I Went Back To California. My Home Town Looks Like A War Zone.

Oh my god! I went home to visit and where I grew up is ruined!
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San Bernardino, once a blue-collar town with a solid middle class, has become the poorest and most dangerous city in California. I see a lot of the comments from people who say - you spend a lot of time driving around, showing everyone rundown America. Where are you from? Why don’t you pick on YOUR home town.
Every time I come home, I see something new. I’m here for one reason or another about once a year, and I always like to drive around and check things out. Kinda go up and down old neighborhoods on a nosy safari. It used to be that you’d have to go out of your way to see rundown and ghetto here. Not anymore.
I think most of the people who grew up here stay away from the worst parts of San Bernardino. There’s really no reason to be in some of these areas. A lot of it’s just blight, poverty and drugs.
If you know the area, you’d remember that San Bernardino was a really nice place to live back in the day. In the 50s and 60s, this was America at its finest. Cruisin USA. It’s an hour east of LA, where you could have a nice upper middle class life. McDonalds began here. Taco Bell began here. The Rolling Stones played their first concert here.
San Bernardino wasn’t an upscale place, and there weren’t a lot of high end white collar jobs. But with the railroads and manufacturing plants and the air force base in town, the gettin was good.
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[@alisonlee3314]

I'm watching from the UK. I'm in my 50s now, but when I was young, California was THE dream destination for us. The beaches, the music, the cars, the lifestyle......we all wanted to visit. It's shocking to see it like this. It has to be deliberate. Here in the UK, similar things are beginning to happen. It's so depressing 😞

[@markvanderstelt8999]

you do know how large California is right ? there are good and bad places anywhere you go . i travel all over there are good and bad places everywhere you go people do not like to tell you about there bad areas.

[@VinhTran-rr9zr]

beaches, cars, music, lifestyle are still there... this town is very inland

[@jeffrutledge1789]

This is all delivered our politicians are enemies of the people filled with greed. Moved all our corporations overseas.

[@HuggyBear2000]

The UN ruins everything

[@SadEyes1412]

@@VinhTran-rr9zr Go to Santa Cruz, Monterey, Seaside, Carmel for the good shit.

[@CheviotHills]

It’s a travesty what has happened to the USA 🇺🇸. The depressing thing is it’s only going to get worse.

[@keithball6480]

When people don't have hope....it's a big decline in standard of living for everyone. Look like it's happening in the US quickly.

[@YA-qj8fx]

All by design. Elitists want to destroy it all to rebuild it in their own image.

[@carrollest]

Throughout my travels, those that moved out of Democrat cities and states, have enjoyed success and prosperity. This woke, diversity, inclusion, equity is minority bull sheet.

[@SOLIDMARCOS47]

@@YA-qj8fxIt’s not going to work. When you push agendas on people who don’t like it you’re asking for people to rebel. If it’s not them destroying our country we got to destroy it ourselves to rebuild it but we know nothing is never going to be the same.

[@nightowl6811]

I keep telling all of you! That usa 🇺🇸 will become Venezuela 🇻🇪! Wake up sheep 🐑 rat 🐀 racers!!! Solution is leave usa 🇺🇸! Plenty of other way better countries

[@thomaswilson7325]

My mother was born here in 1925 and I was born here in 1949. It was a great place to grow up. San Bernardino started going downhill about 1970, about when I left, but I had no idea that it has deteriorated to this degree. This is one of the saddest videos I have ever seen.

[@bobbender5858]

Yes, I left San Bernardino in 1966. It’s a real mess . Very sad .

[@wengvu1551]

Was still good when i moved here in early 80’s

[@mattskustomkreations]

You may have gone to HS with my father-in-law. Born in ‘50, graduated from SBHS in 1968. Escaped to Cal Poly in SLO, became an architect and never came back.

[@zdx4988]

This can't be the America I grew up knowing. As a foreigner, I've always wanted to immigrate to San Francisco, CA. But now I can only pray for this country. So sad 😢

[@hallieadams4225]

The fall of the Roman empire. Yes, pray. Everyone pray.

[@harrywyependragon4242]

When I came back to LA - I won't recognize the city. Was walking in downtown at night, I'm still alive somehow. Even found a way to buss station without Google. It's looks like after judgement day in 2029. 😅

[@IIrandhandleII]

​@@hallieadams4225 too much praying and not enough doing.

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

​​@@hallieadams4225 roman empire?

[@PeetHobby]

Bad immigration policies are one of the problems.

[@chadsem]

For those of you not in California, it is 100 times worse than what you are being told. Homelessness is literally INSANE here. Drug problems are WAY out of control. Edit (2/29/24): to those of you who say they live here and it isn't bad... go ahead and leave the house once in a while. You're lying to yourself. "AND" it's gotten WAY worse since this video was posted.

[@martinez1701a]

We work for a sanitation company that does work for TV/film not to long ago we were power washing in downtown LA and it is so disgusting, piss and crap everywhere drug use and the city is filthy I threw up a few times. This is all happening right next to high end lofts that go for $5k a month.

[@martinez1701a]

@LeRoy SL You know whats even more crazy, those people who live in those lofts are oblivious to all the homeless, drugs, piss and poop, trash and crime all around them. They literally sit at nice restaurants or at coffee shops with all this crap around them like nothing's wrong, it's so fucking bizarre.

[@mgomez9736]

Yeah. Homelessness is literally state wide.

[@eduardomendoza2015]

No its not. Stop Lying to people. I live in north county san diego and its nothing like you say.

[@mgomez9736]

@@eduardomendoza2015 there are places that are still nice, true. But homelessness is NOT just in the big cities. The central valley has a ton of homelessness. The high desert communities have plenty of homeless encampments. The bay area aside from Frisco has huge homelessness populations. IT IS STATE WIDE.

[@kryptofly]

…I saw this coming decades ago, when they started moving factories out of the country. That was the beginning of the end for the working class. My own father was a hard working blue collar guy. He saw his factory job move out of state down south somewhere. Then they moved to Mexico, then Japan, last I heard China. Everyone was more interested in cheap goods, not quality. Fortunately I got a job in a field that was not being hit by this until well after I retired. The funny thing is, our own government paid these factories to move with taxpayer money. Actually working against their own people to cripple and impoverish them. Yet nobody brings this up, and worse, nobody does anything about it. Think it might be too late to stop it, it is well out of our control. Civilization in decline….

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

the government didn't put up money to move manufacturing facilities out of the country. That's all done by private enterprise (or foreign governments). It makes no sense for any government to pay money to shrink its tax base.

[@toastnjam7384]

In the early 80's I saw a news report on a factory closing down. It was one of those factories that employed at least several hundred for generations. The kind of factory that built a solid and stable working middle class. IIRC it made small household products but it could no longer compete price wise with imports. At that moment I knew America was going to change economically and not for the better.

[@extropiantranshuman]

it's not a big deal - we have telecommuting. Hire from anywhere for anything.

[@stardustgirl2904]

Americans don't protest 🪧🪧🪧🪧🪧 they don't do anything they just let the Democratic party 🎉🥳 destroy America and turn us into a third world country ❗😈 Communism is next❗

[@reidadams4277]

The Clinton legacy.

[@diannerussell9653]

It’s shocking to see America go down the toilet. I am an Australian and we used to look up to you guys for guidance and protection. You all had great morals and you where all smart and had it together. What the hell happened to America.

[@boobalooba5786]

The loss of religion, equality propaganda, focus on increasing corporate profits in exchange for the death of local and family owned businesses, large scale farming, big corporations like Amazon existing, food being replaced with poison like fast "food" and everything being packaged in poisonous plastic and poisonous "vegetable" oil.

[@Jericho396]

Juice.

