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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[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@denniswaterman3982]

I hope you are not anywhere near Deabornistan.

[@user-zr2zc9ng7w]

I can really relate to what you are saying,I am now glad that I got stationed in south dakota in the air force instead of California back in 1983 to 1985 .,It sure does look like it,s a real mess down there these days.

[@tommysonnier9848]

California became so hedonistic it started rotting from within as leftist agendas took root.

[@jamiek1714]

Sir, you have had a great life. May you have good heath and joy.

[@theMerovingianMan]

Man what a life you must've had sir. Hope you still see many great years.

[@frag_g]

Base closure is always the kiss of death for the local community.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@davepaturno4290]

I came to San Diego in 1985. It is still the finest city in America. I've been to many states, and there will always be bad neighborhoods. Of course, CA has suffered from Democrat politicians for so many years. Our current President is a good example of what happens when this party wins elections. We really need to vote them out.

[@Hisservant-uh6ji]

I read your post, having lived in the Pacific Northwest all my life until a few years ago I would be interested in where you live. I still have friends in that area mostly the Bellevue area where I grew up. Even though I don't live there any more I still keep up with what is happening there and the decline due to the liberal politics. How about a little history lesson, the last Republican mayor was in 1970 and his name is Wes Ulhman. The last Republican govenor was in 1984 John Spellman. The last Republican Senator was in the 70's but I can't remember his name. After the Seattle Pilots left Seattle in 1969 after just one season there he sued MLB baseball and Seattle was given a new franchise the Mariners in 1977. We see a huge divide occcuring in Seattle, people with their ever appreciating homes, their Starbucks in one hand and cheering on he progressive agenda with the other. I have always had a heart for those that are hungry and homeless, but this problem has grown out of control. Reducing felonies to misdemaors, the roles have been reversed The criminal is now the victim due to oppression, racisim and the true victim has been made out to be the criminal. Leaders in Seattle did nothing when the riots occurred after George Floyd letting the city be destroyed and burn't down. Business owners who shops were vandalized and destroyed and were forced out of business or left. How can we forget about Chaz, the mayor remember calling it the summer of love letting protestors take over a six block area while the police were forced to standby and do nothing until somebody died. How can I forget the drugs, providing needles to addicts and setting up designanted areas to shoot up drugs.I think the attitude in the Seattle area it is not a problem until it shows up on my doorstep then it is a problem. If you love mountains and lakes and hiking there is no better place to be as you can escape one day all the madness going for least one day. Seattle may look to some to be heaven on earth I guess that depends on where your moving from and comparing the two cities.

[@marysegura5157]

Pacific Northwest is beautiful but is now just like California sad

[@junioradult6219]

​@@marysegura5157true, visited seattle and couldnt help thinking how beutiful this place would be if it got its stuff together. Like a much bigger victoria ca.

[@ehlava7331]

Moved from Seattle, just a nightmare. Portland OR worse. So sad.

[@jamiek1714]

As a Canadian, Cali was THE dream destination. The atmosphere, Hollywood, weather, beaches. Now, I wouldn't go there if you paid me. Nick, this is just amazing content. Thank you.

[@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!

[@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.

[@FOHguy]

We sold our properties and left San Diego for Europe a few months ago. Where we now live, it's very quiet, some would say it's boring. But we're happy with that. Work can get crazy, so "boring and quiet" are good.

[@bluestrings8829]

Do you feel like it was worth leaving SD for?

[@BingBuddy]

you must be in switzerland

[@FOHguy]

@@BingBuddy 😁 Very, very close. Liechtenstein.

[@FOHguy]

@@bluestrings8829 Overall, yes. It has good and bad points.

[@asullivan4047]

Best of luck with your new found " Utopia "-!!!🤗.

[@richardbird9326]

My family moved to San Diego in 1956 from Boston ! San diego was beautiful, now except for the areas the tourists frequently go to, its a little LA. Everything cost an arm and leg ! I called a friend last week who still lives there and he said gas is near $5,50 a gallon ! Yes it is a mess !

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@fisshbone]

Super informative video my friend. Love the interviews and perspectives. Your friend’s positivity is very refreshing too. Love his line when you asked him if he’d want to run for office and he’s like “you tryna get me more grey hairs dude!?” LOL. What a guy. More people need to think like that guy. There’s no lost causes. Time and care will heal all wounds. Most of these “problems” are just symptoms of the real issue which is apathy and corruption.

