San Antonio Overview | An informative introduction to San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is one of the most unique cities in the country. It has a fascinating history which dates back further than nearly any large city in the country. Thank you for watching: San Antonio Overview | An informative introduction to San Antonio, Texas.
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[@zacharythigpen3356]

One thing about the San Antonio skyline is that it is specifically spaced out so that buildings shadows can't cast over the Alamo, which explains the weird spacing between the cities tallest buildings.

[@davidpetersen6694]

Nice job on San Antonio. The Riverwalk also has a fleet of tour boats that are well worth the time and price. The tour guides LOVE their city and history and often ham it up with a great sense of humor. Best time to go is Spring or Late October. Summers are hot just like all of South Texas. If you are looking for a beautiful skyline, visit San Antonio’s little sister…Austin. It’s newer and taller each year!

[@CityGeek]

Thank you! And thanks for the travel tips! And I'll be doing a video on San Antonio's little sister here soon 😉

[@willyoung6495]

San Antonio resident here... I get that you have to talk about the "largest cowboy boots" as a landmark, but I have to admit that those boots have close to zero impact on life here. Honestly, if I were a tourist, I wouldn't waste the time to go see them. On the other hand, San Antonio's Greenway trail system and other public parks (including the Japanese Tea Garden) are hidden gems that I don't think may people know about but are 100% worth the time. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

[@vibinwpsilocybin1424]

i love san antonio . boston & san antonio have been my favorite american cities

[@mikerilling6515]

The Smith Young Tower ❤ My Mom was born there back when it was a hospital

[@AB365_Official]

Good job! You got a lot of stuff on here and made everything short sweet and to the point. As my home city is San Antonio, I can definitely say that there's something that brings people back here for some reason, and to be honest, I think it's that the city has charm. So many good tourist sites, lots of sunshine, lots of green, we've got the Hill Country, amazing culture and some of the best Mexican food you can find nestled in this small big city. It's an amazing place that I'm proud to call home!

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! And thanks for that added info about the city!

[@skullandbones1832]

Only been to San Antonio once and that's was in 1995 for a The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod church youth gathering. We stayed at the new build Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown the river goes right into to the hotel. The time we were down there was when Selena got killed. I remember that night at the Alamodome 64 thousand youth praying for Selena. On the way back to the hotel people driving around downtown honking their horns of cars trucks vans waving the Mexico flags out of windows as they drove by. It's one of the experiences in my life that has always been with me.

[@CityGeek]

That’s a sad but powerful story. Thanks for sharing!

[@xBlueWolf]

Awesome! San Antonio seems like another underlooked city, at least for me. Glad to learn more from this.

[@CityGeek]

Thanks! Yeah I think it’s definitely an overlooked city. I feel like it’s sometimes forgotten when talking about large Texas cities

[@jamiecinder9412]

The main reason why it's so ignored is because Austin is less than 100 miles away to the north. Same reason why San Jose always gets ignored in favor of San Francisco.

[@MrEOM41]

I think when people think of Tx they’ll instantly think either Dallas or Houston they seems to be very popular however SA is a great and big city

[@domo148900]

Great video. Don’t forget about Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Sea World San Antonio, awesome theme parks.

[@CityGeek]

Thanks! Yeah I considered including those, which maybe I should have. It’s good to know that they are great theme parks!

[@sayitloudblcknproud]

Also, our zoo is amazing!

[@laurabagley5]

Booking my flight just for that river walk 🤩 your videos make me want to visit all the places that I assume are boring lol

[@CityGeek]

Haha I’m sure you won’t regret it!

[@pcortiz66]

I'm going tomorrow!! thanks for your channel

[@CityGeek]

Enjoy your trip!

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Love it keep it coming

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!

[@thezacharyteamsa]

Love the content and all the great information that you put out there

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!

[@HoloHoloAdventures]

Love learning more of SATX.

[@jgoodygoods512]

I loved your video! I am from Austin originally with family roots in San Antonio and I just moved “back” to the city my roots. I absolutely love the aspects that make it such a unique city in our state and country. I am lucky to have a view of the Tower of Americas from my condo and I was always wondering how it compared height wise to other towers in the country so thanks for that info! IMPORTANT: as an Austin native, if you are looking for “the city” please move to Austin. San Antonio is built for true Texans and not transplants. I promise you will not like it here ;)

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! 🙏

[@lorenl9262]

Great video and thank you for the "insight"!!! Kudos :)

[@CityGeek]

Thank you! 🙏

[@stefeeze]

Great place to live.

[@pokefrog5376]

I love the river walk

[@joememphis1571]

San Antonio to me is kinda similar to Albuquerque, New Orleans, Tulsa and Little Rock in terms of culture and history. Love the Alamo and Tower of the Americas. The metro area is now at 2.71 million people. Love your videos as you hit the nail on the head on everything you do.

