually beautifully classic mansions, huge lots, impeccable landscape, gigantic "Gone With The Wind" style staircase, fancy chandeliers.

[@NickJohnson]

Cool 🏠

[@brianpatrick9902]

It’s called floral park area. Very nice

[@monztunes6850]

Yup my brother lives close to the st Joseph's and it's nice nice

[@user-hc8li3qn3d]

Can you please video tape the bad areas I. Anaheim California?? 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you for ur hard work 😊

[@lidiadavidson8682]

I go quite often to Santa Ana. Feels much safer than LA.

[@1javixD]

Oh yeah totally safer than LA. It’s ghetto and dirty but not quite as LA.

[@V8Deuce]

@lidia Davidson Sure thing, numb nuts.....

[@larrylo2985]

Man that camp homeless encampment area was off the chain

[@danny.96]

I’ve noticed a lot more homeless in Santa Ana. It makes me sad to see but living in OC, it’s not that bad. Every city has its good and bad.

[@sleepiestboi4631]

Preach! I always feel a sigh of relief when I'm traveling down the 5 freeway and see Santa Ana on the billboards after a night out in LA

[@jamescpalmer]

I'm from England, this reminded me I haven't been back to California since I was 15 years old. God looking at this just pinged so many emotional memories for me, the beautiful wide streets, detatched houses, no traffic at all. This reminds me of ET and Back to the future looking at all these neighbourhoods. And as you were driving around, wow it's cold and nearly december here, but I could taste the sweet taste of the heat in the Californian air. The musk of all those trees lining the streets. The beautiful warmth basking everything around you. Jesus christ I know California is going through a rough patch right now, but it's a beautiful place. The sounds, the positivity, the food, the people. Driving around and getting whatever you want, the feeling of freedom and protection. It's a kind of Magic to drive and walk through California. So few people, some much to do, that air in your lungs, desert mixed with smog and pine and heat. What a fucking state.

[@NickJohnson]

Lol it's changed bro

[@Aldarionz9]

you could write a book. You have a Poetic style.

[@jamescpalmer]

@@NickJohnson I like your videos alot. Drawing attention to the deprivation in some parts of the US is important.

[@wfireC]

You said it. California is magical.

[@foedummm233]

idk about the people imo ppl here suck

[@erikgarcia3778]

Honestly I was born in Anaheim Hills lived in Brea and Huntington Beach moved to Houston TX and I’ll be honest Santa Ana is a Godsend compared to the neighborhoods in Houston TX been to St Louis and Tulsa, OK mostly white areas that are in dire economic shape and not so safe, not to mention Birmingham Alabama the narratator needs to get out more he’ll appreciate OC the good and not so affluent because or once you step into black neighborhoods or distressed white suburbs of let’s say Detroit or different parts of America you’ll clearly see Mexicans in a whole new light but nevertheless keep at it. I seriously carry concealed anytime I travel anywhere deep in America and only where my Texas LTC license is accepted!

[@chrischart2386]

I grew up in Orange county, I've worked in and visited Santa Ana hundreds of times. Santa Ana and its residents are awesome and the beating cultural heart of orange county. Even post covid Santa Ana has a vibrant downtown. I was just up there today for lunch at my favorite roadside taqueria.

[@davidwilles8577]

I actually thought Santa Ana looked pretty good for a bad area. I expected lots of trailer parks with dumped and wrecked cars lining the streets and boarded up houses, what I saw were nice well kept houses and gardens and the main street was nice and clean with no homeless lying around. Only saw a glimpse of one trailer park and even it didn't look too bad. A nice typical suburban cityscape, they hide their "BAD" very well.

[@mexicannuts9353]

this guy isnt even driving threw the bad side of santa ana 😂

[@eriks8382]

Looks pretty brown I mean BAD to me. Right nick?

