I went back to the MOST DANGEROUS CHINATOWN EVER!!! (What's changed??)

[@jacks_off_to]

What will the Chinatown in Salina look like in the future????

[@Busymomx5]

Thank you for featuring our Chinatown and telling our story!

[@Cartergoesharder]

Don’t come back to salas please 🤣👍🏾

[@rastagyaljay]

It's really bad now. I live in Salinas.

[@MURK_DISTRICT]

When you come to Chinatown but you don't talk about boranda camp were Chinese people we're put part of history and you missed that get your facts right G talk about castroville when you talk about Salinas Chinatown talk about camp where they were housed that's some history Boranda is not Salinas but it's history to those who don't know

[@ChillKaren]

Like 5 14-17 year old kids just died by gun violence here so no it’s gone way worse 😂😂kid across the street was caught with his friends for underage drinking possession of 5 gs of heroin 2 gs of crack and a gun oh did I mention he’s 14 … 😂

[@josephgonzalez3491]

I've lived in Salinas since 2000. Been to Chinatown once! Homelessness is all over this town, not just Chinatown!

[@notzlol3177]

Dude, have you ever walked by that place and have some rando there just offer you a bag of weed? For free? It's a different kind of homelessness.

[@jcalm1]

@@notzlol3177 They just wanted to get you addicted. Next week ain't free, buddy.

[@arturocastillo7760]

To too I live in Salinas we had that something china town 🇨🇳 was the most dangerous place to visit

[@josephgonzalez3491]

@@notzlol3177 nah, when I drove through back in like 2006 I saw some chick going down on a guy next to a building in the middle of the day. So that was enough for me.

[@dumbthingscompilation07]

Finally a video about someone in Salinas 🤩

[@NurseClaudia]

Thank you so much for showing this. When I was in nursing school we spend a day at Dorothy’s kitchen that is also the Green Gold in mentioned in Joh Steinbeck’s writings. There was a tiny medical clinic in the back of Dorothy’s kitchen and we helped out there and had lunch with the homeless and listened to their stories. I’ll never forget that day. I’ve revisited a couple of more times with a Christian group. There is also an incredibly beautiful Buddhist Temple in Chinatown. They put on one hell of an Obon Festival. Thanks again for posting this.

[@NurseClaudia]

@@tonymugs5176 thank you

[@josephgee2515]

What Tony said. And thank you for the history.

[@lujanreggae6671]

Im from salinas, born amd raised ❤️💛💚 lots of culturally rich and diverse history here. glad to see you are here showcasing a part of that history. Much love 👊🏽

[@farva8340]

I grew up in Salinas, left when I was 24. Best thing I ever did

[@robertdepesci3418]

Lujan Reggae: you must be a gang member

[@scorpio252000]

Thanks for creating these contents. Great history lessons for those of us who grew up in the US. Hope you get more publicity.

[@notusedatall]

My family has some deep roots in the Suey Sing Tong starting with my Great-Grandfather. I've been to the Suey Sing Tong Building in Salinas a few times when I was a kid. We would walk from the Suey Sing to the Republic Cafe for our Tong Banquets.

[@davchow8124]

Great history “Thanks for sharing”

[@dc5241]

Same here.

[@ZetaReticuli_]

I really do have a lot of respect for people like that guy you were talking to early on that have love for their community, and where they live. We need more of that.

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

This one the best channel on chinatowns and culture , great video

[@KPD017]

My hometown! Wow I didn’t know any of that info regarding Chinatown! Thank you!

[@davidwheeler6699]

Excellent job describing the area, and the history. I thought you presentation was so informative and actually it’s a very complicated history of that. Illustrated that very very well. Look forward to more videos from you. ✅😊

[@annalee117]

Thanks for making the video. I lived in Salinas for a while and Castroville too and appreciate all you said. Very spot on. 💯

[@davchow8124]

Same old story, the older generation died off in their community and the newer generation moved out seeking for a better opportunity leaving the old generation behind. What sacrifices they had to make to give us at opportunity living in America. I think that’s why our parents push us so hard in our studies, so we can have a better life in America. Another great video informing us of our Chinese history in America. “Well done!”

[@jacks_off_to]

Thanks!! Also begs the question, what will we leave for the future generation??