[@CityGeek]

Wow, thanks so much Joe!!

[@joememphis1571]

@@CityGeek you’re welcome 😇 👍

I really enjoyed watching the movie you shared, the natural scene is so beautiful. Thank you! I clicked the subscribe button to your channel!

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@hectorlopez1069]

I've been to the Riverwalk so many times and it's outstanding. I like the Alamo and other things.

[@kathrynruth8]

Love your videos!! Make one on Kansas City!!

[@CityGeek]

Thanks! I’ll make that one soon 😊

[@hectorlopez1069]

The food is great, I love shopping at the mall and eating any type of restaurants on the Riverwalk.

[@pghrpg4065]

I like visiting San Antonio. Because of the Riverwalk, it seemed like walking around in the city was pretty empty at street level (except near the Alamo) which was weird for a big city.

[@r3d5ive87]

The river walk is really amazing but I couldn’t care less about the skyline.

[@rudygracia5573]

Or the color scheme(or lack of!).All browns&tans!🤮.

[@zippygreff]

Great job-You should try and make a video about a city from every state.

[@CityGeek]

Thanks! And that’s a great idea!

[@seananthony7494]

Great video, only thing I would’ve added is the Japanese tea garden, pearl district, or San Fernando Cathedral (it has a light show at night). But I have shown tourist the boots for some reason it always impresses tourists, I guess it’s the “Everything is Bigger in Texas” motto😂😂😂 But much love from a Texan living in Louisiana

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! And thanks for sharing those other things that could have been added to the video. Lol yeah the boots are certainly random but they seemed to keep popping up when I was doing some research for the video so I decided to add them. Thanks for the comment!

[@jamiecinder9412]

Oh hey! I live here! Greetings from SATX! Also, I didn't know that those giant tacky cowboy boots outside of North Star Mall impressed anybody, lol. If you are curious about where they are, they're on the Loop 410 frontage road heading east, just before McCullough Avenue.

[@CityGeek]

Thanks! Lol yeah the boots made the cut! Thanks for telling people where to find them.

[@HasanibnSabah]

Tacky!? Those boots are awesome! Go apologize to them. After that head to Seguin and apologize to the giant pecan!

[@jamiecinder9412]

@@HasanibnSabah Dang it. I was by North Star Mall earlier today. Welp...

[@AngelaSealana]

San Antonio's downtown skyline is short because legally no building is allowed to cast a shadow on the Alamo due to its sacred place in Texas history. Also, there are ordinances around the San Antonio Missions to ensure no buildings mar the view of the Missions in the surrounding area.

[@CityGeek]

Oh that’s interesting. Thanks for providing that information!

[@alexandermesquiti]

The biggest and friendliest small town city in the country. Bienvenidos! 🤠

[@longshenv5]

Been to the riverwalk once and loved the vibe. Never been since covid. How's the cost of living there in 2022?

[@CityGeek]

Yeah the riverwalk is amazing! I don't live there so hopefully other people will comment. It does look like it's less expensive than the other large metros in Texas though like Dallas and Houston.

[@lonestaraerials6771]

The cost of living is fairly low. While inflation isn’t helping rent is fairly affordable in many of the suburbs and ho,e prices are starting to level out. Wages are the problem, many trades don’t offer the same income leveled that they would in most other large cities which contributes to keeping the cost of living down. There are also a lack of higher end professional positions here keeping the working market more focused on skilled trades rather than large scale executive trades.

[@paulhernandez8867]

Great video about San Antonio however the skyline views you chose to show do not give San Antonio's skyline much justice it does not show the skyline in it's entirety or the buildings that were recently built. San Antonio's downtown has great density and infill and a large footprint that has a long list of historic districts that are considered the downtown area. San Antonio is the 7th largest city and the 24th largest metro with nearly 2.7 million people. Metros such as SLC are not larger than San Antonio because it's not an apples to apples comparison due to the difference in territory size. The only way SLC can be slightly bigger than the SA metro is if it covers an area that stretches for over 120 miles long. That is further than San Antonio to the Georgetown, Texas which is the outskirts of Metro Austin. San Antonio and Austin are becoming like a CSA of more than 5 million people but now only considered a corridor. Comparing metro SA with Dallas/Ft.Worth region and Houston/Gulf Coast region is not a fair comparison either because of territory size as well it would be a more fair comparison to include San Antonio, Shertz, New Braunfels, Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, Austin, Round Rock, through Georgetown which is pretty much a contiguous urban expanse of about 5 million people. San Antonio' s dense population distribution is not in it's southern counties that are mostly rural but along I-10 North, 281 North and 1-35 from San Antonio through Austin-Round Rock. San Antonio metro by itself, I would compare it or consider it to be peers with St.Louis and Baltimore for similar metro population range and urbanized population. San Antonio's downtown skyline may not be very tall and modern but it has beautiful historic architecture. The low building stock of glass modern skyscrapers is probably due to most of its F 500 or other multi billion dollar corporations being located outside the downtown area. Lastly, San Antonio is experiencing tremendous growth and the skyline should become more impressive over the next few years with several new skyscrapers planned with a new 32 story residential tower about to break ground soon and several 20 plus floor high rises residential towers planned.