[@lakerfan7145]

He didn't even drive thru the worst parts of Santa Ana go to Raitt and Mcfadden, Standard and Edinger , El Savador Park, Harbor and 1st all those areas are more active then where u went thru

[@NickJohnson]

This is the worst crime wise

[@hecatelove9667]

Totally agree. In fact where he went there wasn't even gang guard on the houses. It was actually one of the better kept neighborhoods in SA. Well, for those of us who live in OC, we know where to avoid. 😁

[@vce.john1734]

Right at edinger from other side that goes to fountain valley becoming pretty nice because I use to know someone kid own a house down there and backyard was big asf fit a lot of people at the time I was there was a party of something sadly the lady just pass away and the house is either rented out or already sold

[@edgarpena3946]

I grew up on harbor and 1st back In the 90s haha

[@DragonRiderProductions]

I had a business at Edinger and Standard for decades. I even lived on Minnie St until a certain point. I knew many people in the area and still good friends with a few who live in the 'red circle'. We still do children community events like dia de los ninos, walk the neighborhood and give out invites. We do get word to any gangs what we're doing and never a problem. Yes, there's crime but I never thought it the worst part of the county either.

[@BrattyMadi]

Wow, what a privileged life to drive through working class neighborhoods and point out how "poor" it looks...

[@brianpatrick9902]

Just out of curiosity Nick Johnson where do you live?

[@crazeyjoe]

California cities with a higher violent crime rate than Santa Ana are Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland , Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco and Stockton (which has the highest violent crime rate in CA).To put things in to perspective, Santa Ana has about 1/3 the violent crime rate of Stockton.

[@UmAdxXbRo]

I’m surprised Fresno made the list. I feel very safe in Fresno tbh.

[@NickJohnson]

It's bad for the OC

[@crazeyjoe]

@@NickJohnson Precisely! 🤘

[@Aldarionz9]

i had thought about moving to Sacramento. Where would be safe in Cali?

[@crazeyjoe]

@@Aldarionz9 Not all areas of Sacramento are crime ridden, so if you choose to live there, just research the neighborhoods and avoid the high crime neighborhoods.

[@drop_messages6226]

This area does not look ghetto, at worst, every other house looks they have not remodeled in about 20 years. Ghetto for Orange County is a house that is not a custom made house with atleast one expensive car in the driveway

[@user-qy4ir9ib7d]

it’s gentrified in OC foos still gettin shot tho from Fullerton down to Santa Ana don’t get it twisted lol

[@kevina5009]

This guy didn’t go to the bad parts of Santa Ana.

[@diegohernandez9662]

This video is misleading he showed middle class houses that are most likely owned by Asians or white people.

[@crazyxvatox562]

Yea he aint in no Bristol or Beach blv at night time he playing it safe😂

[@jacquelinebugaringonzalez4999]

Next week I'm starting to drive school bus in Tustin and just crazy looking for videos to see holw is the city...so far it looks pretty good and adding the fact that I love vintage old town I'm actually looking foward to it

[@wendywehofer3617]

I can assure you that this was NOT the worst part of Santa Ana. Minnie St, Standard, parts near 1st St., McFadden, Warner, off Bristol and Fairview can be much more.

[@KarinaRodriguez-ni9nv]

Even walking through there is bad as female. He drove through parts of people who mind their business. I don’t understand how he didn’t walk later in the day through the actual bad areas to get a feel of things

[@samantharamos5946]

"It's getting worse.." haha. Not if you ask a local. It's getting better.

[@NickJohnson]

Yes they love it

[@darlynluk2856]

I grew up in the ghetto part of Santa Ana. I’m talking low income housing, gangs, Minnie street. It was pretty bad, but since then 10 years have passed. It really has gotten better. Now I live border line SantaAna in a luxury apartment. We are working hard now to own our own home IN SANTA ANA. I also work in a school in the floral park neighborhood which is likewise very beautiful. Santa Ana is a beautiful city and I appreciate it’s rich history and culture. I would like to stay here and although I agree that what you highlighted is a poor area, what I’m arguing is that it truly has gotten better. Trust me 😅

[@JohnSmith-sh1zg]

Yeah since they started taxing legal marijuana. Until then it was getting progressively worse.