[@davchow8124]

@@jacks_off_to I think the future of our Chinese American heritage will come from not getting too assimilated into the American culture too much. Educate your family members about the Chinese in American. Preserve the past. (Artifact building,, parks, etc….) Talks about the “Exclusion Act” and the effects it had on the Chinese Community. It is the “ONLY” law in American history that target one group of people in America, talk the murdering of “Vincent Chan” and the injustices in our court system for not serving the Chinese American Community. Make us be aware of the past so hopefully we will fight for our freedom and not let this happen again.. Teach the next generation to be proud of their past history and how we contribution in making America.great. Jack you have already started to educate our young generation about our history past and where they settled and why? I am very grateful for you for your educational program. The keys is not to loose our heritage, and what we had fought for to get were are at today. We need to pass it on to the next generation. If we don’t do this history will keep repeating itself. I get the feeling that most Asian American are ashamed of who we are, they don’t wanted to be identified as Asian. I fought for this country freedom during Vietnam War, because of what this Constitutional has to say, freedom as an Americans. Unlike my family members in Los Angeles, who is assimilated. Into white society, baseball, moms apple pie, etc, etc …….. They don’t know anything about Chinese American History, they just wanted to be part of the white Americans community. We have a lot to be proud of, yes, we help build the continental railroads, the official photograph, did not have any Chinese worker representative in the photo only the Irish’s worker. Why where so many Asian settled in the Central Valley? Because they help build the farm lands in California. Most of California land were deserts , they help build the water way to irrigate the land. How else did California became one of the world largest producer of crop. There are much more story of the Asian American heritage in America but I will end writing an novel on the subject. That is why I enjoy your program so much, you show the place were it all happen. I appreciate your effort in telling the story. Thanks again, Jack. “Take Care and be safe”.

[@josephgee2515]

@@jacks_off_to Depends if they hold our traditions, remember where we came from and who legitimately showed us love OR if they want Communism and go down that path.

[@melissa8313]

Lol, my hometown! Yeah Chinatown in salinas is rough. It’s a shame how abandoned it is

[@707sound1]

Going the Wong way. I wonder how often people steal the street sign. Good videos bro. I am enjoying your content. “Wong way” sing is gold.

[@shannonhermosillo2217]

I live nearby and can see all the homeless living across the way, and it’s so sad we have so much homelessness in our town.

[@josephgee2515]

🙏❤️

[@mybeardnappybaybee]

All over California

[@winglow7615]

I never saw Salinas Chinatown although my son lived in Salinas and worked in Monterey. Good to see your video. Also enjoyed your videos of other Chinatowns.

[@jacks_off_to]

It was really ghetto but when I went during this video it was really cleaned up, just nothing to do there

[@411curt]

Thanks so much for the video. My dad and his family lived on Lake Street before World War II. My grandfather had a barber shop in Salinas Japantown/Chinatown. I'm so glad to see that things were cleaned up. I visited Lake Street around 2017 and shocked by the condition of the neighborhood.

[@lucydelgado943]

❤wow. Thanks for sharing. I live in Salinas n never been in China town. Thanks for sharing. Awesome

[@andriodriot396]

Jack - Salinas also has a Chinse cemetery on Natividad near East laurel, maybe do a Part 3?

[@bexdave1]

Yah that's interesting walked thru there mostly 1880-1920 graves..old

[@danielvillarreal6610]

This was interesting! I lived in Marina and worked in Salinas. I never made it out to Chinatown, although I saw it on maps, because folks told me that there wasn’t much to see. Now I wish I had at least taken a drive out there. A question: is there any Chinese presence still there (does the Confucian church/temple still have services)-or is what’s left just building names and the street named after Tom Wong? I do recall a YMBA-Young Men’s Buddhist Association-in Salinas, although I don’t know if it included a gym, etc., like the YMCAs do or if it was just a social organization. A suggestion for another video: a glimpse of what remains of nearby Fort Ord and its history.

[@arquizz1341]

I lived in salinas my whole life and unfortunately china town is still being overrunned by the homeless, drunkies and drugies it very sad seeing it

[@Mr10]

Another great video!!! You do a lot of fun traveling…

[@jacks_off_to]

Thanks!!

[@esperanzalara4761]

Its sad not the same

[@raymonddon8875]

awesome chinese vid... please make more!