[@CityGeek]

Wow thanks for taking the time to write out that comment! Yeah the clips I have access to are a little outdated but the figures I shared should be accurate. And I’d agree that there are some buildings with nice architecture even if they aren’t very tall. I’m excited to see what the skyline looks like in a few years!

[@HasanibnSabah]

Well we have the new Frost tower so there is that. And who comes to SA for skyscrapers? It's about the history, people, river, fiesta, food, and unmatched ambiance!

[@zacharythigpen3356]

Fun fact about the skyline too, it is designed so that the Alamo won't be overshadowed by buildings, that's partly why it is spread out.

[@levijones5630]

can you please do a "meet city of phoenix, az" thank you :)

[@CityGeek]

Absolutely! I'm working through some mid-sized cities right now but I'll definitely do Phoenix at some point soon.

[@benorchard6583]

Awesome video! When are you going to “Meet Baltimore”???

[@CityGeek]

Thank you! I’ll add the Charm City to the queue!

[@HasanibnSabah]

When he is ready to be robbed or shot.

[@anthonyrivera4042]

San Antonio is home to several sports teams such as NCAA l's UTSA Roadrunners football program, NBA's San Antonio Spurs, Double-A central baseball San Antonio Missions, USL's San Antonio FC, and in 2005, the New Orleans Saints played three home games in the Alamodome vs Chiefs, Falcons and Lions, due to hurricane katrina.

[@merrywalsh2809]

San Antonio is built on flat plains, so it is cheap to build out, rather than up. It’s more like a giant suburb with military bases and parks. My mom was born there in 1929, and grew up there and so did I. I had a great childhood there, but I dreamed of mountains and oceans and surfing, so when I became an adult I moved to California, then Hawaii. The River Walk is a good time. I went to the NCAA Final Four when it was held there one year. Great place to hold it.

[@jerrydavis3548]

City Geek when you gone do a video on charlotte north carolina

[@CityGeek]

Charlotte is one a short list of cities I'd like to do in the next month or so 😀

[@HasanibnSabah]

Charlotte has lost souch if it's charm/atmosphere/identity. It has grown prosperous and 'important', but last time I was there I walked around for hours and I may as well have been in Columbus Ohio, etc. Couldn't tell I was in the south other than the weather.

[@Jacob54357]

In San Antonio downtown as a couple new business Billings but not as much as Dallas or Houston or Austin ,reason why San Antonio is known for the history , taking you back to the Spanish times theme ,still good but the metro area is modern

[@welidboudj5251]

I m coming to san antonio in April ( i have dv visa ) i am asking you guys if it s a good city to live for a new immgrant personne comig from ander country .

[@JUSAGUYNKY]

How can it be ranked just below Louisville at 40? In Lville video you said Lville is ranked 42 or 43? 🤷🏼‍♂️🤓🤓

[@grayonthewater]

Lived there for many years and it was boring as hell lol just a bunch of Tex-Mex tourist traps and chain restaurants and no character. Literally when I left Mayor Ivy Taylor said “millennials don’t want to live here, they all move to Austin” and that exactly described me🤣 BUT a lot has changed in the last decade or so and the cost of living is low so I understand why it’s desirable NOW. It’s great for families with young kids, it has a huge nice zoo and lots of theme parks nearby and tons of shopping and entertainment. The local art scene in King William really exploded with the First Friday art walk which is essentially a monthly block party. There are tons of universities and it’s a nice place for a college kid but yeah downtown sucks there’s nothing to do and the skyline is hideous lol the river walk is great but not the part shown in the video, start at The Pearl which is a cute walkable neighborhood centered around a historic brewery and it’s not all tacky touristy like the downtown section shown in the video. The farmers market there is huge and really fun, I go every time I visit. Anyways, SA is much much better than it was 15 years ago but it’s still essentially a giant suburb. If you want a fun exciting city move to Austin or Houston, both are two hours away and are way better in my opinion lol the BEST thing about SA is how cheap and authentic and easily accessible tex mex food is (avoid the tourist traps though!). That’s the only thing I think SA does better than any of the other big Texas cities. Austin has shit breakfast tacos don’t do it save your money lol

[@rudygracia5573]

Most places we've visited are boring,unless you're loaded$,and are too congested to drive around.Me and wife just like the bang for the buck factor of S.A.;House paid off,bank is happy,close to military facilities,great/cheap food,low gas prices.Hate the Heat(Long summer!),COLD,&Allegens&critters!🦂🐝🐜

[@ITXElite]

austin is easily one of the biggest cities in texas now it definitely has grown over that last couple of years

[@CityGeek]

Yeah I was surprised by how big Austin was when I visited it a couple years ago. I’ll be doing a video on Austin soon.