[@alexsandrahernandez9738]

lmao ong

[@1javixD]

It’s ghetto ghetto worse every year. I grew up there. There’s more graffiti more gun shots at night. More homeless. People pooping in public. Sometimes it looks like a bird world country.

[@joshuamichel533]

Pfft. Anyone who describes Anaheim as “dangerous” needs to get out of the house more often. It’s only “dangerous” if you grew up in Orange or Yorba Linda.

[@ol59kafer92]

I grew up in Huntington beach been all over Anaheim, Santa Ana, Long Beach and LA at all times of the day and night. It's only dangerous if you cant handle yourself and your scared of your shadow. I once got beaten up in one of the richest neighborhoods in Orange County , Balboa Island. So it dont matter what neighborhood your in rich or poor there are thugs everywhere . ya just dont see them in the richer neighborhoods but they are there.

[@caligirl714xoxo]

The palm Tress are absolutely beautiful. The streets are clean and and it feels quite nice!

[@ranchlord77]

I think the worst part about these homes are not the neighborhoods or the housing itself, but just how insanely expensive it is to live there. Luxury prices for cramped homes

[@bobcheng5179]

It looks clean and orderly, though aged. It looks much better than many other cities.

[@razorsharplifestyle101hard9]

Exactly,dude I don't get this mini doc he doing.He acting like he driving thru area that looks like skid row.

[@javier8344]

Dude those aren’t the worst neighborhoods, you need to get out more. 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻 but hey I’m glad you survived 😂😂

[@theethinethou]

I’ve lived in Santa Ana off and on in the good parts and in the bad parts since the early 80s when I was a teenager. Nothing much has changed except for a more liberal government that allows for more crime to go unpunished. But the people that live in those houses and who work there are actually pretty CONSERVATIVE family oriented people who know more about loyalty to one another than most. If you’re going to measure the neighborhood by what it looks like or the type of rims people have on their cars, which is implied, that’s one standard. But the real way to measure the streets you drove is by how well the families that live there care for one another. Measure the degree of that against the clinical more shallow type of familia you might encounter in “nicer” areas and Santa Ana wins hands down. Never had a problem with anyone in Santa Ana. As long as you give people respect, look them in the eye and are sincere, don’t be too aloof, even the most hard gangbangers are going to leave you alone.

[@NickJohnson]

Good to know

[@boomboomsavage4454]

13:29 I used to live in the two story house behind Kitchen Floors on the side of McFadden and in the cul de sac. It was with a very nice family, who I rented a room from for a year. I never had any problems with the family or anyone in the neighborhood around us. It was the first time living away from my family and it was a time in my life that made me feel happy and thankful. I am proud to have lived in the Santa Ana community and are grateful for all the hardworking people who make it what it is today.

[@noblegirl1991]

Still looks better than poor areas in AL, SC, MS KY, WV

[@NickJohnson]

True

[@TheJschafer89]

probably because it is

[@markus7n]

Violent all over ca though. Big city but u still feel lonely.

[@synecdoche8783]

everyone talks negatively about california yet thousands come here all over the country just to live here despite the rising housing prices, people can bash over california all they want but the number of people coming here everyday don't lie to how great it is being here.

[@vce.john1734]

@@synecdoche8783 I love California myself but I just don’t like bullshit laws other than I wouldn’t leave

[@Westcoast10]

As someone that grew up in east LA, Orange County is Disneyland when compared. Even Santa Ana and Anaheim ain’t bad like everyone claims.

[@1javixD]

Well yeah when you compare it to east LA than yeah. LA is huge. Santa Ana is tiny.

[@razorsharplifestyle101hard9]

Exactly.

[@sandrakicklighter2735]

Just moved to East Anaheim, and LOVE it. Moved to a cul de sac neighborhood of large ranch houses that are well maintained and feel very very safe.

[@Jaydawg562]

Shit I live in the city of Orange, I couldn’t believe it when people that lived there claimed it was the “hood”. Hardly any existing crime in the neighborhood I live in and I’ve been here for 6 years and it’s a beautiful neighborhood

[@Westcoast10]

@@1javixD Santa Ana ain’t even dangerous, lot of y’all who live in gated communities be tripping over nothing, grow some heuvos.

