CALIFORNIA: A Beach Town Worth Visiting? What We Saw In Oceanside

[@snoopy-mf7nv]

Born and raised Oceanside native. The city has made so many tremendous improvements from what it used to be. Walking distance to the north is the harbor which is a must see. Harbor fish and chips is the best! The filming of The Animal Kingdom in Oceanside. That Star theater is haunted, a historical landmark. Welcome to Oceanside! I hope you enjoyed your experience, blessings to you both!😉☀️🏄‍♂️🏖️🏝️ It gets hot here high 80s and 90s.

[@swtexan6502]

I lived there while I was stationed at Camp Pendleton- I hardly recognize it anymore. Thanks for the video.

[@VisitOceanside]

Thanks for visiting our little city! 💙 We're so glad you had a good time! 🌅

[@brianmcnary3960]

Ocean side is dope AF

[@sandiegolive8769]

Only beaches on the entire socal coast that charges for parking at the beach and has meathead parking lot maids.

[@Daytripper58]

California is the most beautiful state

[@master-kq3nw]

Beatiful town

[@darleneprice3492]

Oceanside was home early 70s while married to my handsome marine. Lived on beach just steps from the ocean. My how it's changed lol.

[@bradbundy1471]

Lived in Oceanside in the 70s just like Carlsbad it has gotten to expensive and the smaller beach houses got mowed down for the big corporate hotels. Glad I lived in those two towns when I did! 🌴🌊🌊

[@YO3A007]

Oceanside has a beautiful beach and a beautiful pier. Back in the 60's it was a rough Marine Corps Military town. Today--lots of good eateries and shops. Nice review.

[@sandiegolive8769]

Thank God they got those military grunts under control. No one likes them.

[@mas5867]

My birth town. My mother was a Marine.

[@CosmicStargoat]

Nice room and view.

[@charliechristie2949]

Hi, Lord......Another beautiful city and another nice video. Your work is terrific and I thank you once again.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thanks, Charlie!

[@mas5867]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Joe, I see where KZbin has tagged your music, I guess to give the copyright holder acknowledgement. Does that mean you get none of the revenue from the video?

[@christinelees31]

Love this video, really cool content, I drive thru oceanside all the time but don't have time to visit it like you showed in this video so I really enjoyed it very cool ❤ NICE hotel room wow 😊

[@martymiller9514]

Great video--thanks for doing this place.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

You bet!

[@gretchenburton7184]

Live about 15 miles inland from Oceanside. It is a great area. So nice to visit the beach towns, mountains, desert, city. Always something new to discover. Thank you for your amazing videos. Educational.

[@juliogonzales5441]

A beautiful church ⛪ in ocean side..thanks

[@patm5594]

I spent about 2 yrs in San Diego when in the Navy, many moons ago. I forgot how beautiful it is.

[@hammerhousedesign3402]

Great video! You really summed up California life and captured the SoCal vibe.... here we are ultra spoiled by the amazing weather, epic architecture, beach to mountains in an hour and the AMAZING food!

[@alexanderschwarm7755]

This is a gem . Your videos kept and keep me daydreaming

[@mekkler]

Nice video. Oceanside looks fantastic.

[@VisitOceanside]

We hope you visit for yourself sometime! 😁

[@toddcombs7221]

I love what you guys do and how it all comes together thanks a million.

[@waynenguyen9457]

Lived in San Diego and Temecula for over 40 years, been to Oceanside only a few times during the summer with my kids and love it there. Grew up in Mira Mesa back in the 80’s, as teenagers we would either hung out at La Jolla or Mission Bay Fiesta Island with lots of friends building bond fires and BBQ. San Diego is so expensive to live and too crowded with lots of traffics. Last year I moved to a rural town in Texas an hour and a half from Austin, I’m retire and just love the peacefulness and the cost of living is much cheaper here. Thank you for the video, enjoyed watching and kind of miss SoCal but happy to be in Texas.