[@Boozle061083]

9/11 toppled more than just those towers

[@wilbursanko4576]

Biden happened to America. Democrats also happened to America

[@barbararobinson244]

I ask myself that every day. From small towns to large cities drugs are destroying America and also many other things are too. I grew up in the 1970s and that was basically a good, safe time. I can't say that for today. Immigration is totally out of control. Millions of poor, unskilled people from 3rd world countries are literally invading us and we have to give them all free medical, education, food, shelter. etc., etc. costing this country billions and billions of dollars that we should be using to improve our infrastructure, schools, etc. These laws need to be changed. Too much money given to foreign countries to fight wars. America and Americans should come first but more and more America and her citizens come last. We need to get rid of all the ancient narcissistic politicians and vote in younger and normal people. People who actually care about America and her people rather than themselves and their careers.

[@malcolmmarson]

Me and a buddy I served with in the Air Force got home to Michigan in 1969, dropped off our duffle bags, bought a brand-new RT Charger and headed for the party called the state of California. I absolutely fell in Love with all parts of the state and the lifestyle of the people. I came back to Michigan 7 years later, met a girl and got married and stayed in Michigan. Glad I stayed in Michigan as I am heartbroken to see what has happened to that wonderful/beautiful state of California. I sit here as a 77-year-old man, thankful for my adventures and memories of what was the Great State of California.

[@benkelly7182]

SB survivor here. I lived there on an especially bad street for 4 years. I’ve seen people bleed to death in my yard, pimps pointing guns at prostitutes, you name it. I just bought a nice house in the country in Pennsylvania for 140k. I’m a single father raising an 11 year old daughter. SB hasn’t been on my mind anymore but this video is a great reminder of how far I’ve come and how good of a decision I made. Even in Riverside I was stepping over homeless people everywhere I went. I have compassion for all of them but my daughter deserves a better and safer life.

[@distortedsteeve2980]

I went from growing up in San Bernardino to now living in riverside and riverside is just a more classier ghetto than SB, but at least it’s a little better. I couldn’t stand being in San Bernardino. Sometimes my heart would race when I seen people argue because in SB anything can happen! If anybody else is in San Bernardino please get out. My little brother is from west side verdugo and is doing life for killing . He got locked up when he was 18, and it was all for a gang. That is not a life to live and to all the young kids trying to make a name is SB I hope you come across this video and these comments one day to see how moronic you are.

[@spankbuda5760]

And this is the difference between a single mother vs. a single father. A single mother would continue to live there with their child committing child neglect all because she can live off of cheap/free limited resources.

[@distortedsteeve2980]

@@spankbuda5760 agreed! The system in San Bernardino county is so corrupt it’s a joke. They get the dads for the max amount of child support because that’s how the government gets paid. When I went to the child support office in Ontario the lady at the booth even told me most of their income comes from fathers who pay child support. Fathers get bent over sideways because we not only have to pay child support but also pay taxes still for the people who live off of welfare and food stamps. So basically we are paying double for people to be in assistance. My kids mother was abusing the system and I called fraud on her and made the welfare office so their job instead of just collecting government tax money. She was collecting welfare and food stamps while living with her new bf she just had a kid with and he has a house with a good job. He’s a CO, go figure someone who works in the law enforcement field helping someone break the law. She wasn’t reporting him, their new kid, or her new address and now she had a job and is no longer taking advantage.

[@benkelly7182]

@@spankbuda5760 your comment is sexist and wrong. I’m from Pennsylvania so I simply moved back where I came from. There are lots of great single mothers doing the right thing for their children. I know them. But of course there are many single mothers who aren’t, there are also many more single mothers than single fathers because far more women don’t give up on raising their children. People deserve to be judged as individuals not completely written off because you think everyone in a group is the same, they aren’t.

[@spankbuda5760]

@@benkelly7182 You poor soul. You keep thinking that. It's not sexist when I'm pointing out the obvious. And you're incorrect about the mothers giving up on their children because if these single mothers really wanted the best for their child they would've picked the correct suitor to be a husband and a father. When the courts provide FREE legal aid to women while the man must pay for his attorney fees/court cost, his rent, miss work, his personal bills, and child support during the court proceedings sounds as she receiving handouts from every directions seems more sexist. You obviously don't know the negative statistics with children coming out of single mother homes while you're praising the one's that YOU know as if they make up the large percentage of single mothers. See I don't have to tell you my personal experiences when you can go to these areas where single mothers live at. You can monitor these children undisciplined behaviors. You can watch the NBA and the NFL players behaviors. They have done studies upon studies concerning this. Children brought up in single mother homes are: 5 times more likely to commit suicide, 9 times more likely to drop out of high school, 10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances, 14 times more likely to commit rape, 20 times more likely to end up in prison, 32 times more likely to run away from home. 70% of inmates in state juvenile detention centers serving long sentences, were raised by single mothers. Girls raised without fathers are more sexually promiscuous, and more likely to end up divorced. I was complimenting you for being a father especially being a father to your daughter. But what you just typed you sound like a female minded simp. Single mothers are for recreational use only!

[@colemeeker908]

My grandparents retired there in the late 60’s to a nice middle class neighborhood with a pool in the backyard. It was so fun to visit. Grandpa died in the early late 80’s and grandma stayed put living on her meager social security. She was so sweet! Tiny little powerhouse always dressed in high heals and drove like a madwoman. She taught bible school every Sunday and she would let the neighborhood kids play in her pool. Later in the 90’s… those same kids turned gangbangers forced themselves into her home and beat her to death for what few possessions they could carry off. I hate this place.

[@ralemc1960]

I am so sorry.

[@mariahsmom9457]

OMG that's really horrible. I'm sorry.😢

[@margaretsmith7712]

So sorry , total breakdown of civilised behaviour,drugs so evil...your dear grandma did her best to show a good example,May a God bless her dear soul.Amen....

[@Rockhound6165]

Curious. How do you vote?

[@chrisbruhe]

@@Rockhound6165 doesnt matter, democrat or republican, different side of the same devil's coin

[@sandygrimes7196]

Back in 95 when my husband retired from the Army, he wanted to move there and I said no, I wanted to come back to south Texas..I’m so glad we did and the valley is thriving..

[@Thisismeofcourse]

where in Texas are you?

[@RedVynil]

Thank you, Joey, for building back better!!

[@marklucca3044]

I remember when we immigrated to SoCal in the early 70's. It was pure heaven. Shopping malls everywhere, very little traffic, multi-cultural and Jobs were plenty. My dad was an engineer & he was employed immediately. He worked at that company for 20 years before retiring. Different America today, very different.

[@TheBroLounge]

California was a paradise before mass immigration caused white erasure.

[@skyangel6336]

That was before the Pelosi's and gang were in charge!

[@phillumenistfilms]

Shopping malls are in your description of heaven -- LMAO. As you were....

[@jerryh2954]

That was when Republicans were running things.

[@nursekathy4480]

When my parents were born in So Cal in the 30s and me in the 50s, it was an amazing place to live. I left for Goa, India in 2015. No regrets.

[@bethrains3105]

Notice how many miles Nick drives around and there's no grocery stores, no vegetable gardens. Endless concrete parking lot 4 to 6 lane road food desert wasteland.

[@SusanMadge-vl9gx]

No bins! Where do you put trash?

[@Flameseeker006]

It's not until I started watching channels like Not Just Bikes and this one that I realized how utterly depressing and dystopian a lot of the USA looks. Completely centered around cars as a method of transportation, to the detriment of the overall quality of life.

[@700K-pp9wm]

Buddy the problem is a bit bigger than that. Stores aren’t their because they’ll be looted DRY

[@Dudeisthere]

​@@Flameseeker006 As long as you have enough space for parking lots, cars are a really good method of transportation. The lack of public transport has nothing to do with the condition these neighbourhoods are in.

[@martinez-909]

That's cause nicks only showing the most disgusting, little tiny parts that he can find. There's 100s of grocery stores, markets here, places to eat etc. Don't lesion to this guy, find someone else or go look for yourself. A lot of facts he said are true but it still not as bad as places like in LA or in the east cost like Detroit

[@lordvonmanor6915]

I have a cousin who moved to San Bernardino to be a local Doctor. He told me he totally regrets it. Damn near every morning he wakes up to find somebody slashed his tires. The people refuse to drink water, won't even give their children water which keeps him busy non stop. He's so done with that place. I almost moved there 37 years ago when it was still nice and I'm so glad I didn't.