[@davidmommerency4589]

Why do most of the houses have a wall or fences surrounding them?

[@josebro352]

Hey what about Buena Park? Are there homeless there as well?

[@trishhart8766]

So blessed in comparison to other parts of the world.

[@mawrmcmahan]

Best Mexican food North of the frontera: El Toro Carneceria - worth dying for. Next door, they'll give you a bag of limes and a bag of salt for your Tequila order.

[@GHOST_M3RK]

Taco Bell is better

[@J8den]

@@GHOST_M3RK yea it's better if you don't care for food quality and want to try fake tacos

[@GHOST_M3RK]

@@J8den nah Taco Bell just better in general

[@joyciemannan9426]

I was born in California. My family traveled a lot, but I lived in Anaheim in 1988. I was 9 years old and my mom walked me to Betsy Ross Elementary school. You really took me back. Thanks.

[@angusorvid8840]

Good video, Nick. I lived in the City of Orange for about a year while in grad school around 2002. I wasn't crazy about it, but I knew Santa Ana had some very bad areas and pretty much avoided them. I rarely had any reason to go to Santa Ana in the first place. I basically stuck to Orange, Tustin, Garden Grove, Anaheim, etc. That's when I wasn't staying with family in West L.A. or the West San Fernando Valley on weekends. Regarding gangs, I remember there was a problem with skinhead gangs in my area and Mexican gangs in Santa Ana and Asian gangs around the Little Saigon area. Otherwise, I found the OC to be much lower in crime than my native L.A. County.

[@islandboy9580]

You apparently don’t know Santa Ana that well you might want to Google floral Park in Santa Ana where most homes are in the million range and up.🤔

[@NickJohnson]

Read the title

[@islandboy9580]

@@NickJohnson yes one sided

[@codenamenova6831]

Yes “you drove to the worst part” of oc and this is “what you saw”

[@gilberthernandezjr9600]

I really enjoyed this video, as I lived in Santa Ana most of the 90's. I'm going to disagree with you about S.A. getting worse, its getting better.I lived about five years off of McFadden close to Harbor which is not bad at all.When a house would go up for sale,every one was bought by Asian folks. Mostly Vietnamese, but also Philipino or Korean. These people would not buy in a dangerous place. I live in Rosarito Beach in Baja the last five years. It was good to see S.A again.

[@elizabethlockmer-ramirez564]

Totally agree! Maybe they need to revamp statistics. Hispanics and Latinos are hard honest working people.

[@petervu77]

My cousin's house is on McFadden and Harbor. We use to walk to Cameron's and McDonald's all the time when we were younger. Til this day, I still go the Walmart and Northgate on that corner. Whenever I'm in the mood for real Mexican food....it'll always be Santana, hands down!

[@jayjohnson9071]

Santa ana ain't cheap bro

[@davidfrias1896]

This video made my day. I used to stay at the end of the video. Bring back a lot of memories 😢left when I was 15 now I’m 34 😭I keep having dreams going down 1st thru la cuatro. Miss my hometown. I stay in Michigan now 🤦‍♂️

[@mrbear3487]

The sad part is that the average price of a house in Santa Ana is 700 thousand dollars. Good luck finding a house under 300 thousand dollars

[@wildrice3050]

right. He's not going to find a house under 400K in Santa Ana. Maybe 2BR condo.

[@razorsharplifestyle101hard9]

Exactly,Dude is extremely naive.

[@vce.john1734]

Yup a 5 bed 5 bath is for sale which I love to buy but cost 2.1m in Santa Ana but nicer neighborhood that was freshly built

[@heatherfeather9951]

Honestly Santa Ana is getting too expensive, even for the thugs. Before the pandemic I lived in Irvine and was (considering) moving to Santa Ana to save some money but the rent for a one-bedroom starts at 1900 dollars a month. There are actually a lot of first year lawyers/nurses/young professionals who live in Santa Ana and Tustin.