[@DesertMav]

I have family that lives not too far from Oceanside. It's a very nice area overall for southern California. Also, that hotel is really nice.

[@habibisworld2767]

I lived here for ten years. I love Oceanside. I live near the mission. Glad you enjoyed it Lord

[@maryflaherty7096]

Just love this. Just like I am on a scenic trip. Think we were here in 1948. Came down coast of California.

[@maryflaherty7096]

No Hotels. We had travel trailer.

[@glenking877]

Great place to be and drone coverage superb mate. You may have caught the women's world champ, 18 year old Caitlyn Summers (2024), who is from Oceanside, in the water there. So southern California is Oceanside ❤️

[@joytisher4350]

I love my town of Oceanside!!!

[@danielbautista4757]

Great job on the video. Looks like a nice city to live

[@tiffanigulbransen5297]

Loved the music in the pie shop at the Top Gun House

[@Laura-nm3rn]

That mission looks like quite the spot to see. This is a place that looks worth the visit. Glad you had a good time. Those tacos looked amazing!

[@MilesCobbett]

Thats a nice room. Fun video. Thanks you two. You guys rock!

[@rajeevdeshpande7666]

Hi Lord Spoda Nice video. It's an extravaganza: both by the nature and human civilization. Drone shot added to the ambiance of ocean side. The background music in drone shot is equally cool. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for the same.

[@davidmahan4160]

Another great video Joe, what a great place, love the drone shots, it gives you a great view of the wider area. Got to agree, loved the Sunsine Brooks theatre I just live art-deco buildings. Oceanview is well placed between San-diego and LA. Hotel looked nice you book a great suite. The pier may be long, but a bit boring when compared to Santa-Monica's. I see it's close to Camp Pendleton. It looks a great place to live. Glad you and Nicole enjoyed your stay. 😊👍

[@Jez.Von.Franco]

Cool place reminds me of Spain 🇪🇸. Thanks from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@mariateresagalito7053]

Next time you visit, stay at the Seabird Resort, 2 doors down. Its absolutely gorgeous. At least see the lobby.

[@stephaniepersin4222]

It’s beautiful and when you speak I can here the joy.

[@inksuckeye1]

Place has been crazy developed, I live about half an hour away and used to frequent the beaches there. I actually like taking the Amtrak from Oceanside to LA for concerts.

[@dirkthiemann5419]

Hallo Herr spoda schöne Stadt und schöner Strand, und sieht nach guten Essen aus, danke für das schöne video. Thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@tylernaturalist6437]

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content. I recently found your channel and it’s so relaxing to watch after I get home from work, especially now that I haven’t had time to do so many impromptu trips now that I’m starting my career and not in college anymore. I can’t wait to get to a point in my life where I can take time and wander around the country seeing even the most off the beaten path parts of this country. I was always doing little trips around the Northeast when I was in school still given that I’m not the type of person to go tailgating or sit around, I miss those days very much, but I know it’s only temporary! Cheers!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Awesome, thank you, Tyler! I'm glad you're here.

[@Madskillsuniversity]

I spend time there when my brother was a Marine and I was in College at LA Valley College. I love San Diego too, but nobody I know can afford to live there, alone. When I lived in California (Southern CA - College (80-81) and Northern CAl - Work (98-99), the rents were so high that everyone needed a roommate. LOL.

[@deloiscallaway9442]

This Video Was Everything Thanks For Taking Us Along Soo Different yet very relaxing You Always do Such a Amazing job with the Videos I watch them over and over again God Bless you both Tell Nicole hello

[@cherienafo7676]

Fabulous !! Thanks for all you do- and HELLO Nicole !! u'all are havin a good ol time aint ya?- sorry, trying out my southern accent- which I dont have !- being an aussie ! but I have odd accent, due to having lots of friends from other places. I look all the time for your latest and sometimes, I watch/re-watch your old vids, due to the fact that they are my 'go-to' for relaxation & learning. Thanks U 2.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

LOL! $250 a night. I am the frugal watcher. That is so much for a bed! I do enjoy your videos. Lots to see and do there. Nicole! That's her name. Hello, Nicole. I'm Patti. Nice to meet you. Funny how we become Wifey, or the old lady, or whatever. Keep the videos coming and if you come through Central Il again message me. I would love to show you guys our small town.