[@yahoola]

San bernardino has always been the armpit of the inland empire. has had a homeless problem. Back in the 90's down town was all boarded up stores closed It's reputation was bad just as bad as South los Angeles, who just never got better. Why?

[@lordvonmanor6915]

@@yahoola Even since the end of White slavery San Bernardino hasn't been the same.

[@Thisismeofcourse]

@@yahoola San Diego is much better though, right?

[@Thisismeofcourse]

@@lordvonmanor6915 San Diego is much better though, right?

[@lordvonmanor6915]

@@Thisismeofcourse I don't know much about San Diego other than it has a large Russian population the last time I was there.

[@Nyder]

I was driving through San Bernardino at night and people were literally walking along the street watching for cars to drive by and then they'd get out in the middle of the road. Some people looked back at me pulling up and started to try to block my car but I started revving my engine really loud (an LS1 V8) and they got out of the way. Pretty sure I know what they were doing.

[@katiegreene3960]

There is almost nothing more depressing than seeing the places you made good memories totally trashed... I can't imagine being a old person that stayed and had to watch as it crumbled around them.

[@extropiantranshuman]

I can't imagine being the owner.

[@katiegreene3960]

@@extropiantranshuman agreed....sad stuff

[@intermodus2180]

I mean, in Truth, this video is about San Bernardino... before it was trvshed,...it was a deserted open lot. So...like alot of things "ppl" talk about in YT...kinda misleading.🦊🚬

[@mytruthslays1303]

@@intermodus2180 so your saying my friends who live there that say this is exactly whats happening are just lying? It amazes me that people seem to think other people have no ties to california to confirm the shithole cali has become.

[@texasred2702]

I AM the old(ish) guy watching it happen, in my case it's either little working class family homes get run down, bars appearing on the windows and well-tended gardens going to weeds and trash everywhere, or the opposite--house flippers from out of state pricing out the long time residents and hipster businesses and chains replacing family run businesses.

[@melissamccleary5210]

My husband convinced me to move to LA five years ago, he made it seem like it was a better environment than Maryland (he hates the cold weather). After five years of living here, I want to move back.

[@michaeldy3157]

Divorce time

[@adamm5015]

Run……don’t walk 😢

[@mysillyyoutube1487]

From so cal and grew up in la county. LA near the city... Even the wealthy areas are the last place I would want to be. Literally the weather is the only thing unique and beautiful. But even then that's only if you are by the coast. Inland can be crap in summer.

[@Tonymanero1960]

Life long Marylander here,....born and raised in P.G County,......now retired and living in Anne Arundel County. The more I travel the country the more I realize ''Maryland is paradise'',....and you can also be at the beach in the morning,...and in the mountains in the afternoon.

[@dustinryan9671]

I would say move.........but............if you don't have conservative values like nuclear family, love Jesus, love guns, believe in hard work, like to help others, and so forth. Please stay there, if you do have those values, come to the mid-west, we don't have oceans or huge trees, but for many of us that is ok and there is a reason we stay here. No way if you paid me I would ever live on the west coast, or leave in most states on the east coast, both have became everything America was never meant to be.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

I live here. I teach in the district and my house is on the Colton border near Valley College. It’s so sad to see the blight and homelessness EVERYWHERE. The LA Times ran a piece I was interviewed in back in 2015 about the decline of San Bernardino. That was eight years ago. What’s crazy is that there’s actually been a mild IMPROVEMENT since then. But it’s like a pebble in the ocean. And yet, I continue because these kids didn’t ask to be born in to this, nor should the stink of a once “All American” city stain on them. It’s a reflection of a greater truth…that the unchecked avarice of the rich has no bounds. The squeeze will continue until we’re all impacted because that’s the reality of unfettered capitalism.

[@Peter-bx7ip]

Yeah, buddy. I don’t think Nick or most of his followers are on board with criticizing the rich, lol.

[@RamblerMan68]

You should see what unfettered socialism looks like...try Cuba. Go live there.

[@jrblue6907]

Move

[@inwiththenew414]

What does the rich have to do with unkempt yards and houses? You can be poor, but you don't have to be trashy

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

Lol you blame this on capitalism.

[@supercharged1046]

I was born in Redlands in 1962, I visited San Bernardino a few times to go to motorcycle races at Glenn Helen, SB scared the hell out of me.

[@bengalkeeper]

This is why I left L.A. for a flyover state last year, and it's been an amazing year. I have no desire to ever go back for a visit.

[@ust7243]

Left LA over 2 years ago, it has become a total dump, never thought I'd leave but I'm glad I did.

[@radfan7020]

the whole country will be California.

[@jbdragon3295]

@@radfan7020 It will if Democrats have their way.

[@243wayne1]

@@ust7243 You were part of the problem i'm sure.

[@243wayne1]

@@radfan7020 Wrong.

[@Jaysin13]

I am in my 50's as well and it has been shocking watching America become a third world country...where all the wealth is with the few and the rest is just allowed to decay. The decline of the American Empire is in full effect, very sad...

[@KellyLudwin]

And then add in the scammers who take what little is left of people's livelihood through theft. SMH and crying...

[@tehaisikattepi9393]

Sorry to say bro , but your government use American Taxpayer Money to invaded other countries for their own Imperialist Agenda and don't seem to taking care its people anymore .

[@minixtvbox]

Agree as a civilization USA and UK is dead

[@MAte925]

Some blame money blown on war or jobs going offshore!

[@manoz6194]

From the book "Why We Fight" published by the German Army Personnel Office in 1944 *"Roosevelt believes he can lead the American folk to world domination with Jewry‟s help. He will no longer be able to banish the spirits he summoned. The future will prove that Roosevelt led his folk and with it all of America into an age of pitiful decline and JewishBolshevik chaos."* The problems faced by America are far greater than most can imagine. That's why the situation is so dire.

[@trixierose9459]

I moved to San Bernardino in 1968. It was a great place to grow up. I met my husband here as he was stationed at Norton Air Force Base when I was 18. I left California in 1985. I didn't realize how bad San Bernardino had gotten. Very sad. I live in the Pacific Northwest now and love it. Great video as always.

[@Pit5336]

I am originally from Poland but living in the UK, every time I go to see my family I can see improvements everywhere! New airports motorways shopping malls ect. Homes also look nicer and nicer , my small village in the mountains is like Switzerland, cable cars, infrastructure, primary school looks like from poster. Is it something to do with mentality? Shurly there are lots of good hard working people in the USA. In 80' you literally were able to build a house in Poland for ONE monthly payment in USA that's why lots of us were going there and coming back milioners after a year or two, we were so desperately poor.

[@tylene113]

I was born in San Bernardino and grew up in Fontana. My grandparents lived in San Bernardino and when I was a kid it was a wonderful place! Clear skies, views of the mountains and many trips to the little Perris Hill amusement park made for a fun childhood in the 50s and 60s. So sad to see what has taken place.

[@NickJohnson]

Yep that's all gone now

[@eduardomaldonado1647]

Living in Texas back in 1980s San Bernardino used to be mentioned on TV movies and such as a nice place to live. I visited california 2 years ago and that place is a shit place now.

[@MrDavid909]

I was born here, my dad was born here, and his dad was born here. That was back when citrus drove the San Bernardino/East Highland economy

[@Tavros999]

Same I was born in San Bernardino and raised near Cherry in Fontana. Some of my family still live in San Bernardino in a few apartment complexes.

[@MrBadassc8]

Desert rats

[@clintgillespie8579]

I love this casual stream of cynicism that comes out in Nick's comments. It's like you're saying what we're all thinking.

[@susanbeckham7236]

Lol It sure is!

