NEWPORT BEACH: pop culture fantasy or actual paradise?

[@kristab6981]

Loved this vlog. I’m Canadian, we spent one day at Newport Beach this July and I’m pretty sure it was the best day of my life 💕

[@SuzieG.9370]

I’d settle for being a koi fish living at the mall 👍🏼😂. Nice video!!

[@MichaelMartello]

😂

[@thesmallestunknownchannelt8491]

Welcome to California. Your videos are great. I really think you should film Balboa Island Christmas week during the boat parade December 14 to 18. Fireworks at start of week then at end of week. The Island becomes one big Christmas party with Carolers and lots more. There is even a teddy bear house. Decorations are off the radar. It is very fun. We have been there many times. Some even invite you into the party.

[@MichaelMartello]

Thank you. That sounds awesome!!

[@awesomecoolguy6515]

I'm surprised you aren't covering all the homeless living in Newport Beach and on Balboa Island. It seems in recent years, a LOT of them have been popping up all over South Orange County, coming in from Downtown LA.

[@joeyboy2013]

Your an Amazing person and you put a lot of love into your work I know you will get there , you will have your dream house sooner than you think.❤

[@MichaelMartello]

Aw thank you! 😊

[@PhilipDunnArt]

Excellent! Beautiful video! You captured a lot of the spirit and beauty of the area. Much thanks!

[@bobbender5858]

This was a nice video. I’ve lived in Newport Beach since 1966. I would guess that parking was so difficult early in the video is because you were there on the weekend.

[@MrSarahsweetness11]

Speaking facts about it all! The parking the crowds and the beauty ❤

[@williamschoemann4209]

We used to stop for chocolate eclairs at the Balboa Pavillion, then perhaps a stroll out the Balboa Pier.

[@johnb6699]

Moving to Newport Beach for work in July! Thanks for the video!

[@dancerTiki]

Oh the memories... I was there is 2014 and had a great time. Thanks for nostalgic throwback! Love your vids!

[@miafrank5951]

As always, very cool video. I never watched OC, but i do know what is it about)) Nevertheless, Newport does look like a dream, even without Hollywood rendering it.

[@leyu22]

Great vid of Newport! Hope you got to see those giant houses at Corona del mar, i love the ones on poinsettia ave. Beautiful place for sure, and there's some hiking up in the mountains across from Corona del mar beach too. I'll usually prefer laguna tho!

[@MichaelMartello]

Well now I have to go back to hike!! Lol thanks!

[@joeyboy2013]

That was funny! ( welcome to the OC Bitch!🤣🤣

[@patrickdensmore9461]

Thinking of visiting so cal in 2023 from Ontario 🇨🇦 luv your vids very helpful on deciding my artinery for my trip thanx a mill.......Patrick

[@raybashford1519]

Amazing video and location. Continue to follow your dreams.👍🌞🙏

[@JamesandElliesAdventures]

Thank you for showing us around Newport in the O.C on our list to visit next time we’re in California! we would need to sell a kidney each me and Ellie and hopefully we can buy a house for nearly $3.9m 😂. We love your videos dude puts a smile on our face watching your vids keep up the good work bro 💙

[@MichaelMartello]

One day! Lol. Thank you so much!

[@jesseflores9087]

Laguna Beach is even prettier imo and just a few miles down the coast highway.

[@jaymedina3142]

Visited Fashion Island on Labor Day.

[@ny2phillyholloway592]

Another great video!!! Can't wait to see your house there in 10 yrs☺🍎💚

[@MichaelMartello]

haha thank you! ☺️

[@huntersucato8210]

u r the best I ♥❤💜 your vids!! Selling The OC makes it look so cool!! I've been subscribed since 1k

[@MichaelMartello]

Thank you Hunter!

[@thesmallestunknownchannelt8491]

If you like mint classic cars checkout the Nethercut collection in San Sylmar. Free with reservation. Free concerts a few times a year in the organ floor. At Christmas it is absolutely beautiful! Across street is more cars and a classic train car you can tour.

[@robh.5242]

Great video! Your experience is very helpful.

[@katiakrotova3904]

what a stunning video! Great job!

[@paulr75]

The OC was set in newport beach but filmed in redondo beach further north in Los angeles county. The diner from the show still exsists at redondo pier and is worth a visit

[@gridley]

I recall years ago thinking that the Newport on the East Coast was the nicer, fancier of the two coastal Newports. Although it does have a history of old money & historic palatial mansions, its weather & terrain give it a different look & vibe. Since the one in Rhode Island comes with the weather of the Northeast, its vegetation isn't as resort-like or friendly looking. There's a newer video about it on KZbin & it's interspersed with a few shots of possibly the Calif Newport. That made me at first think the Rhode Island Newport was nicer than it actually is. 😄 Incidentally, for geological/Earth-science reasons, waves on the West Coast are bigger than waves on the East Coast. Never knew (or thought about) that until not too long ago.