[@mastertry1935]

same, I ended up getting a one bed at Irvine for 2k

[@projectjt3149]

Yeah, the real estate in Santa Ana spiked a lot the last couple of years. The Artist’s Village REALLY got an upgrade! Speaking of upgrades, WTH happened to the tram?

[@glowboy6098]

That’s cuz there gentrifying OC. It was ghetto at one point but those days are long gone

[@2livendie331]

U a baddie :)

[@hudsonjamesc]

Move to Texas

[@BOONEHOUND1]

I'm half way through and all I see are really nice, cute, well kept homes with kept landscaping. I don't see a " worst" neighborhood at all. Only blip was the trailer park

[@love7adrie]

My hometown. My childhood home was only a few blocks from that church. My mom would have my brother and I walk to church on Sundays. Santa Ana might not be considered the safest and that’s due to some people who ruin this city for others but the majority of the people who live here work hard to give their families a better life. We are full of life, personality, hope and are a community. This city has given many immigrants a sense of home away from home. I miss my city ❤️

[@laurieo877]

Looks nice to me but i live in Detroit now.

[@albertoacosta6788]

Worst place I ever saw lol empty buildings Detroit or Chicago take the cake for ugliest city

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

@@albertoacosta6788 Portland is far more than Detroit nowadays.

[@albertoacosta6788]

@@JesusChrist2000BC haven’t been to Portland since 2016 but I don’t disagree I’m sure it gotten worse but you have Denver homes there because the inflated fake market they have there soy boys and leftist women want new upgraded homes

[@itzpro5951]

@@albertoacosta6788 downtowns are not that ugly and those are the city so

[@C-TOS]

The streets look clean and well maintained, same with the sidewalks. I would not mind walking during the day over there and have some genuine Mexican food in one of those restaurants.

[@yads5678]

Exactly.

[@sarahelizabeth4796]

AVILA'S EL RANCHITO, Santa Ana - 2201 E 1st St it's my childhood family celebration go to..

[@musoehcr]

We’re a proud and hard working people no matter how much we make we always strive to be great

[@ItsTeeko_]

el vaquero has really good quesabirria try it out sometime

[@imunmire]

@@musoehcrwas born in Santa Ana left when I was a year old or so I would love to visit where I was born my parents are from El Salvador and migrated to Santa ana

[@adantorres8056]

Did you drive through Newport Beach…with all that embezzling going on in those businesses?

[@jenniebun]

This is a beautiful city with a beautiful culture. I love this city and my friends from there.

[@dannyl5995]

I used to live in Santa Ana. It's not that bad, just depends on the blocks.

[@danielleporter1829]

Danny j As a fellow southern Californian, the same can be said about many part of South LA, Compton, Inglewood, any neighborhood with a mostly minority community. There are bad apples everywhere, but mostly the people who live in these communities are hard working , decent people just living their day to day lives

[@humbertogallegos5259]

Love Santa Ana, come eat there one day, and meet the students from SAC, then you’ll see it’s hard working people with amazing talents, and that’s exactly what the OC is all about.....

[@emmanuelmorales98]

Couldn’t agree with you anymore!

[@brighteastman4602]

Old neighborhood with Craftsman Style bungalows and some Spanish Revival stucco homes. Also wood clad 1930s-1940s single family houses. 1950s modern and Ranch Style, and through the1960s-70s. Nice architectural mix from the decades of occupancy and development

[@jamj1877]

Seems like a decent neighborhood. Lower middle class, well kept homes. Nothing too horrible! A lot of pride in ownership, 😊😊😊😊

[@bunburychic9755]

I've lived in Santa Ana since the 80s, this video actually makes me see how nice Santa Ana actually looks. As any other booming city, we have overpopulation (which affects parking and how city services respond etc) but we are also seeing the prices of houses have an exponential growth. People want to live in Santa Ana. Something worth mentioning is the homeless population being attributed to the other cities in the County not taking responsibility for their own. Just because the city is comprised of a lower socioeconomic group, does not mean that the rest of the County should just dump their homeless to our city. When I had the decision to either buy a house in Santa Ana or move, I chose to stay here. If Santa Ana scares you, then you need to go out more often.