[@calisuds9830]

It's his best....it's heartbreaking and there nothing we can do about it. Absolutely nada

[@Chordonblue]

Nick, your interview with your friend illustrates part of what's wrong with Cali these days. "I'm just stayin' positive, man..." That's SOOOoo California. My family is from towns in S. Pittsburgh, and in spite of the leveled and devastated look of the place *I* can come up with positives too: 1. Less population there means less addict deaths! 2. The river hasn't flooded in 20+ years now! 3. There are still roads there that haven't completely fallen into disrepair! 4. Since most of the steel mills have shut down, there's not that smoky, metallic smell in the air anymore! 5. There's a new addict clinic set up in McKeesport now! etc. But the harsh reality is: The best days behind places like these are not coming back. Not in my lifetime, anyway. There will be no miracles at work here. To your friend's points: Honestly who cares about who from what race is in charge - it's CAN THEY FIX IT? And the answer is: No. Without common and organized culture, we're getting all the 'diversity' for diversity's sake that we deserve. State support for positive change isn't there either, and it seems that most Cali denizens have simply given up fighting for a functional civilization. Only a place like California would declare that they have a budget 'surplus'. They are overspending when you look at the inevitable pension situation - live for today, I guess - their budget is on autopilot until the money runs out. And it will. With many businesses leaving the state, you simply can't count on revenue. No one can tell anyone else what to do - not even the cops (for fear of a lawsuit, or worse!) So chaos and anarchy rule - and what's happening in California is merely the halftime show. The game will continue, has been continuing, in every other state. What will change this? Probably only something truly horrific, catastrophic, or the End Times. I'm voting for the latter, of course...

[@reneehouser2925]

Amen!

[@brendamartin7280]

Yes he's great! spot on!!

[@bs4real]

Im sorry your hometown has come to this Nick.Hold fast to the good memories and enjoy your good life in NC🌲

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

I’ve been to California many times in my life because I’m from a bordering state and every time I go my stay gets significantly worse every time

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

Blue urban culture is not American culture. Them voting Democrat makes them a third world country.

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

@@pandemicofvaxxedholes yep same thing is happening in Portland where I’m from

[@linkskywalker5417]

At least it's a good place to practice one's criminal skills so that they don't get caught, because with inflation getting worse faster than it's been in decades, you'll need criminal skills. Plus, some people were truly made for crime. Texas is not a good state for that purpose I just mentioned.

[@gordon3186]

*Time to stop visiting, I'd say. Way too crowded and expensive anyway. What are all these millions of people thinking?!*

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

@@gordon3186 I have or at least had alot of family in San Diego and ig the tourist areas are cool if you haven’t been but even those places are getting bad

[@SimplyJai571]

I currently live in this hell hole. I grew up here, it’s devastating to see how the city declined. You can’t take a walk due to crime. I am definitely planning on moving, there is so much more to life than this and just from the looks of the town isn’t motivating for anyone. Thank you for this video ❤❤❤

[@paulw176]

N. Carolina is awesome...

[@Hawtload]

you can do it! all you need is a form of transportation and about a grand or two in your pocket

[@DiscoCatsMeow]

It's a long way but Springfield, Mo is pretty nice. We have crime like everywhere, but our Mall is intact and very busy, clean streets and the homeless are not allowed to camp wherever they want. Housing prices are decent and good schools.

[@ilovebutterstuff]

The MSM would have you believe that the decline of the dollar is 'actually a good thing' , but this neighborhood is the fruit that is wrought, all the while begging for more of the same. More debt, same wage. Less value, higher demand, zero supply. California will be indistinguishable from the slums of Mumbai in another 20 years, with the rest of the country in tow. You heard the lady, "It's our own fault".

[@davidr734]

Yet the voters keep putting the same elected officials back into office so apparently CA voters love how their state looks.

[@stuartbagedonow9770]

I have to give your friend an incredible amount of credit and I wish him and his city all the best luck. And I’m sure he and his partners in their endeavor are working on this and I’m certainly no expert but they have to address the crime first .And yes the jail’s will fill up and that cost money but it’s hard to attract business if people are afraid to show up.

[@MollyTheGreat10]

Oh how I miss the 80's in San Bernadino, those were the days. ❤

[@NickJohnson]

Me too

[@jak9483]

This is Madison Wisconsin in five years time. In Colorado the Denver Mayor is desperately asking for help from the onslaught of gangs. And the Chicago Mayor switched off all the security cameras in the city while she still has ten bodyguards!!! thanks for your videos they're really good 😊

[@lynnamarsh6384]

did Madison lose a major employer ? why do you say that ? I am not from there.

[@extropiantranshuman]

if colorado didn't legalize drugs it wouldn't have the crime is how I see it.

[@jukio02]

I live in a more wealthier part of California. When I drive a few miles in either direction, I feel like I'm in a completely different place. For the longest time, I never realized I have been living in a bubble.

[@coobay4786]

Get out now

[@kimvanhowe852]

Duh

[@michaelmichaelagnew8503]

Sell your house and move to another state while its worth something before its worth nothing and you can't move out.

[@SoraFan23]

I was born in California and before moving out there was always crime going on and to this day it still happens constantly. Its worse than I remembered. To see where I lived before a utter trashland is so sad.

[@rodrigofonseca6241]

That's the endgame of 80's style gangster capitalism, fentanil and poverty. Thank you Reagan and Thatcher!

[@Ascerian]

Uhh, what? You're blaming the current state on people 50 years ago? yeah no bud, that's illogical and denial. this is the result of recent policies not half a century ago 🤪

[@k_e3735]

@@Ascerian Reagan wasn't 50 years ago

[@billnotice9957]

When I was in the Military I was being discharged from Camp Pendleton in 1987. I remember A police recruiter trying to get me to move to San Bernardino and become a Police Officer. My family (from Detroit area) strongly suggested I do that. I drove up there and thought. Wow! What a great place. Home sickness overruled my brain. I remember those spots. The entire nation has lost it soul and the courage to fight back.

[@ilovebutterstuff]

Boy, I couldn't have said it better myself. Neutered soy boys who couldn't defend their family from a spider. It's really no wonder things have gone to hell.

[@CGNTech]

@@fatwombat2611 👆🏻 Yes, perfectly put. Thank you.

[@2659cowboyup]

Not the entire nation I lived in Hemet CA. for a while that place is a shit hole also. Now I live in San Angelo a small city in west central TX. We have none of these issues.

[@JustAnotherJarhead]

Semper Fi

[@thomasodetinape4180]

@@2659cowboyup yeah no illegals in Texas, lol

[@abouttime5000]

This summer I travelled to San Francisco for the first time. A long awaited trip that I was looking forward to it was the single most depressing trip I had ever made. The homelessness and tents were shocking. Crime, filth, unstable street people, and decay were all I can remember. Looked like a war zone.

[@movebichgetouttheway8486]

Pelosi Newsome gruesome town

[@MT-si3bu]

I live about an 1hour and a half away. I haven’t been there in 10 years because of the conditions you described . I can only imagine what it looks like now

[@natestrasburg]

San Francisco has been a shit hole for a long time. However, it's gotten particularly bad in the last 2 years. Absolute cesspool of filth, homelessness, drugs, prostitution, you name it. People piss and shit in the streets there too

[@abouttime5000]

@@natestrasburg all true. Hotel staff advised us not to go for a stroll at night. Taxi driver wouldn’t stop at red lights after midnight.

[@skinnie2838]

Democrats have ruined California. And people keep voting for them. I now have ZERO sympathy for that state.

[@DanielOrtegoUSA]

I visited my old childhood home in Oceanside, California, and the hood changed a lot. Used to look like ‘home and garden’ magazine but now it looks like East LA. 😐

[@KantusKid]

I lived in San Bernardino for 33 years. I moved out 7 years ago. After the closure of Norton air force base in the early 90s, all of the blue collar jobs that focused around the base ceased to exist. I've gone back to visit on numerous occasions but am heartbroken each time I visit. Homeless and low income residents flock to the area due to the "affordability" while the majority of employment industry are low paying warehouse jobs. Such a shame on what the city has become.

[@waltchan]

The only credit with more low-income residents is the better street tacos to eat from the stands.

[@paulfrederick8902]

After 55 years being born & raised in Cali and doing a 35 year long career there, l left 6 days after l retired in 2010. So glad! It's absolutely heartbreaking what's happened to it.

[@Existential_Dread]

Too many extremely beautiful women. Really sad.