[@maryannedeering1663]

My Salinas❤ it’s not all bad. A lot of good too😊 good video, thank you coming to Salinas

[@BCMPRGv2003]

Back in the late 80s, early 90s the storage facility (known as The Warehouse) in China Town was where the Salinas music scene thrived. Many of us rented out storage rooms and created "band row." Mostly Metal bands, but it was definitely a huge scene for many local bands and groupies. Unfortunately, some started renting out space to sell drugs and stolen vehicles and it became the mess that you saw on your first trip.

[@dskywalker3397]

Former Salinas resident. Chinatown is best experienced in the middle of the night. 2 AM. Zombies walking around everywhere.

[@juliosandoval8244]

My hometown salinas I left 5 years ago out of state.lots of memories 30 years been there I was involved in the John Steinbeck mural back in the 90s next to the museum.will always visit the 831.

[@donovanc7795]

Very good video! I went to the elementary right next to the Chinese school and never knew what the building was there for. Very good info and I'll check it out this weekend. China town in salinas unfortunately will be lost in time. I heard in the 50s and 60s it was the place to be as far as clubs and good restaurants back in the day.

[@lwongl3147]

I used to lion dance and perform kung fu at the sueysing Building in the 60s and through the 90s. So sad it all went to sht.

[@ewilliamson488]

I probably saw you there during the 60's.

[@MbisonBalrog]

Wow they really did clean that up. But where are all the Chinese folks? Did they all move to Oakland Chinatown?

[@maritsafernandez4818]

You should visit the Watsonville Asian building that is on riverside it’s very famous people are trying to have it turned into a museum

[@davidrivera9811]

I actually live in Salinas and shit can get crazy there was a shooting / drive bys happening near my soccer pratice but in that china town it's wild.

[@rodolfogonzales6818]

I was born and raised in Salinas. Salinas has always exploited all immigrants because of agriculture. I visited a couple of years ago. It has only gotten worse! I grew up on the east side, was not surprised at what I saw. People living in third world conditions. Just like thousands of American cities good paying jobs are non- existent. Salinas is another example of extreme hidden poverty. I do have fond memories of Salinas, it was really sad to see it like this.

[@martharunstheworld]

I love your videos! The biggest Filipino community in the valley is in Stockton. I know a few years ago they were trying to revive it.

[@Busymomx5]

Families from Salinas would travel to Stockton for hilot. :)

[@jacks_off_to]

@@Busymomx5 I grew up in SF, so I always assumed Daly City was the biggest Filipino Community lol

[@davchow8124]

I know visiting Grandfather, when I was younger, in his small cafe on El Dorado St. . The Filipino community would come in and give Grandfather something to cook for them, (deer meat, snail, fish, frog, etc, etc …) and he would cook it for them. That was how it where in those days, we need to get back into those Asian Culture qualities. The Asian community in Stockton was very close knit community, they had to be, to protect each other from racism.

[@Busymomx5]

@@jacks_off_to This was definitely before you and I were born! The 1st Filipino immigrants arrived in Stockton in the late 1800s and became the largest Filipino community outside of the Philippines until the Fair Housing Act was passed. Filipinos started moving to Daly City in the 70s because of the affordability. Thank you again for your videos! My family and I really love them.

[@kellyrenee2173]

I thought it was Daly city?❤

[@someone19292]

I remember passing through there and the streets were full of homeless people

[@rastagyaljay]

Massive Respect Jack!🤲🏽 Great video!

[@grnooze_fc3906]

😁

[@rastagyaljay]

@@grnooze_fc3906 Don't let your wife see this.😂

[@aIexjs]

my goal is to become someone big in salinas and rebuild chinatown, id love to see it boom again, id have a place for all the homeless to move to as they’d need to get help too, imagine salinas being the town w mixed agriculture making it a active community w all the people, that’d be cool to have like back in the years 2013-2017

[@QEsposito510]

Salinas is great. It’s part Chicano, Pisa Mexicans, Okie whites, regular whites, some Filipinos, some Tongans, and a little smattering of other Asians. There aren’t a lot of black folks from Salinas, not to say there are none, but a lot of them come in from other areas for short-term “economic opportunities.” Some are pimps, some are looking to cash in on the Chinatown drug trade. It had to be tough for this guy thinking he was going to an actual Chinese community and finding Salinas 😅

[@coconutlentils]