[@kyloken151]

This is the nice part of “Santana” lol. West Anacrime, Stanton, La Habra, and some of Buena Park got more of a hood vibe but all is like Heaven compared to Long Beach and LA

[@ManilaSlim]

Agreed... I used to drive down beach and ball to get to work and would be impressed to see the prostitutes up and working at 7am.

[@AslanKyoya1776]

La Habra isn't really hood it's just mostly run down, I've never felt unsafe there

[@kyloken151]

It’s all nice compared to somewhere shittier. It all has to do with perspective I guess

[@lavinaannamarie2016]

I was thinking the same! I'm a property manager in LB, Santa Ana is not bad at all.

[@mellissafregoso1415]

Truth

[@mms2004]

Is this an attempt at satire? I see well maintained homes, well maintained lawns, clean streets, well maintained landscaping and lots of trees. Looking at the cars, while not the latest models, I see well maintained vehicles, and in good shape for being 10-15 years old. I didn’t hear one police siren or a helicopter during the filming of this video. Very dramatic.

[@magz580]

Foreal bro,lmao. I’m from the east coast, just moved to Buena Park and drive around there alot. This dude has clearly never been to bad neighborhoods if he thinks Santa Ana is bad.

[@christinale9593]

I work santa ana and live anaheim. Its hilarious to me the way this video talks about the cities. Prior to my current station, I worked south central, watts, and inglewood area...people would laugh in your face if they heard you call anywhere in oc the hood. Video is funny. Socal family whoop whoop!!

[@sarahelizabeth4796]

right.... try being the token white girl gf in the early 90's...Compton too Bellflower yikers sometimes I am shocked I'm still alive Santa Ana had good parties back in the day

[@strayflow4168]

Damm I’ve never seen my city look so beautiful 😻 ❤️

[@alexsandrahernandez9738]

this ong tho

[@arianelove8513]

So question, before Santa Ana was mostly all whites, at first wasn’t it mostly all Mexican before whites settled there?

[@SP-xy7yh]

Before it was a white suburb, it was basically farmland with pockets of indigenous/Spanish/Mexican owners. The entirety of OC used to be strawberry and citrus fields. Santa Ana was pretty much the hub because it’s where the courthouse and stuff were. It wasn’t until after WWII when the suburbanization kicked up, though even towards the 1990s there was still tons of empty land.

[@arianelove8513]

@@SP-xy7yh thank you for that History. I have to educate myself on the history of California, I love it so much and the culture.

[@hildaprado5413]

Thank you!! Yes!! And if these other dumb rich cities would keep their transients in their own city.... Santa Ana would not be so bad... but no they come and drop them off here.

[@josephgonzales3857]

it was spanish from San Clemente to San Francisco hence all the cities had spanish surnames

[@Veso27]

@@hildaprado5413 Have literally seen vans from other cities dropping off homeless here.

[@herevlad1]

Does anyone knows where this guy Nick is from?

[@XelaGV]

I’m impressed some Santa Ana born residents tell me Santa Ana is bad, they haven’t seen L.A. In L.A there are some streets I wouldn’t walk through during day time and even less at night. Santa Ana is just like other city (it’s pros and cons). Never had an issue. 🙂

[@soniasandoval7715]

It really doesn’t look that bad, Palm Trees are pretty, I’m from Ft. Worth Tx and we don’t have Palm Trees, California is on my bucket list though 😊

[@eddym4005]

If you ever want to come you're more than welcome I could be your tourist guide

[@lukesmith981]

It’s a great County! Way better than Los Angeles!

[@xChromerSatanasx]

It's on your bucket list because you watch too many you tube videos. I would rather be In california than ugly hot disgusting Texas

[@mikemccoy8939]

If you like homelessness , a Governor that is being recalled: 1.9 million signatures.

[@CstWstFllwer]

Ft. Worth has hoods. that 1 spot was rated highest death rate capitol crime for a couple years a few miles from the old toys r us near ridgemar mall opposite side of the 30 by the 7 eleven. then also the eastside, stop6

[@craigconklin458]

I''ll pass on California but seemed really nice for a Poor Area.