[@whiteprivilegedenier7459]

What's heartbreaking is the American people's unwillingness to stand up to these big bad four and a half foot tall Latino street gang member invaders.

[@coobay4786]

Best decision of your life👍

[@MrBadassc8]

You were brought up poor. Desert rat 🐀

[@chuckwadnofski7147]

@@Existential_Dread alot of silicone tits tho...

[@mikescarborough9196]

It’s not just San Bernardino dying. It’s really the whole country. We just don’t know it yet.

[@henrikfox8960]

make mexico great again

[@Want2cJesus]

The whole world is perishing. Bible prophecy is fulfilling before eyes that can see it because they studied it.

[@ROMVS]

are you ok? why so fatalistic? my state has nothing even close to bernardino even at its worse

[@henrikfox8960]

@@ROMVS but close to mexico

[@ROMVS]

@@henrikfox8960 According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas "Mexico's economic growth continues, inflation moderates". Just watched a video that Mexico is benefiting from US China trade war, maybe if they continue to improve, less people will want to move to the US with a plot twist of some people moving from poorer areas in the US to Mexico instead. Sounds like a plot in a propaganda movie but I wouldn't be mad if that happened.

[@Shiro642]

😢 I cant imagine if my hometown became like this. Its just a mysterious connection between a person and their hometown. So sad to see

[@hanshart1472]

Thank you for showing the extreme sadness. I was born in LA and lived there till 1972 to OC / SD and then finally moved out of state in 2019. The city is almost completely unrecognizable.

[@RG_2727]

I was born in and lived in Southern California for 58 years. I moved out a little over a year ago, and it was the best decision I could have made. SoCal used to be beautiful, clean, and family friendly. It's so sad and infuriating what it has become.

[@briangriffel6717]

WELL Y'ALL GOT WHAT YOU KEPT VOTING FOR YR AFTER YR.

[@Jerrymac333]

I wonder why it went 3rd world, any ideas?

[@RG_2727]

@@Jerrymac333 Democrats took over everything

[@dennisthemenace5150]

Same here....

[@georgeorwell7409]

@@Jerrymac333 NAFTA, DESTROYING THE UNIONS, NAZIS IN THE CIA, AND SPENDING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DESTROY THE SOVIET UNION!-LESLIE C. MOORE

[@MegaPugsley1]

Nick, this is why I rely on YOU to keep me informed why I don't consider moving back to my home town. Thank you Nick for your wonderful documentaries that matter!

[@bensavage6389]

You can't handle the diversity! (Neither can San Bernardino)

[@proudgrandma138]

SB has always been a ghetto!

[@LunaCycleAZ]

I love his attitude, with that type of thinking they can turn my hometown around.

[@endlessnameless8181]

I just started watching your channel 2 or 3 days ago and subscribed. I thought i had seen your channel once before when i watched the "first" episode a few days back and now that i am watching this, i realized i had viewed your content before. Apparently 11 months back by the comment i left here.

[@geniefromcali]

Yeah, I grew up in Los Angeles and moved away in my late 20s hoping to eventually move back, but I don't see that happening now. What I miss doesn't even exist anymore.😔

[@bfelb]

Same

[@christopherconard2831]

Originally from the Chicago area. I have absolutely no desire to go back.

[@hme5157]

This is not an exaggeration and I’m so glad someone is finally exposing this. My sister in law unfortunately lives in SB and there are literally people shooting up on the sidewalk. Walking around naked or with shit stains.. really sad

[@vielee6417]

God, it's scary

[@NothingButSilicone]

Ya know what they say right? One persons poo stains is another persons gold. Especially if she sexy.

[@StreetsOfRage2]

Take a look at Kensington Ave in Philly. Block after block of people shooting up in plain view, mountains of trash everywhere. China is waging war on the US with cheap Fentanyl and nobody is waking up to it.

[@davidhott6395]

I live in a small town down state Illinois ...it's that way here now .

[@dangreene3895]

It is a shame what has happened to California , when I was growing up is was the State everyone wanted to move to when they got through School , now people are fleeing the State

[@robertshanks3674]

Nick..I can sympathize. I'm from the north bay area SF. I grew up in Napa in the '60's and 70's. I served most of my Navy career in San Diego -- the city is unrecognizable now. The entire west coast is lost--with bottom no where in site. BTW, your buddy is in denial. Sorry, if I sound insulting. When the takers out vote the makers, then a community is in trouble. I appreciate your honesty.

[@jaygreenwhittier]

Nick, great video! You’re hilarious and very entertaining

[@Melancholy1966]

I learned a lesson, never try to "go home again" for nostalgia's sake. I found my old neighborhood turned into a dirty, crime ridden hellhole. I'll never go back again and wish I had never seen it.

[@creamydistortion]

I'll never go back to America...

[@chazsmith20]

@@creamydistortion Where do you live? I'm dying to move to another country.

[@markdamstra]

i think these places can be gentrified. small apt. complexes with a supermarket would work.

[@TheKeksadler]

As someone who's never left the midwest, This doesn't even look like the same country. It is absolutely tragic what's happened to California.

[@jamin309]

I lived all over the country. There are worse ghettos in the midwest... chicago, muncie, east st louis, seattle, brownsville brooklyn. Its all relative.

[@rickhammond2473]

Blame this problem on the Government and local Politicians good none educated jobs long gone was the demise of this country and price increase on taxes housing cars food etc.

[@billstill1794]

Blame the voters!

[@davedarlage4421]

​@Ben are you saying Muncie indiana is this bad?

[@eddiemendoza6304]

@@billstill1794 you probably are uneducated and dontt understand how economies work

[@jasondean9626]

Awesome video glad to hear some cool stuff is happening there. I moved out in 95 never looked back. It's crazy to see places a skated at in the video.

[@dianaguenzler2897]

I was born and raised in San Bernardino in the Del Rosa area on 39th st. I graduated from Pacific. You couldn't pay me enough to live anywhere near the Inland Empire or California. I left there via US Air Force in 1979, Norton AFB. My father was a jet mechanic at Norton. I still have family in Redlands so I do visit on occasion. I get embarrassed to say I'm from there. I'm glad my parents aren't alive to see whats happened to San Bernardino. I used to work at the County Hospital on Gilbert St. It is sad to see what people will do.

[@oogabooga1971]

I lived in San Bernadino for a month back in 2018 and couldn't go outside without hearing gun shots. Terrifying! Something has got to give. I don't judge homeless, because I was homeless for 2 weeks. Was not a fun experience! I'm strongly against the legalization of weed. I think that's the problem with this country. It's too easy to get. I moved to the mid west, had no problem finding work and live happily with my boyfriend in a nice, safe little town. - Please don't judge the homeless too harshly, not all of them are bad or lazy. You can't be lazy, when you live on the street. It's not fun. We need to find a solution that works and help people get sober and back on their feet.

[@sharkymama]

My home town. I totally understand everything Nick is saying, it once was a lovely thriving city full of great people and lots of things to do. Now I wouldn’t even drive through the area unless I really have to. I never thought I’d see such a decline.😢

[@Jason21012]

SB hasn’t been thriving since like the 40s. Lol

[@kirataylor4981]

It was def a slow collapse but it’s still sad to see….I drive through north San Bernardino daily to get home. Like Nick said some of the people ran for the hills😂 not too bad up there yet…

[@Luna-mx7fi]

I agree with most of this except the weed part like I was in high school when weed was still illegal and the city was still like that. Weed becoming legal had no affect on that city and let’s be honest there’s legal weed dispensaries in even the nicest and richest cities so that clearly had no part in the city being what it is today. The dude is just biased about weed and it seems that he just already had a negative view on weed before he tried to use it as a reason as to why the city is in shambles. If anything weed dispensaries would help the city make some money but it seems that whatever money the city is making isn’t being put to good use really. Overall when I was in high school and lived by the city before weed was legal everyone already knew the city was ghetto and in shambles so sadly the down fall of the city was caused by many other things that the guy mentioned so everything else is technically indeed accurate and right. I live in the city now and I would like to see the city become a better place.