[@MichaelMartello]

Interesting! I was in Newport RI this summer too. Totally different vibe, both affluent

[@gridley]

@@MichaelMartello I didn't mention that because the West Coast Newport is part of the economy (or larger marketplace) of Southern Cal (as opposed to Rhode Island), it comes with things like the Newport Fashion Center. But because part of its territory was the ocean instead of homes or offices (where customers would be), its sales potential wasn't originally as good as hoped for. Not sure how it's doing in today's times. But it's interesting the way that areas like a Newport or the theme parks of Anaheim several miles to the north - or a Culver City/Playa del Rey - all play a part in the bigger picture of LA/SoCal.

[@uzyoc]

Great and honest video of Newport ❤🙏👍 🇺🇸

[@nicklauslee2990]

So fucking cool man I want to go on these adventures

[@MichaelMartello]

do ittt

[@Stefania_Romanoff]

Always wished I lived in Newport but lived in Laguna

[@AMPProf]

Basically... When real world troubles hit Newport well We all probably already Crying over the Dead and broken!

[@alexc8512]

Lived there for 4 years. It’s nice it’s very pretty and living by the coast without all the crowd like LA is great. It does get a little redundant over time as you tend to learn the whole area quick and the culture is pretty monotone. Paradise ok sure compared to the rest of the US. But really it’s just another city.

[@alexc8512]

I will say it’s a great place to retire if you can afford it. It’s calm and laid back. There’s a lot of nature to utilize. Fashion island is whatever it’s pretty but boring imo. South coast is the richest mall I’ve ever been in. Yes it’s more extravagant than rodeo drive given the amount of luxury stores. Places like CDM or newport coast can be very conservative and racist. Never had any extreme experiences but I’ve heard the sentiment. Overall it’s very peaceful but a little bit of a bubble. Personally I left because I got bored of it. I learned it all. And as a young guy it’s a pretty family oriented area even with a larger young crowd. Wanted more culture and excitement.

[@lysssky2]

Newport / Laguna best parts of OC.

[@edmarf4457]

I hope your dream comes true one day in Newport Beach

[@afeitadodisfruton]

Newport is great , love it's beach , but it's hard to beat Laguna Beach vibe. And Selling the OC is such a bad copy of Selling Sunset , great houses but cheap trashy drama.

[@MichaelMartello]

Love laguna and yeah, I watch selling the OC for the nice homes 🤣

[@lucamazzoni2221]

you forgot crystal cove come on

[@OCuinn1981]

It’s great! Too bad houses cost a gazillion dollars

[@a.c.7541]

Boom boom room in Laguna beach 😔

[@2Bluzin]

It closed years ago. Sad.

[@katewhite2465]

The comparison between inland Chino and coastal Newport Beach is unrealistic. Few, if any, would prefer to live away from a body of soothing water (lake or ocean). A fairer comparison would be Newport to Malibu, to the north, or La Jolla, to the south. You'll develop more self aware comparisons, free of tv fantasy, after residing in SoCal for a bit. Enjoy Cali living.

[@MichaelMartello]

Of course. Not a comparison, just a TV show plot line. Lol

[@AMPProf]

BUY THE NP HOME BY.... Getting investors to hook you up.. then Air BNB a room For the TAXES YOU'LL BE PAYING

[@dellafrantz1571]

🥰🥰🥰💜💗💯

[@anaisdajour7113]

✨🤍💫

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Lower the music , so you can be heard , the young generation needs to know it is background music.

[@Productions-xs7qi]

Parking is easier than LA 10000%

[@2Bluzin]

Like most wealthy areas, it's a nice place to live. However, even if I won the lottery I could never live there. It's a very, very, very Republican based community. Also, very conservative is some ways. Not very LGBT friendly. When I first moved to LA the OC had about a dozen gay establishments. There was an actual gay area like WeHo. They all got closed down and pushed out to LA and LB because of their anti-gay political attitudes. Maybe one or two left. It's why people say living in the OC is like living behind the Orange Curtain. Very Boomer and very Republican in attitude.

[@gridley]

By contrast, cities like San Francisco, CA or Portland, OR are very well run & very well managed.☝

[@2Bluzin]

​@@gridley SF is a city with a diversity of people, OC is a county with many little cities most of which are full of white Elite Republicans.

[@MichaelMartello]

Boooo!!!! Disappointing.

[@jaymedina3142]

Oh no, Republicans! How dare they exist. There are plenty of gay people in OC, and Newport.

[@2Bluzin]

@@jaymedina3142 There are plenty of gay people in Russia too but that does not mean they are welcome.