[@MrOGsonic]

@My Earth Exactly! I live in this *ghetto gangster city" and I pay $1,300/month for a one bedroom apartment. And that's cheap compared to others areas. Living in santa ana is actually pricey.

[@MrOGsonic]

@Fungus Amongus Yeah it sucks being labeled the "ghetto" of orange county. When in reality, SA is considered OC's downtown. This video doesn't talk about "Floral Park" the homes there average at $1 million. He didn't talk about "French Park" some beautiful original Victorian houses. We have million dollar flats by the train station. Why would people pay millions to live with gangsters? He never even went through downtown. Which I believe he says he was in the video. He just chose a alleyway and a "bad" neighborhood and based everything from that. It's even funnier that there's neighborhoods that are even worse then what he showcased. Absolutely no research at all. This guy gets a 4/10

[@cspan1993]

The average income is 60000 which is really high for the US but in surrounding cities the average income is at least $100000

[@rickhunter6479]

Yeah because everybody has their fucking teethssss

[@louisesaucedo7033]

@@MrOGsonic How so? Idk where you live, but even in really bad areas the cheapest apartment is like 1500 to 1600 for one bedroom.

[@user-di7vl3ol8r]

These aren’t the worst parts, y’all notice how they bearly tagged, bearly any run down buildings, bearly anyone outside posted up ? 💀

[@Woke1440]

Looks beautiful and sunny 🌞

[@OneSummerShe]

I've lived in Santa Ana most of my life and it saddens me that it's considered a bad place. I love living here and have never really had as many negative experiences compared to when I lived in Anaheim for 6 months. I saw people get stabbed to death in my gated complex, but I never saw anything like that in SA.

[@locomotive5A]

Yeah Anaheim is definitely worst than SA and it seems like SA has progressed a bit but we still have bad politicians

[@mrrisktaker8244]

This guys is a fool you don’t have to take his opinion into consideration

[@santaanahst3867]

@@locomotive5A hell no it isnt anaheim is pure whites

[@jamesperry186]

@@santaanahst3867 haha but you're talking about specific parts I would say most parts have more hispanic people.

[@Eren-ws9yw]

I actually almost got stabbed by a homeless guy in santa ana sense I had to go to work there at a landscape company called Landcare it would start at 7 in the morning so around 5 I'd take the bus there and as I was walking there I saw a homeless man looked kinda scary I ran from him and saw he had a knife , I met up with my landscaper friends there and they scared him away , but def dangerious in the morning also when I eventually got my car I would park at the same job and area my friends were this time a bit earlier sense I wanted some sleep some homeless guy tried breaking into my car had to honk the horn to scare him off , so in the morning def santa ana is dangerious

[@valfletcher9285]

THIS, compared with the badlands of Baton Rouge, LA looks like Disney Land.

[@sethbearry440]

I’m an LSU student and I support this message.

[@valfletcher9285]

@@sethbearry440 Hi Seth! LSU fan here, too. Small world! Happy Thanksgiving.

[@504RoadTrips]

Baton Rouge has extremes in both directions. The worst parts of Baton Rouge are slightly worse than the worst parts of New Orleans. There's just more of it in New Orleans.

[@NickJohnson]

For the OC it's bad but yeah, it's average for all big cities.

[@valfletcher9285]

@@NickJohnson Hi Nick! One day you ought to drive through New Orleans...it is a very interesting and historical city...The old Garden District uptown is gorgeous! Well, it would have more national interest than Baton Rouge would have. The 2 cities are not far apart geographically but are very different. Shreveport, LA does not even seem remotely like either one of them. Louisiana has many regions and culturally diverse areas. Nick, I love your videos.

[@happyatticus2966]

An English perspective; I see new cars, manicured lawns, large well kept houses. I see trees and landscaping that are very well looked after. Perhaps Americans have never been to Tower hamlets (London Borough) the poverty is very obvious. Your thoughts please.