[@jamesbasaldua100]

Another good view on your travels sir. Take care and be safe. See you on your next video.

[@3bimini3]

What a beautiful city 😍

[@catholiccrusader5328]

I really enjoyed this superb video of my native state. Here in Chicago it's cold.

[@PortlandsTransport]

I’ve been to Oceanside but it was 30 or so years ago. Sure looks different

[@cherylsokolik3663]

I lived there in the 80s and 90s and it was nice as it is here.

[@cherylsokolik3663]

This doesn't even look like the Oceanside I lived in

[@nancyparker9986]

Love seeing our nationa through your videos ! Hope u can make a stop in Solvang and Hearst Castle ! Right off highway 1

[@path1400]

Thank you for showing me the posh side of Oceanside. I use to pick up my son's ice skating partner on the poor side of town a few years ago. Big difference.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Hotel is right there..... How can you tell? They all look exactly alike!!!!!!

[@catlover614]

Wonderful video. Such a beautiful town, blue skies and palm tree-lined streets. So much beautiful architecture, the theatres and the church were gorgeous, so much history there. It was a shame you couldn't go inside the Post Office, maybe next time !! The Mission was beautiful, and the bells and the choir singing were gorgeous, I've always loved church bells. Thanks for the hotel room tour, it looks beautiful. Thank you so much for another wonderful video, I enjoy them so much. 😊

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you, CL!

[@johnnycashh7148]

Looked like a nice stay. Hotel location was the key to a nice walk around. 🌮 🍻

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Absolutely.

[@masharysar3r]

Hallo Freind, Good Job good video Very Cool

[@martysmith5460]

Your wife is lovely! I lived in Oceanside, on The Strand, in 1980. The city was gross, back then. Trash in the streets, especially downtown, lots of crime, intoxicated people all over the place. I don't think there was a public intoxication law back then. You couldn't go to a convenience store without getting propositioned - day or night- in or out of the store. I think it was U-Totem. Don't know if it's still there. That theater was definitely a porno place. I went there once just to check it out with my then husband. The apartment, on The Strand, was in an old structure from the 40's. We loved living right on the oceanfront. All those old building are now gone but it doesn't make me sad. Oceanside looks so beautiful now. Glad you guys had a nice time there.

[@sandiegolive8769]

Military ruins everything

[@olinwright7628]

thank you always!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Always! :)

[@silversurfer3202]

⛵ As a yacht owner berthed at the Oceanside Harbor Yacht Club....I wouldn't exactly call it a suburb of San Diego 😝!!!!

[@jolenedouglas3207]

gotta watch those midnite drinks,, lol have fun,,

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Moved from Anaheim to Oceanside in 1991 when home prices in Oceanside were low compared to Orange County. We love it and yes the downtown is much different than in 91 but the vibe is still laid back. I walk The Strand a couple of times a week. Hope you had a chance to have a beer at Stone beer garden….very cool and ver6 local

[@zerog5041]

Hi from a balmy South London, UK where the current temperature is 41. What a fantastic place to visit, when I was in California, back in 1981, I only managed to visit Venice Beach in Los Angeles and a tour of San Francisco, unfortunately I was on a very tight budget so couldn't head south, but still enjoyed what I saw. Next time Nicole wants to party don't forget to invite the neighbours from over the pond!

[@daviddecelles8714]

Although admittedly anecdotally based, my growing impression is that there are more foreigners who visit California than non-Californian Americans. A lot of prejudice of various kinds against it particularly among Easterners. Many have pledged never to go there. Vicarious viewing on occasion is OK, however.