For real 😂

[@MarcosGonzalez223]

Castroville was my home town mid 80s till mid 90 I remembered that school always abandoned there was also a continuation school whit a tennis cord park now it’s no longer there now it has been replace whit new park…so much memories the school across the street was castroville elementary…the school I attend to….😕

[@LittleSalex]

I rememeber walking thru here as a kid . My dad had a mechanic shop near there i used to always walk to rhe store for 50 cent honney buns

[@831CROW]

Good stuff n knowledge

[@conmanumber1]

I have distant cousins (Gin's) who grow up there with Japanese backgrounds. The family had a grocery store I believe in. 1940's - 60's. It looks like the many of these places are like what New Zealand regional places look like in 1940's - 70's.

[@raymonddon8875]

MATH ball cap... Andrew Yang's make america think harder!

[@Gardennerds]

Homie Mark ❤ right there ! Loving man there !

[@one7deep7savage7]

Dope video. Just subscribed to your channel

[@Aaron_is_awsome]

As someone who lives in Salinas I agree with the first man

[@pedropenacardenas8875]

Thad be nice if you could focus on the words at the school house I’m tryin ta read it

[@vanessaamaya93]

Did they shut down Chinatown….

[@RustyMartin-b9f]

Strange feeling just driving into Salinas

[@maritsafernandez4818]

If you go down to glacier drive in Salinas you will notice those homes were Asian inspired homes

[@4ctina246]

I am from Marina and never knew the history of the Salinas Rodeo!

[@robertjennell8886]

Surprised you didn’t go to the Buddhist temple in China town

[@bobbymejia708]

I was raised in salinas until I was 15 years old. Still have family there.

[@dennisandrews8485]

Wow that was Soladad Street. That was the worst street in Salinas. Drugs, prostitution, At the beginning of your video you didn't start with the corner. That was the swinging doors. Where the homeless had a place to sit and watch tv. Next door was the mission where the homeless could sleep in two man bunks and get a evening meal. How do I know all this? 40 years ago I was homeless there

[@johnnypulido9812]

I grew up in the Chinatown area, back in the 70s n 80s, it was the strip on the weekends, alot of parting n girls selling there time, Lol

[@TheKaffeeKlatsch]

They just cut holes in the fencing along the rail corridor and pushed the bums out there.

[@josesantillan17]

They should rebuild China Town and build more shops

[@bexdave1]

That place is too sketch Ive had friends knocked out and robbed there 'wth u doing in Chinatown!!'

[@rayjohn-dl3ec]

cool vid

[@23pmarie]

Salinas my hometown

[@caroleathenacosta-songwrit9193]

Mine, too.

[@isaacdejesus4936]

Me three

[@Everybody_K]

💩 hole of a city

[@robertdepesci3418]

i looked up zillow homes in salinas and found (not so nice)houses going for 800k. who would pay that much to live in gangland? i dont get it.

[@kellyrenee2173]

Try the north side it's much more quiet and safe

[@Metalwarrior420]

I grew up in the Marina just a few miles west of Salinas and lived there until 2020. I never really liked going into Salinas because of the gang and murder problem. Even if I did go into Salinas, I avoided Chinatown and the east side like the plague

[@roxylee8884]

Did you even know the History in the 80's and 90's there.. Tops was on the corner I believe it burned down...Then there was all the Mexican bars.. Sailors..Farm workers was all there for Entertainment.Im part of that History..lol

[@Making_soups]

Anyone else notice the lady in the red jacket was also in the first video

[@PumpkinI09]

Damn I've lived here my whole life and didn't know Chinatown was that bad

[@venturevanessa6320]

MARK LMAO would be the first person on here haha

[@rmgrijalva]

Right .. I been knowing him since Juvi lol

[@BDAILY365]

It's pretty much the same everywhere nowadays with homelessness. More people less resources. Less people want to work for minimum wage doing hard labor work. better to get welfare and free housing and free healthcare. Everything expensive. more crimes. law of supply and demand. Also for the most part, Asian people are not into vandalizing/graffiti. We into being good neighbors/citizens/working hard and family/community.

[@haroldmercenario]

Go to constitution begin the Safeway there's it a lot of homeless too

[@jpjp3873]

I worked on that new building with all the glass storefronts. We'd watch junkies shoot up right outside the windows. There was only enough room on the street for one car to pass because of all the tents and heaps of garbage. Every so often the city will clean it all out, but it always returns. It's a perpetual shit hole.