[@sophiabarbosa3522]

Make the river work more bigger, Victor long stretch, bigger to make it go all the way to Austin, Riverwalk, Riverwalk, San Anton

[@markitathomas4146]

My wife and I are getting ready to move there from Denver.🌈🌈🌈

[@pokefrog5376]

I live in San Antonio

[@pbrfansebastianhernandez8404]

I live here but the City reminds me OF los Angelas

[@johnstauffer1032]

I wish people would stop dissing San Antonio's skyline. Thank God it remains uncluttered; tall skyscrapers don't make a City Downtown is filled with rich history and culture. We don't need 3 or 4 Downtown areas like Houston.

[@lilyross4707]

Thank you! Please decrease the music, so I can here your voice❤.....

[@elchapo9537]

Laredo, Tx is actually the largest majority hispanic city, 97% of the city is hispanic

[@CityGeek]

Thats interesting and I’m sure you’re correct about Laredo. San Antonio is the largest majority Hispanic city, not necessarily the city with the highest percentage of Hispanics.

[@Alex-jb5tb]

The Riverwalk now is looking like disneyland all night long. What a mess.

[@ChristopherFrancis_]

The reason why the SKYLINE is SHORTER and SPREAD OUT IN AREAS is because of HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS NEAR THE ALAMO. That's always HINDERED VERTICAL GROWTH in downtown San Antonio. You can never judge a city by its skyline without knowing its history and why its like that. However, there are going to be several skyscrapers and highrises going up over the next several years that will change the skyline of downtown San Antonio and add to its unique beauty.

[@CityGeek]

Thats a great point so thanks for the feedback! I'll have have to take a look at the buildings that'll be going up over the next several years.

[@ChristopherFrancis_]

@@CityGeek You are very welcome 😉

[@juanmanuelperez2311]

The Oldest Mexican State

[@dacoldest3896]

Hey i think i finally found a pair of boots that can fit me

[@CityGeek]

Lol

[@qbano6587]

Make movie Warsaw 2022

[@CityGeek]

Warsaw wasn’t on my radar but I’ll look into it. I know it has a great skyline. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@qbano6587]

@@CityGeek Why?

[@davipervenom9151]

If you wanna look at glass covered buildings then visit Austin, Dallas or Houston. Cities that look just like the majority of American cities. If you want culture and a river walk that many cities try to copy. Check out San Antonio. With Sea World, Fiesta Texas amusement park, The Missions/ Texas History, Morgan’s Wonderland a special needs amusement park.

[@justing6986]

“They got some big ol’ women in San Antonio” -Charles Barkley

[@jgoodygoods512]

😂. You won.

[@lincolnguy1483]

San Antonio area and South Texas is butt ugly, except for a just a very few pockets in the NW side of town that are reasonably nice and has a few hills and nice neighborhoods. Other than that, it is a tired and depressed looking town that is full of crime.

[@rudygracia5573]

Austin was set up poorly.Lamar runs parallel to 35,and other streets(W.Cannon,B.White,183,Riverside,Ceasar,Airport,Oltorf,1st...)cross Lamar,E/W..I wish it were set up more like S.A.And THEN,Only 1 major highway running North&South!Insane!(Besides the toll rd).Terrible layout for the population they have.

[@vicoregano]

The volume sucks on this video.

[@lorilorditch4649]

CAN ANYBODY HELP ME FIND ANGEL & AURORA CAMACHO AND THEIR BOY & GIRL KIDS, THEIR PROBABLY ADULTS NOW

[@coolbreez1142]

You start off by lying It was dark Native American Indian people before Spain ever had European people to settle their

[@valseyer4486]

San Antonio is way too played out.

[@Nicdangershouse.]

80 percent of the city is ghetto, downtown is ok ,nice place to visit but you don't want to live here.

[@PM_FC]

What cities in Texas would you recommend. Preferably in the area?

[@Nicdangershouse.]

@@PM_FC new braunfels,

[@hectorgalindo620]

@@PM_FC the woodlands Tx

[@Nicdangershouse.]

@Ghost of Chris Benoit it's ghetto ,fat uneducated population, thin band of educated people in nice subdivisions north of the outer loop,,nice old homes just north of downtown,,east side ghetto, Southside ghetto, west side ghetto, I live here ,not by choice, my wife is here helping her family's business, leaving soon CAUSE ITS A GIANT GHETTO

[@rudygracia5573]

@@hectorgalindo620 Expensive!