[@ONEBALLINMYBUTT]

I’d say anything that resembles a laid back beach town nowadays are on the central coast. Cayucos and cambria. Pismo, Avila, and Morro bay are insane nowadays. Montana de oro Park is a nice drive between them all once you’re up there.

[@kikkan7110]

Lovely hotelroom with oceanview. Appreciate the content in your videos - and very interesting with the information of povertyline, income, age and so on. Thank you both for your work!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you, Kikkan!

[@justmyopinion9883]

Thank you for sharing your tour of Oceanside. It's a beautiful city.

[@ideisisi]

Thank you for your videos! Love the ones with old beautiful abbandoned houses

[@wildhorses6815]

I use 2 live about an hour from San Diego & 5 miles from Huntington Beach. I bet that place was expensive W/D how awsum is that. Swimming is the best exercise & so refreshing too! U 2 cuties have fun & be safe.

[@RedProg]

Was raised in Tustin. Many miles North of your location. Travel up PCH. Dana Point, Laguna,Corona,Newport and Huntington. Be prepared for traffic....😎

[@Jeannified]

I just discovered your channel a couple of days ago. Love it! I live in San Diego and am enjoying this video on Oceanside. Nice area! Used to be much more affordable until a couple of years ago. Covid made everything more expensive.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@facebook-ho9lq]

Your SO Lucky, I live up in Wisconsin, all my life. Its about 20degrees right now, in January it hits -20 gets dark at 4:30 pm. We still have lots of snow but that will change later this month (hopefully!) I have never been to the warmer states so I Loved seeing this video, Thank You!

[@laurajphillips]

Great Vid totally enjoyed it!

[@newton1878]

UP THERE among TYLER of TEXAS and LAYFAYETTE of LOUISIANA as the nicest towns i have seen so far in your videos.

[@nancyparker9986]

Glad you had a clear day…CA has been getting tons of rain !

[@HaveKayaksWillTravel]

We hope to get to explore the states like yall are someday. You see some amazing stuff. Those statues at the mission are awesome. Keep the video's coming. #swervycrew Ken and Vanessa

[@Yawndave]

Nice drone work, I really like the flight over the pier. Looks like you lucked out and missed the recent storm when you were in Oceanside, but I imagine it caught up with you at some point. (snow? in Huntington Beach?!) The Top Gun house is kind of cool, an interesting companion location to Kansas City BBQ in San Diego, which proudly advertises itself as the location of "the sleazy bar scene". The first taco you had looks like a quesabirria--yum yum!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It caught us in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was rough!

[@judywilson9003]

California, been having some cold and rainy weather this year. You may have to come back in the Summer time.

[@whitethorn1969]

This reminds of Tom Waits song: Diamonds On My Windshield. "Oceanside, it ends the ride, with Sacramento coming up". 🤗🤗

[@mikeb900]

Back in the 60s and 70s, Oceanside was a sleepy little town where Marines went to party and cause trouble.

[@there_is_nothing_here]

Oceanside sure has come a long way in 25 years

[@manasbose8817]

Your comments about the trash really amuse me living in Bristol UK as your country seems generally much better in this respect. My wife every morning goes out early to clear dumped food waste butts and glass bottles etc before the schoolchildren come along. The average house price in our area is over £500000 and so very middle class. Like you I really despise the litter dumpers but I guess people who only think of themselves are prevalent in all countries ☹️ Working my way through your videos and they are a great insight into the US and the mindset of its people😍

[@alisiawilliams7390]

Loved your video. Huby and I will visit in May 2024. I do not think that the Europeans discovered Oceanside. Native Americans were already there. Appreciate your hard work.