[@metalmike570]

@@Luna-mx7fi People that think that weed is nothing are in denial. Weed is a gateway drug and on it's own it makes people bi-polar and lazy. The real reason it's made legal in many places is that there would be jails and prisons the size of a city to hold everyone that smokes it.

[@lunagray-wolf2404]

@@Jason21012 well I disagree, it most certainly has. It's bad now as many places around the US, don't be nasty

[@neighborhoodcatlady6094]

Your video makes me want to check out where I grew up in LA in the 50s-60s. On the other hand, maybe I should just stay happy with my memories. 😿

[@devintaylor8702]

I feel the same way when I visit New Orleans it's not the same anymore 😕😪

[@jbdragon3295]

Remember how it used to be, not the complete dump that it is now.

[@gator1984atcomcast]

Thanks for the update. My memory of the area goes back to toe 1940’s. My dad was in the Navy, WW2.

[@amateurmusicresearch1972]

the comparison with the 70's and 80's photos reminded me of back to the future 3, something along the way went terribly wrong...

[@victorhaywood9995]

He is 100 percent correct. I grew up in Rialto, CA, and both cities were so nice. Everyone enjoyed downtown SB. I left in 1983, and I only went back three times, the final time in 2018, when my mom passed away. Afterward, I drove around SB, Big Bear Lake, and the Santa Monica Pire. They all looked terrible, and San Bernardino looked like a war zone.

[@NickJohnson]

Big bear isnt too bad

[@carinalandyn5185]

Accurate

[@steelworking1143]

Kaiser steel shut down.

[@igglybiggly6951]

Any idea how Laka Gregory/ Crestline area is doing nowadays? I have found memories catching trout there in the early 80's.....use to be a great summer getaway

[@gregory4154]

@@igglybiggly6951 Crestline has really fallen apart. it's another drug central zone.

[@deder71]

Same thing is happening in Bakersfield. Businesses and vacant properties being burned down repeatedly. People trying to jump off of freeway bridges trying to unalive themselves. It’s getting worse every day.

[@Jason21012]

If i lived in Bakersfield I’d be pretty down too

[@FieldTechIV]

I lived in Bakersfield for a year in 2008. I remember thinking some areas and neighborhoods just felt lifeless, empty and sad.

[@kweaver1965]

Bakersfield is a dirt shit hole! And very scary place to be!

[@kanank13]

why is a farming town or city like Bakersfield is having such issues?it is terrible that white people are so attracted and addcited to all kinds fo drugs esp meth?

[@lactusgalacto1174]

Democrats and republicans running California to the ground. Looks like NY state same blight there and lots of people moving to Florida or Mexico.

[@AI_Surfer]

San Bernardino has a hidden gem located on Mt. Vernon Ave. called 'Mitla Cafe'. It's a Mexican food restaurant that's been at the same location since the 1930s, and was the inspiration for the founder of Taco Bell. Highly recommended to anyone who's making a trip to San Bernardino.

[@leokimvideo]

If it gets any worse there will be lots of people crossing the border to get into Mexico. I remember being in Fresno in the mid 90's and there were lots of homeless living on the streets. That was the ice epidemic with lots of illegal immigrants looking to steal a car to go to LA or San Fran

[@BrianMillsSkills]

I agree without effective borders no country can remain first world.

[@robertobandaaguilar4878]

@@BrianMillsSkills First world politics in the third world causes these problems... borders are useless after you have exploited the foreign populations and resources. Wonder why now we have so many American Illegals in my country, not paying taxes.... but no one cages your people like dogs, you know???

[@RedVynil]

It must be wide open by now!! Last I heard, half a year ago, Mexico was down to a population of 20% of what it normally is!

[@kellythomas90]

Can't get in Mexico, they will shoot u. But we can take mexico, central American & S. AMERICAN PPL

[@EduardoSnapper-wr8qs]

It’s been estimated that as much of 10% of Mexico’s population lives outside of Mexico.

[@55Reever]

I was born and raised in California and I cannot stomach to go back and see what has happened.

[@coobay4786]

I believe you and I have no desire to visit California

[@lauragoede4055]

Same heee

[@janellcrews6108]

I'm still in California I live in Sacramento, I can't tell you how bad it's getting. There's atleast 3 people infront of every store beginning for money. Every light you see people holding signs. Not in the expensive area you might see a couple, but in the middle class and lower end it's crazy.

[@heymrnickerbocker]

Same here grew up in the Bay Area left at 19 and only been back once to visit.

[@invisibletosociety8338]

I left California in 2000 and never looked back. It's a dumpster fire now

[@shelleybartlett1479]

I too grew up in San Bernardino/Highland. It is heart breaking to see what it is now. I remember cruising E Street, going to Perris Hill Park to hang out with friends and yes, skating at Star Dust Roller Rink. There is nothing wrong in my opinion posting this and letting people know how rotten it is. It was an "All American City" at one point in time. The late 70's it all began to change. I moved to Yucaipa in 1986 and encouraged my friends who still live in Berdoo to get out! Thank you for posting this.

[@NickJohnson]

We might have known the same people Shelley!

[@shelleybartlett1479]

@@NickJohnson Hi Nick! I am a little bit older than you, but, its possible! I went to San G. and graduated 1981. I worked in San Bdno from 2002-2019 and the one thing I must say is the police department is amazing. I have a lot of respect for the police department and the firefighters there. My son-in-law was stationed in they city (CAL FIRE) and any call they went on a sheriff or PD had to be present (go with them). I am not sure if it's still that way since I don't work in the city and neither does he. That is how bad it was, since the firefighters were getting shot at when they would go to a call...sad. I am glad you got out! I have no clue what it will take to make it better. I have seen what made it worse and that was the gangs from Pomona, mental health issues, drugs of course and low cost housing (at one time). Anyway, thank you so much for this video and I can still remember how awesome it was when I grew up there in the 60's-70's its just really terribly sad to see the extent of the destruction.

[@remrocket2885]

I grew up in SB also, graduated from Pacific in 81. I just can’t believe such a beautiful area has deteriorated so much. Hopefully it can build back!

[@eugeniocorpuz8338]

I lived in San Bernardino and graduated from San Gorgonio High School in 1975. I remember shopping at the Central City Mall. I live in Honolulu now.

[@wetguavass]

"All Gringo City"

[@donnarogers7732]

You are showing the Truth Shug. I'm so sorry San Bernardino has fell so low. I know , I hear your disappointment and I appreciate your efforts to show this disgusting situations in the land of " the Plenty"? I hope you can Wake up SOMEBODY in CA to get busy and clean up Thier acts. Again , I'm so sorry for you, this must hurt a lot. Much love,💔🙏‼️P.S., my partner was raised in San Diego, I heard so many wonderful stories, he's gone now , I'm glad hr couldn't see where he grew up. He left in the 1070s , came to GA. Take care, I'll be thinking of you.💔🙏😪

[@susanwallbrown7889]

Love you, Nick!

[@waruikoneko1635]

It's always weird and saddening to return to your hometown and see it in such a state. I grew up in Louisville, Ky in the late 70's/early 80's but left in the late 90's. I returned in 2020 only to find the downtown looked like a set from Walking Dead with boarded up windows and 'zombies' wondering around everywhere. I guess it's true, you can never go home again. 😥

[@westabsupplyebay4093]

It's a bit of a shock isn't it?

[@MbisonBalrog]

Louisville is not as bad as SB though. Its clean at least.

[@NewHaven203]

Donnell0303 *Democrat run city, stop reaching

[@adamfisher6709]

@@MbisonBalrog clean? What part of Louisville are you talking about Norton Commons? I went to the west end a few weeks ago and was amazed at how bad downtown has gotten from the hospitals to the other side of Portland. 2020 was the demise of Louisville when the mayor allowed the riots and looting to take place. Now it's boarded up buildings homeless camps everywhere and several businesses gone. So it's far from clean

[@robertwestern5908]

It sucks I live in utah it's cold here we have are homeless people but not as many in California still a good place to live. I grew up in slc moved to delta small city where my dad was born nice here no homeless camps wish America could become strong again

[@mulehop17]

Listening to your former classmate describe the area is like listening to a man being burned alive describing how nice and warm he is

[@patriciashelton6644]

He actually looks and sounds as if he's on some kind of drug. But he's got dreams. He's doing a lot of talk, tho he literally has no pull. Good luck

[@paulw176]

lol - yup he sure could find the shiny needle in that haystack from hell.