[@fisshbone]

And to add on: I’m not trying to advocate for blind positivity. We are absolutely in a crisis with many areas in the US (and have been for many years), but the people who just go “lol everything is fucked” aren’t really helping, so what are you gonna do about it? Nothing? Cool then hop off and make bandwidth for people who are ready and willing to help.

[@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.

[@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.

[@richardbird9326]

And 1970 was just about the time the Democrats took over the Legislation !

[@ryanjacobson2508]

​@@richardbird9326Democrats have dominated urban areas since that time, Republicans however have increasingly dominated rural areas, which also have more crime, drugs, and general dysfunction than they did pre-1970.

[@novachikun]

Damn, Robert's enthusiasm to help his city is great. It's what communities need. They downside is that he seems like the only one with that same enthusiasm, and I hope that is not the case. There is hope for places like San Bernardino if a community that actually cares can rise up and put in the work.

[@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.

[@veronicasloss572]

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

[@junioradult6219]

Alot of midwest towns are pure middle class and doing just fine

[@tommysonnier9848]

To a country that no longer honors God.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

@@tommysonnier9848 ya you should know trump is the Devil and you follow him.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

@@junioradult6219 i have been to the midwest in my travels it is not all peaches and Cream like you try to make it out to be give me a Break trumper.

[@Tugela60]

There are plenty of small towns all across the country that are dying, many of them will be literal ghost towns in our lifetimes.

[@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

[@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.

[@asullivan4047]

I'll pass

[@michellecrawford9847]

I was born in 1965. My parents brought me home to San Bernardino. When I was one years old, I lived there until 1971. I'm in tears right now watching this because it does not look like the town that I lived in. I got family members that still lived there. I just haven't visited them in quite a while. I'm so sad to see some of the places that I remember as a child looking like this.I'm just unliterally in tears. I am on my tears.I'm in tears.I'm sitting here in tears

[@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.

[@Ashleyantoinette-vq7kc]

Damn… this is also my hometown. The stardust was the spot back in the day. So freaking sad to see..

[@nickbedolla7115]

me too I grew up there went too san Bernardino high it's really sad too c all that

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@GIUL7301]

Ilived in San Bernardino from 86 to 99 raised 4 sons there. YES, it's a tough place. You grow up aware, of everything. Thankfully we all left.

[@TechReviewTom]

This guy is a beacon of light, hes a very positive person!

[@ihackmobile]

Right! His attitude is what every city needs to succeed!(sarcasm)

[@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.

[@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!!

[@scpnoobers]

Even San Jose is partially falling to this disease it’s really sad to see great places diminish.

[@shoeswho]

I really feel you, it’s so sad to see your hometown in that state, it’s looks like a war torn town. I live in the UK,Scotland and we have many places similar to this, but on a much smaller scale.

[@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

[@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

[@gator1984atcomcast]

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

[@kathyred3310]

We moved from Long Island, NY to LA area, had a house built in Simi? Valley. Before the house was finished, my parents packed up and returned to Long Island, NY. The comments I heard years later were that too many didn’t care in CA. My parents were put off by the LA neighbor having a bankruptcy eviction party. Now I get it!

[@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.

[@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)

[@Userxyz-z2d]

SB has always been a ghetto!

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

I'm from there as well, and seeing Stardust like that breaks my heart. I lived only a few blocks away, and it was such a clean and quiet neighborhood in the 1970s. I rode my bike all over and all hours and never had any issues. Now I wouldn't even drive my car through town.

[@janetpeters5463]

❤ Your videos and your personality!😊

[@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.

[@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...

[@CMoore8539]

Nick I’m sorry that happened to your hometown. It’s happening everywhere now. Sad but true.

[@suzee387]

I know this area very well! I am from Van Nuys, grew up in Burbank. I no longer live in the state. Very sad. My family is from Cleveland which I don't even need to say what that is like now, it has been shown in some of your videos and living in the state of Ohio, I have seen some wild stuff in Cleveland just driving through, I have said out loud "this can't be real". Lots of others have said it, I feel like we are just letting everything go downhill :( I really appreciate your presentation.

[@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?

[@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

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

California will be owned by the drug cartel the only people that will stay are the Kardashians & Bruce/Cathlyn Jenner everybody else will leave the California state..The movie stars will probably move to Colorado..The governor and the mayor are doing a great job destroying this great state..😏🐀👉🏻🤮😡😡🤭🤭

[@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

[@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.