[@kellyrenee2173]

It's empty today all cleaned up

[@jpjp3873]

@@kellyrenee2173 Are they all up by the train overpass still?

[@kellyrenee2173]

@@jpjp3873 I heard someone say that's probably where they are but I'm volunteering at dorothy place in china town. They go twice a day for meals, showers, housing, health, etc.

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

Wtf is Salinas? California?

[@franciscosalinas7731]

I kno mark i was in rehab wit him

[@jeremyallennossette6426]

I grew up in that area back in the early early 80's when it was all pimp's and prostitutes but our Asian community was still well represented on the other side of where you were walking. I'm not trying to romanticize anything but I try to only remember the good. A lot of lost people but good people but you have to remember that it had been there since cannery row days

[@petetorres6963]

this guy does not know Salinas, Chinatown, or Chop Suey; I grew up there when it was Chinatown and it was badass; not just anyone walked in there: awesome memories. Those Mexican signs were NOT Chinatown

[@luzses3830]

👍

[@skymeadow7762]

Your awesome bro

[@jp5isones]

Nah, me and my brothers use to ride through china town on our bikes in 2011 and fuck with them. 😂

[@esperanzalara4761]

Hey family out their see you all real soon

[@angeldaplug8974]

3:34 lady sounds like carmen from southpark

[@carlospacho8693]

VIVA SALAS CALIFAS,I DID TIME IN THE COUNTY, I FOUND JESUS IN JAIL

[@invertidols1307]

Lol I’m from salinas and currently in salinas right now 😂

[@sulaimanyusuf5805]

Zero Crime yea because they are now on US ChinaTown 😅

[@antoniogomez8436]

Betty Davis

[@esperanzalara4761]

I went and it not the samehere

[@lorirobinson3335]

Hey Mark

[@Frank-sl7mr]

The homeless are back as of today.

[@jasonvorheezie6313]

Just stay away from the Eastside and ur good

[@ronnielynnlamb5672]

All of its garbage.

[@sarcasm2960]

Yeah I go there a few times a month. Not a very diverse community there, it is overpopulated . I am sure back in the day it was like an Atascadero type of town where you retire and enjoy the weather, not anymore.

[@urbanchaosgirlucg7]

I know Mark personally he's been homeless since the early 2000s he ain't going nowhere😂😂😂

[@Alaric-The-Visigoth]

my father was murdered there.... that place lives in hell...

[@esperanzalara4761]

Chinatown is chinatown irts how you make it and do out their for yourself

[@kellyrenee2173]

I was there today and seen alot of lively characters. They need love/self love, rehab, housing, medical care, counseling. Many things hopefully sooner than later. Dorothy's place is a good start for a new path for them and others.

[@rayjohn-dl3ec]

nice side show

[@FreeStyleProduction8]

It’s back to shit , only stays clean for a few months

[@esperanzalara4761]

Thats mark

[@esperanzalara4761]

Thats betty boo

[@esperanzalara4761]

God bless chinatown

[@elchicano187]

Asians

[@stocks1552]

What an unfortunate channel name

[@BENDOVER-xr8pc]

more ghetto 😂😂

[@ghxst7859]

Should've went to chin brothers market. Place has major history the owners are genuine ppl

[@feragui3690]

Come back bro you’ll be in for a surprise.. it’s all jacked up again.. drugs, high rent, and some bad leadership is crushing my city.. I’ve lived here in Salinas since the early 80s

[@MitchBast-xu7jg]

If streets could talk. So much history on that block, underneath those streets are tunnels that lead to former opium dens, bootleg whiskey storage rooms, and Chinese gambling casinos, the prostitution was conducted above ground. Fort Ord soldiers would patronize the bars every weekend as well as the prostitutes. The street used to have 6 or 7 bars, saloons, cantina's or honkey tonks. Thanks to unending illegal immigration, heroin was everywhere on that street as early as 15 years ago. There use to be an awesome Mexican restaurant around the corner on Lake street called "The Ravancha" . Best damn food in the whole valley 😋

[@outdooradventures1361]

No asían is named jack nice try

[@AndresGarcia-cq4zi]

SalaS. 831