[@missytwist3705]

Something just occured to me. A couple weeks ago. Why don't some of the residents clean this up? It's all garbage. If more garbage shows up again keep picking it up. Volunteers. Youth groups, Civic groups, neighborhood groups. California- Be California! This is what liberals do. Conservatives, conserve and hold back. Liberals, the word comes from the word Liberty. Freedom. An example is-A lotion bottle..Spread on liberally..Spread on a lot. Spread on Conservatively. Hold back. Spread on very little. Help one another. I am not even talking about encampments. Those will come a little later. California

[@ilovebutterstuff]

Another Sam Bankman Fried wannabe.

[@seantube21]

Robert Palmer definitely has the same disease most people in California have. His order of operations is deeply flawed. You MUST fix the homeless/drugs/crime problems BEFORE you rebuild downtown, revitalize parks, art walks, etc. You can't have nice things when zombies are walking around town 24x7.

[@rbeaver5257]

Thanks for the video. I grew up in Muscoy in the late 80's and remember it being dangerous and run down then. I can only image what its like now.

[@marilaucher9989]

Your musical accompaniments are priceless😂

[@petuniasevan]

San Bernardino. No surprise there. I grew up in suburban SoCal in the 60s and 70s. My parents saw the place going downhill and moved us away in 1979; I noticed the changes a few years later when I returned for a visit. Each time I've been back it's been more pronounced. Last time was nearly 20 years ago. I miss it terribly but know that I'm missing something that no longer exists anywhere but my memory. As General Douglas MacArthur once said, "The past is only ashes."

[@MrDavid909]

San Bernardino was thriving in the late 70's. San Bernardino was named an “All-America City” in 1977

[@unsichtbar08]

I'm from Germany, and when I see the USA like this, I think of the Titanic, which is sinking, but music is still being played on the ceiling as if everything is fine. My fear is that in Germany we will also have a lot to look forward to in the coming years.

[@jumbojesus11]

viele hier schreiben dass die ursache in der abwanderung der firmen liegt. das ist kein zufall, das ist gewollt. und genau das passiert gerade auch in deutschland. immer mehr firmen wandern ab, und die mittelklasse findet keine richtige arbeit mehr. nur noch 0815 jobs ich glaube auch dass es bald in deutschland so kommt

[@frankb3347]

Being from Germany originally I feel like it's been going down hill ever since the Wall came down.

[@jimkeskey]

As Germany isn't sinking itself. That country lost it YEARS ago.

[@random_an0n]

@@frankb3347 this bringing the wall down was a mistake split germany in half,1 side got radicalized into communism and then decades later rip it down and let them loose into european society? its how yall wound up with merkel the migrant lover germany has been cucked since,bend over for diversity to the point of humiliation,im part jewish and even i think enough is enough,the humiliation ritual gotta end before you fade away or rev up the reich machine out of anger.

[@smokeyjoe4078]

Oh, yes...here you can see what our Green party and their ideology will do to our country!

[@gregperuzzi6188]

So glad I live in New Hampshire. New England seems like the last normal place in this country. Love your sense of humor, Nick. Keep on keeping on.

[@ndg8240]

New Hampshire is the cleanest peacefully place I’ve ever been. I use to live in Boston and every weekend I would visit New Hampshire and I loved how peaceful it was and the food was awesome. I should have stayed there instead of moving to California.

[@MNcoquicoqui]

Watch out. Maine has opened the doors to illegal aliens at the dime of their tax payers. It will soon turn into Minnesota.

[@Firebender727]

New Hampshire isnt doing so great...have you been to Manchester lately? Its getting bad. Definitely not Philadelphia or anything, but compared to what it used to be, the drug problem is insane.

[@rj238a]

Excellent video. With all of this I was surprised to see that the population of San Bernardino is growing.

[@shrim1481]

This is not a place that Mappy and his family should move to, that's for sure.

[@Soggafriendoflife]

💀💀💀💀

[@sergpie]

He’d get rolled-up for a blunt.

[@ashleyd6484]

@@sergpie 🤣

[@niavellir7408]

@@sergpie Lol

[@ChadSimplicio]

Yeah, it will soon be a place where only the rich & their mindless servants will live in.

[@timewithoutconsequence4611]

I feel sorry for the young. We are spiraling down the drain fast.

[@243wayne1]

Watch me not care.

[@EconomicWarfare]

@@243wayne1 I hear rope is on sale.

[@trees915]

@@243wayne1 You cared enough to comment.

[@243wayne1]

@@trees915 *WRONG.*

[@wwskydvr]

Great video, Nick. I enjoy your posts. I watched this video last year and was sick to my stomach. Like driving past a car wreck, it popped up, and I just had to look again. I worked for the federal government for 35 years. I was assigned in San Bernardino for three years in the 70's. It was beautiful there, and the smell of the orange blossoms in the spring filled the air along hi-way 10. But even back then you could see the decline starting, and that it was a train wreck about to happen. Norton had plans for closing, Union Pacific had plans to move, and industries were planning to move because of the high costs of doing business in California. We lived up in the North end, in a very nice home. Drove past it in the 90's on our way to San Diego and it looked like a demilitarized zone. Beautiful home, now a S-hole. I will probably get a lot of flack for this, but I disagree with your guest. You just as well take a shovel to the place. California has elected leftists for decades, you threw God out of the state, and there's not enough money in the whole country for SB Urban Renewal. It was once a great city, but you need to turn the page. Sad.

[@davidmusset3435]

really sad, California is such a beautiful place. hope it gets better

[@globetrekker9397]

I went back to my hometown in California a couple years ago for my high school reunion and it was shocking how degraded the town had become. It's a sad experience.

[@markdamstra]

yet regular houses in downtown LA a decent area are one and a half million for nothing special. I think small apartment complexes witha supermarket could start the ball rolling. THe weather is great.

[@tomedgar4375]

Voting matters

[@yesher12]

@@tomedgar4375 More importantly, who COUNTS the votes matters more.

[@michaell6807]

I notice my place in the antelope valley is gettin more and more dirty with nasty rude people. The narcs still protect where the higher class are but its catchin up to their snobby asses. Ill tell you this though i like homeless people way more than gangsters and hoodlums.

[@tjsil99]

@@tomedgar4375 Yeah, just think about the assholes we voted for back in the 80's that offshored our factory jobs. Oh wait, those were not dems.? Fact is both parties have failed us in different ways. Not sure that voting mattered much in the big picture.

[@TheBrenanas]

You do not sugarcoat anything and that is why I respect this channel.

[@trvman1]

All those BIG empty parking lots or lots. Why not make some of those homeless camps, where they can have trash cans, running water and even pot-a-potty's. Rather then have them all over the streets. How much would that cost? Almost nothing. Homeless people don't like rules, so it's why they won't go to shelters. So at least you can start to clean up the city.

[@lissalois1822]

It’s so sad. I grew up there. I use to ride my bike thru my neighborhood during the mid to late 60’s! It went downhill when the railroad and Kaiser plant closed!

[@denisedurham9385]

Carousel mall used to flood ever year because it is in a flood plain and every year someone would be swept away. Also when i would go go to Stater Bros there were armed guards walking around in and at the door which was 32 years ago!

[@Selvarin]

I appreciate your affection for San Bernardino. Went there in 2011 and even the McDonald's I went to was sketchy, but I wish everyone the best. California in general needs an overhaul, and it won't happen if we keep voting in the same people.

[@erichhartmann9797]

Voting? It doesn't WORK. Elections are RIGGED

[@Selvarin]

@@erichhartmann9797 Then we are forced to wait for the corrupt system to collapse under its own weight. Or make noise.