[@robertadams7318]

I grew up near Cajon High School. I saw that area really grew. It’s sad that the city has become so desolated and abandoned.

[@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

[@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.

[@Xeon451]

As a resident of Gotham, I’m glad you covered my city. Interesting that you’re from here!

[@ronscott7]

San Bernardino went downhill once Norton AFB shut down. Before that it was a decent area. I remember the Carousel Mall being a happening spot.

[@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"

[@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.

[@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

[@harryalcantara1756]

Fight back ? Fight back to who ? Your government has everything to do with all of what's happened around the world ! Your enemy is your own selves ! Sorry but the truth hurts !

[@susanwallbrown7889]

Love you, Nick!

[@ALiberalVeteran]

My hometown in central Texas has blown up and became very nice, and up and coming. It also has an air force base. Very stark contrast to this town.

[@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.

[@Utubesanarc]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-uj5ly1eq5n]

I know right! Only time I would go to SB is for the raves at NOS Event Center or Glen Helen

[@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. 😐

[@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.

[@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.

[@carlaelliott1932]

I enjoyed your old friend Robert, on this video. There are always those who see possibilities. They certainly balance the chronic negativity.

[@anitamiller7960]

San Bernardino did well in the 50's because of Norton Air Force Base, established there during WWII. When it closed in 1994 (resulting in a loss of over 10,000 military and civilian jobs), that is when a major shift in the middle class occurred and began the city's slow decline, culminating in it declaring bankruptcy in 2012 because of over $1 billion in debt.

[@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.

[@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.

[@CJBuzzy]

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.

[@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!

[@jasondavis1816]

Great video I used to love working in la 30 something years but Like everything getting dangerous 👍👍

[@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

[@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.

[@Ron7317]

Nick; Out of all your travels, have you found even one city that is not falling down. One that has actually improved.

[@shawngregg3796]

I was born in Sad Bernardino in 1954, in Saint Bernadine hospital. My oldest friend was also born there, same year. Still lives there on 34th Street above the 210, told area still fairly decent above the 210. A well known SIFI writer friend of mine lives there. In the early 1970's took my oldest friend to a concert at the orange 🍊 complex off 5th, hope I got that right. My mother accidently shot herself in our house when a peeping tom was hanging around on Lincoln Ave. thankfully it was not fatal. So many memories, so sad it became a hell hole 🕳️.

[@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.*

[@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!

[@dylanlake7]

Dirty Dino! Rough area! Redlands is chill though

[@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.

[@naturalresources4647]

That Robert dude has to be the most positive man in California. His hope is off the charts.

[@certifiedfinest5065]

A beacon of light in a field of darkness

[@faheemabbas3965]

And it won’t fix anything. He’ll eventually leave the state of California just like all the Republicans did. There’s no fixing this state for at least 100 years literally.

[@misterrobert6799]

He's a nut.

[@certifiedfinest5065]

@@misterrobert6799 lol how so?

[@certifiedfinest5065]

@@misterrobert6799 lol how so?

[@matthewmaggio3484]

Same thing has happened to the San Fernando Valley where I grew up. Cool stuff used to happen there; the Van Nuys air show, Devonshire Downs, Cruisers Night, Skateland, Pepe's Go Carts and more. Now when I return to visit my aging parents there's an emptiness about the place, a void filled with piles of garbage. History is not exponential it's cyclical. Civilizations rise and fall. We're a late stage republic.

[@ajayfacts81]

Is it known for porn industry?

[@christinepolacek1116]

I grew up there too .. west valley from 9 yrs old . I left in 2016 … I saw writing on the wall on how horrible and trashy and dirty it had become ; seems like people were in complete denial !!! My two adult kids live in So Cal but now in Marina Del Ray area … which is costly !! They are both in denial .. luckily I had lived in New England for many years so moved back .. still quite nice here in my particular state // Traveled to Big Bear resort in May 2021 … driving back through San Bernardino… I could not believe how ugly it was ! Not even the crime … ugly dry and major AIR Pollution!! Could not wait to return home .. CA has really gone to hell … sad 😞

[@christinepolacek1116]

@@ajayfacts81 chatsworth !

[@ajayfacts81]

@@christinepolacek1116 Sorry didn't get you. Chatsworth means?

[@christinepolacek1116]

@@ajayfacts81 it’s a town in SFV .. lots of porn industry there … look it up .