[@GrannySanny]

We heard that Ruby's at the end of the pier had closed. That was one of our favorite places in Oceanside. The Maritime museum in San Diego is also a favorite place for us when we are in California. We always visit the military base also where my husband was in basic training for the Marine Corp.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Yes, it is closed. We wanted to have a drink or two there. ☹️

[@YO3A007]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Yep, not sure if it will reopen.

[@milvetcomics3366]

My brother lived here while in the Marine Corp. Then moved to fallbrook.

[@terryreed8690]

I live in and love O’side. The temps are much warmer than the 70s in the summer, not sure where you got that. Chill place and if you haven’t been lately you just don’t know. Hopefully it won’t get too bourgeois, we don’t need another Newport.

[@jonathanlee5185]

👍Thanks. A uniquely designed city hall, that one ; almost belongs in a Sahara caravanserai-town-scene of a 1930s Foreign Legion movie. 👍

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

jesus, there has been a lot of developement since i lived there in the 70's. the road along the beach used to just have some houses.

[@zurichxxd]

You have inspired me to visit the USA in 2023 with the wife, thank you!

[@censorshipBS]

I spent a week in Carlsbad in 1990 whe doing a west coast fly drive from the uk and it was amazing ❤

[@allisonswonderland57]

I’ve been here 30 years and got kicked out of every bar at least ONCE. Most are all gone now though. Oceanside is a fancy pants town now!

[@allensmith9012]

Wow $250. per night , when you gave a tour of your room my I figured even if it's and off season rate it would be around $500, per night. Not bad at all that was less than your hotel in Wilmington, N.C. Beautiful city.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Yeah, not bad at all. We paid more for the hotel in Yuma, and it wasn't on a beach!

[@JohnPriceAutowerks]

One of my favorite destinations is the Cocoa Beach Pier Tiki Bar

[@johaines2214]

Thank you.

[@judywilson9003]

Come back in July, when it’s deep Summer time.

[@LesMorrisracing]

I'm up north with a bunch of rain. Miramar is Top Gun. I was in VFA-113 sent a few jets and Pilots to learn there. Was a good time. Awe No Cats

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

You're right, I just realized I saw no cats there. Just dogs!

[@karigranger3120]

Beautiful place! No homeless camps anywhere? Very surprising.

[@opichocal]

I rode my scooter from Carrollton to San Diego, up the coast to San Francisco, Nevada, Moab, pikes peak then home. 4100 Miles in 4 days. I loved the scenery in California but didn’t care for the high prices or the unfriendly people. My favorite part was riding Highway one along the cliffs but the gas was 7.50 a gallon

[@nancyparker9986]

Check out Yosemite valley and Lake Tahoe ! They are breath taking views !

[@lonniemorrison2987]

The Top Gun house was abandoned for years. Only recently moved and restored.

[@mortarish]

I had no idea you would come to my area, Head north and check out San Clemente.

[@suzanne296]

Why don't you have a membership to get exclusive updates and travel. I'd join. I feel so good when I travel with you two.

[@pedrofernandez8729]

That area reminds me of So Beach, too freaking crowded, I actually drive 2 hrs extra to avoid going there,even tho I live close by.

[@Gemashke]

Excellent video! Oceanside has a large Samoan population...in fact on July 6 Oceanside just celebrated its annual Samoan Cultural Celebration. California has the largest population of Pacific Islanders in the continental United States at 331,000 people. Only Hawaii has more Pacific Islanders at 381,000!

[@projectpaintball5402]

Hey does he read comments? I think interviewing some residents in some of the small towns would be cool. I saw one where he went to a local winery and he spoke to the owner and he was happy to show him around. I understand it can be hard to find someone to interview or speak to about the town but when able to why not. Just a suggestion

[@CLaFong]

Along with Imperial Beach at the border with Mexico, Oceanside is the most affordable southern California beach town even though it isn't actually very affordable at all.

[@brendonmasters]

I'm from oside, lots has changed. The orange countification continues year after year for the whole of sd. It will be unrecognizable in 5 years. I'm grateful to be from the area but also happy to leave.