[@infunerous666]

The system is rigged

[@OceanSwimmer]

@Selv, I think part of the problem is the need for election reform. Governor Newsom signed the bill mandating all elections in California be done by mail-in ballot. Until we get serious about voter ID and adopt rules similar to those currently in use (look up the voting rules in Sweden, and other European nations) we will continue down the road to serfdom.

[@Selvarin]

@@OceanSwimmer Agreed.

[@drewjohn8392]

I grew up in Detroit in the 1960s. Except for the palm trees in this video, it’s exactly what happened to my hometown. But good news is the downtown area has been resurrected to a point and a lot of the rundown slum areas have been cleaned up. Long way to go though.

[@Neilxtc]

Again… democrats took over and destroyed it.

[@dezznutz3743]

This is what happens to cities that are run by Democrats for decades.

[@CiaGuy]

it takes time, a good city government, and cooperation between the city, state, and federal government. A lot of these cities lost one or more of those at some point, but they can come back

[@quandarkumtanglehairs4743]

Dead cat bounce temporarily glorifying "sreet-cred" culture while continuing to pack em in like sardines. It's not rejuvenation or revitalization, it's recreating criminal spawning grounds all over again. Happening here in AZ where all the trash are coming. Seen it already. Tacoma, SF, LA, everywhere. Razing and reclaiming the land for agriculture, military, sports, or autonomous factories are better options. Revitalize. Right. Let's get some wannabe art shows complete with crocs fashionistas and more glitterskull pretend hardcore graffiti "artists" and shit. Fin beautiful. While you're at it make sure to put another redman headdress on Yet Another Rastafarian because who hasn't had enough weed and beer amirite

[@fischX]

Don't be fooled, as soon as they stop to throw money at that pile it will bounce back.

[@calirosethefirst8468]

I’m from San Bernardino and I travel back quite often to see my family. It’s always sad to see how run down it is now. The homeless and drug epidemic have completely taken over.

[@krislarsen1224]

Having worked in my youth for the San Bernardino Parks and Rec. Dept. In some of the rougher neighborhood facilities. I'm afraid to see what those facilities look like today... San Bernardino was a reasonably nice town back in the 80s...sigh

[@fortyfabulouscruising3855]

I was born and raised in California it hurts my heart to see what my state has turned into.

[@kellymorales9653]

Everywhere in California is like this now.. it’s pathetic. It’s heartbreaking. All stores Do have everything everything behind plastic cabinets, batteries, make up , underwear..

[@philcooper279]

The liberal Democrats and their supporters, think everthing is fine.

[@davidgribble263]

But you keep voting for it ???????????????????????

[@faheemabbas3965]

@@Pinkindian77 the problem is that Republicans are leaving California with consistency, so eventually Cali will become all Democrat soon. There will be no hope forever after that. The entire west coast is doomed. From 1980s dream location to 2020s post apocalyptic overpriced shell of a bygone era, California is done. Not even severe population loss will wake them up to change. The west coast will be an irrelevant part of America soon that nobody will want to talk about. The whole west coast will be like Detroit if it isn’t already.

[@NewHaven203]

davidgribble263 EXACTLY! I try to tell people in the comments why are you complaining about how bad California has gotten when you’re literally part of the problem! Change only starts with accountability! Like why do people from California not understand this?????

[@762MusicFan]

This is so depressing. I'm a native Californian. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think things could get this bad.

[@daneaxe6465]

I used to think that I should've got my rear out to CA in the late 70's. Seems that would've been the best time since I was done with high school in 1976.

[@foxmulder7616]

Wait till the Chinese troops get there.

[@vancouver4sure]

And you still vote demonrats

[@joeyjoem4365]

I wonder if your voting democrats into office in this once beautiful state...

[@h5mind373]

Never say never. California's decline coincided with their lax immigration enforcement as well as bloated welfare spending and marxist mindset. I know, I was born there and witnessed the implosion firsthand. It's impossible to be the Third World's soup kitchen when you can't even take care of your own citizens. According to their whacked-out politicians, the #1 problem in the state is not violent crime, drug cartels, massive unemployment, illegals or homelessness, but their carbon footprint. Their solution is to require everyone to buy a Tesla.

[@janetpeters5463]

❤ Your videos and your personality!😊

[@PeetHobby]

It breaks your heart. But you can still see some of the places and buildings you grew up with. I lost most of those places. In the Netherlands, we replace everything way too soon. All my old schools are gone, our clubhouse is gone, our ice skate hall is gone, my old house is gone, most small stores are gone, etc. I feel like an alien in my own town, and it happened in less than 20 years. I've seen big concrete buildings built and torn down again within those 20 years; such a waste of resources and money.

[@adavis473]

My family is from that area. I was born at St Bernadine’s Hospital 1977. My grandma 50 years in same house in Rialto. Family in Colton, Redlands and San Bernardino. My Aunt just finally sold her business in SB and moved herself and my grandma out of state. It is heartbreaking to see how much it has changed there. Dark, dirty and depressing! Your friend is a beacon of light in that area, but he’s a little delusional too. There is no going back to make it better. I don’t see it happening. It’s only going to get worse and worse. Yes, we need good people to keep being beacons and doing good but if you know the Bible you can clearly see the times we are living in. We are in the last days. Jesus Christ is the only hope now. Repent and believe the Gospel! And thank you Nick Johnston for what you do, God Bless you in your work!

[@Rob9mm]

The guy in the interview and the video do not match.

[@kentmccoy592]

Christianity is a flawed religion Jesus was not the Jewish Messiah

[@thatguyoverthere8355]

...as if repenting has any real meaning...all the gods are at fault for this, not just 1.

[@NewHaven203]

Amen! Jesus is coming soon! God bless you!

[@mfgc2610]

@@kentmccoy592 just keep saying that. Blindness.

[@gregory4154]

It was the all American town in the 80's. I went to San Bernardino High School in the late eighties. It is sad to see what happened to it. I'm with you on this - it's heart breaking. You'd have to experience it to understand it. It was a compeletly different world in the 80's.

[@hendo337]

It said All American Town was in 1977 but. Yeah.

[@gregory4154]

@@hendo337 I didn't mean the award. I meant it was really an All American Town in the 80's. I recall Miss Teen USA being hosted there even. it really was a different world.

[@docshatt770]

Crazy Boss originally was a Gemco, and I too was once a Spartan! So sad the state of Highland where I grew up!

[@jamesbb716]

Two guys is still in business ay? Loved that place when i was a kid. The stuffed shells and such. Was a treat when dad would take us.

[@MrGreene-kf8ve]

It's really sad man to see you come back to your hometown having fond memories of all the good stuff you enjoyed just to come back to see it all go down to hell

[@georgecoons6872]

its called liberalism. communism. we dont care cause you dont matter. only.$$$$$$$$$$>

[@joltjolt5060]

Kinda like Cubans that don't want to see what communism did to Cuba.

[@fatman1288]

thats the democrats for you!

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

so many great and cool communities complete crap now

[@alycatpublishing1164]

It does, however, redeem Nick for the negative things he's pointed out at other places. He understands loss but keeps his sunny side up.

[@andreabontempo643]

It's so sad. I left California 8 months ago after living there for 63 years. I left Pomona and moved to Utah. I am so glad I made the move. I really don't miss California that much except for the great shopping and restaurants. Utah is up and coming and way less crowded. I am sure it will get more crowded but it is a very clean state. Not destroyed like Cali is.

[@dante5622]

Now vote Republican

[@christinepolacek1116]

Except all the Mormons ..

[@YA-qj8fx]

@@christinepolacek1116 probably because of the Mormons the state is clean and safe.

[@calichris9639]

@@christinepolacek1116 I've never had a problem with them.

[@Jason21012]

@@dante5622 Republicans don’t like Mexicans lol

[@jeremybaylor8306]

i live in perris,ca. have since 1998. i grew up in hamilton oh and graduated in hagerstown md. just want to say i love your vids especialy the UNBOXING SERIES.

[@veronicasloss572]

This is what happens to a country that no longer has a middle class. It’s so sad.