[@Pazu84Vaucluse]

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

[@davevan8864]

I grew up in Orange county SoCal during the glory years 1960-1975. It was truly one of the greatest places in the USA at the time. After I left I still spent a month each year there with a friend. I have seen SoCal as a whole decline into a scary place that I sadly do not care to visit any longer. Thanks

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@chuck9112]

I've seen so many of your videos and never knew you were from San Bernardino. I lived in SoCal for 40 years. I now live in the Philippines and living like a King on 2k per month

[@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]

@@RicoSuavee77 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?????

[@kwdoug]

I don’t know if this is what you started out for this channel, but it has become invaluable show the decline all over America. You are doing an incredible job thank you so much

[@notverynotoriousg5674]

I think what he misses is what is going on in the "jewel" part of cities when people all live in "luxury" high rises, but only corporate chains can afford the rent, we have "luxury" Dollar Generals and Dunkin Donuts. The whole "live work play' model, but people work just to pay rent, "play" is staying in with Netflix. I have lived in same area of Atlanta for a long, long time, and these ticky tacky highrises go up and rents skyrocket. Its more expensive to live in Atlanta than Paris. You figure that out, I can't. Soaring rents increase homelessness, and even though models show its infinitely cheaper to just put a free roof over their head than leave them to their own devices on the streets we choose the more expensive route.

[@MajesticFlyLife]

Nick you da man, man!

[@dabtheplanet]

Been in the Inland Empire since 95. It's getting better. New in n out locations have really helped other businesses

[@rickatoms]

Born and raised in San Bernardino, around the same time as you. It's like everyone gave up. I get anxiety everytime I visit and it just seems to get worse. Hoping someday they can turn it around. Now that the mall is getting demoed, hopefully it will bring some life and some hope to the town

[@user-ii3bd9ky2d]

Follow the $$$

[@knerduno5942]

Don't hope for change. Make the change. Srio voting Democrat

[@melissam1513]

It doesn't help that the city has been poorly managed.

[@tdeo2141]

@@knerduno5942 exactly - STOP VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS, it destroys any city or state run by them.

[@THEENERGYINHALER]

Until we expose the cheating in our elections by the Democrats it never will

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

My local roller skating rink was turned into a homeless shelter. There was nothing wrong with the place but the city came in and took over it during COVID and never gave it back. 😔

[@briannadickson2884]

They can just come in and take it? I hope they're compensating the owner.

[@diegow7504]

@@briannadickson2884 government just fucks with no lube.

[@kennethkeyser1804]

Thanks Tribeck

[@angelicamimosa]

😞 so sorry your hometown turned out like this😢 Human beings have lost their way💔

[@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.

[@moniquedeitz4356]

Having grown up during the 1940s and 50s in San Bernardino County I visited San Bernardino a number of times. It was a nice, middle-class city, clean, and proud to be the county seat of the largest county areawise in the United States. It is beyond shocking to see the horrific 3rd World conditions there now. Who would ever have thought that this beautiful state of California with excellent weather and topography would become a hellhole, run by idiots. Thank God I was able to leave California forever in 2008. I miss the wonderful place it used to be. But that California is dead and gone and, frankly, likely never to be resurrected.

[@jimluebke3869]

- Get water to the farms, to h**l with the delta smelt - Deport all illegal immigrants, starting with the ones with debts to the cartels - Legalize the involuntary institutionalization of drug addicts - End all industry-unfriendly policies involving CO2 - Build new nuclear plants to replace ones that are aging out - Sunset all zoning regulations - Expose exactly who has political clout in the San Francisco / Silicon Valley / Hollywood political money machine That'll do for a start

[@based9930]

Demographics is destiny.

[@Gigie2Z]

@@jds4305I was in NYC 4 years ago. The subway was clean. So we’re sidewalks. I was quite impressed. My daughter lives in New Haven. We parked at JFK and took the subway in plus all over town. I felt safer there than in San Diego or LA. Lived in San Diego 56 years. Our entire family left California.

[@based9930]

@B Ulrich the saddest part is how everyone looks the other way at why this happened and hides being bullshit copes like "muh democrats".

[@based9930]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo Demographics.

[@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

[@marktuyet]

They be fixin it right up 😅

[@wisdomprepper]

OMG! I used to live there back in 2001-2004. It was pretty ghetto back then, but WOW! It's REALLY gone downhill even more. That Seccombe park was beautiful back then. SO sad. I recognize a LOT of the burned out spots. :(